Lady Chatterley's Lover (2015 film) Lady Chatterley's Lover (2015 film) Lady Chatterley's Lover is a 2015 British romantic drama television film starring Holliday Grainger, Richard Madden and James Norton. It is an adaption by Jed Mercurio of D. H. Lawrence's 1928 novel "Lady Chatterley's Lover", and premiered on BBC One on 6 September 2015. The adaptation is part of a series of four 20th century literary adaptations by the BBC, including Laurie Lee's "Cider With Rosie", LP Hartley's "The Go-Between" and J B Priestley's play "An Inspector Calls". Lady Constance Chatterley ("Holliday Grainger") enjoys a happy marriage to the dashing aristocrat Sir Clifford Chatterley ("James
Lady Chatterley's Lover important tests of obscenity such as the Hicklin test. The judgement upheld the conviction, stating that: In the United States, the free publication of "Lady Chatterley's Lover" was a significant event in the "sexual revolution". At the time, the book was a topic of widespread discussion and a byword of sorts. In 1965, Tom Lehrer recorded a satirical song entitled "Smut", in which the speaker in the song lyrics cheerfully acknowledges his enjoyment of such material; "Who needs a hobby like tennis or philately?/I've got a hobby: rereading "Lady Chatterley"." British poet Philip Larkin's poem "Annus Mirabilis" begins with a