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Grand, The: Series 2 - Col Ed (Disc 2 of 3) (2001)
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Part 1
The grand stage is set for turmoil and triumph as Marcus Bannerman's (Mark McGann) Manhattan Club blasts onto the late-night drinking scene.Isobel Crawford (Caroline Blakiston), his wife Ruth's (Victoria Scarborough) domineering grandmother, invades their lives.In Isobel and Marcus's shocking showdown, one person will emerge the winner.But who?
Part 2
Lynne Milligan (Naomi Radcliffe) throws away her job at The Grand after the Music Hall's roguish MC Harry Frindel (Ken Morley) seduces her with empty promises of fame.Daring cover-ups and illicit temptations spell disaster for more than one marriage.
Part 3
Ruth Bannerman is determined to keep her devastating miscarriage a secret from her husband.Desperate, she turns to the sinister world of black market babies.As tensions between Sarah Bennerma (Julia St. John) and John Bannerman (Michael Siberry) escalate, Sarah succumbs to Marcus' adulterous advances.
Part 4
David Jeffries (Jeremy Swift), one of Monica Jones' gang rape assailants, returns to the crime scene, horrifying The Grand's staff.Monica's brother, Fred (Richard Standing), demands that David pay the ultimate price for his crime; his life.John and Sarah make a surprising decision about their grand plans for the future.
Part 5
Madame Euphrasine de Bourg D'oisans (Arkie Whitley) appears to be a glamorous, wealthy businesswoman.The residents at The Grand learn that looks can be deceiving, as Euphrasine's corrupt past catches up with her.Marcus unwittingly becomes involved in the tangle of deception that leaves one person dead.Rumors circulate of the hotel being sold.
Part 6
A secret hidden from most of the hotel's staff torments barman Clive Evans (Paul Warriner).Clive confesses the truth to his dying father.A flashback ensues of unconventional sexual encounters, guilty desires and confusion.Clive continues to be gripped by inner turmoil over his alternate lifestyle.Kate (Rebecca Callard) is stunned as she's falsely linked with one man and forever separated from another.
Part 7
Nine months of pregnant deception and Ruth must somehow deliver a baby to Marcus.She runs off to London to meet Edith (Nicola Cowper), who is about to go into labor with a baby that Ruth will claim as her own.Ruth's sudden exit angers the confused Marcus, who's caught up in her tangled web of lies.
Part 8
Esme (Susan Hampshire) is back in the prostitution business, managing the prostitutes who set up shop at the Manhattan Club.Furious at Esme's success, a dangerous competitor intimidates and blackmails her.Kate's accident overpowers Stephen's long-suppressed feelings of love.Now he must make the gut-wrenching choice between his first love and his fianc
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