Search results
- In a sleepy old London house, an ageing writer reflects on her past. Only in talking to a young man, the building's concierge, can she confront her demons. She is haunted by the memory of a charming but evil man, Greville, who feigned friendship but wreaked devastation.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0089h44
People also ask
On which TV show is 'Capturing Mary' aired?
What is Capturing Mary about?
Who is young Mary in Capturing Mary?
Who are the actors in Capturing Mary?
Who wrote Capturing Mary?
What is the centrepiece of 'Capturing Mary'?
Capturing Mary is a BBC television drama (co-produced by HBO), written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff, starring Dame Maggie Smith, David Walliams, Ruth Wilson and Danny Lee Wynter. It was aired on BBC Two on 12 November 2007.
- Drama
- Overview
- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- References
The drama saw a repeat of Danny Lee Wynter's caretaker character of Joe, who encounters former socialite Mary (played by Maggie Smith in the present and Ruth Wilson in her youth) when she visits the house featured in Joe's Palace. We see flashbacks to her past links with the house. This present-day meeting between Joe and Mary overlaps with the eve...
We first meet the character of Mary as an old woman (Maggie Smith) in the present. The "old" Mary, a former journalist and socialite, arrives at the house of Elliot Graham's late father. Joe (Danny Lee Wynter), the caretaker of the house, takes pity on her and invites her in. She begins to recount to Joe the significance of the house to her. Moving...
David Walliams as Greville WhiteCasting
The programme also starred David Walliams as the character Greville White. Gemma Arterton, still in drama school at the time, played her first professional acting role as Greville White's young date, Liza.
Web site: Gemma Arterton profile . . 2018-08-16. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130103155740/http://movies.yahoo.com/person/gemma-arterton/biography.html . 3 January 2013 . dmy .
Nov 5, 2007 · In Capturing Mary, acclaimed writer-director Stephen Poliakoff enters new territory by creating a terrifying and compulsive story of lost youth.
In a compulsive and terrifying story of lost youth and class-ruled Britain of an earlier generation, Capturing Mary is a moving dramatisation of the power of the past to hold in thrall and damage the promise of a young life.
Synopsis. Capturing Mary introduces caretaker Joe Dix (Danny Lee Wynter) to Mary Gilbert (Maggie Smith), a past luminary of the grand mansion he now tends. When Joe welcomes Mary into...
Capturing Mary: Directed by Stephen Poliakoff. With Maggie Smith, Ruth Wilson, David Walliams, Danny Lee Wynter. A young man ushers an older woman into a dark exploration of her past - back to the time when, as a young girl, she met a stranger who affected her life forever.
In Capturing Mary, writer-director Stephen Poliakoff enters new territory by creating a terrifying and compulsive story of lost youth.
