Penmarric
The powerful tale of obsessive love and thwarted passion in storm-tossed Cornwall
- 1979
- Ended
- Drama · Family
- 1 season
- 7.0/10
Powerful and compelling, Penmarric is a sweeping, historic tale of unsuppressed passion and rampant ambition, desire and destruction, spanning three generations from Victorian England to the Second World War. Set on the stormy coasts of Cornwall, Mark Castallack is the Master of Penmarric, a lost soul who finds love in the arms of Janna, an older woman and daughter of a local fisherman. The impact of their marriage on the family and community – and the dark secrets that surround it - sets off a chain of events that threatens all who cross the threshold of the grand house. The course is set towards a tragedy that will echo across time pitting husband against wife, father against son and brother against brother.
Latest: Season 1 · 1979
View all seasonsE1. Episode 1
Oct 12, 1979
First episode of the adaptation from the novel by Susan Howatch. Penmarric is the compelling story of the passionate loves and hatreds of a Cornish family.
E2. Episode 2
Oct 19, 1979
1890: Mark, now aged 20, has learnt he is heir to Penmarric. Weary of Maud's obsession with the Inheritence, he quarrels with her.
E3. Episode 3
Oct 26, 1979
1890: Janna has firmly rejected Mark's attentions. He finds his subsequent involvements with Rose Parrish brings its own problems.
E4. Episode 4
Nov 2, 1979
1890: Janna and Mark have fallen in love. Janna tells Mark about her early life and about her love affair with his father.
E5. Episode 5
Nov 9, 1979
1890: Janna and Mark have married and Mark has finally inherited Penmarric. They have moved, but Janna's frequent pregnancies have caused a rift between them.
E6. Episode 6
Nov 16, 1979
1903: Although Mark has promised he will not see Rose Parrish again, he has left Penmarric to continue his studies, leaving Janna with the children.
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