Belonging (TV play)

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Belonging
	DVD cover
Genre	Drama
Created by	Stevie Davies, Alan Plater
Based on	The Web of Belonging; by Stevie Davies
Written by	Stevie Davies, Alan Plater
Directed by	Christopher Menaul
Starring	Brenda Blethyn ; Kevin Whately ; Rosemary Harris ; Anna Massey ; Peter Sallis ; Jill Baker ; Fiona O'Shaughnessy ; Matthew Marsh ;
Theme music composer	Martyn Swain
Composer	Martyn Swain
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Production
Producers	Jenny Edwards, Joanne Gueritz, Jeanna Polley
Production locations	Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK
Cinematography	David Katznelson
Editor	Jon Costelloe
Running time	96
Production company	The Producers Films
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	12 September 2004

Last updated January 12, 2026

Belonging is a 2004 TV play starring Brenda Blethyn, Kevin Whately, Rosemary Harris, Anna Massey, Peter Sallis, Jill Baker, Fiona O'Shaughnessy and Matthew Marsh.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] The play is based on Stevie Davies's novel The Web of Belonging.^[5]

Plot

A middle-aged man, Jacob Copplestone, decides to leave his middle-aged wife, Jess, to whom he has been married for twenty years, and go to live with a younger woman. Jess Copplestone is then left to look after Jacob's elderly relatives, including Nathan, May and Brenda. Jess struggles so much that Nathan decides to leave the house to go to live in a house with other elderly people, to try to make life easier for Jess. After May has another accident in her home, Jacob apologises to Jess, and they decide to put May in a nursing home. They also decide that Brenda should go to live in the same place as Nathan.

Cast

Brenda Blethyn as Jess Copplestone
Kevin Whately as Jacob Copplestone
Rosemary Harris as May
Anna Massey as Brenda
Peter Sallis as Nathan
Jill Baker as Cathy
Fiona O’Shaughnessy as Stephanie
Matthew Marsh as Peter Fox
Maisy Taylor as Nella
Tom Bennett as PC Cowley
Joe Van Moyland as Luke
Roisin Rae as Waitress
Eliza Hunt as Jane Ventress
Muriel Pavlow as Dorothy
Helen Masters as Hazel
Poppy Lee Friar as Lara
Daniel Chenery as Fergus
Bindu De Stoppani as Nurse
Liz Moscrop as Mrs. Jenkins
Joanna David as Averil
Teresa Churcher as DC Sinclair
Miroslav Mitrovic as Nouvelles Recrues (uncredited)
Tomislav Mitrovic as Nouvelles Recrues (uncredited)
Robert Stone as Polish bodyguard (uncredited)

Release

Belonging was screened on ITV on 12 September 2004. Acorn TV and ITV later released it on DVD on 26 July 2010.^[6]

References

↑ "Belonging (2004)". themoviescene.co.uk.
↑ Wollaston, Sam (13 September 2004). "Stairlift to heaven". The Guardian.
↑ Plunkett, John (3 March 2004). "Blethyn and Whately star in new ITV drama". The Guardian.
↑ "Whately, Blethyn in new ITV1 telefilm". c21media.net.
↑ "The web of belonging". chepstobooks.co.uk.
↑ "Belonging (2004) [DVD]". amazon.co.uk.

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[1] "Belonging (2004)". themoviescene.co.uk.

[2] Wollaston, Sam (13 September 2004). "Stairlift to heaven". The Guardian.

[3] Plunkett, John (3 March 2004). "Blethyn and Whately star in new ITV drama". The Guardian.

[4] "Whately, Blethyn in new ITV1 telefilm". c21media.net.

[5] "The web of belonging". chepstobooks.co.uk.

[6] "Belonging (2004) [DVD]". amazon.co.uk.

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