Catherine Cookson's The Tide of Life (Scripted, English)
Genres: Drama
Status: Ended
Premiered: 1996-01-05
Ended: 1996-01-19
Network: ITV1
Country: GB
Airs on: Friday
Air time: 21:00
Runtime: 60 minutes
Another of British television's many Catherine Cookson adaptations, The Tide of Life starred Gillian Kearney as typically Cookson-esque heroine Emily Kennedy. Living in Tyneside in the early 20th century, poor Emily is knocked about by fate and victimized by any number of nasty people -- until, of course, the Right Man comes along. In this instance, the man in question was Larry Birch, played by Ray Stevenson. Also known as Catherine Cookson's The Tide of Life, this three-part, three-hour miniseries originally aired in 1996.