The Little House [DVD]

United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: The Little House is a thrilling 2 part feature length drama adaptation of Philippa Gregory's best selling novel, which explores the psychological power struggles within one family. Adapted for television by Ed Whitmore (Identity, Waking The Dead). BAFTA winning actress Francesca Annis (Cranford) stars alongside renowned film, stage and television actors Tim Pigott-Smith (Foyle's War) and Rupert Evans (Emma) and rising star Lucy Griffiths (Collision). Ruth (Griffiths), is married to career minded Patrick (Evans) as she is pushed towards the limits of her own sanity when she becomes entangled in the lives of her wealthy but interfering in-laws Elizabeth (Annis) and Frederick (Pigott-Smith). After falling unexpectedly pregnant, Ruth finds herself swept along on a tide of apparently well-intentioned family gestures which leave the previously independent teacher detached from her former city life and living in 'the little house' at the end of her in-laws' driveway. Elizabeth's complex relationship with Ruth is subtly developed as they both try and take control of their connected lives until, inevitably, and very dramatically, they reach a point of no return. Is Elizabeth playing mind games with Ruth? Could she really be manipulating events against her daughter in-law? Or is Ruth hysterically distorting things in her own mind? ...The Little House