FIRST TRAILER WITH MIA MCKENNA BRUCE AS ROYAL DRESSER TURNED MURDERER IN THE LADY SERIES WITH NATALIE DORMER, ED SPELEERS, MARK STANLEY, SEAN TEALE, PHILIP GLENISTER

   FIRST THE LADY  

TRAILER FOR NEW ITV'S BRITISH COURT SCANDAL MINI TV SERIES

ITV and Britbox have released first trailer from their four part TV series THE LADY which describes the rise and fall of former royal dresser Jane Andrews, whose rags to riches fairy tale fell apart when she was convicted of murder. Once a young working-class girl, Jane answered an advertisement in a magazine and to the astonishment of her friends and family, became the Duchess of York’s dresser at Buckingham Palace. Moving amongst the highest social circles in Britain, Jane managed to secure a place in the upper-classes, only to lose her job with the Duchess after nine years of service. Still reeling from her fall from grace, Jane went on to meet charismatic businessman Thomas Cressman and fell deeply in love. Soon cracks began to develop in theromance Jane had pinned all her hopes on, with disastrous consequences.Mia McKenna-Bruce will play the former royal aide and dresser who was convicted of murder, with Natalie Dormer as Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York although, admittedly, she looks nothing like the real Sarah. Ed Speleers is Thomas Cressman, Andrews’ former partner who she was convicted of murdering in 2001. The cast will also have Philip Glenister, Claire Skinner, Laura Aikman, Ophelia Lovibond, Mark Stanley, Daniel Ryan and Sean Teale. The series is out February 22nd.

Jane Andrews, former dresser to Sarah Ferguson, then Duchess of York.

She rose from Grimsby to Buckingham Palace, and fell from Buckingham Palace to the Old Bailey, on trial for the murder of her partner.

The Lady. Coming soon. pic.twitter.com/dPF868kbZO

— ITV (@ITV) February 1, 2026

FIRST IMAGES WITH MIA MCKENNA BRUCE AS ROYAL DRESSER TURNED MURDERER IN THE LADY SERIES WITH NATALIE DORMER, ED SPELEERS, MARK STANLEY, SEAN TEALE, PHILIP GLENISTER

   FIRST THE LADY  

IMAGES FROM NEW ITV'S BRITISH COURT SCANDAL MINI TV SERIES

ITV and Britbox have released first images from their four part TV series THE LADY which describes the rise and fall of former royal dresser Jane Andrews, whose rags to riches fairy tale fell apart when she was convicted of murder. Once a young working-class girl, Jane answered an advertisement in a magazine and to the astonishment of her friends and family, became the Duchess of York’s dresser at Buckingham Palace. Moving amongst the highest social circles in Britain, Jane managed to secure a place in the upper-classes, only to lose her job with the Duchess after nine years of service. Still reeling from her fall from grace, Jane went on to meet charismatic businessman Thomas Cressman and fell deeply in love. Soon cracks began to develop in theromance Jane had pinned all her hopes on, with disastrous consequences.Mia McKenna-Bruce will play the former royal aide and dresser who was convicted of murder, with Natalie Dormer as Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York although, admittedly, she looks nothing like the real Sarah. Ed Speleers is Thomas Cressman, Andrews’ former partner who she was convicted of murdering in 2001. The cast will also have Philip Glenister, Claire Skinner, Laura Aikman, Ophelia Lovibond, Mark Stanley, Daniel Ryan and Sean Teale.

