Directed by:
David CaffreyCinematography:
James WellandComposer:
Mark ThomasCast:
Siân Phillips, Alun Armstrong, Ben Daniels, Serena Gordon, Anne-Marie Duff, Toby Jones, Geraldine Somerville, Julian Fellowes, Diane Fletcher, Jodhi May (more)Episodes(6)
Plots(1)
Based on Stella Tillyard's acclaimed biography, it paints an intimate portrait of 18th-century upper-class life in England and Ireland through the eyes of four beautiful high-born sisters. Caroline, Emily, Louisa, and Sarah Lennox were great-granddaughters of a king, daughters of a cabinet minister, and wives of politicians and peers. Well-educated, strong-minded, and distinctly individual, they take charge of their own lives, tempting scandal with their unconventional ideas about love, marriage, education, and fidelity. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Siân Phillips](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270592_07bf33.jpg)
Siân Phillips
UK
Best series:
I, Claudius (1976) (series)
Doctor Who (2005) (series)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1979) (series)
![Alun Armstrong](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/774/162774418_4111eb.jpg)
Alun Armstrong
UK
Best series:
Downton Abbey (2010) (series)
Garrow's Law (2009) (series)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
![Ben Daniels](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/028/164028270_50f304.jpg)
Ben Daniels
UK
Best series:
The Simpsons (1989) (series)
House of Cards (2013) (series)
The Crown (2016) (series)
Serena Gordon
UK
Best series:
Till We Meet Again (1989) (series)
Aristocrats (1999) (series)
Marcella (2016) (series)
![Anne-Marie Duff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/160/164160222_a5a6fb.png)
Anne-Marie Duff
UK
Best series:
Sex Education (2019) (series)
Bad Sisters (2022) (series)
Watership Down (2018) (series)
![Toby Jones](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/579/161579732_91b29d.jpg)
Toby Jones
UK
Best series:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Mr Bates vs. The Post Office (2024) (series)
Detectorists (2014) (series)
![Geraldine Somerville](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276456_39366c.jpg)
Geraldine Somerville
Ireland
Best series:
Cracker (1993) (series)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
Inspector George Gently (2007) (series)
![Julian Fellowes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/719/161719296_fda476.jpg)
Julian Fellowes
Egypt
Best series:
The Final Cut (1995) (series)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979) (series)
Aristocrats (1999) (series)
![Diane Fletcher](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/225/158225610_d4b249.gif)
Diane Fletcher
UK
Best series:
To Play the King (1993) (series)
House of Cards (1990) (series)
Endeavour (2012) (series)
![Jodhi May](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/319/164319637_67db02.jpg)
Jodhi May
UK
Best series:
Game of Thrones (2011) (series)
Genius (2017) (series)
The Crimson Field (2014) (series)
![Amelia Warner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271564_5bdd83.jpg)
Amelia Warner
UK
Best series:
Aristocrats (1999) (series)
Waking the Dead (2000) (series)
![Diana Quick](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/188/158188355_06b459.jpg)
Diana Quick
UK
Best series:
Silk (2011) (series)
The Missing (2014) (series)
Brideshead Revisited (1981) (series)
![Jérôme Pradon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272003_7fa797.jpg)
Jérôme Pradon
France
Best series:
Aristocrats (1999) (series)
Ransom (2017) (series)
![Frank Kelly](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272044_21acf1.jpg)
Frank Kelly
Ireland
Best series:
Father Ted (1995) (series)
Aristocrats (1999) (series)
Remington Steele (1982) (series)
![Pauline McLynn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/025/161025491_09e4d3.jpg)
Pauline McLynn
Ireland
Best series:
Father Ted (1995) (series)
Inside No. 9 (2014) (series)
French and Saunders (1987) (series)
![Peter O'Meara](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/424/424183_1d1377.jpg)
Peter O'Meara
Best series:
Band of Brothers (2001) (series)
Strike Back (2010) (series)
Aristocrats (1999) (series)
![David Gant](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/646/159646126_3e089b.jpg)
David Gant
Best series:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
The Last Kingdom (2015) (series)
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
Richard Dempsey
UK
Best series:
Downton Abbey (2010) (series)
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991) (series)
Doctor Who (2005) (series)
![John Light](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/510/160510927_679108.jpg)
John Light
UK
Best series:
Band of Brothers (2001) (series)
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Silk (2011) (series)
![Tom Beard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/313/159313862_a66970.jpg)
Tom Beard
UK
Best series:
Hustle (2004) (series)
Wallander (2008) (series)
Whitechapel (2009) (series)