U&Drama, BritBox set for Outrageous period drama
FIRST LOOK: Bessie Carter, Joanna Vanderham, Anna Chancellor and James Purefoy star in Outrageous, a new period drama about the Mitford sisters launching on U and U&Drama on June 19.
Outrageous is described as the true story of six sisters who refuse to play by the rules, attracting scandal and notoriety at every turn. As the storm clouds of the 1930s gather, the Mitfords face a society in flux, and set out to be part of the change – with sometimes devastating consequences.
Amid the crumbling world of the British aristocracy, eldest Nancy navigates love and heartache while her siblings are drawn down unexpected and increasingly divergent paths. Attracted to ungovernable men, drawn to radical ideas, the Mitfords can’t stay out of the headlines – while their bewildered parents try to make sense of their daughters’ behaviour and keep a grip on their failing finances.
Created and written by Sarah Williams (Small Island, Flesh and Blood), and based on Mary Lovell’s definitive biography The Mitford Girls, the six-part series stars Carter (Bridgerton) as Nancy Mitford, alongside Vanderham (Crime) as Diana Mitford, Shannon Watson (The Jetty) as Unity Mitford, Zoe Brough (Casualty) as Jessica Mitford, Orla Hill (Stonehouse) as Deborah Mitford and Isobel Jesper Jones (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes) as Pamela Mitford.
Their brother Tom is played by Toby Regbo (Belgravia: The Next Chapter), with Chancellor (My Lady Jane) and Purefoy (The Veil) as parents Muv and Farve.
Other cast include Joshua Sasse (Love is in the Air) as Oswald Mosley, Jamie Blackley (Becoming Elizabeth) as Peter Rodd, James Musgrave (Einstein and the Bomb) as Hamish Erskine, Calam Lynch (Bridgerton) as Bryan Guinness and Will Attenborough (Our Girl) as Joss.
Outrageous is produced by Firebird Pictures and co-commissioned by UKTV and BritBox International (for North America). Executive producers are Elizabeth Kilgarriff, Matthew Mosley and Craig Holleworth. Helen Perry is executive producer for UKTV, and Robert Schildhouse, Jess O’Riordan, and Stephen Nye are executive producers for BritBox International.
Directors for the series are Joss Agnew (The Man Who Fell to Earth, Vigil) and Ellie Heydon (Trying), with Natasha Romaniuk (The Suspect, Fifteen-Love) as producer.
It debuts on U and U&DRAMA in the UK from June 19, and will also air on BritBox in North America in June and in Australia in July.
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