MIA MCKENNA BRUCE IS ROYAL DRESSER TURNED MURDERER IN THE LADY SERIES WITH NATALIE DORMER, ED SPELEERS, MARK STANLEY, SEAN TEALE, PHILIP GLENISTER

   CAST SET FOR THE LADY  

NEW ITV'S BRITISH COURT SCANDAL SERIES

ITV and Britbox have announced lead cast for their four part TV series THE LADY which describes the rise and fall of former royal dresser Jane Andrews, whose rags to riches fairy tale fell apart when she was convicted of murder. Once a young working-class girl, Jane answered an advertisement in a magazine and to the astonishment of her friends and family, became the

Ed Speleers, Mia McKenna Bruce and Natalie Dormer will lead

Duchess of York’s dresser at Buckingham Palace. Moving amongst the highest social circles in Britain, Jane managed to secure a place in the upper-classes, only to lose her job with the Duchess after nine years of service. Still reeling from her fall from grace, Jane went on to meet charismatic businessman Thomas Cressman and fell deeply in love. Soon cracks began to develop in the romance Jane had pinned all her hopes on, with disastrous consequences.

Sean Teale, Mark Stanley and Laura Aikman will also star

Mia McKenna-Bruce will play the former royal aide and dresser who was convicted of murder, with Natalie Dormer as Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York. Ed Speleers is Thomas Cressman, Andrews’ former partner who she was convicted of murdering in 2001. The cast will also have Philip Glenister, Claire Skinner, Laura Aikman, Ophelia Lovibond, Mark Stanley, Daniel Ryan and Sean Teale.

SEE NATALIE DORMER FIGHT FOR CANCER STRICKEN KIDS IN AUDREY'S CHILDREN INSPIRING MOVIE DRAMA TRAILER

 AUDREY'S CHILDREN TRAILER 

FOR NEW NATALIE DORMER MOVIE

An inspiring trailer has been released for a new movie drama AUDREY'S CHILDREN with Natalie Dormer out March 28th! Philadelphia. 1969. British physician, Dr. Audrey Evans, is newly recruited to a world-renowned children's hospital and battles sexism, medical conventions, and the subterfuge of her peers to develop revolutionary treatments, purchase the first Ronald McDonald House for families of patients and, ultimately, impact the lives of millions of children around the world. The movie based on a true story also stars Jimmi Simpson, Clancy Brown, and Jeff Panzarella.

 

NATALIE DORMER TO PRODUCE WW2 TV SERIES SPITFIRE SISTERS ON FEMALE WAR PILOTS. HUGH SKINNER JOINS JOANNA LUMLEY IN OPERATIC ROMANTIC COMEDY FALLING FOR FIGARO

      HUGH SKINNER TO LEAD

 FALLING FOR FIGARO OPERATIC ROMANTIC COMEDY MOVIE

Hugh Skinner starred in Harlots and Poldark

A month or so ago, I informed you that a new musical movie filled with opera is on its way and now we have the male lead revealed for FALLING FOR FIGARO, a romantic comedy which already features Danielle Macdonald and Joanna Lumley in lead female roles. Harlots star Hugh Skinner has joined the cast together with Shazad Latif, Rebecca Benson and Gary Lewis as Screen Daily reports. 

Danielle Macdonald plays a brilliant young fund manager, who decides to leave her unfulfilling job and long term boyfriend to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming an opera singer, in the Scottish Highlands. She begins intense vocal training with a former opera diva (Joanna Lumley) and meets a fellow student (Hugh Skinner) who is also training for an upcoming contest. The film will feature arias from famous operas including The Barber Of Seville, The Marriage Of Figaro, Don Giovanni, Romeo And Juliet and Carmen.

   NATALIE DORMER TO PRODUCE

 SPITFIRE SISTERS WW2 SERIES

It is possible Natalie will also star in  the series

After launching her own production company, the star of many period set projects Natalie Dormer has joined with Freemantle on SPITFIRE SISTERS, an eight episode WW2 series which will follow the women of the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA), the ‘glamour girls’ of the battle as they take on one of the most dangerous jobs in the war. Filled with friendships, love, camaraderie, and deep tragedy and loss, the women of ATA were tasked with flying 90 different types of aircraft from base to base ready for the frontline. Female pilots from all over the world travelled to the UK to join the group but the glamour of being in the ATA came with the tragedy of flying during the war. SPITFIRE SISTERS is the war through the eyes of the women; the dangers they faced and their fight for acceptance and equality. Morgan Lloyd Malcolm is penning the scripts for the upcoming series.

