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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304145746
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6304145748
Label: Acorn Media
Manufacturer: Acorn Media
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: Acorn Media
Release Date: September 11, 1999
Running Time: 420 minutes
Sales Rank: 32444
Studio: Acorn Media
Theatrical Release Date: 1996
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Better than ER
Spunk, determination, and trial are a part of this young woman's experience on becoming a doctor in London at the turn of the century. A mix of intrigue, humor, and conscience spice each episode in a different way. An entertaining study in the development of women's rights and social consciencness mixed with romance. I highly recommend it. Better than ER.
Rating: - Highly Addictive
I'm not a fan of medical dramas, so when I first read about Bramwell's appearance on Masterpiece Theatre, I wasn't honestly expecting to become so utterly addicted to this wonderfully acted, skillfully written glimpse into the 1890s medical profession.
Dr. Eleanor Bramwell is a female who treads into the typically masculine world of medicine in the mid 1890s. Because she is a woman, she encounters immediate prejudice, is laughed at by colleagues, and, due to some of her moral objections, ... Read More
Rating: - A DETERMINED WOMAN
Meet Eleanor Branwell the only woman in her medical class. Daily she must endure the taunts and sexist remarks of her classmates and professor. Witnessing the out dated surgical practices of her professor sickens her and he refuses to even allow her to do surgery. Sounds like a woman in the the late 1960's or early 1970's trying to break into the medical field, right? WRONG!
Our heroine is a woman from Victorian England just before the turn of the century. Fed up with the insults and abuse ... Read More
Rating: - Jemma Redgrave is fabulous in this miniseries
I have not seen the video; but I have been following the series on television. The majority of stuff on television is garbage; but this series is great. I look forward to watching it; this really holds my interest.
I was raised by strong women and have a strong woman for a boss and mentor; so it just stands to reason I really like this series about a strong woman doctor. A woman doctor in London at the turn of the century was very rare; and Jemma plays her role perfectly. I liked this ... Read More
Rating:  - Life As A Victorian Lady Doctor
I went to Law School in the early 1970s when only 15% of us were women. Compared to Dr. Bramwell though, we had it easy. We didn't think so but, after seeing this series, I conclude one had to have a hide like a super rhino to survive as an MD back then. Everyone felt it was very apropos to just pound away at a woman professional then. They especially loved throwing the word "spinster" in her face about every ten minutes or so. Bramwell survives, even thrives, based on a number of factors. She has ... Read More
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