In het Engeland van 1834 komt de jonge weduwe Riah Millican met haar drie kinderen op straat te staan. De rijke, teruggetrokken Percial Miller neemt haar aan als huishoudster van Gulmington Mansion. Terwijl Riah het huis in order houdt, krijgen haar kinderen scholing van Percival. Maar wanneer Riah erachter komt dat Percical een duistere drijfveer heeft voor zijn goede daden, proberert ze uit alle macht haar vrijheid terug te krijgen. Zal het haar lukken uit de greep van de bedrieglijke Percival te raken? The Black Velvet Gown, naar een bereoemde roman van Catherine Cookson, werd bekroond met een Emmy Award. Een meeslepende miniserie vol spanning, intrige en romantiek.
Nee, helaas is The Black Velvet Gown nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Norman Stone | Director |
| Sound | Carl Davis | Music |
| Writing | Gordon Hann | Writer |
| Production | Ray Marshall | Producer |
| Camera | Ian Jackson | Focus Puller |
| Camera | Jim Will | Grip |
| Lighting | Ken Campbell | Gaffer |
| Writing | Nicole Cauverien | Script Editor |
| Directing | Angela Marks | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Alistair McKenzie | Camera Operator |
| Sound | John Hughes | Boom Operator |
| Art | Ashley Wilkinson | Production Design |
| Production | Michael Chaplin | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Peter McAleese | Second Unit Director |
| Production | Christine Llewellyn Reeve | Location Manager |
| Editing | John MacDonnell | Editor |
| Production | Ray Marshall | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nadia El-Saffar | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Production | Susie Bruffin | Casting Director |
| Production | Jill Graham | Production Assistant |
| Production | Amanda Newland | Casting Assistant |
| Production | Helen Mallon | Production Secretary |
| Directing | Peter McAleese | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Nael Abbas | Third Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jennifer Boost | Hair Department Head |
| Art | Pauline Hume | Graphic Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Delphine Roche-Gordon | Costume Designer |
| Production | Don Bell | Associate Producer |
| Directing | Neil Calder | Second Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jennifer Boost | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gillian Garner | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Martin Boagey | Wardrobe Master |
| Directing | Tommy Gormley | Third Assistant Director |
| Art | Tim Puttnam | Art Direction |
| Sound | Ian Frame | Sound Editor |
| Camera | Ken Westbury | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Andrew Gunn | Clapper Loader |
| Sound | Nic Grant | Sound Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Katherine Hyland | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Art | Gary Crumpton | Construction Manager |
| Production | Thomas Mattinson | Production Coordinator |
| Writing | Catherine Cookson | Writer |
