In a town called Hope on the edge of Britain’s empire, desperations clash: the beautiful Dorothea Brook is desperate to free her pregnant sister Rose from the clutches of Fraser, a fortune hunter. A local politician, William Poyner, is desperate for cash and thinks marriage to Dorothea will save him. Dorothea hires Lawrence Hayes, a rough but handsome Argonaut, to bribe Fraser with jewels and to marry Rose; Hayes desperately loves Dorothea and may marry Rose to stay close to her. But Dorothea has a lover, the ravishing Anne Cooper, who encourages the match with Poyser to give the lovers cover. Are these remedies, each desperate in its turn, going to make anyone happy?
Release Date: 26 November 1993Runtime:
Stars:
- Alison Du Fresne
- Ann Coc-Kroft
- Bridget Armstrong
- Cliff Curtis
- Geeling Ng
- Helen Steemson
- Jennifer Ward-Lealand
- Johnny Bond
- Kate Bartlett
- Kevin Smith
- Kiri Mills
- Lisa Chappell
- Maya Dalziel
- Michael Hurst
- Timothy Raby
Director: Peter Wells