A headstrong noblewoman flees 17th century London society for her family retreat on the Cornish coast. There she meets and falls in love with a French mercenary. She abandons her family to join him in Frenchman's Creek and embarks upon a daring raid.

C a s t

Tara Fitzgerald as Lady Dona St Columb
Anthony Delon as Jean Aubrey
Timothy Dutton as Lord Rockingham
Richard Bonehill as Guillaume
James Fleet as Sir Harry
Jeremy Child as Lord Faversham

Production Credits

Director Ferdinand Fairfax
Producer Hilary Heath
Executive producer Jonathan Powell
Screenwriter Patrick Harbinson based on Daphne du Maurier novel
Made by Carlton Production & first broadcast by ITV 20th December 1998