| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) |
| Series |
Canterbury tales
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| Summary |
Constance (Nikki Amuka-Bird) is a young Nigerian refugee who is found washed up in a small boat, on the south coast of England, by Mark (Adam Katz). Mark takes pity on Constance and takes her home to his wife Nicky (Rakie Ayola). As Nicky and Constance strike up a friendship, it becomes clear that Constance is a devout Christian but is deeply troubled by her past and cannot remember what has happened to her. At church a young man, Terry (Leo Bill), falls for her but the feelings are not mutual. Constance is falling in love with Mark's boss, Alan (Andrew Lincoln), but when she rejects Terry's physical advances his violent revenge has tragic consequences for all involved. Ultimately Alan goes on a dangerous search in Nigeria for Constance, the woman with whom he has fallen deeply in love |
| Notes |
Episode six in a series of programs from the BBC in which six of Britain's foremost television writers each take one of 14th century poet Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and put a modern spin on it |
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Off-air recording of ABC-TV broadcast September 18, 2005. Copied under Part VA of the Copyright Act |
| Credits |
Executive Producers: Franc Roddam, Laura Mackie, Sally Haynes |
| Performer |
Andrew Lincoln, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Adam Kotz, Rakie Ayola, Kika Markham |
| Notes |
DVD |
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No rating given |
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Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Refugees -- Great Britain -- Drama
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Refugees -- Nigeria -- Drama
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Jealousy -- Drama
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| Author |
Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
Pardoner's tale
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Roddam, Franc
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Mackie, Laura
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Haynes, Sally
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Lincoln, Andrew
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Amuka-Bird, Nikki
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Kotz, Adam
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Ayola, Rakie
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Markham, Kika
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