Powerful and compelling, Penmarric is a sweeping, historic tale of unsuppressed passion and rampant ambition, desire and destruction, spanning three generations from Victorian England to the Second World War.
Set on the stormy coasts of Cornwall, Mark Castallack is the Master of Penmarric, a lost soul who finds love in the arms of Janna, an older woman and daughter of a local fisherman. The impact of their marriage on the family and community â and the dark secrets that surround it - sets off a chain of events that threatens all who cross the threshold of the grand house. The course is set towards a tragedy that will echo across time pitting husband against wife, father against son and brother against brother.
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Episode 1
S1 Ep1
1.0
12th Oct 1979
First episode of the adaptation from the novel by Susan Howatch. Penmarric is the compelling story of the passionate loves and hatreds of a Cornish family.
Episode 2
S1 Ep2
19th Oct 1979
1890: Mark, now aged 20, has learnt he is heir to Penmarric. Weary of Maud's obsession with the Inheritence, he quarrels with her.
Episode 3
S1 Ep3
26th Oct 1979
1890: Janna has firmly rejected Mark's attentions. He finds his subsequent involvements with Rose Parrish brings its own problems.
Episode 4
S1 Ep4
2nd Nov 1979
1890: Janna and Mark have fallen in love. Janna tells Mark about her early life and about her love affair with his father.
Episode 5
S1 Ep5
9th Nov 1979
1890: Janna and Mark have married and Mark has finally inherited Penmarric. They have moved, but Janna's frequent pregnancies have caused a rift between them.
Episode 6
S1 Ep6
16th Nov 1979
1903: Although Mark has promised he will not see Rose Parrish again, he has left Penmarric to continue his studies, leaving Janna with the children.
Episode 7
S1 Ep7
23rd Nov 1979
1912: Janna has refused Mark a divorce. In turn, Mark has been granted custody of their children, who have gone to Oxford to live with him and the Parrish family.
Episode 8
S1 Ep8
30th Nov 1979
1915: Mark has returned to Penmarric with the Parrish children. Philip tries to blackmail Mark.
Episode 9
S1 Ep9
7th Dec 1979
1926: The demand for tin falls and the mine suffers critical setbacks. Mark decides to close Sennen Garth.
Episode 10
S1 Ep10
14th Dec 1979
1927: Mark has died, making Philip the unexpected heir to Penmarric. He and Helena have married.
Episode 11
S1 Ep11
21st Dec 1979
1932: Philip's relationship with Helena remains troubled. To Jan-Yves anger he has made Jonas, Rebecca's child, heir to Penmarric.
Episode 12
S1 Ep12
28th Dec 1979
1937: Helena and Philip are subsequently reconciled. Rebecca has accused Philip of assaulting Jonas. As a result, Philip alters his will and Jan-Yves is heir to Penmarric.
