Episodes
Episode | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
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01 | 20180218 | by Margaret Atwood
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Zenia ..... Tanya Moodie
Produced and directed by Marion Nancarrow
In "The Robber Bride" Margaret Atwood brilliantly turns this Brothers Grimm fairytale on its head, by re-casting all the roles as female. In the original tale, the Robber Bridegroom steals young maidens for his own ends, but Atwood casts the bridegroom as a predatory woman (described by Lorrie Moore in the New York Times as "Richard III with breast implants") and looks at the effects her manipulation has on three female friends in Toronto, as they go through university and into their adult lives, between 1967 and 1990.
Margaret Atwood's contemporary take on a fairytale of lust and betrayal stars Tanya Moodie No-holds-barred dramas written by women, featuring extraordinary female characters. | |
01 | 20180218 | 20180224 (R4) | by Margaret Atwood
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Zenia ..... Tanya Moodie
Produced and directed by Marion Nancarrow
In "The Robber Bride" Margaret Atwood brilliantly turns this Brothers Grimm fairytale on its head, by re-casting all the roles as female. In the original tale, the Robber Bridegroom steals young maidens for his own ends, but Atwood casts the bridegroom as a predatory woman (described by Lorrie Moore in the New York Times as "Richard III with breast implants") and looks at the effects her manipulation has on three female friends in Toronto, as they go through university and into their adult lives, between 1967 and 1990.
Margaret Atwood's contemporary take on a fairytale of lust and betrayal stars Tanya Moodie No-holds-barred dramas written by women, featuring extraordinary female characters. |
02 | 20180225 | by Margaret Atwood
2/2
Zenia's reappearance from the dead has unsettled her 3 old university friends. As we go back to the 1980s and
Produced and directed by Marion Nancarrow
In "The Robber Bride" Margaret Atwood has brilliantly turned this Brothers Grimm fairy tale on its head, by re-casting all the roles as female. In the original tale, the Robber Bridegroom steals young maidens for his own ends, but Atwood casts the bridegroom as a predatory woman (described by Lorrie Moore in the New York Times as "Richard III with breast implants"). She looks at the effects Zenia's manipulation has on three female friends in Toronto, as they go through university and into their adult lives, between 1967 and 1990. Having heard how Zenia has lied to both Tony and Charis and stolen each of their men, it's now the turn of successful businesswoman, Roz. Surely Zenia can't pull the wool over her eyes? But we all have our Achilles' heel......
Margaret Atwood's tale of lust and betrayal reaches a dramatic ending. Stars Tanya Moodie. No-holds-barred dramas written by women, featuring extraordinary female characters. | |
02 | 20180225 | 20180303 (R4) | by Margaret Atwood
2/2
Zenia's reappearance from the dead has unsettled her 3 old university friends. As we go back to the 1980s and
Produced and directed by Marion Nancarrow
In "The Robber Bride" Margaret Atwood has brilliantly turned this Brothers Grimm fairy tale on its head, by re-casting all the roles as female. In the original tale, the Robber Bridegroom steals young maidens for his own ends, but Atwood casts the bridegroom as a predatory woman (described by Lorrie Moore in the New York Times as "Richard III with breast implants"). She looks at the effects Zenia's manipulation has on three female friends in Toronto, as they go through university and into their adult lives, between 1967 and 1990. Having heard how Zenia has lied to both Tony and Charis and stolen each of their men, it's now the turn of successful businesswoman, Roz. Surely Zenia can't pull the wool over her eyes? But we all have our Achilles' heel......
Margaret Atwood's tale of lust and betrayal reaches a dramatic ending. Stars Tanya Moodie. No-holds-barred dramas written by women, featuring extraordinary female characters. |