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The Cazalets

TV·2001–2001·1 season, 6 episodes·BBC One·Drama·1h

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The Cazalets is a 2001 television drama series about the life of a large privileged family in the years 1937 to 1947. Most of the action takes place in London, and at the family's large estate in Sussex. The drama was based on the novels of Elizabeth Jane Howard, and adapted by the screenwriter Douglas Livingstone. The series was originally produced by Cinema Verity for BBC One and is available on DVD.

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  1. 01Episode 2S01E02 · 10.0It is summer 1939; war is imminent and is officially declared in September. Philandering Edward arrives home with his glamorous mistress, while Villy is shocked to discover she's pregnant and takes drastic action. Meanwhile, Zoe returns to London to nurse her sick mother and strikes up a relationship with a doctor.
  2. 02Episode 5S01E05 · 10.0Troubled Neville fears the worst about his father's disappearance and flees the family home, while Zoe gets involved with one of her patients and Louise confronts her father about his illicit affair. Sybil's health deteriorates and Christopher speaks out against the horrors of war : only to be consigned to a psychiatric hospital.
  3. 03Episode 6S01E06 · 10.0Concern grows over Sybil's condition, while Christopher convalesces at Home Place. Two-timing Edward discovers that Diana is pregnant, Michael gets down on one knee to a confused Louise and an unexpected visitor brings welcome news of Rupert.

Castfull cast & details

Lesley ManvilleLesley ManvilleVilly CazaletHugh BonnevilleHugh BonnevilleHugh CazaletJoanna PageJoanna PageZoe CazaletStephen DillaneStephen DillaneEdward CazaletAnna ChancellorAnna ChancellorDiana MackintoshCatherine RussellCatherine RussellRachel CazaletJohn McArdleJohn McArdleEmma Griffiths MalinEmma Griffiths Malin

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2001Aired 9.5Season avg
  1. S01E01Episode 1June 22, 2001 9.0Drama series presenting a portrait of an upper-class family enduring passion and loss in World War Two Britain. The three Cazalet brothers s
  2. S01E02Season's bestEpisode 2June 29, 2001 10.0It is summer 1939; war is imminent and is officially declared in September. Philandering Edward arrives home with his glamorous mistress, wh
  3. S01E03Episode 3July 6, 2001 9.0Zoe discovers she is pregnant by Rupert, who joins the Navy and goes missing in the Dunkirk evacuation. Meanwhile, Sybil falls seriously ill
  4. S01E04Episode 4July 13, 2001 9.0A distraught Clary pursues her father through France, leaving Zoe to cope with the newborn baby, and Sybil continues to hide her illness fro
  5. S01E05Episode 5July 20, 2001 10.0Troubled Neville fears the worst about his father's disappearance and flees the family home, while Zoe gets involved with one of her patient
  6. S01E06Episode 6July 27, 2001 10.0Concern grows over Sybil's condition, while Christopher convalesces at Home Place. Two-timing Edward discovers that Diana is pregnant, Micha

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