OUTRAGEOUS TV DRAMA
FIRST MITFORD SISTERS SERIES IMAGES
Although their life has been already adapted a couple of times by BBC, famous Mitford sisters are getting a new period set series at UKTV's channel Drama and Britbox in USA and today we have the first images coming from Vanity Fair. The six part series OUTRAGEOUS will depict the British
socialite sisters, whose antics in the 1930s made their family one of
the most well known in the UK. Several infamously supported fascism and
the Nazis, though
two became staunch opponents of the ideology. Two became well known
authors. It will be a story of family betrayals, public
scandal, political extremism, personal heartache and even imprisonment.
THIS BRAND NEW SERIES WILL FOLLOW
the six upper-class Mitford sisters — Nancy (Bessie Carter), Diana (Joanna Vanderham), Unity (Shannon Watson), Jessica (Zoe Brough), Deborah(Orla Hill), Pamela (Isobel Jesper Jones)
— who were the Kardashians of the 1930s, when they both dazzled and
scandalized English society. Nancy was a writer who wrote novels
including “The Pursuit of Love” while Diana and Unity were fascists who
were close to Hitler. Jessica was a communist, Pamela lived out the
latter half of her life with a woman and Deborah became a duchess after marriage. Toby Regbo will play their brother Tom while Anna Chancellor and James Purefoy will be their mother and father. Joshua Sasse will star in the six part series as Oswald Mosley, Jamie Blackley as Peter Rodd, James Musgrave as Hamish Erskine, Calam Lynch as Bryan Guinness and Will Attenborough as Joss.
Could be interesting - the Mitfords were somewhat larger than life. James Purefoy is usually a decent actor though I wasn't struck on that Camelot show from about 13 years ago though he was killed off early in that. I called it Hammyrot.
ReplyDeleteIt was one of the worst shows ever, I think I gave up after the second episode or something like that.
DeleteI have never heard of this show...but if they were the Kardashians of the 1930s, then definitely not for me.
ReplyDeleteYou have, I wrote twice or thrice about it, last time two months ago when I announced the cast and you commented on it LOL
DeleteI just hope they don't show it just in BritBox, not reason enough to subscribe.
ReplyDeleteWhere else can it be, it is BritBox in USA, and UKTV in Britain.
DeleteThe family dynamics are all over the place with them it seems. So odd how each sister can go on such amazingly different paths from each other. I bet that made the holidays a real headache when they all got together.
ReplyDeleteYes, imagine a fascist and a communist in the same house.
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