Annabel Leventon
Janna
Penmarric (1979)
Season 1
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. The course is set towards a tragedy that will echo across time pitting husband against wife, father against son and brother against brother.
Released Oct. 12, 1979
Episode 50 min
14+
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Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Episode 1
First episode of the adaptation from the novel by Susan Howatch. Penmarric is the compelling story of the passionate loves and hatreds of a Cornish family.
Oct. 12, 1979, midnight
S1E2 - Episode 2
1890: Mark, now aged 20, has learnt he is heir to Penmarric. Weary of Maud's obsession with the Inheritence, he quarrels with her.
Oct. 19, 1979, midnight
S1E3 - Episode 3
1890: Janna has firmly rejected Mark's attentions. He finds his subsequent involvements with Rose Parrish brings its own problems.
Oct. 26, 1979, midnight
S1E4 - Episode 4
1890: Janna and Mark have fallen in love. Janna tells Mark about her early life and about her love affair with his father.
Nov. 2, 1979, midnight
S1E5 - Episode 5
1890: Janna and Mark have married and Mark has finally inherited Penmarric. They have moved, but Janna's frequent pregnancies have caused a rift between them.
Nov. 9, 1979, midnight
S1E6 - Episode 6
1903: Although Mark has promised he will not see Rose Parrish again, he has left Penmarric to continue his studies, leaving Janna with the children.
Nov. 16, 1979, midnight
S1E7 - Episode 7
1912: Janna has refused Mark a divorce. In turn, Mark has been granted custody of their children, who have gone to Oxford to live with him and the Parrish family.
Nov. 23, 1979, midnight
S1E8 - Episode 8
1915: Mark has returned to Penmarric with the Parrish children. Philip tries to blackmail Mark.
Nov. 30, 1979, midnight
S1E9 - Episode 9
1926: The demand for tin falls and the mine suffers critical setbacks. Mark decides to close Sennen Garth.
Dec. 7, 1979, midnight
S1E10 - Episode 10
1927: Mark has died, making Philip the unexpected heir to Penmarric. He and Helena have married.
Dec. 14, 1979, midnight
S1E11 - Episode 11
1932: Philip's relationship with Helena remains troubled. To Jan-Yves anger he has made Jonas, Rebecca's child, heir to Penmarric.
Dec. 21, 1979, midnight
S1E12 - Episode 12
1937: Helena and Philip are subsequently reconciled. Rebecca has accused Philip of assaulting Jonas. As a result, Philip alters his will and Jan-Yves is heir to Penmarric.
Dec. 28, 1979, midnight
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 50 min.
Season Runtime: 50 min.
Released: Oct. 12, 1979
Last Air Date: Dec. 28, 1979, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR / 14+
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