Catherine Cookson's The Rag Nymph: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Rag Nymph is a 1997 UK television miniseries directed by David Wheatley and adapted from the popular novel by Catherine Cookson. In 19th century urban England, young orphan Millie Forester (played by Perdita Weeks) lives on the streets by herself. Her prostitute mother commited suicide and a pimp wants to recruit her for a job at a brothel. Luckily she is saved by Aggie Winkovski (Val McLane), a bag lady who makes a living by selling junk and rags. Aggie has also taken in teenaged Ben (Alec Newman), who develops a special friendship with the young adult Millie (played by Honeysuckle Weeks).

Series details

• Title: Catherine Cookson's The Rag Nymph
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 1997-10-03
• Final broadcast date listed: 1997-10-17
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 18884
• IMDb ID: tt0118443
• TVDB ID: 200651

Cast and credited roles

• Perdita Weeks — Young Millie
• Val McLane — Aggie Winkovski
• Alec Newman — Ben
• Honeysuckle Weeks — Millie Forester
• Crispin Bonham-Carter — Bernard Thompson
• Patrick Ryecart — Raymond Crane-Boulder

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1992-10-10; final listed air date 1997-10-17; episode order: 3.

Source and licence

Adapted from Catherine Cookson's The Rag Nymph on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.