1) BRONTES OF HAWORTH (Part 1)

Part 1 of a lovely tho dated 4 part historical drama from YTV about the Brontes of Haworth. First aired back in the 70s.
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[@justinrad5073]

I absolutely love old British TV drama's and movies. They sure don't make them like they used to. May these classics live on forever.

[@DaleJoyce]

I totally agree my friend👍👏👏👏

[@malcolmjawohowelll2892]

Stories were usually developed more slowly in front of a patient audience used to 3 channels . Many of the fine actors in these dramas do not ,in my view have an equal quality today . Too much gloss today and less substance and character in the performances ...

[@eshaibraheem4218]

Hear, hear, Justin.

[@reggiesmith3866]

If it was made today for the sake of "inclusiveness" it would probably have a few actors from ethnic minorities in it even though that would detract from historical accuracy.

[@jorasparents]

Production values were so much better, more beautiful, and more authentic back then ... a true golden age for BBC dramas, imo. Thank you for uploading!

[@rachel-xl1dx]

I live in the moors in Yorkshire in a little place named Walsden and its a blessing to breath the air & see such beauty in the scenery.

[@user-df6bl6qq2v]

Have you ever been to the Brontes house/ museum?

[@vianneyolguin3147]

En seriooo, woouu, la verdad nonimagino los paisajes que inspiraron a las bronte

[@ziblot1235]

Dont you EVER apologize for a show being dated. Never never. Thats what gives it such charm. I love them. Keep em' coming!

[@nlcrme]

Well said! I absolutely treasure these gems. They are so much better than what they produce today.

[@mercedeslb237]

Tout à fait!!!

[@mickeyh1961]

@@nlcrme exactly could not have said it better myself

[@writeract2]

Amen!! well said - dated is what it is - what's real right and good - what we WANT!

[@growingstrong1009]

I agree , I was born in 2000 and this is one of my favourite series of all times , even if they do drone at times …the atmosphere and acting however is superb!

[@92ninersboy]

Catnip to any Brontephile. Such detail and depth - all the actors are first class. In the beginning the music's too loud but pretty soon it calms down. It was wonderful to see all the characters in Bronte history brought to life.

[@abooufomda3417]

I LOVE these old movies. They are so much better, more incredible, and more accurate than anything produced more recently.

[@sarahallenhumboldt2638]

Thank you, Dale J. It is a rare treat to get to see dramas of such high quality, of the era before the BBC regrettably went into stark decline.

[@dolphinsandextraterrestria3839]

What lovely children .Bramwells birthday and he instantly shares his gift with his sister's .

[@juliemunro1]

I saw this originally as a young woman and enjoyed it very much. Now I am a much older woman I am enjoying it again. Thanks for the upload

[@wadejnelson]

beautiful, and greatly appreciated, my Grandfather was from Haworth, and Michael Kitchen years before Foyle!

[@customisedfitness]

Poor father, all of his children died way before him..

[@kdp8133]

I was 13 when this was first broadcast; I always remembered the music. Can't believe I've seen it again after all these years!

[@writeract2]

This is beyond a treasure - just what I needed and wanted. Thank you!!!

[@deborahjackson586]

I can watch this video over and over.

[@deborahrobertson8606]

The last time I watched this, I was 12; now I'm nearly 60. Ah well! I'm looking forward to this. I remember having a bit of a crush on Michael Kitchen. He reminded me of Tony Hopkin's portrayal of Pierre in War and Peace from '71. That's a stunning adaptation. Thank you so much for uploading this.

[@DaleJoyce]

Awe thank you for such a lovely comment Deborah, and also for sharing such a beautiful memory X

[@abbyfox2980]

I too had a crush on Michael Kitchen! He was in a production of Dorian Gray at the Greenwich Theatre. I got his autograph but he was with Joanna Lumley so I didn't stand a chance! Oh, and I was only 12!

