Belgravia: The Next Chapter | |
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Created by | Helen Edmundson |
Written by | Helen Edmundson |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 8 |
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Executive producers |
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Producer | Colin Wratten |
Production company | Carnival Films |
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Network | MGM+ |
Release | 14 January – 10 March 2024 |
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Belgravia |
Belgravia: The Next Chapter is a British Victorian period drama television series created by Helen Edmundson. Developed by Carnival Films for MGM+, the series serves as a sequel to Julian Fellowes' limited series Belgravia (2020), set three decades later in 1871. The series premiered on 14 January 2024.
The Trenchard and Dunn families
The Trenchard and Dunn servants
Miscellaneous
No. | Title [2] | Directed by | Written by | Original release date [3] | |
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1 | "Episode 1" | John Alexander & Paul Wilmshurst | Helen Edmundson | 14 January 2024 | |
Frederick Trenchard, whose putative father was granted a peerage of a yet undisclosed rank, has been raised as the grandson and heir of a British tradesman, James Trenchard. Frederick is unaware he is the illegitimate son born from a disastrous affair between Oliver Trenchard's wife Susan and John Bellasis, the nephew of Peregrine Bellasis, Earl of Brockenhurst, a secret known only to Oliver and Susan and the reason behind Oliver's resentment towards Frederick. In Victorian 1871, at the affluent district of London known as Belgravia, a lavish home party allows wealthy Frederick to meet impoverished Clara Dunn, whom he courts and marries. Frederick remembers his ill-treated parenting by resentful Oliver Trenchard. After a honeymoon, the newlyweds return home to the Trenchard home in Eaton Square and Frederick hires Miss Davison as Clara's personal maid. Clara learns of the other Trenchard family estate of Glanville. Clara witnesses a small boy run out of and be returned to the Duchess of Rochester's home; the boy is the Duke's heir and leads a sheltered life with epilepsy, while being treated by Dr. Stephen Ellerby. At his business, Frederick sets up a stipend for the Dunn household. Clara's sister Emily attends her new church, unaware the vicar, Rev. James Trenchard, is the brother of her sister's new husband, until the two are brought together aiding a distraught woman who unsuccessfully tries to commit suicide outside Rev. Trenchard's church. At a party, Frederick discusses business opportunities with the Trenchards' new neighbour, wealthy businesswoman and widow Marquise D'Étagnac, a refugee from a new revolutionary France. In a solitary moment, Miss Davison encounters Mr. Fletcher, with whom she shares a history, and informs him that she will not reveal his original name or past. Frederick worries after the party that the other aristocrats continue to see him as a tradesman and not one of their own class. An argument about trust upsets and disillusions Clara, who flees but winds up unconscious when she falls down the stairs. At the request of Frederick to the Duchess of Rochester, Dr. Ellerby attends to the convalescent Clara. | |||||
2 | "Episode 2" | John Alexander & Paul Wilmshurst | Helen Edmundson | 21 January 2024 | |
3 | "Episode 3" | John Alexander & Paul Wilmshurst | Helen Edmundson | 28 January 2024 | |
Elsewhere, in July 1871, a crowd breaks down the fences erected by Earl Cowley in the riot of Wanstead Flats, London, and, upon returning home, Dr. Ellerby and Annie relate to Richard their assistance with the wounded. | |||||
4 | "Episode 4" | John Alexander & Paul Wilmshurst | Helen Edmundson & Sasha Hails | 4 February 2024 | |
5 | "Episode 5" | Marisol Adler | Helen Edmundson | 18 February 2024 | |
6 | "Episode 6" | Marisol Adler | Helen Edmundson | 25 February 2024 | |
7 | "Episode 7" | Roger Goldby | Helen Edmundson | 3 March 2024 | |
8 | "Episode 8" | Roger Goldby | Helen Edmundson | 10 March 2024 |
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