The Crimson Petal and the White (miniseries)

The Crimson Petal and the White is a 2011 four part television miniseries, adapted from Michel Fabers 2002 novel The Crimson Petal and the White. Starring Romola Garai as Sugar and Chris ODowd as William Rackham, the miniseries aired in the UK during April 2011 on BBC Two. The supporting cast includes Shirley Henderson, Richard E. Grant and Gillian Anderson. Critical reviews of the miniseries were mixed but generally positive.

With time Sugar grows close to Sophie, becoming the mother she never had, and Agnes, by reading her journals and helping her. Agnes irrational behaviour risks her being incarcerated in an asylum and the night before she is taken and William is away, Sugar helps Agnes to escape. Later on a body is found that William identifies as Agnes he recognises only her hair, not knowing that Agnes had cut her hair before escaping. William and Sugars relationship grows distant, with William treating Sugar more and more like a servant and adviser rather than a lover. Sugar becomes pregnant, but realising that William no longer wants her, aborts her baby. William begins to court another woman, despite telling Sugar things would get better, and when he discovers Sugars pregnancy not knowing about the abortion, he coldly tells her to leave.Enraged by the betrayal, Sugar gathers Sophies belongings and runs away with her. While running away, Sugar loses her manuscript and buys a new notebook to start a new story and a new life with Sophie. Meanwhile, William discovers what Sugar has done and tries to catch up with them, but after being mocked by Sugars old friends he realises he has lost everything. ........

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