Episodes
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| 01 | 20240414 | Penelope's prized possession is The Shell Seekers, painted by her father, and symbolizing her unconventional life, from bohemian childhood to wartime romance. When her adult children learn their grandfather's work is now worth a fortune, each has an idea as to what Penelope should do. But as she recalls the passions, tragedies, and secrets of her life, she knows there is only one answer...and it lies in her heart and that is what helps to unlock the key to Penelope's final decision. Written by Rosamunde Pilcher and dramatised by Lin Coghlan The Narrator, Rosamunde Pilcher - Jessica Turner Penelope - Emma Fielding Olivia - Emily Berrington Nancy - Jasmine Hyde Young Penelope - Kitty O'Sullivan Noel/Ambrose - Will Kirk Cosmo - John Lightbody Antonia - Imogen Front Danus - Ian Dunnett Jnr Lawrence - Michael Bertenshaw Doris - Debra Baker Miss Pawson - Anna Spearpoint Directed by Tracey Neale An instant bestseller when it was first published and still one of the highest bestselling British family sagas of the past four decades, Rosamunde Pilcher's The Shell Seekers is an enduring classic which has touched the hearts of millions of readers worldwide. Set in Gloucestershire, London, Cornwall and Ibiza and shifting between 1939 and 1985. This is the story of one family and the passions and heartbreaks that have held them together. Artist's daughter Penelope Keeling can look back on a full and varied life. She has brought up three children - and learned to accept them as they are. Yet she has no intention of settling sweetly into pensioned-off old-age. She wants to live. A story of memory, fate, loss, trauma, connection, and the cost of maintaining that. Is family, everything, after all? Writer, Rosamunde Pilcher Produced and Directed by Tracey Neale Rosamunde Pilcher's bestselling saga. The story of one family's passions and heartbreaks. Set in Gloucestershire, London, Cornwall and Ibiza and shifting between 1939 and 1985. The beloved story of one family and the passions and heartbreaks that have held them together |
| 02 | 20240421 | Penelope is under pressure to sell the valuable sketches made by her father, Lawrence Stern. They had never been lost. She had hidden them away at the back of her wardrobe. Now she is waiting to have them valued but what about the fate of her father's famous painting The Shell Seekers? Written by Rosamunde Pilcher and dramatised by Lin Coghlan The Narrator, Rosamunde Pilcher - Jessica Turner Penelope - Emma Fielding Olivia - Emily Berrington Nancy - Jasmine Hyde Noel - Will Kirk Young Penelope - Kitty O'Sullivan Richard - Carl Prekopp Antonia - Imogen Front Danus - Ian Dunnett Jnr Lawrence - Michael Bertenshaw Doris - Debra Baker Mr Brookner/Soldier - John Lightbody Mrs Enderby - Juliana Lisk Directed by Tracey Neale An instant bestseller when it was first published and still one of the highest bestselling British family sagas of the past four decades, Rosamunde Pilcher's The Shell Seekers is an enduring classic which has touched the hearts of millions of readers worldwide. Set in Gloucestershire, London, Cornwall and Ibiza and shifting between 1939 and 1985. This is the story of one family and the passions and heartbreaks that have held them together. Artist's daughter Penelope Keeling can look back on a full and varied life. She has brought up three children - and learned to accept them as they are. Yet she has no intention of settling sweetly into pensioned-off old-age. She wants to live. A story of memory, fate, loss, trauma, connection, and the cost of maintaining that. Is family, everything, after all? Writer, Rosamunde Pilcher Produced and Directed by Tracey Neale Rosamunde Pilcher's bestselling saga. The story of one family's passions and heartbreaks. Set in Gloucestershire, London, Cornwall and Ibiza and shifting between 1939 and 1985. The beloved story of one family and the passions and heartbreaks that have held them together |