TRAILER & POSTER FOR HBO'S GENTLEMAN JACK 19TH CENTURY SERIES WITH SURANNE JONES AS RICH HEIRESS WHO DRESSED, WORKED AND LOVED LIKE A MAN!

'GENTLEMAN JACK' IS HERE

TO SEDUCE YOUR DAUGHTERS

Well, this is what might happen when you do a co-production: your partner might air the series you did together before you! HBO has released a trailer and also Monday, April 22nd as the start date for new eight part drama

Jack will first visit USA before returning to UK

GENTLEMAN JACK and BBC hasn't even set airing date for UK yet (but we know it will be sometime this spring)! 1832 set mini series will see Suranne Jones playing a lesbian heiress who behaved, governed her lands and loved like a man!  She was also known as a diarist who chronicled her life in extensive journals.

GENTLEMAN JACK
follows real life landowner Anne Lister (Suranne Jones) from Halifix, who not only had no intention of marrying a man, but also became one of the first modern lesbians and also one of the first lesbians to officially (not legally)

The series was created by Happy Valley's Sally Wainwright

marry another woman, wealthy heiress Ann Walker (Sophie Rundle). The series, which also stars Joe Armstrong, Peter Davison, Shaun Dooley,

The story is based on Anne Lister's diaries written in more than 4 million words, large part of it in secret code.

Gemma Jones, Tom Lewis, Timothy West, follows Anne Lister as she returns to West Yorkshire in 1832, determined to transform the fate of her

Meet the cast of the new series!

faded ancestral home Shibden Hall and the mines she inherited. She was considered largely scandalous due to her public relationships with women, a

The series involves a number of raunchy lesbian sex scenes as well

penchant for masculine fashion sense and business prowess during the Industrial Revolution but was still a popular figure widely known as

Gentleman Jack will be getting a second season as well on BBC

Gentleman Jack! Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think. The second season has been ordered already after the success of the first episode in United Kingdom.

FULL TRAILER FOR BBC'S 19TH CENTURY SAGA GENTLEMAN JACK IS OUT WITH SURRANE JONES! AMAZON TO TURN PORT OF EARTH COMIC BOOKS INTO SF TV SERIES

'PORT OF EARTH' 

TO BECOME SF TV SERIES

Two totally different things your spy has for you today: first up, some science fiction! Amazon will turn PORT OF EARTH comic book series by Zack

Zack Kaplan's comic book will be adapted at Amazon

Kaplan, into TV drama. It tells the story of an alien alliance called The Consortium that has come to Earth with a business proposition: open Earth as a space port for our customers to use and receive advanced technology upgrades in exchange. When rogue aliens break the Port restrictions and wreak havoc in different cities, however, the terms of the deal begin to change. Soon it is up to the Earth Security Agents to send them back to the PORT OF EARTH. With The Consortium representing thousands of alien planets the series delves into political issues of exploitation, occupation, espionage, duplicity, technology and leverage, all in a gritty sci-fi setting. 

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FULL TRAILER IS HERE!

BBC One has released full trailer for their new epic series GENTLEMAN JACK in which Surrane Jones plays a 19th century woman who dresses up, acts and loves like a man governing her late father's estate. She portrays

Gentleman Jack will air this spring on BBC in eight episodes

 real life person Anne Lister who returns to Halifax, West Yorkshire in 1832, determined to transform the fate of her faded ancestral home Shibden Hall. The cast also includes Joe Armstrong, Gemma Jones and Sophie Rundle. The series will hit HBO in USA April 22nd!

ANNE LISTER IS A TRUE GENTLEMAN WHO KNOWS WHERE SHE IS GOING IN GENTLEMAN JACK BBC EPIC SAGA TEASER WITH SURRANE JONES! RACHEL WEISZ TO STAR IN LANNY FANTASY DRAMA

RACHEL WEISZ

TO LEAD 'LANNY' FANTASY DRAMA

Rachel Weisz will play Lanny's mother

Out this month in stores, Max Porter's new novel about a boy gone missing has already scored Rachel Weisz as the lead in the movie adaptation. LANNY is set in a village sixty miles outside London. It’s no different from many other villages in England: one pub, one church, red brick cottages, council cottages and a few bigger houses dotted about. Voices rise up, as they might do anywhere, speaking of loving and needing and working and dying and walking the dogs. This village belongs to the people who live in it and to the people who lived in it hundreds of years ago. It belongs to England’s mysterious past and its confounding present. But it also belongs to Dead Papa Toothwort, a figure schoolchildren used to draw green and leafy, choked by tendrils growing out of his mouth. Dead Papa Toothwort is awake. He is listening to this twenty first century village, to his English symphony. He is listening for an enchanting boy whose parents have recently made the village their home. Lanny.

