Top billed cast

1. 

   Tamsin Greig

   Anne Trenchard

2. 

   Philip Glenister

   James Trenchard

3. 

   Alice Eve

   Susan Trenchard

4. 

   Ella Purnell

   Maria Grey

5. 

   Jack Bardoe

   Charles Pope

6. 

   Jeremy Neumark Jones

   Lord Bellasis

7. 

   Tom Wilkinson

   Peregrine, Earl of Brockenhurst

8. 

   Harriet Walter

   Caroline, Countess of Brockenhurst

9. 

   Richard Goulding

   Oliver Trenchard

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Current Season

Season 1

2020 | 6 Episodes

Reviews

A review by Peter McGinn

Written by Peter McGinn on 2020-08-06

I suppose if I were cynical, I could say that Julian Fellowes has gotten good at cranking out these period dramas since Downton Abbey, but that would do an injustice to his later work. He creates realistic and relatable families and comes up with imaginative storylines for them. They are human stories, but are also tied to historical events, such as the battle of Waterloo in this case.

There were places where I found the plot a bit predictable, because people in real life can be predictable also, but there were a few surprises in the story as well that caught me by surprise. I may never wa...read the rest

Recommendations

1. Upstairs Downstairs74%
2. North & South80%
3. Sense and Sensibility75%
4. Poldark77%
5. Downton Abbey81%
6. Dickensian74%
7. Little Dorrit78%
8. Upstairs, Downstairs78%
9. Offspring69%
10. Mr Selfridge69%
11. Doctor Thorne72%
12. Flowers in the Attic: The Origin72%
13. Lady Chatterley63%
14. Brideshead Revisited78%
15. Sanditon75%
16. Murdoch Mysteries77%
17. The Witness for the Prosecution70%
18. The Forsytes62%
19. Anne with an E86%
20. Fingersmith72%

Status
Ended

Original Language
English

Original Name
Belgravia

Keywords

• london, england
• england
• forbidden love
• family secrets
• redemption
• period drama
• reputation
• secret past
• hidden identity
• class distinction
• costume drama
• social climbing
• victorian era
• affair