''The Cazalets'' is a 2001

television drama In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super- ...

series in six episodes (five episodes when broadcast in the US) about the life of a large privileged family in the years 1937 to 1947. Most of the action takes place in London, and at the family's large estate in Sussex. The drama was based on ''The Light Years'' and ''Marking Time'', the first two novels in the series of five by Elizabeth Jane Howard, entitled ''The Cazalet Chronicles'' and first published in the 1990s. For the TV series, they were adapted by the screenwriter Douglas Livingstone and directed by

Suri Krishnamma Suri Krishnamma (born 10 May 1961) is a British film director and writer best known for feature films '' A Man of No Importance'', ''New Year's Day'' and '' Dark Tourist'' and television dramas ''A Respectable Trade'' and ''The Cazalets''. He ...

. The series was originally produced by

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for

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and is available on DVD. A

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version in 45 episodes, in five series, was also produced later, broadcast between December 2012 and April 2014.

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''The Cazalets'': Cast and Credits

''The Cazalets'': Programme Information
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