A twelve episode BBC period drama series based on the bestselling Cornish family saga by Susan Howatch. On the wild Cornish coast stands the grand estate of Penmarric with its stately house, sweeping land and prosperous mines. It offers wealth and power – but it can also destroy those who seek to become its master. Penmarric is the compelling story of the passionate loves and hatreds of a Cornish family.
Powerful and compelling, Penmarric is a sweeping, historic tale of unsuppressed passion and rampant ambition, desire and destruction, spanning three generations from Victorian England to the Second World War. Set on the stormy coasts of Cornwall, Mark Castallack is the Master of Penmarric, a lost soul who finds love in the arms of Janna, an older woman and daughter of a local fisherman. The impact of their marriage on the family and community – and the dark secrets that surround it – sets off a chain of events that threatens all who cross the threshold of the grand house.
Starring Patsy Kensit, Thomas Ellice, Nick Brimble, Lesley Dunlop, June Ellis.