Notorious Woman | |
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Genre | Television drama |
Written by | Harry W. Junkin |
Directed by | Waris Hussein |
Starring | Rosemary Harris George Chakiris Jeremy Irons |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 7 |
Production | |
Producer | Pieter Rogers |
Release | |
Original network | BBC2 |
Original release | 3 November 1974 |
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In the United States, the series was broadcast in 1975–1976 as part of the fifth season of Masterpiece Theatre on PBS. [1]
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