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The Round Tower

TV·1998–1998·1 season, 3 episodes·ITV1·Drama·50m·Created by T.R. Bowen

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The poor son of a house maid is determined to find success and win the love of Vanessa, the daughter of a wealthy family who is alienated by her social-climbing parents.

Cast

Emilia FoxEmilia FoxVanessa RatcliffeBen MilesBen MilesAngus CottonDenis LawsonDenis LawsonArthur BrettJan HarveyJan HarveyJane RatcliffeKeith BarronKeith BarronJonathan Ratcliffe
Catherine Terris
Catherine TerrisEmily Cotton

Episodes by season

Season013Episodes1998Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01Episode 1January 8, 1998—Seventeen-year-old Vanessa Ratcliffe is constantly at odds with her social climbing parents, Jonathan and Jane. She feels happier helping Em
  2. S01E02Episode 2January 15, 1998—Angus is furious at Ratcliffe's allegations and decides to leave Affleck's to start out on his own.
  3. S01E03Episode 3January 22, 1998—Vanessa returns from hospital to a changed atmosphere in the Cotton household.

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