Outrageous | |
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Genre | Historical drama |
Based on | The Mitford Girls by Mary S. Lovell |
Screenplay by | Sarah Williams |
Directed by | Joss Agnew Ellie Heydon |
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Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
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Executive producers |
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Producer | Natasha Romaniuk |
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Original release | |
Network | UKTV BritBox |
Outrageous is an upcoming British historical drama television series about the Mitford Sisters.
The aristocratic daughters of the second Baron Redesdale and his wife, Sydney Bowles, achieve fame and notoriety during the 1930s. [1]
The series is written by Sarah Williams, and based on Mary S. Lovell biography The Mitford Girls (titled The Sisters in the USA) It is produced by Firebird Pictures. [2] [3] Directors for the series are Joss Agnew and Ellie Heydon with Natasha Romaniuk as series producer. The executive producers are Elizabeth Kilgarriff, Matthew Mosley and Craig Holleworth as well as Helen Perry for UKTV and Robert Schildhouse Jess O’Riordan and Stephen Nye for BritBox.
The cast includes Bessie Carter, Orla Hill, Joanna Vanderham, Isobel Jesper Jones, Shannon Watson and Zoe Brough as the Mitford Sisters with Anna Chancellor and James Purefoy cast as their parents. [4]
Filming was underway in June 2024. [5] [6] First look images from filming were released in August 2024. [7]
The series will broadcast on UKTV in the United Kingdom and BritBox in North America. [8]
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