Kit Harington leads BBC, MGM+ drama A Tale of Two Cities
FIRST LOOK: Kit Harington heads the cast of A Tale of Two Cities, a four-part adaptation of Charles Dickens’ novel coming to the BBC in the UK and MGM+ in the US.
Harington stars alongside François Civil and Mirren Mack in the series, which is written by Daniel West (Gunpowder) and directed by Richard Clark (Outlander).
London, 1782. Tensions run high in the war between France and Britain. A young woman, Lucie Manette (Mack) has her life upended when she receives a message from Paris – her father, assumed dead for almost 20 years, may be alive. The messenger – idealistic French emigré, Charles Darnay (Civil) – is arrested and charged with treason. Lucie enlists the help of a brilliant but erratic young lawyer, Sydney Carton (Harington), to free Darnay in the hope he will lead her to Paris to track down her father.
Lucie’s collision with Darnay and Carton unleashes a powerful and complex love triangle. Both men fight to be worthy of her love, and Lucie is torn over which one to choose. Yet neither man – physically so alike, spiritually poles apart – can escape the other. Instead, they find themselves bound together in life and death, through triumphs, tragedies, marriage, and murder.
A Tale of Two Cities is produced by Federation Stories, in coproduction with Federation Studio France and Thriker Films, for MGM+ and the BBC. The executive producers are Polly Williams and Sarah Best for Federation Stories, Léo Becker for Federation Studio France, and Kit Harington and Daniel West for Thriker Films. It is produced by Simon Meyers (I May Destroy You).
The series is distributed by Federation International.
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