PERIOD SET THURSDAY: EXCITING TRAILERS FOR HISTORICAL SERIES 'THE WOMAN IN WHITE' WITH JESSE BUCKLEY, DOUGRAY SCOTT, CHARLES DANCE, BEN HARDY, 'PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK' WITH NATALIE DORMER

  'PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK'

PERIOD SET DRAMA TRAILER

The series starts this May on Amazon Prime

Period set delights for you today, starting with the first trailer for Natalie Dormer's THE PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK which will, produced by Australian Foxtel, air on Amazon Prime and also on BBC in UK. This new reimagining of Joan Lindsay’s novel, will first premiere its six episodes in Australia on May 6th and then on May 25th at Amazon Prime.
 

 MYSTERY THRILLER
With the story set in the 1900 Natalie Dormer plays English headmistress Mrs Hester Appleyard (a woman whose dead husband instructs her daily life and whose peculiarities are surely hiding dark skeletons) in the drama which revolves around the mysterious disappearances of three schoolgirls and one teacher on Valentine’s Day. The complex, interwoven narrative follows the

Natalie Dormer plays the mysterious headmistress of the 1900 school

subsequent investigation and the event’s far reaching impact on the students, families and staff of Appleyard College, and on the nearby township.

  'THE WOMAN IN WHITE'

ATMOSPHERIC TRAILER IS HERE!

BBC has meanwhile released the first, rather atmospheric and exciting, trailer for their period set series THE WOMAN IN WHITE after those first

Women in White starts in two weeks on BBC

photos I showed you a few days ago. The five part Victorian saga will start airing in UK on BBC One Sunday April 22nd starring Jesse Buckley, Dougray Scott, Charles Dance and Ben Hardy.

 VICTO- RIAN MAD HOUSE
It starts in early Victorian London after Walter Hartright encounters a ghostly woman dressed in all white on a moonlit road, and then soon finds himself drawn into a mysterious and disturbing world. Romance, suspense, and danger combine as secrets come to the fore in the haunting tale of insanity and identity.

Jesse Buckley, right, leads the female part of the cast

Viewed by many as the first psychological thriller novel, THE WOMAN IN WHITE will take viewers on a chilling ride down the shadowy paths and corridors of English country houses and ultimately into the depths of the Victorian madhouse.

NEW PERIOD SET & EPIC TV SHOWS COMING TO AMAZON IN 2018: BRITANNIA, KING LEAR, VANITY FAIR & PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK!

AMAZON'S 2018 EPIC DELIGHTS

PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK!

This 6 episode series will air on Foxtel in Australia and then on Amazon. Starring Natalie Dormer PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK  will plunge viewers into the mysterious disappearances of three schoolgirls and one

Picnic at Hanging Rock is based on Joan Lindsay novel

teacher on Valentine’s Day 1900, taking the audience on a new journey into the revered Australian novel from Joan Lindsay.

NEW 'VANITY FAIR'!
The 7 part adaptation of Thackeray’s classic is set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, and follows modern heroine Becky Sharp (Olivia Cooke) as she attempts to claw her way out of poverty and scale the heights of English

Vanity Fair will first air on ITV in UK, probably this spring

Society. Her story of takes her all the way to the court of King George IV, via the Battle of Waterloo, breaking hearts and losing fortunes as she goes. VANITY FAIR also stars Tom Bateman and Charlie Rowe!

STAR STUDDED 'KING LEAR'

David Morrissey Once a governor always a governor!

