She's Been Away
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| Movies/Shows | Masterpiece |
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| Initial release | September 11, 1989 |
| Directors | Peter Hall |
| Air date | December 1, 1991 |
| Previous episode | Sleepers Part 4 |
| Next episode | Parnell & the Englishwoman: The Meeting |
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| ID | 2171059 |
About She's Been Away
As the mental ward where patient Lillian Huckle (Peggy Ashcroft) has lived for more than 50 years is about to close, the elderly woman faces a return to the outside world. With nowhere to go, her nephew, Hugh Ambrose (James Fox), begrudgingly offers to take her in. While Lillian's presence in the Ambrose household is initially a disruption, the septuagenarian eventually forms a bond with Hugh's pregnant wife, Harriet (Geraldine James), whose loneliness she understands all too well. …
