The Beggar Bride

The Beggar Bride

Limited Series 1997 · 2 eps · Drama

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The Beggar Bride was a British two-part television programme adapted from the Gillian White novel of the same name.

Directed by Diarmuid Lawrence

Network: BBC One

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