Georgian England

Bright Star (2009); directed by Jane Campion; Pathé Renn Productions, Screen Australia, BBC Films. Soundtrack (iTunes) by Mark Bradshaw and various artists

Starring: 

  • Ben Whishaw = John Keats
  • Abbie Cornish = Fanny Brawne
  • Paul Schneider = John Brown
  • Kerry Fox = Mrs Brawne
  • Edie Martin = Toots
  • Thomas Brodie-Sangster = Samuel

 

Garrow’s Law (2009); directed by Tony Marchant; BBC

Starring: 

  • Andrew Buchan = William Garrow
  • Alun Armstrong = Southouse
  • Michael Culkin = Judge
  • Rupert Graves = Sir Arthur
  • Lyndsey Marshal = Lady Sarah
  • Aidan McArdle = Silvester

 

 

 

 

 

The Duchess (2008) ; directed by Saul Dibb; Paramount Vantage/BBC Films. Soundtrack (iTunes) by Rachel Portman

Starring:

  • Georgiana Spencer = Keira Knightley
  • Duke of Devonshire = Ralph Fiennes
  • Charles Grey = Dominic Cooper
  • Bess Foster = Hayley Atwell
  • Lady Spencer = Charlotte Rampling
  • Charles Fox = Simon McBurney
  • Richard Sheridon = Aiden McArdle


City of Vice (2008); directed by Justin Hardy/Dan Reed; Touchpaper Television/Hardy and Sons

Starring:

  • Henry Fielding = Ian McDiarmid
  • John Fielding = Iain Glenn
  • Saunders Welch = Francis Magee
  • William Pentlow = Steven Spiers
  • Mary Fielding = Alice O’Connell
  • Lord Newcastle = Sam Spruell
  • Daniel Canre = Sean Francis


Amazing Grace (2006); directed by Michael Apted; FourBoys Films/Walden Media

Starring:

  • William Wilberforce = Ioan Gruffudd
  • Barbara Spooner = Romola Garai
  • William Pitt = Benedict Cumberpatch
  • Lord Charles Fox = Michael Gambon
  • Thomas Clarkson = Rufus Sewell
  • Lord Tarleton = Ciaran Hinds
  • John Newton = Albert Finney


Beau Brummell: This Charming Man (2006); directed by Philippa Lowthorpe; Flashback Television

Starring:

  • Beau Brummell = James Purefoy
  • Price Regent = Hugh Bonneville
  • Frederick, Duke of York = Anthony Calf
  • Lord Byron = Matthew Rhys
  • Julia = Zoe Telford
  • Charles Manners = Nicholas Rowe

**The clip below is the Beau in a brief. “What It Means to Be a Dandy”**


Byron (2003); directed by Julian Farino; BBC Drama Group

Starring:

  • Lord Byron = Jonny Lee Miller
  • William Fletcher = Philip Glenister
  • John Cam Hobhouse = Stephen Campbell Moore
  • Augusta Leigh = Natasha Little
  • Lady Melbourne = Vanessa Redgrave
  • Annabella Milbanke = Julie Cox
  • Lady Caroline Lamb = Camilla Power
  • Percy Shelley = Oliver Dimsdale
  • Mary Shelley = Sally Hawkins


Aristocrats (1999); directed by David Caffrey; BBC

Starring: 

  • Caroline = Serena Gordon
  • Henry Fox = Alun Armstrong
  • Lady Emily = Geraldine Somerville
  • Lord Kildare = Ben Daniels
  • Lord Richmond = Julian Fellowes
  • Lady Richmond = Diane Fletcher
  • Louisa = Anne-Marie Duff
  • King George II = Clive Swift
  • Thomas Conolly = Tom Mullion


The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999); directed by Patrick Lau/Simon Langton; A & E Television Networks

Starring:

  • Sir Percy Blakeney = Richard E. Grant
  • Robespierre = Ronan Vibert
  • Planchet = Gerard Murphy
  • Marguerite St. Just = Elizabeth McGovern
  • Sir Andrew Ffoulkes = Anthony Green
  • Prince of Wales = Jonathan Coy
  • Chauvelin = Martin Shaw
  • Lady Suzanne Ffoulkes = Beth Goddard


 The Madness of King George (1994); directed by Nicholas Hytner; Channel 4 Films

Starring:

  • George III = Nigel Hawthorne
  • Queen Charlotte = Helen Mirren
  • Dr. Willis = Ian Holm
  • Price of Wales = Rupert Everett
  • Duke of York = Julian Rhind-Tutt
  • Pitt = Julian Wadham
  • Lady Pembroke = Amanda Donohoe


Clarissa (1990); directed by Robert Bierman; BBC

Starring: 

  • Robert Lovelace = Sean Bean
  • Clarissa Harlowe = Saskia Wickham
  • James = Jonathan Phillips
  • Bella = Lynsey Baxter
  • Mr. Harlowe = Jeffrey Wickham
  • Mrs. Sinclair = Cathryn Harrison
  • Tomlinson = Michael Feast
  • Sally = Shirley Henderson




The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982); directed by Clive Donner; Edgar J. Sherick Associates/London Film Productions

Starring:

  • Sir Percy Blakeney = Anthony Andrews
  • Robespierre = Richard Morant
  • Armand St. Just = Malcom Jamieson
  • Marguerite St. Just = Jane Seymour
  • Sir Andrew Ffoulkes = Dominic Jephcott
  • The Price Regent = Julian Fellowes
  • Chauvelin = Ian McKellan
  • Baron de Batz = James Villiers




Lady Caroline Lamb (1972); directed by Robert Bolt; G.E.C./Pulsar Productions

Starring:

  • Lady Caroline Lamb = Sarah Miles
  • William Lamb = Jon Finch
  • Lord Byron = Richard Chamberlain
  • Lady Melbourne = Margaret Leighton
  • Annabella Milbanke = Silvia Monti
  • King George IV = Ralph Richardson
  • Duke of Wellington = Laurence Olivier
  • Lady Bessborough = Pamela Brown

 

 

Beau Brummell (1954); directed by Curtis Bernhardt; MGM

  • Beau Brummell = Stewart Granger
  • Lady Patricia Belham = Elizabeth Taylor
  • George IV = Peter Ustinov
  • King George III = Robert Morely
  • William Pitt = Paul Rogers
  • Lord Byron = Noel Willman
  • Mrs. Maria Ann Fitzherbert = Rosemary Harris


The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934); directed by Harold Young; London Film Productions

Starring:

  • Sir Percy Blakeney = Leslie Howard
  • Robespierre = Ernest Milton
  • Marguerite St. Just = Merle Oberon
  • Sir Andrew Ffoulkes = Anthony Bushell
  • Prince of Wales = Nigel Bruce
  • Chauvelin = Raymond Massey

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