| Uniform Title |
Fingersmith (Television mini-series) |
| Title |
Fingersmith. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by ViaVision Entertainment, [2021]. |
| ©2005 |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (180 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| ViaVision Entertainment : VVE2479. |
| Originally broadcast on BBC One in 2005. |
| Based on the novel of the same name by Sarah Waters. |
| Special features: Behind the scenes of Fingersmith (exclusive made for DVD featurette) ; Character profiles ; Episode synopses ; Photo gallery. |
| Credits |
Directed by Aisling Walsh ; screenplay by Peter Ransley. |
| Performers |
Sally Hawkins, Elaine Cassidy, Rupert Evans, Charles Dance, David Troughton, Imelda Staunton. |
| Summary |
Orphan Sue Trinder (Hawkins), raised in a den of petty thieves or 'fingersmiths', agrees to help a young con man, Richard Rivers (Evans), defraud a wealthy heiress, Maud Lilly (Cassidy). But Sue's plans didn't include falling in love with the heiress. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : M. |
| System details |
DVD video, Audio 2.0, Region 4, PAL, 16:9. |
| Language note |
English. |
| Subjects |
Waters, Sarah, -- 1966- Television adaptations |
| Swindlers and swindling -- Drama |
| Pickpockets -- Drama |
| Inheritance and succession -- Drama |
| Thieves -- Drama |
| Lesbians -- Drama |
| Television series -- Great Britain |
| Television programs, British |
| London (England) -- Drama |
| London (England) -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Drama |
| Genre |
Historical television programs |
| Romance television programs |
| Lesbian television programs |
| Fiction television programs |
| Television mini-series |
| Other Names |
Walsh, Aisling, 1958- director. |
| Ransley, Peter screenwriter. |
| Hawkins, Sally, 1976- actor. |
| Cassidy, Elaine, 1979- actor. |
| Evans, Rupert actor. |
| Dance, Charles actor. |
| Troughton, David actor. |
| Staunton, Imelda, 1956- actor. |
| Waters, Sarah, 1966-. Fingersmith Television adaptation of (work): |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
See Also:
Authors:
- Cassidy, Elaine, 1979- .
- Dance, Charles .
- Evans, Rupert .
- Hawkins, Sally, 1976- .
- Ransley, Peter .
- Staunton, Imelda, 1956- .
- Troughton, David .
- Walsh, Aisling, 1958- .
- Waters, Sarah, 1966-. Fingersmith .
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