{"id":21021,"date":"2024-06-26T10:23:03","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T14:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/uktv-britbox-order-mitford-sisters-drama\/"},"modified":"2024-06-26T10:26:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T14:26:13","slug":"uktv-britbox-order-mitford-sisters-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/uktv-britbox-order-mitford-sisters-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"UKTV &#038; BritBox Order Mitford Sisters Drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UKTV and BritBox International have co-commissioned <em>Outrageous<\/em>, a six-part series about the Mitford sisters, to air in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Set in the 1930s, the series will tell the true story of the six aristocratic sisters, who refused to play by the rules and frequently made headlines around the world with their scandalous lives. It will explore how and why they were so ahead of their time and what drove them to take their complex and often dangerous paths in life.<\/p>\n<p>Bessie Carter (<em>Bridgerton<\/em>, <em>I Hate Suzie<\/em>) is set to star as Nancy Mitford, alongside Joanna Vanderham (<em>Crime<\/em>, <em>The Control Room<\/em>) as Diana Mitford, Shannon Watson (<em>The Jetty<\/em>, <em>Say Nothing<\/em>) as Unity Mitford, Zoe Brough (<em>Casualty<\/em>) as Jessica Mitford, Orla Hill (<em>Stonehouse<\/em>, <em>A Confession<\/em>) as Deborah Mitford and Isobel Jesper Jones (<em>The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds &amp; Snakes<\/em>, <em>The Serpent Queen<\/em>) as Pamela Mitford. Their brother will be played by Toby Regbo (<em>Belgravia: The Next Chapter<\/em>, <em>Platform 7<\/em>), with Anna Chancellor (<em>My Lady Jane<\/em>, <em>Trust<\/em>) and James Purefoy (<em>The Veil<\/em>, <em>Malpractice<\/em>) as their parents.<\/p>\n<p>Additional cast includes Joshua Sasse (<em>Love is in the Air<\/em>, <em>Galavant<\/em>), Jamie Blackley (<em>Becoming Elizabeth<\/em>, <em>The Last Kingdom<\/em>), James Musgrave (<em>Einstein and the Bomb<\/em>), Calam Lynch (<em>Bridgerton<\/em>, <em>Archie<\/em>) and Will Attenborough (<em>Our Girl<\/em>, <em>The Hollow Crown<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p><em>Outrageous<\/em> is created and written by Sarah Williams (<em>Small Island<\/em>, <em>Flesh and Blood<\/em>, <em>The Long Song<\/em>) and is based on Mary Lovell\u2019s definitive biography <em>The Mitford Girls<\/em>. Joss Agnew (<em>The Man Who Fell to Earth<\/em>, <em>Vigil<\/em>) and Ellie Heydon (<em>Trying<\/em>, <em>Dreamland<\/em>) are directing.<\/p>\n<p>Firebird Pictures, part of BBC Studios, is producing the new series. Executive producers include Firebird Pictures\u2019 Elizabeth Kilgarriff, Matthew Mosley and Craig Holleworth; UKTV\u2019s Helen Perry; and BritBox International\u2019s Robert Schildhouse, Jess O\u2019Riordan and Stephen Nye.<\/p>\n<p><em>Outrageous<\/em> will air on U&amp;DRAMA and U in the U.K. and on BritBox in North America in 2025. BBC Studios is handling international distribution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMad, bad and dangerous to know, the story of the Mitfords is based on fact stranger than fiction and is awash with contemporary resonance,\u201d said Perry, head of drama at UKTV. \u201cWith Outrageous, Firebird and Sarah Williams have created a uniquely bold period drama, which doesn\u2019t shy away from the horrors of the time yet offers us a chance to know these scandalous women who defied the world and tore themselves apart in the process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOutrageous is an instantly gripping story about six fascinating and uncompromising sisters who were celebrities of their day,\u201d commented Emma Ayech, channel director for UKTV\u2019s Drama. \u201cSarah Williams\u2019 witty and highly engaging scripts will bring the glamour, scandal and heartache of the Mitfords\u2019 world to life in a way that Drama\u2019s audiences will relish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Robert Schildhouse, president of North America and general manager at BritBox International, commented, \u201cHistory has found the Mitford sisters to be endlessly fascinating, and we expect the BritBox community will be just as captivated by their glamour and scandals. Sarah Williams and Firebird have captured the Mitfords\u2019 unique and shocking story in Outrageous, and we can\u2019t wait to share it with the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe couldn\u2019t be more excited about the stunning cast we\u2019ve assembled to breathe life into this epic tale of sibling rivalry and political radicalization\u2014and we can\u2019t wait for directors Joss Agnew and Ellie Heydon to weave their visual magic in evoking the febrile world of 1930s Britain, where old social orders are crumbling and a group of headstrong, rebellious sisters set out to change the world, with sometimes devastating consequences,\u201d added Firebird\u2019s Mosley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UKTV and BritBox International have co-commissioned Outrageous, a six-part series about the Mitford sisters, to air in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":21022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[9270,1782,5142,9271,9272,4852,2946,8125,9273,9274,9275,9276,5500,9277,9278,5501,9279,7149,9280,9281,9101,979,9282,9283],"class_list":["post-21021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bessie-carter","tag-britbox","tag-britbox-international","tag-deborah-mitford","tag-diana-mitford","tag-emma-ayech","tag-firebird-pictures","tag-helen-perry","tag-isobel-jesper-jones","tag-jessica-mitford","tag-joanna-vanderham","tag-matthew-mosley","tag-mitford-sisters","tag-nancy-mitford","tag-orla-hill","tag-outrageous","tag-pamela-mitford","tag-robert-schildhouse","tag-shannon-watson","tag-the-mitford-girls","tag-udrama","tag-uktv","tag-unity-mitford","tag-zoe-brough","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UKTV &amp; 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