Set in the fictional present, with Anthony Hopkins as the king, presiding over a totalitarian military dictatorship in England KING LEAR will first air on BBC 2 and then on Amazon. Emma Thompson is his eldest daughter Goneril, Emily Watson middle daughter Regan, Florence Pugh Cordelia, the youngest one. Jim Broadbent is the Earl of Gloucester, Andrew Scott his loyal son Edgar and John Macmillan his bastard son Edmund. Jim Carter, Christopher Eccleston, Tobias Menzies also star! It will be a one hour TV film.

BRAVE CELTIC BRITANNIA
Starring Kelly Reilly and David Morrissey, this ten part saga will start airing January 18th on Sky in the United Kingdom and on Amazon around the world. BRITANNIA is set in 43 AD as the Roman Imperial Army, determined and terrified in equal measure, returns to crush the Celtic heart of Britannia, a mysterious land ruled by wild warrior

Britannia will start its rule in less than a month from now

women and powerful Druids who can channel the powerful forces of the underworld. Zoe Wanamaker and Steven Weber also star in the epic adventure series.

PERIOD SET SERIES SATURDAY: NEW PHOTOS FROM 'HOWARDS END' SERIES WITH MATTHEW MCFADYEN, HAYLEY ATWELL, 'PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK' WITH NATALIE DORMER

  'HOWARDS END' NEW PHOTOS

FROM BBC & STARZ MINI SERIES

With the news from the world of period set series that Hulu has ordered the second season of Harlots and that TNT is probably going to

Matthew Macfadyen plays a conservative businessman

cancel their Will series, there's also something new from Starz: they've released new photos from next year's mini series HOWARDS END an adaptation of E. M. Forster's novel.

The series is based on E.M. Forsters' classic novel

MATTHEW MACFADYEN AND HAYLEY ATWELL LEAD THE CAST   
A coproduction between BBC and Starz it will tell the story of two couples caught in a swirling landscape of social and class divisions in turn of the century England! The four part series focuses on Margaret

The series will air next year both on BBC and Starz

Schlegel (Hayley Atwell), an idealistic, woman who is courted by the older Henry Wilcox (Matthew Macfadyen), a conservative businessman, after his wife Ruth Wilcox (Julia Ormond) dies

Joseph Quinn, Tracey Ulman and Alex Lawther in their costumes

unexpectedly. Meanwhile, Margaret’s passionate and capricious younger sister Helen Schlegel (Philippa Coulthard) takes up the cause of Leonard Bast (Joseph Quinn), a young bank clerk who falls on hard times at work and at home with his partner Jacky (Rosalind

Hayley Atwell plays Margaret Schlegel

Eleazar). In the absence of their parents, who have died, the sisters’ loving but interfering Aunt Juley (Tracey Ullman) tries to keep the young ladies and their brother Tibby (Alex Lawther) on the straight and narrow.

  'PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK'

NATALIE DORMER TV SERIES

Amazon has, meanwhile, picked up another period set series coming from Australia PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK with Natalie Dormer as the lead star.  Based on a Joan Lindsay’s classic novel, the six part

Natalie Dormer leads the cast of the new period set series

series sees her playing English headmistress Mrs Hester Appleyard, a woman whose dead husband instructs her daily life and whose peculiarities are surely hiding dark skeletons! PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK chronicles the mysterious disappearances of three schoolgirls

The series will first air Down Under on Foxtel before moving to Amazon

and one teacher on Valentine’s Day 1900. The complex, interwoven narrative follows the subsequent investigation and the event’s far reaching impact on the students, families and staff of Appleyard College, and on the nearby township.

STUNNING CAST PICTURES AND TRAILER FOR BBC'S PERIOD SET TV DRAMA 'THE SCANDALOUS LADY W' WITH NATALIE DORMER, ANEURIN BARNARD AND SHAUN EVANS!

