Cousin Bette, 720x480
IMDB tt0068062
BBC 1971 mini-series
based on the novel by Honoré de Balzac
starring Margaret Tyzack, Colin Baker and Helen
Mirren
Set in mid-19th century Paris, it tells the story
of an unmarried middle-aged woman who plots the
destruction of her extended family. Bette works
with Valérie Marneffe, an unhappily married young
lady, to seduce and torment a series of men.