Love in a Cold Climate (2001 TV series)

Love in a Cold Climate is a British serial drama miniseries produced by the BBC in association with WGBH Boston, and first broadcast in two parts on BBC One on 4 and 11 February 2001. The series was adapted by Deborah Moggach from Nancy Mitford's novels The Pursuit of Love (1945) and Love in a Cold Climate (1949), and was directed by Tom Hooper.[1]

This article is about the 2001 series. For the 1980 series, see Love in a Cold Climate (1980 TV series). For the 2021 series, see The Pursuit of Love (TV series).

Love in a Cold Climate
GenreDrama
Based onThe Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford
Screenplay byDeborah Moggach
Directed byTom Hooper
StarringAlan Bates
Celia Imrie
Anthony Andrews
Rosamund Pike
Elisabeth Dermot Walsh
Megan Dodds
Theme music composerRob Lane
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes3
Production
ProducerKate Harwood
CinematographyLarry Smith
Running time151 minutes
Release
Original networkBBC1
Original release4 February 2001 (2001-02-04)

It stars Rosamund Pike as Fanny, Elisabeth Dermot Walsh as Linda, Megan Dodds as Polly, Alan Bates as Uncle Matthew, and Celia Imrie as Aunt Sadie. The production staff researched the background to Mitford's novels by interviewing her surviving sister Deborah.[2] The series was accompanied by an Omnibus profile of Mitford and a documentary series entitled The Mitford World on BBC Knowledge.

Love in a Cold Climate was nominated for two British Academy Television Awards; Bates was nominated for Best Actor, and the production team received nominations in the Costume Design and Production Design categories.[3][4]

An earlier adaptation of Love in a Cold Climate was broadcast in eight episodes in 1980, starring Judi Dench, Michael Aldridge, and Vivian Pickles.[5]

Cast

References
  1. "Love in a Cold Climate [Part One] (2001)". British Film Institute. Retrieved on 15 July 2018.
  2. Moggach, Deborah (20 June 2000). "Playing bit parts in my own dramas". The Times (Times Newspapers): p. 9 (Times2 supplement).
  3. "Television Nominations 2001". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved on 16 October 2010.
  4. "Craft Nominations 2001". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved on 16 October 2010.
  5. "Editorial Photos, Celebrity, News, & Sports Images | Shutterstock Editorial".
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