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Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love

2011 · 1 season

A lush, slow-burning family saga of secrets and simmering rivalries set against grand Highland scenery.

Created by
Matthew Thomas
Genres
Drama
Starring
Rebecca Night, Charles Dance, Susanna Simon
Tagline
Secrets, Rivalries, Betrayal & Love.
Overview
Edmund Aird is the lord of Balnaird House, one of the most splendid estates in the Scotish Highlands. He and his American-born wife, Virginia, seem to have it all: wealth, beautiful children, and a thriving family business. Just when everything seems to be on track, long-buried tensions arise to threaten the family's happiness and the fate of their ancestral home.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Created by
Matthew Thomas
Genres
Drama
Starring
Rebecca Night, Charles Dance, Susanna Simon
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • betrayal
  • class
  • love
  • sexuality
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour2
Realism7
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Matthew Thomas
Written by
Matthew Thomas
Starring
Rebecca Night, Charles Dance, Susanna Simon, Eleonore Weisgerber, Johannes Zirner, Liam Evans-Ford, Jonathan Aitken, Adrian Lukis
Music
Stuart Hancock
Cinematography
James Aspinall
Length
1 seasons, 4 episodes, 90 min each
Network
ZDF
Country
Germany
Languages
English, German

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