Performance The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd (Season 5, Episode 2)
TV Episode | 87 min | Drama

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Performance

The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd (Season 5, Episode 2)

TV Episode | 87 min | Drama

Mrs. Holroyd is married to a loutish miner. When a gentlemanly neighbour makes romantic advances to her, she wishes her husband dead. Sooner than she hoped, her wish comes true.

Director

Katie Mitchell

Writer

D.H. Lawrence (play)

Producer

Simon Curtis

Production Designer

Jonathan Taylor

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Edit Released

Updated Oct 14, 1995

Release date

Oct 14, 1995 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 1 win & 2 nominations

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12 cast members

Name	Known for
Zoë Wanamaker Mrs. Holroyd Mrs. Holroyd See fewer	My Week with Marilyn (2011)
Stephen Dillane Mr. Blackmore Mr. Blackmore See fewer	The Hours (2002)
Shane Fox Jack Jack See fewer	Out of Sight (1996)
Lauren Richardson Minnie Minnie See fewer	Performance (1991)
Mossie Smith Clara Clara See fewer	Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)
Melanie Hill Laura Laura See fewer	Stardust (2007)
Colin Firth Charles Holroyd Charles Holroyd See fewer	A Single Man (2009)
Brenda Bruce Grandmother Grandmother See fewer	Peeping Tom (1960)
Wayne Foskett Rigley Rigley See fewer	Game of Thrones (2011)
Peter Needham Mine Manager Mine Manager See fewer	A Prayer for the Dying (1987)
Gavin Abbott Miner Miner See fewer	Catherine Cookson's Tilly Trotter (1999)
Christopher Brand Miner Miner See fewer	The Union (2024)