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Body & Soul

19931 Season50m episodes5.8

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Runtime: 50m episodes
Origin: GB

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A nun leaves the convent temporarily to help save her family knitting mill from bankruptcy following the death of her brother. Outside the convent she becomes a fairly shrewd businesswoman and feels attracted to one of the men who work at the mill, and thus begins to feel conflict about her religious vows.

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Director: Moira Armstrong
Writing: Jill Hyem, Paul Hines
Status: Ended
First aired: Apr 8, 1993
Studio: Red Rooster Film & Television Entertainment, Carlton Television

Time to finish

5 hrs

6 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

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SERIES

Body & Soul

19931 Season50m episodes5.8

TMDB5.8

Votes5

Your rating

Runtime: 50m episodes
Origin: GB

About

Where to watch

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Not available to stream in United States yet.

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E1 · Airs Apr 8, 1993 · 50m
Part I
Sister Gabriel (Anna), a nun in a Silent Order, is informed of the tragic death of her brother and has to leave the convent for the first time in 16 years. During that time she has to come to regard her tiny cell as a prison, and at 34 is becoming acutely aware of her own desire to have a child. This family tragedy is about to change her life forever.
E2 · Airs Apr 15, 1993 · 50m
Part II
Anna, is caught between two different worlds. We witness her struggle to come to terms with an alien world, as she tries to remember what her father taught her. She is confronted by pain and sadness from her sister-in-law, and sexual hostility from the man who manages the family mill.
E3 · Airs Apr 22, 1993 · 50m
Part III
Anna, is torn between her life in the convent and trying to save her brother's failing business. She also has to face her own physical and emotional desires in her relationship with Hal, the foreman at the family mill.
E4 · Airs Apr 29, 1993 · 50m
Part IV
The outside world becomes more alarming as Anna, has to deal with the banks in her desperate efforts to save the mill. She discovers that men are beginning to perceive her more as a woman than a nun.
E5 · Airs May 6, 1993 · 50m
Part V
Anna, is driven back to the convent by a frightening sexual encounter, only to realize that she no longer belongs there. She asks for a release from her vows to undertake the responsibility of the family business.
E6 · Airs May 13, 1993 · 50m
Part VI
Anna, with everyone's help, manages to secure the future of the family mill in spite of efforts to sabotage her work. Anna returns to the convent to sign the papers which will release her and walks out of the convent gates for the last time to face her future.

Details

Director: Moira Armstrong
Writing: Jill Hyem, Paul Hines
Status: Ended
First aired: Apr 8, 1993
Studio: Red Rooster Film & Television Entertainment, Carlton Television

Time to finish

5 hrs

6 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

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