Nancherrow

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| based_on = {{Based on|Nancherrow|Rosamunde Pilcher}}

| screenplay = John Goldsmith

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| director = Simon Langton

| starring = Joanna Lumley
Tristan Gemmill
Robert Hardy
Lynda Baron
Susan Hampshire
Patrick Ryecart
Philipp Moog

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| theme_music_composer = Alan Parker

| country = Great Britain

| language = English

| num_episodes = 2

| producer = David Cunliffe

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| runtime = 180 minutes

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| network = ITV

| first_aired = {{Start date|1999|04|04|df=y}}

| last_aired = {{End date|1999|04|05|df=y}}

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Nancherrow is a British TV movie sequel to Rosamunde Pilcher's Coming Home. It aired on ITV television from 4 to 5 April 1999.{{Cite news |last=Catchpole |first=Charlie |date=6 April 1999 |title=Charlie Catchpole's TV column: STATELY PILE OF TRASH |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/338132417 |access-date=2024-08-19 |work=The Mirror |id={{ProQuest|338132417}} |via=ProQuest}} The story is set in the country mansion called Nancherrow on the Cornish coast.{{Cite book |last=Voigts-Virchow |first=Eckart |title=The Cambridge Companion to Literature on Screen |date=2007 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |editor-last=Cartmell |editor-first=Deborah |pages=123–127 |chapter=Heritage and Literature On Screen: Heimat and Heritage |editor-last2=Whelehan |editor-first2=Imelda |chapter-url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2137993192 |id={{ProQuest|2137993192}} |via=ProQuest}}

Reception

In a review for The Mirror, Charlie Catchpole wrote that "It required patience, stamina, a stiff drink and a box of man- sized Kleenex to get through to the end of Nancherrow".

Synopsis

After the Colonel dies it is his daughter, Loveday, who inherits the house and all of its problems, including dry rot.{{Cite news |last=Banks-Smith |first=Nancy |date=5 April 1999 |title=Weekend TV: Black, gold and red in tooth and claw |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/245374166 |access-date=2024-08-19 |work=The Guardian |id={{ProQuest|245374166}} |via=ProQuest}} Bewitched by the magic of Nancherrow, Loveday fights to keep the estate going so that, in time, her young son Nat may inherit same, while dealing with the reappearance of her one true love Gus and her failing marriage to Walter.

Meanwhile, Judith is finding life as the wife of a busy doctor difficult, especially after suffering multiple miscarriages. It is a time of much change and heartfelt expectation for everyone at Nancherrow.