Falling for a Dancer
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Falling For a Dancer is a 1998 romantic drama television movie
set in rural Ireland
in the 1930s. It first aired on BBC One
in four 50-minute episodes on September 13, 1998.
It was filmed in west cork on the south west coast of Ireland.
Television movie
A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
set in rural Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
in the 1930s. It first aired on BBC One
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
in four 50-minute episodes on September 13, 1998.
Plot
The story begins when 19-year-old Elizabeth has a brief fling with a dashing young actor and falls pregnant. Community pressure forces her to marry a dull middle-aged man, but maybe there is hope on the horizon.It was filmed in west cork on the south west coast of Ireland.
Cast
- Elisabeth Dermot Walsh... Elizabeth
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- Rory Murray...George
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