Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love

Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love

Secrets, Rivalries, Betrayal & Love.

Limited Series 2011 · 4 eps · ★ 6.3 · Drama

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Edmund Aird is the lord of Balnaird House, one of the most splendid estates in the Scotish Highlands. He and his American-born wife, Virginia, seem to have it all: wealth, beautiful children, and a thriving family business. Just when everything seems to be on track, long-buried tensions arise to threaten the family's happiness and the fate of their ancestral home.

Created by Matthew Thomas

Network: ZDF

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Rebecca Night Laura Aird
Charles Dance Edmund Aird
Susanna Simon Alexa Keeling
Eleonore Weisgerber Virginia Aird
Johannes Zirner Hamish Balmerino
Liam Evans-Ford Henry Aird
Jonathan Aitken Jonno Keeling
Adrian Lukis Noel Keeling
Yasmin Riley Sara Keeling
Anthony Higgins Archie Balmerino
Harriet Walter Isobel Balmerino
Suzan Anbeh Lucilla Balmerino

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