In This House of Brede

Overview

Philippa Talbot is a talented London businesswoman who has decided to give up her position and power to become a nun. The man who loves her is in shock over her departure from his life. When Philippa arrives at Brede, a cloistered Benedictine monastery, the abbess who was responsible for convincing her to enter this vocation suddenly dies. Her successor is Catherine, a sensitive leader who's the first to tell the newcomer to the community that all nuns are to love without a preference for one over another. This becomes very difficult when Joanna, a young nun, singles Sister Philippa out and grows very attached to her.

Cast

Diana Rigg

Dame Philippa

Pamela Brown

Dame Agnes

Gwen Watford

Dame Catherine

Denis Quilley

Sir Richard

Judi Bowker

Joanna

Nicholas Clay

David

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Elizabeth Bradley

Dame Margaret

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Gladys Spencer

Dame Emily

Charlotte Mitchell

Mrs. Fraser

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Ann Rye

Sister Jane