[@monikabucher5572]

What timing of this upload! I just finished a novel on the Brontes, after reading Elizabeth Gaskell’s Biography of Charlotte last year and 4 of the Bronte books! The filming is so true to their story. Tragic and yet their books have so much depth compared to modern day novels. Thanks for uploading!

[@DaleJoyce]

& thank you too Monica for taking the time to view & comment on my upload, it is very much appreciated x

[@gloriahanes6490]

In retrospect, I noticed the Parson spoke to the children as small adults without the use of childish language. The young mind is capable of thinking, responding, and understanding from an early age. Forward thinking on the part of the Parson to allow his daughters to read and be educated through their readings as only men and boys were allowed to use the libraries in the early part of the Victorian era.

[@justme9818]

I sometimes think he allowed the girls to be educated because he was Irish and had grown up in poorer circumstances. -He didn't have the cultural predisposition to discriminate so strongly against the girls being educated. And then, having experienced education being his own liberator I can imagine him encouraging them to learn, especially as he couldn't provide them with substantial dowries and safeguard their future that way.

[@mckavitt]

Gloria Hanes As one who was brought up similarly, I have to say that I’d have welcomed when v little abit of childish nonsense play talk from time to time. My mother was exactly like the Parson tho’ & wouldn’t budge on that one. Then again, she wasn’t so v maternal, either.

[@user-df6bl6qq2v]

I love these old movies too. It illustrated a lifetime when we love taking walks, enjoying mother nature. No Electronics. They sang, hosted dinner parties and read novels. History reminds us that the Brontes provided the best of the best entertainment the time had to offer😢

[@charlesthe2nd1]

There are precious series and gets even better with age--

[@sm3296]

Those brilliant yet troubled children, creating a world of their own, sheltered from the brutalities of an existence just beyond their door. A graveyard filled with children's graves, laying under mouldering stones, flat wide ones that prevented the graves from decomposing the inhabitants, disease filled water flowing down the steep cobbles to the very cups that killed the innocents. Up at the top, within throwing distance were the pubs that Branwell crawled home from, to the bed he shared with his father who tried so very hard to keep him alive. The girls withering away, and all the while the wind wuthered around and the rooks barked harshly from twisted limbed trees. Oh what a wild and wonderful place Haworth is.

[@coyotedust]

Susan you should be an authoress. Your comment was so visual I felt I was transported to Haworth, England!

[@davidlambert7725]

S M. That's poetry; I really enjoyed it. As a lad born & raised in Haworth in the 1950's & 60's I can relate to it very well. Having spent many happy days roaming freely on the moors of Haworth, perhaps I can add a bit to the 'feel' of the place, as follows... The playground of the Brontë sisters - mysterious wild places - bleak heather moorland and marsh, a symphony of peaty brown beck's and brooks tumbling down falls of millstone grit and the solitary, mournful cry of curlew & skylark.

[@shahryarparvez6830]

How beautiful, you are gifted ma'am

[@urbandiscount]

Uhm, Emily and Charlotte went to Brussels, they saw Liszt play, once in Halifax, second time in Brussels, Charlotte travelled extensively, to the Lake District, London...

[@sm3296]

@@urbandiscount and…?

[@melanieohara6941]

I lived in England right through the Seventies. I reveled in these BBC anf ITV Period Dramas! Thanks for these uploads, and Greetings from the Wilds of Wyoming. 🙋🏼‍♀️🏔❄️🌠

[@milliewilkie1969]

lucky you l visited Wyoming it was amazing travelled for days and still in the state 😊so much to see

[@mckavitt]

Melanie O'Hara Wish I had. Greetings from yet another American in France :-))))

[@coyotedust]

I'm from Idaho and am enjoying this immensely!

[@poetryjones7946]

Ah the 1970’s - the little Brontë girls with their bouffant hairdos 😆 Thanks so much for loading this wonderful series.

[@DaleJoyce]

Thank you, I'm pleased you enjoyed it my friend x

[@Lord_Jean-Microbe_Wellesley]

Greetings from France to Great Britain ლ(◉‿◉ ლ) I watched all the episodes and I am very grateful to discover this TV series and to be able to watch it, thanks to Dale J's channel. I love to read Brontë's novels and poems, or books about their lives, and this version is my favourite. I bought the DVD on amazon after that and I noticed that it was the shorter version with some scenes deleted. So this version on KZbin must be the longer version.