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FIRST TEASER RELEASED BY BBC

BBC One has released the first, very fun, teaser for their new epic series GENTLEMAN JACK in which Surrane Jones plays a 19th century woman who dresses up, acts and loves like a man governing her late father's estate.

Gentleman Jack will air this spring on BBC in eight episodes

She portrays real life person Anne Lister who returns to Halifax, West Yorkshire in 1832, determined to transform the fate of her faded ancestral home Shibden Hall. The cast also includes Joe Armstrong, Gemma Jones and Sophie Rundle.

MOST ANTICIPATED EPIC & PERIOD SET 2019 SERIES: CATHERINE THE GREAT, BEECHAM HOUSE, MEDICI, WAR OF THE WORLDS, HIS DARK MATERIALS, NAME OF THE ROSE, SPANISH PRINCESS, LES MISERABLES AND OTHERS!

    UPCOMING NEW EPIC DRAMAS

LES MISERABLES

One of the first ones to arrive is BBC One's six part adaptation of LES MISERABLES which will air in UK from December 30th and later on at PBS too. Starring Lily Collins and Dominic West it is set against a backdrop of post-Napoleonic France as unrest begins to grip the city of Paris once more. Spy more here!

THE LONG SONG

Arriving a bit sooner, also on BBC One, from December 18th is three part 19th century saga THE LONG SONG starring Jack Lowden and Hayley Atwell bringing the story of an enslaved woman (Tamara Lawrance) living in Jamaica in 1838 under British rule.Spy more here!

DEATH AND NIGHTINGALES

Already airing on BBC is another three part historical drama DEATH AND NIGHTINGALES starring Jamie Dornan and Matthew Rhys. It is an epic tale of love, betrayal, deception, and revenge set in the Irish countryside in 1885. Spy more here!

MEDICI: THE MAGNIFICENT

This one is technically a 2nd season not a new series, but the title and the cast are new: MEDICI: THE MAGNIFICENT has already aired in Italy but will air soon on Netflix with Daniel Sharman playing Lorenzo De Medici who is now taking over the family's business with his brother played by Bradley James. Spy more here!

GENTLEMAN JACK

BBC is also preparing 19th century series set in Shibden Hall where GENTLEMAN JACK also known as Anne Lister (Surrane Jones) returns to Halifax, West Yorkshire in 1832, determined to transform the fate of her faded ancestral home Shibden Hall. But to do that she will dress and act as a man! Spy more here!

BEECHAM HOUSE

Rival ITV is taking us to 19th century India in six part saga BEECHAM HOUSE starring Tom Bateman, Kabir Bedi and Leo Suter! This lavishly exotic saga will offer us a look at the lives of residents living in a Delhi mansion during the cusp of 19th century. Spy more here!

CATHERINE THE GREAT

Sky and HBO will take us to glorious mother Russia and imperial court at Hermitage where Helen Mirren will take the role of CATHERINE THE GREAT in the story of her mature years when she already had many stunning victories and even more lovers. Spy more here!

THE WAR OF THE WORLDS

BBC is also finishing the production of their three part adaptation of THE WAR OF THE WORLDS starring Rafe Spall, Greg Kinnear and Eleanor Tomlinson in a story set in London during the Edwardian era, where George and Amy's attempt to start a life together is interrupted by a Martian invasion of Earth. Spy more here!

HIS DARK MATERIALS

BBC is also coproducing another major fantasy adaptation but with HBO! Eight part saga HIS DARK MATERIALS will star James McAvoy as Lord Azriel in the story about two children who embark on a magical adventure through parallel universes. Spy more here!

THE NAME OF THE ROSE

Italian Rai and HBO are also preparing a new eight episode TV adaptation of THE NAME OF THE ROSE following John Turturro as a medieval friar who investigates a series of mysterious deaths at an abbey. The adaptation of Umberto Eco's novel also stars Rupert Everett and Alessio Boni. Spy more here!

