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Mother Love

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Maybe I am romanticizing this Mystery (or was it Masterpiece Theatre) presentation, but a lot of other people still talk about it. IN FACT, a dear friend of mine was talking about Mother Love and remembering Diana Rigg's wonderfully chilling performance. I want a copy for me, but I really want to get him a copy. If you ever saw I Claudius and shuddered at Livila's knack for poisoning people's bodies, you will enjoy Mother Love. If you marveled at Nancy Marchand's noteworthy performance in the first season of the Sopranos at Toni's mother, you will enjoy Mother Love. What showers were to Psycho, marzipan is to Mother Love. It is an interesting thriller and psychological profile. The rest of the cast and the whole production is worthy of Rigg's main character. The world deserves to get goosebumps from watching this miniseries from BBC or Thames or whoever made this happen.

I have been waiting for this to come out on DVD for years. It was one of the most intense and entertaining Mystery! miniseries ever.

Mother Love is a great psychological thriller. Diana Rigg is excellent in her role as a sick and twisted serial killer. You won't forget the chilling suspense as she plots the murder of her family, and the flashbacks to her youth provide the background story of the adult murderer she has become. One of a kind...you won't be disappointed. It's a good scarey movie!

...for this DVD to be released! Excellent psychological thriller with Diana Rigg in top form. Luckily, I have an OLD VHS copy recorded off cable, but it won't last forever! Release the DVD!!!! Please!

This is the petition I have sent to the BBC; Acorn Media (UK) and Acorn Media (USA):

To: BBC Television

The BBC produced a classic in 1989's Mother Love: part psychological drama and part black comedy. Diana Rigg is compelling as the woman scorned, as she slowly reveals the depths of her character's madness. Possessiveness and revenge were never played so good. Dame Diana received a BAFTA award and many critical praises on both sides of the Atlantic. There has been a very rare repeat of this unforgettable series on television. Dame Diana and David McCallum have many fans across the globe who would love to see Mother Love again or for the first time. We petition the BBC to produce the definitive, uncut DVD release, with digitally remastered sound & picture, interviews made for the series, and all of the advertisements, posters, behind-the-scenes, bloopers and anything else related to it. Commentary by Dame Diana, David McCallum and other actors associated with the series would be fantastic. Every day on auction sites such as ebay bootleg copies are being sold for princley sums. Many of us want a real copy, so, BBC let us pay you the money, - so, please, please release it. Thank you.

http://www.petitiononline.com/Laburnum/petition.html

Probably one of the best mini series on the BBC in 1989. This is a taut, psychological thriller staring David McCallum and Diana Rigg. It's too bad it was never released on DVD but perhaps now is the time!! Adapted from Domini Taylor's novel (same name) this is a neat, scary story done by some great actors. Can't recommend it enough...

Mother Love is one of the best psychological thrillers ever made. It aired almost 20 years ago and I can still recall many scenes vividly. I can't imagine why it hasn't been released on DVD. But it should be!

This is an amazing piece of art, theatre, writing you could wish for. Chilling, dramatic, compelling - on the edge of your seat. It is one of those pieces that you could watch over & over again. How could BBC4 not release this masterpiece!
We need as many people to contact the BBC to see if we can get them to do something about it.

Diana Rigg is delightfully chilling as mad Mommie Helena Vesey. Dumped years ago by her conductor husband because of her clinging ways, she has her boy Kit (her "Kitten", ew) to drum her hatred of Lord Vesey into. But Kit meets Angela and wants to marry. Helena decides it's best to welcome her. But Angela has a hard time keeping Kit's secret: that against Helena's express wishes and without her knowledge, Kit sees his father and his new family. Something that Helena would consider the worst sort of betrayal. It's disloyal, and according to Helena, disloyalty is the worst sin, and one that deserves the harshest punishment. Sadly for Helena, so many are disloyal..

Shown on American Television 18 years ago, this is the blackest of comedies. All of the cast is fine, but of course Diana Rigg tears up the screen as Helena. This soooo needs to be released on DVD, email the BBC and demand it be released!

I had the privilege of seeing Dame Diana Rigg onstage in London four years ago as Mrs. Venable in Tennessee Williams' Suddenly Last Summer. She was, of course, incandescent. When she was hosting Mystery, she said of her role in Mother Love, "There are certain roles you don't turn down, and that's why I did it!" She was right. This is one helluva role and she plays it brilliantly. Everyone I know agrees that this one needs to be on dvd. Every time I contact BBC America, I ask for this to be released. After Louis Jourdan's Count Dracula and of course, I Claudius, this is my favorite of all the things I've seen on PBS.