[@axelusul]

Thankyou for this, so important for these gems to be made available to those wanting a decent adaptation. Without being "witch hunted".

[@DaleJoyce]

Thank you Axel for your kind comment it's much appreciated 👏👏👏

[@axelusul]

@@DaleJoyce My pleasure

[@mandymichaels6131]

If only they could make another drama on the most famous yorkshire family like this. love it . The Brontes of Howarth such a big fan.

[@lechat8533]

Tragic but wonderful series. Thank you very much for uploading :) So many great period dramas were made in the 70s and I`m very, very glad that I found this gem.

[@DaleJoyce]

Nice people like you is what makes taking the time to do uploads worthwhile, thank you so much for your kind comment, I'm really pleased that you enjoyed the upload! :- ) xx

[@growingstrong1009]

I enjoyed how they discussed the politics of Verdopolis with such sincerity- shows how imaginative they were - as a writer I could only hope to have their imagination!

[@jillbrown9145]

Brilliant ..Patrick is played exactly as I like to imagine him 🏘️

[@vrwrys]

Cold and rainy day film.

[@missjenny1953]

How wonderful, I shall save this for tomorrow so I can watch on a bigger screen. I just visited their parsonage at Haworth

[@saikopiratos]

i love how clear everything is. im learning a lot from these old movies. thanks for uploading.

[@erniebakeswell9623]

what a breath of fresh air these nonconformists are! these clever, sensitive, brooding people. we seem to have seriously devolved since. or I suppose such personalities are always rare.

[@deborahlester4018]

The BBC was once so great...Thanks for reminding us.

[@user-ok6hq7ye1h]

Wonderful and Thank you Xx

[@Michaelneiss]

Thank you for sharing this absolute gem!!

[@DaleJoyce]

Thank you for your kind comment Michael! 😃

[@Michaelneiss]

@@DaleJoyce

[@joeoconnor5400]

Alfred Burke a giant of an actor along with Jeremy Brett. The scene where Alfred Burke goes into the shop to by the toy soldiers must be the museum by Kirkstall Abbey in Leeds.

[@nativevirginian8344]

Love these 70s shows, always well done. Thanks.

[@kualumpurzagreb3408]

Love it now, as we did all those Years ago. Fabulous !! ❤❤

[@dianelabbe801]

I am watching this from Montreal, Canada. This is a great performance. The dark life of the Brontes...

[@veronicastevens1614]

These old movies do remind me of watching a play but still entertaining. I do enjoy watching them.

[@rebeccacharles2325]

Love watching the brontes and visiting Haworth xx

[@DaleJoyce]

I'm with ya Rebecca, me too xx

[@rebeccacharles2325]

@@DaleJoyce I absolutely love the history of Haworth and the brontes and its lovely to see others see it the same 👍😊😻

[@pyewackett5]

What unearthly looking children. Perfect !

[@gordonkelly5725]

Thank you so much for uploading this Brilliant Bronte mini series Dale. I have just begun my second viewing quite soon after my first, firstly because, I enjoyed it so much that I had to watch it again and secondly because I know I'll pick up on what I missed watching it the first time and I'll pick up even more on the 3rd and 4th viewings. I've loved Jane Eyre for many years but only recently become acquainted with Wuthering Heights, which I've always wanted to know like Jane Eyre but never gotten around to it. Now I do and I'm equally obsessed. I confess, I prefer it to Jane Eyre, slightly. What a genius family. What a wonderful father. What brilliantly broadminded, sophisticated, feeling girls and brother. It seems to be in our lives, such brilliance in artists who are also sensitive come to tragic ends. It's very sad, especially for Rev Bronte, who had to bury his entire family and such a loving man. Once again, thanks mate.

