Plot
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
as Anne Lister
as Ann Walker
as Marian Lister
as Aunt Anne Lister
as Jeremy Lister
as Elizabeth Cordingley
as Samuel Washington
as Eliza Priestley
as Jeremiah Rawson
as Christopher Rawson
Creator
Network
Status
Canceled
First Aired Date
April 22, 2019
Last Aired Date
June 13, 2022
Production Companies
Lookout Point
Type
Scripted
Number of Season
2
Number of Episodes
16
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Reviews
This series had at least two things going for it, in my view. Creator/director Sally Wainwright and star Suranne Jones as Anne Lister. It presents an interesting juxtaposition: it is a costume drama from the early 1800s, but also tells the story of a woman who tried to live her life as a man, quite amazing at that time. The story held my interest easily, with strong writing and, as is always t…
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Season 2
2022|8 Episodes
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.
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