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The crimson petal and the white [videorecording (DVD)].

Acorn Media, c2012.

Prostitutes -- England -- London -- Social conditions -- Drama.

Prostitution -- Drama.

Social classes -- Drama.

Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Drama.

London (England) -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Drama.

[videorecording (DVD)].

2 videodiscs (244 min.) : Dolby digital stereo. sd., col. ; 12 cm.

Based on the sensational novel by Michel Faber.

Videodisc release of the 4-part British television mini-series, originally broadcast on BBC 2 in April 2011, plus bonus features on 2 discs.

Bonus: Deleted scenes (11 min.) ; interviews with Romola Garai and Chris O'Dowd, director Marc Munden, and key crew members (20 min.) ; character biographies.

16:9 widescreen.

"As seen on BBC [and] Encore"--Container.

English (SDH) subtitles for the hearing impaired.

An Origin Pictures, Cité Amérique co-production for BBC ; written by Lucinda Coxon ; produced by David M. Thompson, Steve Lightfoot, Greg Dummett ; directed by Marc Munden.

Romola Garai, Chris O'Dowd, Amanda Hale, Shirley Henderson, Mark Gatiss, Richard E. Grant and Gillian Anderson.

"Enter a Victorian England you’ve never seen: gritty, dark, and unsettling. Based on Michel Faber’s international bestseller, this four-part BBC series follows the fortunes of Sugar (Romola Garai, Atonement, Emma), a notorious prostitute who longs for a better life. Sexually adept, ambitious, and clever, she casts a spell on William Rackham (Chris O’Dowd, Bridesmaids, The IT Crowd), feckless heir to a perfume business and husband to a wife slipping slowly into insanity. As their lives intertwine, events are set in motion that will change them forever. This provocative psychological thriller boasts a stellar cast and a boldly original look and feel, exposing 1870s London as a place where violence and madness lurked everywhere. Garai is 'electric' (The Telegraph Magazine, U.K.), O'Dowd 'a revelation' (The Daily Telegraph, U.K.), and Amanda Hale 'brilliant' (The Times, U.K.) as Rackham's wife, Agnes. With Gillian Anderson (Bleak House, The X-Files), as monstrous madam Mrs. Castaway and Richard E. Grant (Gosford Park) as creepy Dr. Curlew, 'this striking Gothic melodrama...[is] lurid in the best sense (The Scotsman, U.K.)."--Container.

Television mini-series.

Psychological thriller films.

Melodrama and tearjerker films.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Faber, Michel. Crimson petal and the white.

Garai, Romola, 1982-

O'Dowd, Chris, 1980-

Hale, Amanda, 1982-

Henderson, Shirley, 1965-

Grant, Richard E., 1957-

Anderson, Gillian, 1968-

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