The Black Velvet Gown

The Black Velvet Gown is a 1991 ITV television film, based on the 1984 novel by Catherine Cookson, and starring Janet McTeer, Geraldine Somerville, and Bob Peck. It won an International Emmy for Best Drama.

The film was produced by World Wide International Production for Tyne Tees Television.

• Janet McTeer as Riah Millican
• Geraldine Somerville as Biddy Millican
• Bob Peck as Percival Miller
• Brendan P. Healy as Tol Briston
• Jean Anderson as Madame Gallmington
• Christopher Benjamin as Anthony Gallmington
• Wendy Williams as Grace Gallmington
• David Hunt as Laurence Gallmington
• Jonathan Firth as Paul Gallmington
• Louise Lombard as Lucy Gallmington