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Video Archive: cousin bette
  • April 8, 2017   |   4880 views
    Excerpt from Episode 05: Family Angel. After spending the night with Count Steinbock (Colin Baker), Valerie (Helen Mirren) finds out she has become a widow.
  • April 8, 2017   |   4598 views
    Excerpt from Episode 04: Bitter Harvest. Marneffe (Oscar Quitak) despises seeing his wife Valerie (Helen Mirren) with other men, to violent results.
  • April 8, 2017   |   4564 views
    Excerpt from Episode 03: Delilah and her Handmaid. Valerie (Helen Mirren) and Bette (Margaret Tyzack) are content that their plans of seduction have worked out better than expected.
  • April 8, 2017   |   4531 views
    Excerpt from Episode 02: This House for Pleasure. Bette (Margaret Tyzack) and Valerie (Helen Mirren) decide they should benefit from each others talents.
  • April 8, 2017   |   9015 views
    Excerpt from Episode 01: Poor Relations. Valerie (Helen Mirrens) charms Henri Montes de Montejanos (Edward De Souza) to escape her hapless marriage.
  • April 1, 1971   |   1648 views
    Documentary on a day of work at the BBC Television Centre in 1971, including footage from the filming of "Cousin Bette".