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Status
Released
Release
2010
Runtime
1h 30m
Streaming availability by country
A lesbian in the 1800s who keeps a detailed account of her life written in coded diaries attempts to live independently while juggling an affair with a married woman.
17 Cast Members
Maxine Peake
Anne Lister
Anna Madeley
Mariana Belcombe
Susan Lynch
Isabella Norcliffe
Christine Bottomley
Ann Walker
Gemma Jones
Aunt Lister
Alan David
Uncle Lister
Richenda Carey
Mrs Priestley
Michael Culkin
Charles Lawton
Tina O'Brien
Miss Browne
Dean Lennox Kelly
Christopher Rawson
Tessa Peake-Jones
Mrs Rawson
Belinda Lazenby
Mrs Browne
Jemima Foxtrot
Lister Maid
Ted Holden
Rough Man
Martin Oldfield
Jeweller
Micky Dacks
Barman
Robert Maxfield
Priest
