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Duration: 1 hour, 40 minutes

Period drama based on the tumultuous life of the 18th-century Duchess of Devonshire, a bright, popular aristocrat who is trapped in a failed marriage and has to face personal conflicts - including living with her husband's mistress and falling passionately in love with a young politician.

Based on Amanda Foreman's best-selling novel Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire.

Last on

Sat 29 Dec 2012 22:00 BBC Two Wales only

Credits

Author
Amanda Foreman
Georgiana Spencer
Keira Knightley
Duke of Devonshire
Ralph Fiennes
Lady Spencer
Charlotte Rampling
Earl Grey
Dominic Cooper
Lady Bess Foster
Hayley Atwell
Charles Fox
Simon McBurney
Sheridan
Aidan McArdle
Gen Grey
John Shrapnel
Heaton
Alistair Petrie
Director
Saul Dibb
Producer
Michael Kuhn
Producer
Gabrielle Tana
Executive Producer
Amanda Foreman
Executive Producer
Carolyn Marks-Blackwood
Executive Producer
Francois Ivernel
Executive Producer
Christine Langan
Executive Producer
Cameron McCracken
Executive Producer
David M Thompson
Writer
Jeffrey Hatcher
Writer
Anders Thomas Jensen

Broadcasts

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