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.

  GENTLEMAN JACK

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!

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 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.

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 MARGOT ROBBIE

IS MAID 'MARIAN' THE WARRIOR

We're all girl, and some zombie, power today! As 'Deadline' reports Sony has, after a heated battle, acquired MARIAN script for an epic adventure movie with Margot Robie attached to star.

The story is based on the famous maid character from the Robin Hood folklore. After a conspiracy to conquer England in which the love of her life Robin Hood dies before her eyes, MARIAN picks up the cause to lead her people into a pivotal war. She comes to power, charging into a battle that will not only decide the fate of the kingdom but will see her don the mantle of the man she loved. In the process, she rises as a legend herself.

BBC'S 'SHIBDEN HALL' SERIES

 ABOUT VICTORIAN LESBIANS

Here's a little bit of good old Victorian lesbianism for you today, my spylings: BBC and HBO are set to produce new eight part period set TV series created by Sally Wainwright titled SHIBDEN HALL! Don't expect it any time soon, though, since it will shoot next year.

SHIBDEN HALL, set in West Yorkshire in 1832, tells the epic story of the remarkable landowner, Anne Lister. Returning after years of exotic travel and social climbing, Anne determines to transform the fate of her faded ancestral home, SHIBDEN HALL, in Halifax. To do this, she must re-open her coal mines and marry well. But the charismatic, single minded, swashbuckling Anne Lister,  who walked like a man, 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.

NETFLIX'S 'KINGDOM' SERIES

PERIOD SET ZOMBIE OUTBREAK

If Victorian lesbians and maids turned into vigilantes aren't novel enough for you, listen to this: Netflix will co produce eight episodes of South Korean period set zombie series KINGDOM! To air on Netflix in 190 countries next year, it  will be set in Korea’s medieval Joseon period where a crown prince is sent on a suicide mission to investigate a mysterious outbreak that leads him to a brutal truth that threatens the kingdom. The outbreak is a zombie one! Oh, my, martial arts meets the sorry stricken!