The Catherine Cookson Collection [DVD]

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Her powerful and emotional storytelling continues to captivate audiences, and her legacy as one of the greatest British authors of all time remains unchallenged. She remained the most borrowed author from public libraries in the UK for 17 years, [12] up until four years after her death, losing the top spot to Jacqueline Wilson only in 2002. Catherine Cookson remains one of the worlds most celebrated and beloved novelists with over 90 books published and 123 million copies sold.

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Today the Catherine Cookson Trust continues to make donations to worthy causes in the UK, especially to young or disadvantaged people in North East England, where Dame Catherine grew up. Cookson, registered as Catherine Ann Davies, was born on 20 June 1906 [1] [2] at 5 Leam Lane [3] in Tyne Dock, South Shields, County Durham, England. Certain items can take longer to source than the estimated week, particularly during busy trading periods and may take longer to arrive at ourwarehouse. All titles from The Mallens onwards have been released on DVD in the UK and various other countries. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our site, provide personalised content and advertising, analyse our traffic, and ensure you see more of what you love.They then moved to Corbridge, a market town near Newcastle, and later to Langley, Northumberland, [22] a small village nearby. Biographer Kathleen Jones tracked down her father, whose name was Alexander Davies, a bigamist and gambler from Lanarkshire, Scotland. After experiencing four miscarriages [8] late in pregnancy, it was discovered she was suffering from a rare vascular disease, [4] telangiectasia, which caused bleeding from the nose, fingers and stomach and resulted in anaemia. She moved to East Jarrow, which would become the setting for one of her best-known novels, The Fifteen Streets.

The Catherine Cookson Collection (23 Disc Boxset) [DVD]

Her characters and stories, infused with true passion and a unique understanding of life, have captured the imagination of readers around the globe. For the last few years of her life she was bed-ridden, [24] and she gave her final TV interview to North East Tonight, the regional ITV Tyne Tees news programme, from her sickbed.The first film to be made, The Fifteen Streets [17] starring Sean Bean and Owen Teale, was nominated for an Emmy award in 1990. The second production, The Black Velvet Gown, [18] won an International Emmy for Best Drama in 1991.

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The mini series regularly attracted audiences over 10 million and are still showing in the UK on Drama and the Yesterday Channel. In 1992 the inaugural Catherine Cookson Prize took place and was won by author Val Wood and her debut novel, The Hungry Tide, which subsequently went on to become a best-seller.Her foundation continues to make donations to worthy causes in the UK, particularly those offering services to young people and cultural ventures, such as the Tyneside Cinema. The Black Velvet Gown (1991) with Janet McTeer, Bob Peck, Geraldine Somerville won the International Emmy award for best drama. With 104 titles written in her own name or two other pen names, she is one of the most prolific British novelists. The first film adaptation of her work was Jacqueline (1956), directed by Roy Ward Baker, based on her book A Grand Man. The illegitimate child of an alcoholic named Kate Fawcett, she grew up thinking her unmarried mother was her sister, as she was brought up by her grandparents, Rose and John McMullen.

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Cookson received the Freedom of the Borough of South Tyneside, and an honorary degree from the University of Newcastle. Products labelled '*item fulfilled by Exertis on behalf of hmv' will be supplied to you directly by Exertis via their approved couriers. A collection of 23 dramas based on the novels of Catherine Cookson: 'The Mallen Secret', 'The Mallen Curse', 'The Mallen Girls', 'The Mallen Streak', 'The Fifteen Streets', 'The Wingless Bird', 'The Round Tower', 'The Black Velvet Gown', 'The Black Candle', 'The Rag Nymph', 'The Moth', 'The Girl', 'The Tide of Life', 'The Glass Virgin', 'The Gambling Man', 'The Man Who Cried', 'The Cinder Path', 'The Dwelling Place', 'The Colour Blind', 'The Tilly Trotter', 'The Storyteller', 'The Secret' and 'Dinner of Herbs'.For items that are dispatched using our standard service, we ask that you wait 14 days from the date of dispatch before reporting any items as undelivered. If you're in education and training, environment and conservation, arts and culture, as well as general charitable purposes, your organisation could be eligible for a grant from the Catherine Cookson Charitable Trust. In particular, we aim to meet the needs of North East England, where Dame Catherine grew up and lived much of her adult life.