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Last broadcast on Thu, 24 Sep 2009, 22:00 on BBC Four (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
Drama inspired by the life of arguably the most prolific author of the 20th century, Dame Barbara Cartland, which looks beyond the pink facade to tell the story of what made her the resilient and renowned Queen of Romance.
Despite her devotion to true love, her own life was blighted by heartbreak, with her first marriage ending in a scandalous society divorce. In the aftermath of this humiliation, she successfully campaigned to have her beloved brother Ronald elected to parliament, but he was killed at Dunkirk before he could fulfil his promise.
In the 1970s, at the height of her commercial powers, Cartland formed an unlikely friendship with Lord Louis Mountbatten and they collaborated on a romantic novel.
Clip: Interview with Barbara
A reporter probes Dame Barbara Cartland about her relationship with Lord Mountbatten.
Credits
- Barbara Cartland
- Anne Reid
- Lord Mountbatten
- David Warner
- Young Barbara
- Sinead Matthews
- Ronald Cartland
- Tom Burke
- Helen
- Rebekah Staton
- Polly Cartland
- Jacquetta May
- Hugh McCorquodale
- Christopher Naylor
- 'Sacchie' McCorquodale
- Elliot Cowan
- Producer
- Harriet Davison
Broadcasts
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Sun 26 Oct 200821:00
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Sun 26 Oct 200821:00
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Mon 27 Oct 200802:00
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Tue 28 Oct 200822:30
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Tue 28 Oct 200822:30
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Wed 29 Oct 200801:25
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Thu 30 Oct 200821:00
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Fri 31 Oct 200802:10
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Sat 22 Nov 200821:15
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Wed 31 Dec 200821:00
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Sat 29 Aug 200921:00
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Thu 24 Sep 200922:00
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