Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20051121 | By Julie Fraser 1/5. A Rose in Kilkenny Renowned 20th century florist Constance Spry was inspired by childhood walks in a bluebell wood in Ireland. Later, as a young bride, she created her first rose garden there, and escaped her loveless marriage by fleeing to England and a new life with her young son. Constance Spry....Joanna David Rosemary Hume....Tina Gray Young Constance....Flora Dacherty Father....David Shaw-Parker Norman Wilkinson....Martin Hyder Gertrude Jekyll....Maria Aitken Keira Doyle....Colleen Prendergast Bridget....Marcella Riordan Director Marilyn Imrie 1/5. A Rose in Kilkenny Renowned 20th century florist Constance Spry was inspired by childhood walks in a bluebell wood in Ireland. Later, as a young bride, she created her first rose garden there, and escaped her loveless marriage by fleeing to England and a new life with her young son. |
| 02 | 20051122 | By Julie Fraser 2/5. New Loves Constance is headmistress of a school in London's East End, where she instils in her pupils a love of flowers, while falling in love with the dashing Mr Spry, and launching her first flower shop in the West End. While working on a floral creation with fashionable maverick painter Gluck, her life is turned upside down. Constance Spry....Joanna David Shav Spry....John Rowe Dolly....Colleen Prendergast Norman Wilkinson....Martin Hyder Miss Cook....Tina Gray Victor Steibel....Geoffrey McGivern Valerie Pirie....Susan Wooldridge Flower Seller....David Shaw-Parker Hannah Gluckenstein....Jenny Howe Directed by Marilyn Imrie. 2/5. New Loves |
| 03 | 20051123 | By Julie Fraser 3/5. Flowers for Mrs Simpson Constance is thrown into the heart of royal society and scandal when she is invited to arrange the flowers for the wedding of the Prince of Wales to Wallis Simpson at the Chateau de Cande in France. Constance Spry....Joanna David Valerie Pirie....Susan Wooldridge Edward....Martin Hyder Wallis Simpson....Debora Weston Cecil Beaton....Geoffrey McGivern Shav Spry....John Rowe Director Marilyn Imrie. 3/5. Flowers for Mrs Simpson |
| 04 | 20051124 | Autumn in New York Constance is invited to open a chic new flower shop in New York, but the outbreak of war in 1939 brings her home to England where she continues to bring the joy of flowers into the lives of bombed out Londoners. Constance Spry....Joanna David Shav....John Rowe NY cab driver....Eric Loren Gertrude Jekyll....Maria Aitken Adele Lovatt....Debora Weston Director Marilyn Imrie. By Julie Fraser. 4/5. 4/5. Autumn in New York |
| 05 LAST | 20051125 | Crowning Glory 1953 is the crowning glory of Constance's career when she is commissioned to arrange the flowers for the processional route at Queen Elizabeth's Coronation. A new generation of young women is ready to take up Constance's legacy at the school she founded at Winkfield Place. Constance Spry....Joanna David Shav....John Rowe Bo Peep Girl....Tracy Wiles Rosemary Hume....Tina Gray Father....David Shaw-Parker Eric Bedford....Geoffrey McGivern Valerie....Susan Wooldridge Young Constance....Flora Docherty Director Marilyn Imrie. By Julie Fraser. 5/5. Crowning Glory 1953 is the crowning glory of Constance's career when she is commissioned to arrange the flowers for the processional route at Queen Elizabeth's Coronation. A new generation of young women is ready to take up Constance's legacy at the school she founded at Winkfield Place. |