Catherine Cookson's The Round Tower: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

This is a adaptation of Catherine Cookson's 1950s-era novel. It centres around rich, strong-willed Vanessa Ratcliffe and poor, ambitious Angus Cotton. Vanessa and Angus are good friends despite her snobbish parents' objections. When Vanessa becomes pregnant, Angus is wrongfully accused and Vanessa's life begins to fall apart. Angus comes to her rescue but the events that bring them together also threaten to tear them apart.

Series details

• Title: Catherine Cookson's The Round Tower
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 1998-05-28
• Final broadcast date listed: 1998-06-11
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 50 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 42746
• IMDb ID: tt0154085
• TVDB ID: 251211

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1998-05-28; final listed air date 1998-06-11; episode order: 3.

Source and licence

Adapted from Catherine Cookson's The Round Tower 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.