Plain Jane
A well-to-do family moves from the city to a country farmhouse, determined to make a go of things on their own, but the existence of an already present third generation housekeeper rather changes things somewhat. Set in 1973-76.
A well-to-do family moves from the city to a country farmhouse, determined to make a go of things on their own, but the existence of an already present third generation housekeeper rather changes things somewhat. Set in 1973-76.
Patricia Routledge
Jane
Laurence Payne
Geoffrey
Jonathan Elsom
James Cartwright
Georgina Melville
Lady Viola
Phyllida Nash
Emma
Paul Hastings
Seb
Frances Bennett
Charlotte
Anthony Ainley
Antony Gerard
Osmund Bullock
Adrian
A well-to-do family moves from the city to a country farmhouse, determined to make a go of things on their own, but the existence of an already present third generation housekeeper rather changes things somewhat. Set in 1973-76.
Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthy relatives, the Bertrams, where she is treated poorly by most except her cousin Edmund. Her life is complicated by the arrival of the worldly Mary and Henry Crawford.
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The original '70s TV family is now placed in the 1990s, where they're even more square and out of place than ever.
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When her family moves from New York City to New Jersey, an 11-year-old girl navigates new friends, feelings, and the beginning of adolescence.