Name: All Passion Spent
Rating: 8.0

Synopsis

Lady Slane, the wife of a recently deceased politician, retreats to a cottage in the countryside. In the process, she must attempt to discard her old public profile and find a new way of living.

First Air Date: 1986-12-09

Last Air Date: 1986-12-23

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 3

Networks: BBC Two

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Top Cast

Wendy Hiller as Lady Slane
Harry Andrews as FitzGeorge
Maurice Denham as Bucktrout
Phyllis Calvert as Carrie
Graham Crowden as Herbert
Faith Brook as Lavinia
Geoffrey Bayldon as William
John Franklyn-Robbins as Kay

Seasons

None (1986)

Wendy Hiller stars as a recently widowed woman who intends to relish her newfound freedom, in an adaptation of Vita Sackville-West's classic story.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Episode 1 (1986-12-09)

Lord Slane is dead. After a lifetime spent supporting his career as Viceroy of India, Prime Minister and elder statesman, Lady Slane is free at last to do as she pleases. Downstairs her children are busily deciding her future, assuming gracious compliance but Lady Slane plans to reassert her independence.
Ep. 2: Episode 2 (1986-12-16)

Lady Slane has escaped the clutches of her family. Now the tenant of Mr Bucktrout's house at Hampstead, she sets about creating a new home for herself and Genoux. An unexpected visitor, however, disturbs the calm by confronting Lady Slane with the errors of her past.
Ep. 3: Episode 3 (1986-12-23)

After more than half a century as a dutiful and loving wife, Lady Slane revels in the company of her new-found friends. But FitzGeorge has one last surprise in store for her, leaving a problem which only she can resolve.