The Duchess of Duke Street - Series 1 Volume 1 - (3 DVD)

The Duchess of Duke Street  -  Series 1 Volume 1 -    3 Disc DVD

 

Starring Gemma Jones as Louisa Leyton and Christopher Cazenove as Charlie Tyrrell Louisa Leyton has a goal: to become the best cook in England. It's the end of the 19th Century, and under the Chef de Cuisine Monsieur Alex, Louisa begins a journey that will see her feeding and influencing the rich and distinguished.

Determination and hard work gets her through a difficult marriage and bankruptcy, and enables her to set up the successful Bentinck Hotel. Anyone who's anyone passes through the doors of Louisa Leyton's Bentinck Hotel.

As the headstrong chef and hotel owner makes her mark on English society at the turn of the 20th Century, the rich and famous make the Bentinck their second home. Her days of training under Chef de Cuisine, Monsieur Alex have paid off. With a determined character, Louisa has realised her dream of becoming the best cook in England and even more besides. Love, passion and politics are never far away. Doorman Joseph Starr is the eyes and ears of the hotel - watching the rich, famous and notorious come and go. But he too becomes involved in affairs of the heart that turn his world upside down.

Royalty and politicians keep the 'Queen of Cooks' busy on the inside, while the politics of the day, the Suffragette campaign and the First World War make their mark on Lousia and the Bentinck from the outside.

Contains parts 1, 2 and 3 from Series 1.

Actors:    Gemma Jones, Christopher Cazenove, June Brown, Donald Burton, John Cater, Bryan Coleman, Mel Churcher, Michael Culver, Iain Cuthbertson, Joanna David, Holly De Jong & Roger Hammond

Director:    Bill Bain, Cyril Coke, Raymond Menmuir & Simon Langton

 

Vuodelta:   1976

Kesto:  7 tuntia 39 min

 

Tekstitys:   englanti

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