BBC Two · Ended

Portrait of a Marriage

Drama, Romance · 1990

Last aired: S1 E4, Episode 4 · 1990-10-10

Portrait of a Marriage is a British television miniseries detailing the real-life love affair between Vita Sackville-West and Violet Keppel, as well as the strength of Vita's enduring marriage to the diplomat Harold Nicolson. Based on the biographical novel of the same name by Nigel Nicolson.

Cast

Janet McTeer Vita Sackville-West

Cathryn Harrison Violet Trefusis

David Haig Harold Nicolson

Diana Fairfax Lady Sackville

Peter Birch Denys Trefusis

Kathleen Byron Lady Carnock

Season 1

E1 Episode 1 1990-09-19 · 55 min Five years into their marriage Vita has an affair with Violet Keppel.

E2 Episode 2 1990-09-26 · 55 min Vita and her lover Violet cross to France.

E3 Episode 3 1990-10-03 · 55 min Vita has returned to gossip. The affair seems doomed. At same time Violet is being pressured to marry Denys and the only alternative is elopment and a public scandal.

E4 Episode 4 1990-10-10 · 60 min Vita and Violet run away to France pursued by their husbands, Harold and Denys.

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