Gentleman Jack
"Write your own story."
Overview
Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, 1832. Anne Lister attempts to revitalize her inherited home, Shibden Hall. Most notably for the time period, a part of her plan is to help the fate of her own family - by taking a wife.
Cast
Suranne Jones
Anne Lister
Sophie Rundle
Ann Walker
Gemma Whelan
Marian Lister
Gemma Jones
Aunt Anne Lister
Timothy West
Jeremy Lister
Rosie Cavaliero
Elizabeth Cordingley
Joe Armstrong
Samuel Washington
Amelia Bullmore
Eliza Priestley
Shaun Dooley
Jeremiah Rawson
Vincent Franklin
Christopher Rawson
Seasons
Season 1
Season 2
Yorkshire, 1834. All eyes are on Anne Lister and Ann Walker as they set up home together at Shibden Hall as wife and wife, determined to combine their estates and become a power couple. Anne Lister’s entrepreneurial spirit frightens the locals as much as her unconventional love life and, with Halifax on the brink of revolution, her refusal to keep a low profile becomes provocative and dangerous.
Videos
How do you dress a 19th Century lesbian? | Gentleman Jack - BBC
Behind the Scenes
Gentleman Jack's Sally Wainwright on class and gender in TV writing - BBC Newsnight
Featurette
The extraordinary life of 'rockstar' lesbian Anne Lister | Gentleman Jack - BBC
Behind the Scenes
England's 'first modern lesbian' Anne Lister is heartbroken when her lover chooses another - BBC
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