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.
Diana Rigg
as Dame Philippa
Pamela Brown
as Dame Agnes
Gwen Watford
as Dame Catherine
Denis Quilley
as Sir Richard
Judi Bowker
as Joanna
Nicholas Clay
as David
Elizabeth Bradley
as Dame Margaret
Gladys Spencer
as Dame Emily
Charlotte Mitchell
as Mrs. Fraser
Ann Rye
as Sister Jane
