Based on the last novel of acclaimed author Edith Wharton The Buccaneers features an epic cast including Michael Kitchen Cherie Lunghi Mira Sorvino Dinsdale Landen Rosemary Leach Sheila Hancock Greg Wise Connie Booth and Jenny Agutter. Seen through the eyes of a family governess four ambitious American girls - Virginia and her sister Nan their friend Lizzy Elmsworth and their Brazilian friend Conchita - secure husbands and position in England in order to live happily ever after. But life bears little resemblance to the fairytales; and castles appear a lot less magical... when you have to live in them. They soon find themselves trapped by the trappings of wealth and discover that beneath fine manners and social graces lie some very shabby vices. A superb cast stunning scenery and costumes and a story that unfolds as lavishly and unexpectedly as their lives The Buccaneers makes compelling viewing representing television drama at its very best. [show more]
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Based on Edith Wharton's last unfinished novel, published posthumously in 1938, this lavish BBC drama follows the story of four dashing and sprited American beauties who, unable to break into the upper-crust elite of New York society, launch themselves into the English world of the 1870s. Accompanied by their English governess, the girls descend on the unsuspecting English aristocracy, charming them with their beauty and their father's wealth. Before long, their new names and the titles that go with them guarantee that they will never be so disadvantaged again. But at what cost?
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