Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20150803 | Helen McCrory and Paul Ready star in Penelope Mortimer's stark portrait of marriage and motherhood from 1962. Dramatised in five parts by Georgia Fitch. Mrs Armitage is encouraged by her successful screenwriter husband, Jake, to talk to a psychiatrist about her apparent compulsion to keep having children. Mrs Armitage.....Helen McCrory Jake Armitage.....Paul Ready Doctor.....Chris Pavlo Father.....Stephen Critchlow Mother......Sheila Reid Philpot/Dinah.....Rhiannon Neads Bob Conway.....Mark Edel-Hunt Beth Conway.....Alex Tregear Giles.....Sam Dale Journalist.....Neet Mohan Director: Emma Harding Helen McCrory stars in Penelope Mortimer's study of marriage, dramatised by Georgia Fitch |
| 02 | 20150804 | When Jake returns from a shoot in Africa, Mrs Armitage throws a party for his film colleagues. Helen McCrory and Paul Ready star in Penelope Mortimer's stark portrait of marriage and motherhood from 1962. Dramatised by Georgia Fitch. Mrs Armitage.....Helen McCrory Jake Armitage.....Paul Ready Doctor.....Chris Pavlo Father.....Stephen Critchlow Mother......Sheila Reid Philpot/Dinah.....Rhiannon Neads Bob Conway.....Mark Edel-Hunt Beth Conway.....Alex Tregear Giles.....Sam Dale Journalist.....Neet Mohan Director: Emma Harding Helen McCrory stars in Penelope Mortimer's study of marriage, dramatised by Georgia Fitch |
| 03 | 20150805 | Mrs Armitage makes a confession. Helen McCrory and Paul Ready star in Penelope Mortimer's stark portrait of marriage and motherhood from 1962. Dramatised by Georgia Fitch. Mrs Armitage.....Helen McCrory Jake Armitage.....Paul Ready Doctor.....Chris Pavlo Father.....Stephen Critchlow Mother.....Sheila Reid Philpot/Dinah.....Rhiannon Neads Bob Conway.....Mark Edel-Hunt Beth Conway.....Alex Tregear Giles.....Sam Dale Journalist.....Neet Mohan Director: Emma Harding Helen McCrory stars in Penelope Mortimer's study of marriage, dramatised by Georgia Fitch |
| 04 | 20150806 | Mrs Armitage has consented to an abortion and a sterilisation. Helen McCrory and Paul Ready star in Penelope Mortimer's stark portrait of marriage and motherhood from 1962. Dramatised by Georgia Fitch. Mrs Armitage.....Helen McCrory Jake Armitage.....Paul Ready Doctor.....Chris Pavlo Father.....Stephen Critchlow Mother.....Sheila Reid Philpot/Dinah.....Rhiannon Neads Bob Conway.....Mark Edel-Hunt Beth Conway.....Alex Tregear Giles.....Sam Dale Journalist.....Neet Mohan Director: Emma Harding Helen McCrory stars in Penelope Mortimer's study of marriage, dramatised by Georgia Fitch |
| 05 | 20150807 | Having discovered Jake's affair with Beth Conway, Mrs Armitage takes refuge with her former husband, Giles. Helen McCrory and Paul Ready star in Penelope Mortimer's stark portrait of marriage and motherhood from 1962. Dramatised by Georgia Fitch. Mrs Armitage.....Helen McCrory Jake Armitage.....Paul Ready Doctor.....Chris Pavlo Father.....Stephen Critchlow Mother.....Sheila Reid Philpot/Dinah.....Rhiannon Neads Bob Conway.....Mark Edel-Hunt Beth Conway.....Alex Tregear Giles.....Sam Dale Journalist.....Neet Mohan Director: Emma Harding Helen McCrory stars in Penelope Mortimer's study of marriage, dramatised by Georgia Fitch. |