Suranne Jones plays a real-life lesbian landowner in a period drama…
TV&Satellite Week is standing in the flagstoned courtyard of Shibden Hall, a beautiful stately home just outside Halifax. Stepping inside, we are transported back 200 years to when the manor was home to remarkable 19th-century landowner Anne Lister.
We’re on set for BBC1’s Regency set period drama Gentleman Jack, created by Happy Valley and Scott & Bailey writer Sally Wainwright and starring Suranne Jones as Anne. The eight-parter explores how
Anne, who was dubbed ‘Gentleman Jack’ by her neighbours, defied the rigid conventions of the period by running the Shibden estate alone while having intense romances with a host of women.
As the series begins in 1832, Anne returns home from travelling and sets her sights on winning the heart of troubled heiress Ann Walker (Sophie Rundle).
This story is from the May 18, 2019 edition of TV & Satellite Week.
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