Belonging is a 2004 TV play starring Brenda Blethyn, Kevin Whately, Rosemary Harris, Anna Massey, Peter Sallis, Jill Baker, Fiona O'Shaughnessy and Matthew Marsh. The play is based on Stevie Davies's novel The Web of Belonging.
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Plot
A middle-aged man, Jacob Copplestone, decides to leave his middle-aged wife, Jess, to whom he has been married for twenty years, and go to live with a younger woman. Jess Copplestone is then left to look after Jacob's elderly relatives, including Nathan, May and Brenda. Jess struggles so much that Nathan decides to leave the house to go to live in a house with other elderly people, to try to make life easier for Jess. After May has another accident in her home, Jacob apologises to Jess, and they decide to put May in a nursing home. They also decide that Brenda should go to live in the same place as Nathan.
Cast
Brenda Blethyn as Jess Copplestone
Kevin Whately as Jacob Copplestone
Rosemary Harris as May
Anna Massey as Brenda
Peter Sallis as Nathan
Jill Baker as Cathy
Fiona O’Shaughnessy as Stephanie
Matthew Marsh as Peter Fox
Maisy Taylor as Nella
Tom Bennett as PC Cowley
Joe Van Moyland as Luke
Roisin Rae as Waitress
Eliza Hunt as Jane Ventress
Muriel Pavlow as Dorothy
Helen Masters as Hazel
Poppy Lee Friar as Lara
Daniel Chenery as Fergus
Bindu De Stoppani as Nurse
Liz Moscrop as Mrs. Jenkins
Joanna David as Averil
Teresa Churcher as DC Sinclair
Miroslav Mitrovic as Nouvelles Recrues (uncredited)
Tomislav Mitrovic as Nouvelles Recrues (uncredited)
Robert Stone as Polish bodyguard (uncredited)
Release
Belonging was screened on ITV on 12 September 2004. Acorn TV and ITV later released it on DVD on 26 July 2010.