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It's the 1835 national election, and Halifax is in a state of unrest. Despite the passing of the 1832 Reform bill, which expanded the vote and regulated election procedures, the town is in an uproar. Tory (Conservative, "blue") candidate James Stuart-Wortley (Alex Bhat) faces a crowd
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Mariana and Lister have not yet decided on pistols at dawn when this week's Gentleman Jack begins. However, the argument about their former relationship goes on and on with little resolution. Mariana, emotional, manipulative, and trapped in an unhappy marriage, makes the mistake several times of describing Ann
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It’s morning, and Ann has a dreamy smile as the sunlight makes the red bed curtains glow. At breakfast, the Lister family is in cracking form. They’re discussing that newfangled fad, the railway. Marion is convinced the railway is unhealthy, causing headaches and biliousness with its outrageous speed
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The episode opens with Lister, glamorous in a fashionable massively-sleeved gown, and Ann, also beautifully dressed, dining at a hotel restaurant in Paris. Lister shows off for Ann's benefit and probably for the other patrons. She talks loudly about her aristocratic friends, gesticulates, and shamelessly name-drops. Ann, bless
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Finally, Jack is back. Anne Lister (Suranne Jones, Scott & Bailey), industrialist, writer, explorer, and LGBTQ+ champion, bursts once more onto our small screens with Gentleman Jack Season 2. Add a wife to that list of accomplishments since she and Ann Walker (Sophie Rundle, Peaky Blinders) exchanged vows and rings
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Police procedurals come in all stripes, from those featuring oddball duos solving mysteries together to those set in small, bucolic rural villages with the sort of minuscule population sizes that could never realistically support a rash of serial killings. But they've all got nothing on the BBC'
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Gentleman Jack is back! Well, almost. HBO announced that the highly anticipated second season of the popular period drama would finally hit our screens in April, nearly three years after its first aired. Gentleman Jack centers on Anne Lister, a 19th-century British landowner, intellectual, lesbian, and all-around unorthodox woman who
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Given the preponderance of streaming services that are available these days - and the breadth of Anglophile-related content spread across what feels like all of them - you might be forgiven for forgetting all about Peacock, NBC's streaming service that offers up exclusive programming in addition to next
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It’s official: HBO's Gentleman Jack will be back! The period drama, which dramatizes the life of Anne Lister, a 19th century British landowner, lesbian and all around unorthodox woman will return for a second season next year. Written by Happy Valley creator Sally Wainwright, the series is
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HBO/BBC’s Gentleman Jack tells the story of the remarkable Anne Lister, an industrialist and world traveler who lived in the late Georgian period near Halifax, West Yorkshire. Her extensive diaries included not only details of everyday life, but also coded descriptions of her love affairs with other women.
Actors and Actresses
We haven’t done one of these for quite a while so I thought it would be appropriate to bring back this series by highlighting one of the newest BAFTA Television award winners. The annual ceremony took place just last weekend and Suranne Jones brought home the Best Leading Actress