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In This House of Brede (1975)

Philippa Talbot is a talented London businesswoman who has decided to give up her position and power to become a nun. The man who loves her is in shock over her departure from his life. When Philippa arrives at Brede, a cloistered Benedictine monastery, the abbess who was responsible for convincing her to enter this vocation suddenly dies. Her successor is Catherine, a sensitive leader who's the first to tell the newcomer to the community that all nuns are to love without a preference for one over another. This becomes very difficult when Joanna, a young nun, singles Sister Philippa out and grows very attached to her.

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Top billed cast

Diana RiggDame Philippa
Pamela BrownDame Agnes
Gwen WatfordDame Catherine
Denis QuilleySir Richard
Judi BowkerJoanna
Nicholas ClayDavid
Elizabeth BradleyDame Margaret
Gladys SpencerDame Emily
Charlotte MitchellMrs. Fraser
Ann RyeSister Jane

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