LAMBS OF GOD

Australian Foxtel is preparing gothic tale LAMBS OF GOD in which Ann Dowd, Essie Davis and Jessica Barden are playing three nuns whose life in solitude, far away from the rest of the world in a remote and rugged island on the coast, is interrupted by the arrival of a hot as hell priest played by Sam Reid. Spy more here!

THE SPANISH PRINCESS

After White Queen and White Princess, Starz will offer us more royal drama in THE SPANISH PRINCESS which will see Charlotte Hope playing the Spanish princess, Catherine of Aragon, as she navigates the royal lineage of England with an eye on the throne. Elliot Cowan and Olly Rix also star. Spy more here!

  RETURNING EPIC DRAMA
Beside the above mentioned new dramas, let us not forget that we can expect the new season of the ones we already love, from the third season of

Victoria returns with the third season this January!

VICTORIA at ITV starting probably in January, to the final seasons of POLDARK and DURRELLS starting probably next spring, and also the

Knightfall returns to History with the second season and new cast!

third season of Sky's 17th century saga JAMESTOWN. And while you are already enjoying the third season of medieval saga THE LAST KINGDOM

Jamestown returns with the third season this spring!

over at Netflix, you can expect more knights in the second season of KNIGHTFALL at History Channel too! Hulu's HARLOTS should also return with the third season next summer!

'VICTORIA' EPIC TV SAGA STARTS SEASON 3 PRODUCTION CASTS LAURENCE FOX, KATE FLEETWOOD, LILY TRAVERS! BBC REVEALS 1ST SURANNE JONES 'GENTLEMAN JACK' EPIC SAGA PHOTO

  'VICTORIA' EPIC SERIES

STARTS SEASON 3 PRODUCTION

Laurence Fox is the new foreign minister!

While you were watching that ghastly bad wedding over at the British isle last weekend, another royal missive from the British court and the Windsors popped up into our mail box! ITV has started with the production on the third season of their epic saga VICTORIA which will be set in 1848 a turbulent and uncertain time for both Europe and the monarchy. With revolutions on the continent and the Chartist movement reaching its peak in London, Victoria is under pressure from the government to leave London for her own safety.

MEET THE NEW CAST! 
ITV has also revealed new cast members! If you were in tears after Leo Sutter's character was killed in the last season finale, do not despair, a new hunk is arriving to the court: Laurence Fox will play Lord Palmerston, the

Lily Travers and David Burnett are the new additions at the court!

wayward Foreign Secretary! Kate Fleetwood will portray Feodora, Victoria’s mysterious sister who makes an unexpected return into the Queen’s life. The eight episode season three has also added John Sessions as Prime Minister

Kate Fleetwood and Nicholas Audsley have also joined the cast

John Russell, Lily Travers as the Duchess of Monmouth, Nicholas Audsley, David Burnett and Emily Forbes to the cast. The series will air this Autumn in UK and probably next spring on PBS in USA.

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BBC REVEALS FIRST PHOTO

ITV's main rival BBC has revealed the first photo of Suranne Jones as GENTLEMAN JACK the 19th century rich lesbian heiress from their new period set series. The photo also shows Sophie Rundle as her love interest

Suranne Jones and Sophie Rundle are the new love couple

whom she wants to marry after returning to her father's home Shibden Hall in Halifax in 1832 and taking over his industrial and mining business. Based on Anne Lister's real diaries, the series will also star Gemma Whelan, Timothy West, Gemma Jones, Peter Davison, Vincent Franklin and Shaun Dooley.

BBC AND HBO REVEAL FULL CAST FOR THEIR PERIOD SET LESBIAN FEMINIST MINI SERIES 'GENTLEMAN JACK' WITH SURRANE JONES, SOPHIE RUNDLE, JOE ARMSTRONG

 BBC'S 'GENTLEMAN JACK'

MINI SERIES REVEALS FULL CAST

Surrane Jones will be the Gentleman Jack!

Something lesbiefriendly today, spylings! BBC has revealed the whole cast for their period set mini series GENTLEMAN JACK (previously known as Shibden Hall) which will celebrate 19th century feminism led by Surrane Jones! Can't say I'm overly optimistic given the fact the eight episode series has been written by Sally Wainwright who gave us the borderline unwatchable and mind numbingly uninspired To Walk Invisible, but we shall give it the benefit of the doubt. The series will air on HBO in USA.

