Penmarric The powerful tale of obsessive love and thwarted passion in storm-tossed Cornwall

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.

en
Drama
Family
Created By

First Aired on

Oct 12, 1979

1 seaons till Dec 28, 1979

Popularity: 6.5919
1 votes
Status: Ended

Show Ended

Last episode: Episode 12

Seasons & episodes

Total 1 seasons, 12 episodes

Season 1

Aired

12 Episodes
  • Episode 1Episode 1 min

    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.

  • Episode 2Episode 2 min

    1890: Mark, now aged 20, has learnt he is heir to Penmarric. Weary of Maud's obsession with the Inheritence, he quarrels with her.

  • Episode 3Episode 3 min

    1890: Janna has firmly rejected Mark's attentions. He finds his subsequent involvements with Rose Parrish brings its own problems.

  • Episode 4Episode 4 min

    1890: Janna and Mark have fallen in love. Janna tells Mark about her early life and about her love affair with his father.

  • Episode 5Episode 5 min

    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.

Similar shows