Body & Soul

TV series

Body & Soul

5.8/ 10· 5199350 min1 season · 6 episodes

A nun leaves the convent temporarily to help save her family knitting mill from bankruptcy following the death of her brother. Outside the convent she becomes a fairly shrewd businesswoman and feels attracted to one of the men who work at the mill, and thus begins to feel conflict about her religious vows.

Created by
Moira Armstrong

Seasons and episodes

1 season · 6 episodes

Ended
Miniseries

Miniseries

6 episodesApril 8, 1993
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  1. 1
    S1 E1

    Part I

    Apr 8, 199350 min

    Sister Gabriel (Anna), a nun in a Silent Order, is informed of the tragic death of her brother and has to leave the convent for the first time in 16 years. During that time she has to come to regard her tiny cell as a prison, and at 34 is b

  2. 2
    S1 E2

    Part II

    Apr 15, 199350 min

    Anna, is caught between two different worlds. We witness her struggle to come to terms with an alien world, as she tries to remember what her father taught her. She is confronted by pain and sadness from her sister-in-law, and sexual hostil

  3. 3
    S1 E3

    Part III

    Apr 22, 199350 min

    Anna, is torn between her life in the convent and trying to save her brother's failing business. She also has to face her own physical and emotional desires in her relationship with Hal, the foreman at the family mill.

  4. 4
    S1 E4

    Part IV

    Apr 29, 199350 min

    The outside world becomes more alarming as Anna, has to deal with the banks in her desperate efforts to save the mill. She discovers that men are beginning to perceive her more as a woman than a nun.

  5. 5
    S1 E5

    Part V

    May 6, 199350 min

    Anna, is driven back to the convent by a frightening sexual encounter, only to realize that she no longer belongs there. She asks for a release from her vows to undertake the responsibility of the family business.

  6. 6
    S1 E6

    Part VI

    May 13, 199350 min

    Anna, with everyone's help, manages to secure the future of the family mill in spite of efforts to sabotage her work. Anna returns to the convent to sign the papers which will release her and walks out of the convent gates for the last time

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How many seasons of Body & Soul are there?
Body & Soul has 1 season and 6 episodes. Status: Ended.
Will there be a new season of Body & Soul?
Body & Soul has ended; no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on May 13, 1993.
Who stars in Body & Soul?
Body & Soul stars Kristin Scott Thomas, Sandra Voe, Tracy Keating, Eileen Davies, Dorothy Tutin.

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