 'THE SCANDALOUS LADY W' 

BBC DRAMA WITH NATALIE DORMER AND ANEURIN BARNARD

Now, here's something wonderfully naughty and wonderfully historical to start your week in a regal mood. BBC 2 has released first cast pictures and a trailer for their upcoming TV movie THE SCANDA- LOUS LADY W starring Natalie Dormer (The Tudors, Hunger Games, Game of Thrones) who leads a cast of British actors in this gripping 18th century drama, detailing the scandalous life of Seymour, Lady Worsley, who dared to leave her husband and elope with his best friend, Captain George Bisset, played by Aneurin Barnard (The White Queen). The movie will air August 17th!

INSPIRED BY OIL PAINTING
In the TV movie based on the book LADY WORSLEY'S WHIM by Hallie Rubenhold (who was inspired by the full length oil painting of Lady Worsley that hangs in Harewood House in Yorkshire in which she is depicted wearing a bright red riding habit.),  Natalie Dormer plays the passionate, courageous Seymour, Lady Worsley, who escapes her troubled marriage only to find herself at the centre of a very public trial brought by her powerful husband Sir Richard Worsley, played by Shaun Evans, who seeks compensation from her lover for the affair. As this extraordinary true story unfolds, Lady Worsley takes the brave decision to publicly expose the secrets of her marriage. The scandalous courtroom revelations challenge the hypocrisy of the law that brands a wife the property of her husband, calling into question the whole concept of a woman’s 'worth'.

YA FANTASY BESTSELLER 'THE SELECTION' MOVIE ADAPTATION! BBC 'JONATHAN STRANGE & MR. NORREL' PERIOD SET FANTASY SERIES CLIP! TAYLOR KINNEY JOINS NATALIE DORMER IN 'THE FOREST' THRILLER

TAYLOR KINNEY JOINS

NATALIE DORMER IN 'THE FOREST'

A hunk for my ladies, today! Lady Gaga's fiancée and CHICAGO FIRE star Taylor Kinney will star in THE FOREST thriller which will start shooting next month in Serbia based on an idea by David Goyer and the mythology of Japan’s Aokigahara Forest.. GAME OF THRONES and TUDORS star Natalie Dormer plays an American woman who ventures into the legendary forest in search of her missing twin sister. Despite being urged to stay on the path, she enters it and is tormented by the souls of the dead who prey on anyone who wanders the forest.

'THE SELECTION' BESTSELLER

TO GET A MOVIE ADAPTATION
Now, this one was supposed to be adapted twice into a TV series but it never got beyond the pilot stage: now, 'Deadline' reports that Kiera Cass' bestselling YA fantasy novel THE SELECTION (the first in the five book series) is going to be adapted into a movie after Warner Bros. has bought the rights.  It follows 35 underprivileged girls who are chosen to compete to live in a life of luxury if they marry the prince. The protagonist, America Singer, is sweet on a young man from her district, but when she’s exposed to the opulence of a royal life, she’s conflicted, even though a rebel uprising threatens the pampered.

'JONATHAN STRANGE & MR. NORREL' BBC ONE TV SERIES

1ST CLIP FROM THE PERIOD SET DRAMA

The only video I have for you today is the first short clip from the new period set BBC One seven episode fantasy series JONATHAN STRANGE & MR. NORREL based on the book by Susanna Clarke which is to air sometime later this year! Set in England  at the beginning of the 19th century, the new television series presents an alternate history where magic is widely acknowledged, but rarely practised. Living in the rural north, Mr Norrell (Eddie Marsan) of Hurtfew Abbey is able to make the statues of York Cathedral talk and move. His manservant John Childermass (Enzo Cilenti) persuades him to travel to London to help in the war against France. While there, Mr Norrell encounters a leading member of the government and makes magic respectable in the realm when he conjures a fairy to bring the minister's fiancée (Alice Englert) back to life. Meanwhile, also in London, Jonathan Strange (Bertie Carvel) meets Vinculus (Paul Kaye), a magician, while attempting to propose to his love Arabella (Charlotte Riley). Strange is told by Vinculus that he is destined to be a great magician and begins to study magic.