Love in a Cold Climate (2001 TV series)

{{Short description|British Serial Drama Miniseries}}

{{About|the 2001 series|the 1980 series|Love in a Cold Climate (1980 TV series)|the 2021 series|The Pursuit of Love (TV series)}}

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| genre = Drama

| creator =

| based_on = The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford

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| screenplay = Deborah Moggach

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| director = Tom Hooper

| starring = Alan Bates
Celia Imrie
Anthony Andrews
Rosamund Pike
Elisabeth Dermot Walsh
Megan Dodds

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| theme_music_composer = Rob Lane

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| num_series = 1

| num_episodes = 3

| producer = Kate Harwood

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| cinematography = Larry Smith

| runtime = 151 minutes

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| network = BBC1

| first_aired = {{Start date|2001|02|04|df=y}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2001|02|11|df=y}}

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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."[https://web.archive.org/web/20180220134202/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b85aad3e4 Love in a Cold Climate [Part One] (2001)]". British Film Institute. Retrieved on 15 July 2018.

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.Moggach, Deborah (20 June 2000). "Playing bit parts in my own dramas". The Times (Times Newspapers): p. 9 (Times2 supplement). 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."[http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/nominations/?year=2001 Television Nominations 2001]". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved on 16 October 2010."[http://www.bafta.org/awards/television-craft/nominations/?year=2001 Craft Nominations 2001]". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved on 16 October 2010.

An earlier adaptation of Love in a Cold Climate was broadcast in eight episodes in 1980, starring Judi Dench, Michael Aldridge, and Vivian Pickles.{{Cite web | url=http://www.rexfeatures.com/set/1196509?pl=20&cr=1 | title=Editorial Photos, Celebrity, News, & Sports Images | Shutterstock Editorial }}