Belgravia: The Next Chapter

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Belgravia: The Next Chapter
Created by Helen Edmundson
Written by Helen Edmundson
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
Executive producers
Producer Colin Wratten
Production company Carnival Films
Original release
Network MGM+
Release14 January (2024-01-14) 
10 March 2024 (2024-03-10)
Related
Belgravia

Belgravia: The Next Chapter is a 2024 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.

Contents

Cast

The Trenchard and Dunn families

The Trenchard and Dunn servants

Miscellaneous

Episodes

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  2. "Belgravia: The Next Chapter: Episode Guide". Zap2it . Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  3. "Shows A-Z – Belgravia: The Next Chapter on MGM+". The Futon Critic . Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  4. White, Peter (28 September 2022). "Epix To Rebrand As MGM+ & Orders Crime Thriller 'Hotel Cocaine' & Julian Fellowes' 'Belgravia' Sequel". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  5. Layton, Mark (28 September 2022). "Epix & Julian Fellowes reunite for 'Belgravia' sequel series". TB Vision.
  6. Petski, Denise (8 March 2023). "'Belgravia: The Next Chapter': Harriet Slater, Ben Wainwright, Elaine Cassidy Among 9 Cast In Julian Fellowes' MGM+ Sequel Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  7. Daniels, Nia (6 February 2023). "Julian Fellowes' Belgravia: The Next Chapter filming in the UK". KFTV. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
No.Title [2] Directed byWritten byOriginal release date [3]
1"Episode 1" John Alexander & Paul Wilmshurst Helen Edmundson 14 January 2024 (2024-01-14)
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 WilmshurstHelen Edmundson21 January 2024 (2024-01-21)