The Black Candle. (1991 TV film)

Yorkshire in the 1880's: Joe Skinner marries Lily Whitmore, the woman he has long admired, to give a name to her illegitimate child by Lionel Fillmore, the opportunistic son of an impoverished aristocrat.

Cathy Sandford ... Lily Whitmore
Nathaniel Parker ... Lionel Filmore
James Gaddas ... Joe Skinner
Bob Smeaton ... Fred Skinner
Brian Hogg ... Bill Whitmore
Mo Harold ... Annie Whitmore
Anne Jameson ... Ma Skinner
Samantha Bond ... Bridget Mordaunt
Roger Avon ... George Fields
Peggy Shields ... Peg the Maid
Tara Fitzgerald ... Victoria Mordaunt
Preston Lockwood ... Bright
Denholm Elliott ... William Filmore
Robert Hines ... Douglas Filmore
Siân Phillips ... Daisy Barnett
Mark Elstob ... Bernard Barnett
Simon Waters ... Simon Barnett
Alexander Hanson ... Richard Kemp
Les Wilde ... Police Sergeant
Colin MacLachlan ... Police Inspector
Bryan Coleman ... Judge
Jon Cartwright ... Prosecuting Counsel
Peter Cellier ... Defence Counsel
John B. Kirtley ... Clerk of Court
Roger Hempsall ... Jury Foreman
Danny Dean ... Jimmy the Groom
Maurice D. Iley ... Sam the Mason
Emma Babington ... Daisy's Maid
Dylan Barnes ... Slater

Directed by Roy Battersby

Writing Credits:
Catherine Cookson
Gordon Hann