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Sophie Rundle will play Lister's love interest!

will be set in 1832 Halifax, West Yorkshire, revolving around landowner Anne Lister (Surrane Jones) and her determination to transform the fate of her faded ancestral home, Shibden Hall, by reopening the coal mines and marrying well. But  charismatic, single minded, swashbuckling Anne Lister - who dressed head to foot in black and charmed her way into high society - has no intention of marrying a man. True to her own nature, she plans to marry a woman. And not just any woman: the woman Anne Lister marries must be seriously wealthy. Every part of Anne’s story was recorded in her diaries that contain the most intimate details of her life, once hidden in a secret code that is now broken.The story examines Anne’s relationships at home with her family, servants, tenants and industrial rivals and, most importantly, would-be wife.

WHO WILL VISIT SHIBDEN HALL?

Jamestown's  Sophie Rundle will play Ann Walker, the wealthy heiress on whom Anne Lister sets her sights to marry; Gemma Whelan will portray Anne Lister’s sister, Marian! Timothy West is the sisters’ father, Jeremy Lister, and Gemma Jones plays Aunt Anne Lister. Stephanie Cole stars as

Joe Armstrong and Thomas Howes will lead the male part of the cast

Ann Walker’s aunt; Peter Davison as William Priestley, Ann Walker’s cousin; Amelia Bullmore as Eliza Priestley, his wife; Vincent Franklin as Christopher Rawson, businessman and fierce rival to Anne Lister, Shaun Dooley as his  brother and business partner;  with Joe Armstrong, Jodhi May, Rosie Cavaliero, Thomas Howes, Jessica Baglow and newcomers Albane Courtois and Ben Hunter also in the cast!

GAY THURSDAY: BBC CASTS SURANNE JONES IN 'GENTLEMAN JACK' PERIOD SET SERIES! 'MAN IN AN ORANGE SHIRT' BBC MINI TRAILER WITH OLIVER JACKSON COHEN, JULIAN MORRIS, VANESSA REDGRAVE

 BBC'S 'GENTLEMAN JACK'

 2B PLAYED BY SURANNE JONES

The lady is a gentleman!

Gay friendly news from BBC today! They've change the name of their period set series Shibden Hall into GENTLEMAN JACK who will be played by Suranne Jones in the eight part series about a 19th century lady who lived like a man!

The protagonist is Anne Lister, the remarkable landowner who - after years of exotic travel and social climbing - returns to Halifax, West Yorkshire in 1832, determined to transform the fate of her faded ancestral home, Shibden Hall. To restore it to its former glory, Anne must re-open her coal mines and marry well. But  charismatic, single minded, swashbuckling Anne Lister - who dressed head to foot in black and charmed her way into high society - has no intention of marrying a man. True to her own nature, she plans to marry a woman. And not just any woman: the

Suranne Jones stared in Crimson Fields WW1 series for BBC

woman Anne Lister marries must be seriously wealthy. Every part of Anne’s story was recorded in her diaries that contain the most intimate details of her life, once hidden in a secret code that is now broken.

 'MAN IN AN ORANGE SHIRT'

BBC MINI SERIES GETS A TRAILER

Meanwhile, BBC has also finally released a trailer for their gay, also period set, series MAN IN AN ORANGE SHIRT, a two part mini to be launched Monday July 31st within BBC's Gay Britannia summer

The two gay couples set 60 years apart

programme! Bestselling British novelist Patrick Gale wrote two love stories set 60 years apart,  linked by family and a painting, with a

Oliver Jackson Cohen and James McArdle play gay lovers

secret that echoes down the generations. It charts the challenges and huge changes to gay lives from the Second World War to the present day. Two of our dearest hunks Julian Morris and Oliver Jackson Cohen lead the cast!

 BEING GAY THROUGH DECADES
In 1944, British Army Captain Michael Berryman (Oliver Jackson Cohen) meets war artist Thomas March (James McArdle) in

Julian Morris plays Flora's gay grandson!

Southern Italy while chaos reigns all around them. Despite having a young fiancé, Flora (Joanna Vanderham), waiting at home for him,

Joanna Vanderham played younger Redgrave in The Go Between too

straight laced Michael finds himself falling for Thomas’ bohemian charms. In 2017, an ageing Flora (Vanessa Redgrave) looks on as her grandson, Adam (Julian Morris), tentatively forms a relationship

The mini series will air in two episodes from July 31st

with his client Steve (David Gyasi) in a more accepting world. But while the external obstacles have fallen away, a minefield of internalised issues and dangerous temptations still line the road to happiness.