| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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Inspired by the wartime diary of Nella Last. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2006. |
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Also distributed as part of a set: Wartime Britain : three complete dramas. |
| Cast |
Victoria Wood, David Threlfall, Christopher Harper. |
| Credits |
Music, John Lunn. |
| Summary |
Soon after England declared war on Germany in 1939, Lancashire housewife Nella Last began writing a diary as part of a public project. She was 49 and fearful that she wouldn't be able to cope with her son's enlistment and life alone with her domineering husband. Recounts her experience of wartime privations, but also her dawning sense of independence. Amid the hardships of food rations and air raids, Nella's volunteer work for the war effort fills her with an exhilarating sense of purpose. |
| Note |
Special features: Insert with background on the U.K.'s Mass Observation project; text interview with Victoria Wood; cast filmographies. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Subject |
Last, Nella.
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English diaries -- Women authors -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Great Britain -- History -- George VI, 1936-1952 -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Life skills -- Great Britain -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Married people -- Great Britain -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Volunteers -- Great Britain -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Mass-Observation (Firm) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Great Britain -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Wenger, Piers.
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Wood, Victoria, 1953-
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Millar, Gavin.
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Threlfall, David.
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Harper, Christopher.
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Last, Nella.
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ITV Productions.
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Granada International Media Limited.
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Acorn Media (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Housewife, forty-nine |
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Wartime Britain : three complete dramas.
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| Standard No. |
054961804191 |
| Music No. |
AMP-8041 Acorn Media |
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