John Curran

The Painted Veil

BBC Two

BBC Two is a TV channel that started broadcasting on the 20th April 1964.

09/09/2007

BBC Two - The Painted Veil

A doctor forces his unfaithful wife to go with him to China to fight a cholera epidemic.

Romantic drama. A doctor (Edward Norton) forces his unfaithful wife (Naomi Watts) to go with him to a tiny Chinese village to fight a cholera epidemic.

China, 1925. A reserved young doctor falls for an attractive socialite. However, her motives for marrying him prove more pragmatic than passionate, and in Shanghai she takes a lover. As a result, the doctor volunteers to help in a remote village stricken with cholera, where the couple's relationship comes under even greater pressure. 

Emotional drama based on the novel by W Somerset Maugham.

Chappaquiddick

BBC Two - Chappaquiddick

When Kennedy leaves the scene of a fatal accident the following days determine his future

Drama. When presidential hopeful Edward Kennedy leaves the scene of a fatal car accident, the following few days determine his political future.

In July 1969, as the entire world is enthralled by the Apollo 11 mission to the moon, presidential hopeful Senator Edward Kennedy is attending a regatta at Martha's Vineyard. Hosting a party on Chappaquiddick Island, Kennedy is at the wheel of a car which plunges off a small bridge. He leaves the scene of the accident and his passenger Mary Jo Kopechne dead. The following few hours and days determine his political future.

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