Love In A Cold Climate Details

2001

Based on the novel by Nancy Mitford, this 2001 mini-series was brought to TV screens in the UK thanks to the BBC. The story follows three women as they dip their toes into romantic waters for the first time, with mixed results. They all carry different expectations and values, leading to heartbreak and some decisions that .. Read more

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Love In A Cold Climate

Based on the novel by Nancy Mitford, this 2001 mini-series was brought to TV screens in the UK thanks to the BBC. The story follows three women as they dip their toes into romantic waters for the first time, with mixed results. They all carry different expectations and values, leading to heartbreak and some decisions that surprise friends and family.

Starring	Elisabeth Dermot Walsh, John Light, John Hopkins, Zoe Waites, Christian Coulson
Director	Tom Hooper
Studio	2 ENTERTAIN VIDEO
Run time	DVD: 2 hrs 35 mins
Certificate
Genres	Drama, Television
Released	DVD: 01 Sep 2008 Production year: 2001
Format	DVD

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  Love in a Cold Climate

  Like its predecessor, The Pursuit of Love, Love in a Cold Climate is narrated by Fanny, and covers a similar time period but deals with a different subset of characters, revealing more about Fanny's own personal life and the early years of her marriage to Alfred Wincham, an Oxford don.
  
  However, the main characters are Lord and Lady Montdore and their stunning daughter, Polly. Following the death of Lord Montdore's sister, Patricia, Polly shocks everyone by marrying the widower, middle-aged Lothario 'Boy' Dougdale. Her mother, incensed because Boy had previously been her own lover, cuts Polly off. She is soon replaced in her parents' affections by her cousin, Cedric Hampton, a Nova Scotian who is heir to Lord Montdore's title. The outrageously camp Cedric charms everyone he meets and successfully changes Lady Montdore's stuffy image. This highly comic novel ends with a half-hearted reconciliation between Polly and her mother, while Cedric confides to Fanny that he has started a love-affair with Boy.

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    • Posted 06 Oct 2008 17:30

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  Curate's Egg an accurate description

  For those who have read Nancy Mitford's Pursuit of Love, and Love in a Cold Climate, this 2001 adaptation (while picturesque) omitted too much. Entire characters disappear, forsooth! Davy (who marries Sadie's sister Emily - guardian to Fanny) never appears, but his character is vital to the books.
  
  As ever, much of the dialogue is also cut, and the script preserves many of the Mitford 'cliches', rather than the exquisite wit of the novels.

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  Based on the novel by Nancy Mitford, this 2001 mini-series was brought to TV screens in the UK thanks to the BBC. The story follows three women as they dip their toes into romantic waters for the ...