[@DaleJoyce]

What a brilliant comment to receive from you Gordon and thank you so much for taking the time to show a deeper appreciation, it really makes the uploads that much more worth while . . I too am a big fan of the family that oozed brilliance while constantly navigating there way through tragedy and adversity, fare to say the families own story is more incredible than anything they could have written or imagined my friend. I'm lucky enough to live in West Yorks so I get to walk the Haworth Moors and get to visit the sites like the parsonage, main street and the black bull etc and being the saddo that I am I never tire of going to Haworth. . just love the place ( ~ :

[@gordonkelly5725]

@@DaleJoyce You are very welcome mate, I'm not very tech minded and don't watch tv cause it's all rubbish, but I thank the Lord for KZbin I have found and caught up on so many gems, it's a God send Now... OMG... I'm so jealous you enjoy that beautiful countryside at your pleasure, I'm a massive Jane Austen fan and for ever it's my dream to visit Steventon England where she's from and now if I ever leave Victoria Australia I have to add Howarth to my list of where I'd like to visit, I shall die wondering haha The 1978 adaption of Wuthering Heights with Ken Hutchison and Kay Adshead is in my opinion brilliant, what a couple, there are no words to describe the obsession, passion and love What a mind and imagination, not to mention deep feeling Emily had to write such a twisted, dark, love story, it is just brilliant, it has it all

[@juliell2139]

@@gordonkelly5725 I can across it all in a similar way. Began with a Jane Eyre obsession (my fav is 1973) then Wuthering Heights (Yes 1978 is the pentultimate) and then I encountered this. I love 1978 Wuthering Heights.

[@voraciousreader3341]

At the very beginning of this, when I heard Barbara Leigh-Hunt’s beautiful voice as the narrator (Aunt Branwell), I knew this was going to be a production of high quality; the beauty of her diction and speaking voice are only second to one woman’s, in my estimation, and that woman is Anna Massey. The other characters seem very real to me, which doesn’t happen very often, and is somehow not very dated. I can’t say the same for the productions of “Jane Eyre,” “Wuthering Heights,” and Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice,” and “Sense and Sensibility,” which are all extremely stilted and unnatural....devotees of the novels will know what I mean.

[@snowyskylar8821]

Loved Anne Massey's voice

[@suemassey5076]

I thought it was Anna Massey; I agree, she has a beautiful voice and I love her

[@elizabeths4371]

The young actors playing the Bronte children all look as though they are actual siblings.

[@pieyedapple]

I remember watching this, but never got to finish it...I do recall the lovely singing in the inn!

[@outlawJosieFox]

Isn't it interesting that we can date this as 70s at a glance even though it's a period drama!? What a great upload - dated as you say in the description but lovely for all that.

[@GiftSparks]

The thing that "dates" it is only the production quality (video, editing, and poor hair/make-up). But it is phenomenal. It was really the golden age of British Historical dramas.

[@elizabethroberts6215]

Interesting the writer also wrote script for film, ‘Ben-Hur’. He was the first of a couple of writers’ for that film. Actor Michael Kitchen has appeared in many UK dramas’, most notably ‘Foyle’s War’.

[@lindacharles6581]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful series, I did not see this when it was broadcast. I love anything with Alfred Burke, a marvellous actor.

[@growingstrong1009]

the way Patrick smirks at his children asking about their mother and their aunt Branwells ‘duty’ to look after her sosters children- iconic

[@jamesmcloughlin7691]

Thank you for this, it saves me having to spend 14 quid on a boxset, though I gladly would for this!

[@DaleJoyce]

Anytime my frend!

[@michaelhoggarth89]

Mrs H ....I love Howarth and have visited the Bronte family home and found it a beautiful place .... Branwell died at around 33yrs old through drugs and alcohol ...He drank in the Black Bull public house which still stands today along with Branwell's own chair ...I recently visited Anne Bronte's grave in Scarborough North Yorkshire ..Her original stone is still standing but is weathered and aged but an up to date stone says it all... Anne loved Scarborough and stayed in a lodge/Inn that once stood where THE GRAND HOTEL stands today...

