A Respectable Trade

📊 Series Specifications

Network BBC One
Episode Runtime ~60 min
Total Seasons 1
Total Episodes 4
Original Language EN

A Respectable Trade (1998)

⭐ 3.5 / 5 (2 votes) 🎬 1 Seasons 📼 4 Episodes 🏷️ Drama 📡 Ended
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Synopsis

A four-part drama, set against the background of the English slave trade and adapted by Philippa Gregory from her novel.

Seasons & Episodes

E1 Episode 1

1788: governess Frances Scott marries the bumbling but ambitious ship owner Josiah Cole and faces a new life far from home.

E2 Episode 2

As the African slaves' suffering continues, Frances finds herself attracted to the slave called Mehuru.

E3 Episode 3

The plight of one of the African children draws Frances and Mehuru closer together. Sir Charles Fairley shows an interest when debt-ridden Josiah decides to auction the runaway slave, Matthew.

E4 Episode 4

Frances prays that her child was fathered by her husband, and urges Mehuru to flee Bristol.