Episode 1

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Episode 1 of 5

Duration: 1 hour

In the dying days of the Edwardian Empire, Christopher Tietjens enters into a destructive marriage with the beautiful but cruel socialite Sylvia.

Ignoring her overt flirtation with other men, Christopher resolves to remain faithful to her, even when he encounters fearless young suffragette Valentine.

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Credits

Author
Ford Madox Ford
Christopher Tietjens
Benedict Cumberbatch
Sylvia Tietjens
Rebecca Hall
General Campion
Roger Allam
Valentine Wannop
Adelaide Clemens
Bertram
Jonathan Coy
Father Consett
Ned Dennehy
Edith Duchemin
Anne-Marie Duff
Mark Tietjens
Rupert Everett
Macmaster
Stephen Graham
Lady Claudine
Clare Higgins
Tietjens Senior
Alan Howard
Gerald Drake
Jack Huston
Sir Reginald
Denis Lawson
Marchant
Sylvestra Le Touzel
Waterhouse
Tim McMullan
Mrs. Satterthwaite
Janet McTeer
Potty Perowne
Tom Mison
Mrs Wannop
Miranda Richardson
Hullo Central (Evie)
Lucinda Raikes
Reverend Duchemin
Rufus Sewell
Sandbach
Malcolm Sinclair
Bobbie Pelham
Anna Skellern
Glorvina
Sasha Waddell
Porter
Jordan Long
Michael (4 yrs old)
Misha Handley
Bridget
Tessa Parr
Johnny Pelham
Garrett Moore
Lord Beichen
Leslie de Gruyter
Effie
Candida Benson
Mother
Christine Cox
Capitaine Thurston
Pierre Van Heddegem
Gertie
Naomi Cooper-Davis
Policeman
Howard Ward
Reverend Horsley
Michael Mears
Miss Fox
Sheila Collings
Parry
Lee Whitlock
Director
Susanna White
Producer
David Parfitt
Producer
Selwyn Roberts
Writer
Tom Stoppard

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