
Original title
Cousin Bette
Released
8/7/1971
Origin country
GB
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Production companies
BBC
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
1
Number of episodes
5
In 19th century Paris, Bette Fischer, a poor and homely spinster, forms an alliance with the seductive courtesan Valerie Marneffe to orchestrate revenge on her handsome and wealthy relatives.


The Hulot family has risen to eminence under Napoleon I. The Baroness Hulot's cousin, Bette, is the only member of the family who has not shared in their good fortune.

Unknown to Bette, Hortense has successfully engineered a meeting with Steinbock.

Bette and Valerie have established themselves in the house Hector has provided for Valerie.

Montes, Crevel, Hector and Steinbock all believe themselves to be the father of Valerie's child.

Hector is faced with ruin and has been spirited away by Bette. However, Bette's plans have suffered' their first setback through the death of the Marshal just before she was to marry him.
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