[@eunicestone6532]

That Aunt making Branwell look at his dead sister is cruel.

[@kiransampat4338]

Once I had a dream after I saw a movie about the Bronte Sisters.It was a very tragic dream which turned out to be true after 6 months.

[@rositahuff4858]

...lovely history lesson....

[@justinrad5073]

Such a great period drama. No one does dramas like the British do.

[@DaleJoyce]

Thank you Justin for your kind comment, it's much appreciated my friend 👍👏👏👏

[@justinrad5073]

@@DaleJoyce thank you for uploading these videos. Have a wonderful day. God bless my friend. ✝️

[@shelveswithstories13]

Cant thank you enough for these precious videos. Thanks Thanks a lot ✨🧡🧡

[@naeemapatel5259]

Thank you so much for this upload, what a treasure I'm watching it on a cold and rainy morning in Cape Town. Grateful thanks and kind regards

[@angelcakes7453]

Thanks for up loading enjoyed this

[@pickybitch2707]

No wonder Branwell turned out the way he did, if there is any truth to the story that he forced, against his will, to view his sister Maria’s body before burial. 😳😳😳

[@charlesflett2818]

Thankyou Dale J.

[@mjones4083]

You just don't get quality dramas like this anymore .It is all about tick-boxing and social engineering . Thank goodness there is a great archive - which becoming more and more available.

[@maryoleary5044]

Excellent

[@cazm8019]

Pity they all didn't have Irish/Yorkshire accents as the sisters did....

[@hondakubo9399]

Nothing can beats the British movies and tv shows 📺🏰🌎🇬🇧 Billions times better than the Hollywoods and rest of the world also must must watch “ NORTH and SOUTH “ 1975 / rating: 9/10

[@jwsuicides8095]

Thank you for uploading!

[@jwsuicides8095]

Oh my goodness. There's someone i know in it. Had no idea. They've now sadly passed on so it's lovely to see them here. Thank you!

[@rachelosullivan5005]

Absolutely wonderful

[@DaleJoyce]

Totally agree Rachel x

[@mckavitt]

Is there nothing Michael bloody excellent Kitchen cannot do? Good grief!

[@dolphinsandextraterrestria3839]

Thanks for uploading this

[@DaleJoyce]

Really pleased you enjoyed it, thanks for the comment too.

[@grahamsteel7858]

Lovely series...

[@duluxdog71]

That graveyard is scary, peaceful and crowded so much,

[@johnmcgovern5662]

Fantastic...

[@kandisofiadahlan8157]

Love this 💕💕💕

[@gordonkelly5725]

I was thinking exactly the same thing Picky Aunt Branwell was a piece of work Emily saw right through her though A dutiful person to take their mother's place But I'm guessing a lot less kind and compassionate

[@DaleJoyce]

I agree my friend, dutiful being a perfect one word description.

[@bardotte5757]

You should never make a child look at the dead if they do not wish to.

[@DaleJoyce]

I totally agree, maybe tho its how things was back then x

[@bardotte5757]

@@DaleJoyce Hello Dale, yes in those times they had a different approach to death and were closer to it, such as not having funeral parlours but having to lay out and displaying the body at home, but even so, I do not think it was right that a child be forced to look at his dead loved one’s. It is bad enough having to do it when an adult as I have had to many times, it never gets easy. x But hey! Thank you for showing this great little gem of a show. I have it on a boxed DVD set which I forgot I had until I saw your youtube. 🌹

[@DaleJoyce]

@@bardotte5757Hi Bardotte, I agree with all you say and have also been close to loved ones who've died, even finding them on a couple of occasions, re the dvd box set, again me too :- ) that's where the upload came from x

[@Starkodder1963]

An amazing family!

[@maryoleary5044]

Fight for Animals Rights! ❤ Well Said!

[@voyager2saturn525]

Love from guwahati

[@jimburke3801]

I saw this the first time around and I thought it was really really good. It's great to see it again and it's still as good. How accurate are the accents? Charlotte sounds like the queen. In the new production about the Brontes called To walk invisible, we hear Yorkshire accents. Did they have Yorkshire accents?

