Lady Chatterley is a 1993 BBC television serial starring Sean Bean and Joely Richardson. It is an adaptation of D. H. Lawrence's 1928 novel Lady Chatterley's Lover, first broadcast on BBC1 in four 55-minute episodes between 6 and 27 June 1993. A young woman's husband returns wounded after the First World War. Facing a life with a husband now incapable of sexual activity she begins a passionate affair with the groundskeeper. The film reflects Lawrence's focus not only on casting away sexual taboos, but also the examination of the British class system.
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Cast
Joely Richardson - Lady Chatterley
Sean Bean - Mellors
James Wilby - Sir Clifford Chatterley
Shirley Anne Field - Mrs Bolton
Hetty Baynes - Hilda
Ken Russell - Sir Michael Reid, Lady Chatterley's father
Reception
The show had an audience of over 12 million.
Donald Liebenson, a Chicago-based film critic said "Those who believe British miniseries to be too proper and corseted may want to make an exception for Ken Russell's 1992, four-hour BBC adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's scandalous novel...The production is impeccably mounted--no pun intended--and the performances (particularly by the daring Ms. Richardson) impassioned."