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01 | 20030602 | 20060410 (BBC7) 20060411 (BBC7) 20061120 (BBC7) 20061121 (BBC7) | Juliet Stevenson reads from the novel by Rose Tremain, about love, adventure, and the pursuit of happiness set against the back cloth of the 1866 New Zealand gold rush.It's 1866.|Joseph Blackstone and his new bride Harriet have crossed the world in search of happiness on New Zealand's plains.|It's 1866 and Joseph Blackstone and his new bride Harriet cross the world in search of happiness on the plains of New Zealand. |
02 | 20030603 | 20060411 (BBC7) 20060412 (BBC7) 20061121 (BBC7) 20061122 (BBC7) | It's 1866 and Joseph Blackstone and his new bride Harriet cross the world in search of happiness on the plains of New Zealand.|Joseph and Harriet Blackstone face their first New Zealand winter.|Joseph and Harriet face their first New Zealand winter. |
03 | 20030604 | 20060412 (BBC7) 20060413 (BBC7) 20061122 (BBC7) 20061123 (BBC7) | Harriet makes new friends. |
04 | 20030605 | 20060413 (BBC7) 20060414 (BBC7) 20061123 (BBC7) 20061124 (BBC7) | As winter turns to spring, Joseph makes a discovery. |
05 | 20030606 | 20060414 (BBC7) 20060415 (BBC7) 20061124 (BBC7) 20061125 (BBC7) | Rose Tremain's compelling story, set in New Zealand.|There are secrets at the cob house.|Read by Juliet Stevenson.|Newly-weds Joseph and Harriet Blackstone have found a new life in New Zealand.|In Rose Tremaine's story set in New Zealand, there are secrets at the cob house. |
06 | 20030609 | 20060417 (BBC7) 20060418 (BBC7) 20061127 (BBC7) 20061128 (BBC7) | |
07 | 20030610 | 20060418 (BBC7) 20060419 (BBC7) 20061128 (BBC7) 20061129 (BBC7) | Today Joseph sets sail in search of gold. |
08 | 20030611 | 20060419 (BBC7) 20060420 (BBC7) 20061129 (BBC7) 20061130 (BBC7) | Joseph hunts for gold leaving Lilian to save the Cob House.|In 1860s New Zealand Joseph hunts for gold leaving Lilian to save the Cob House.|Rose Tremaine's book read by Juliet Stevenson.|The Colour.|Part 8: Juliet Stevenson continues Rose Tremain's story of Joseph and Harriet Blackstone.|Joseph stakes his claim while Harriet and Lilian battle to save the Cob House. |
09 | 20030612 | 20060420 (BBC7) 20060421 (BBC7) 20061130 (BBC7) 20061201 (BBC7) | Rose Tremain's compelling story, set in New Zealand.|Joseph's search for gold in New Zealand grows more desperate as the days pass.|Rose Tremaine's novel is read by Juliet Stevenson.|Joseph's search grows more desperate as the days pass. |
10 | 20030613 | 20060421 (BBC7) 20060422 (BBC7) 20061201 (BBC7) 20061202 (BBC7) | Juliet Stevenson continues Rose Tremain's compelling story, set in New Zealand.|Harriet goes to the edge of the Hurunai.|Juliet Stevenson continues Rose Tremaine's novel.|Harriet goes to the edge of the Hurunui. |
11 | 20030616 | 20060424 (BBC7) 20060425 (BBC7) 20061204 (BBC7) 20061205 (BBC7) | Harriet and Joseph are unhappily reunited.|Juliet Stevenson reads Rose Tremaine's novel set in the 1860s New Zealand gold rush.|Today, Harriet and Joseph are unhappily reunited. |
12 | 20030617 | 20060425 (BBC7) 20060426 (BBC7) 20061205 (BBC7) 20061206 (BBC7) | Rose Tremain's novel read by Juliet Stevenson.|Harriet makes a find and hatches a plan alongside the New Zealand gold-diggers.|Harriet makes a discovery and finds an ally. |
13 | 20030618 | 20060426 (BBC7) 20060427 (BBC7) 20061206 (BBC7) 20061207 (BBC7) | Rose Tremain's compelling story, set in New Zealand during the gold rush.|Threatening rains are gathering above the golden fields.|High above the gold fields threatening rains are gathering.|Rose Tremaine's novel is read by Juliet Stevenson.|Above the gold fields, the rains are gathering, threatening to obliterate everything. |
14 | 20030619 | 20060427 (BBC7) 20060428 (BBC7) 20061207 (BBC7) 20061208 (BBC7) | Rose Tremain's novel read by Juliet Stevenson.|Harriet's wish for an extraordinary and unforgettable thing to happen comes true.|Juliet Stevenson reads Rose Tremaine's novel.|Harriet's wish for something extraordinary comes true. |
15 LAST | 20030620 | 20060428 (BBC7) 20060429 (BBC7) 20061208 (BBC7) 20061209 (BBC7) | New lives begin.|Juliet Stevenson reads the final part of Rose Tremaine's novel in which new lives begin both in New Zealand and England.|Juliet Stevenson reads the final part of Rose Tremain's compelling story, set in New Zealand. |