[@wkbfutewc]

According to some biographers Charlotte in particular moved freely from Irish to Yorkshire to Cornish (the accent of Aunt Bramwell) depending on who she was speaking to. Emily was broad Yorkshire but a natural mimic.

[@lexigrimhaive]

I recently heard in a documentary that the girls had their father’s Irish accent, since they were mainly around him and themselves their whole lives.

[@mercedeslb237]

Un grand merci pour partager 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@BeatrixOnyx]

Not heard of this drama. Thanks for uploading the videos. By the way the numbering for the videos are a bit wrong. The one you've called part 1 is actually episode 3 and this one is is actually the first episode.

[@DaleJoyce]

oops cheers for that ill change that now x

[@DaleJoyce]

Thank you again . . job done now x

[@jameskeeth4037]

Aunty was a selfless lady really.

[@eddiegould6091]

They used to make some Good shows 70s 8os

[@jimburke3801]

Great to see this again, really really good. Did they have those accents or Yorkshire accents? Which would be closest to the real brontes, this production or To walk Invisible? I loved them both.

[@glen7318]

To walk Invisible was appalling. Laughably bad

[@andrearadford8280]

Apparently they had Irish accents as children like their Father but as they go older they developed Yorkshire accents.

[@sallyford-fitzwilliams1724]

My son is called Branwell.

[@harmoniabalanza]

I do not understand what is meant by the description above that describes this film as "dated." What else could it be? How would you present a depiction of the Brontes in 19th century England in a way that was not dated? Ha ha...I really would like to know.

[@victoria-mariesanchez8386]

When they mentioned "proambulation", l thought they were actually going to take a walk outside. Lol They seem so repressed at times and seem to resent thier aunt.

[@gowkstorm]

Is that Top Withens at the very beginning? I went a few years ago and there's far less of it now, if so.

[@pippinbaker8440]

Bramwell knows in his heart he has a drinking problem, his shyness precipitated this, and he knows he is wrong, but is devastated that he keeps failing... He needs Jesus.

[@fortheloveofart82]

Couldn’t hear the dialogue for music I don't know what the makers were thinking. They are still doing the same today with films .can never hear any of it for the dam music

[@pambromley7481]

Shocking accents. Bronte was Irish and the children from Yorkshire.

[@EM-lz9kg]

The father ( Bronte) came from poverty in Ireland & went on to get a 1st at Cambridge

[@elainerobinson760]

music so loud, can't hear the speakers, too bad..

[@invisibleray6987]

exciting stuff BRAMWELL is a bit of a loose cannon

[@jaimeegusquiza8753]

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[@agc2477]

The actual parsonage is much smaller and feels very claustrophobic to a modern person.

[@nlcrme]

I think that is because people were naturally smaller back then and they unfortunately didn't live very long lives due to lack of advancement in medications.

[@jimburke3801]

In episode one we see Branwell looking at a memorial in the church that has Rev P Bronte on it. Is this a mistake as the father was still alive at the time? Maybe I'm missing something. One of my favourite serials.

[@dabear2438]

It's not a memorial for the father Patrick. It's for his wife Maria and their first two daughters Maria and Elizabeth. It reads: "In memory of Maria, wife of the Rev'd P. Bronte. A. B. minister of Haworth. She died Sept. 25th, 1821 in the 39th year of her age. And here lie the remains of Maria Bronte, daughter of the aforesaid. She died on the 6th May, 1825 in the 12th year of her age. Also Elizabeth Bronte, their daughter. She died June 15th, 1825 in the 11th year of her age "

[@jimburke3801]

Thanks for that.

[@sravastipal4740]

Subtitles would help. Some dialogues are rather muffled.

[@dkcorderoyximenez3382]

Does anyone know the real names of the children featured in Act 1...???

[@claudiadanielaarguello8539]

Pueden traducir está magnífica miniserie en castellano.