Lucinda Brayford

A stately, melancholy period drama that drifts between two countries, tracing a woman's slow disillusionment with quiet, literary restraint.

Genres

Drama

Starring

Wendy Hughes, Sam Neill, Barry Quin

Overview

Based on the novel by Martin Boyd (1946) this miniseries tells the story of many generations of a family who migrate from England to Australia and eventually back to England, suffering poverty and becoming social climbers. The family's social ambitions lead to conflicts between Lucinda and her parents over the attentions of Tony Duff. She therefore marries wealthy Englishman Hugo Brayford and moves to England with him. A series of failures and adulterous episodes in England lead to her experience of "geographical schizophrenia" and personality disintegration.

How it feels

Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Class, family, identity, betrayal

Content

Mild sexual content. No violence, gore or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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