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Lillie

1978 · 1 season

A lush, measured costume drama that immerses you in the opulent yet restrictive world of Victorian high society, with a charismatic heroine navigating scandal and desire.

Created by: David Butler
Genres: Drama
Starring: Francesca Annis, Catherine Feller, Peggy Ann Wood

Tagline: The rise and fall of a professional beauty.
Overview: The affair that shook Victorian society to its core: he was the Prince of Wales, the future monarch; she was a professional beauty, who became a royal bedmate. Follow the fascinating life of the Dean of Jersey's daughter from her modest childhood to her emergence as one of the most celebrated beauties of her time. Lillie's liaison with the heir to the throne marked only the beginning of a remarkable, scandalous and daring series of adventures in open defiance of accepted morality imposed by Victorian and Edwardian society.

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Created by: David Butler
Genres: Drama
Starring: Francesca Annis, Catherine Feller, Peggy Ann Wood

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Tone: romanticstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
class
science
love
betrayal
Places: big city
countryside
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Horror	0
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	6
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Created by: David Butler
Written by: John Gorrie, David Butler
Starring: Francesca Annis, Catherine Feller, Peggy Ann Wood, Anton Rodgers, Denis Lill, Peter Egan, Jennie Linden, Debbie Farrington
Music: Joseph Horovitz
Length: 1 seasons, 13 episodes, 50 min each
Network: ITV1
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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