The Crimson Petal and the White (2011– )

Set in 1870s London, a young prostitute finds potential power and status after becoming the mistress of a powerful patriarch.

Stars:

Romola Garai, Chris O'Dowd, Amanda Hale

4 wins & 13 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Romola Garai	...	Sugar (4 episodes, 2011)
Chris O'Dowd	...	William Rackham (4 episodes, 2011)
Amanda Hale	...	Mrs. Agnes Rackham (4 episodes, 2011)
Shirley Henderson	...	Mrs. Emmeline Fox (4 episodes, 2011)
Katie Lyons	...	Clara (4 episodes, 2011)
Eleanor Yates	...	Letty (4 episodes, 2011)
Elizabeth Berrington	...	Lady Constance Bridgelow (4 episodes, 2011)
Richard E. Grant	...	Doctor Curlew (4 episodes, 2011)
James Wilson	...	Christopher (3 episodes, 2011)
Clare Louise Connolly	...	Janey (3 episodes, 2011)
Isla Watt	...	Sophie Rackham (3 episodes, 2011)
Tom Georgeson	...	Henry Rackham Senior (3 episodes, 2011)
Liz White	...	Caroline (3 episodes, 2011)
Branwell Donaghey	...	Cheesman (3 episodes, 2011)
Blake Ritson	...	Bodley (3 episodes, 2011)
Bertie Carvel	...	Ashwell (3 episodes, 2011)
Gillian Anderson	...	Mrs. Castaway (2 episodes, 2011)
Mark Gatiss	...	Henry Rackham Junior (2 episodes, 2011)
Wendy Nottingham	...	Miss Beatrice Cleave (2 episodes, 2011)
Alan Williams	...	Colonel Leek (2 episodes, 2011)
Maimie McCoy	...	Fireside Whore 1 (2 episodes, 2011)
Sarah Ridgeway	...	Fireside Whore 2 (2 episodes, 2011)
Izabella Urbanowicz	...	Fireside Whore 3 (2 episodes, 2011)

Storyline

Set in 1870s London, a young prostitute finds potential power and status after becoming the mistress of a powerful patriarch.

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Plot Keywords:

prostitute | sexual hysteria | victorian house | powerlessness | mental illness | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Details

Language:

English

Also Known As:

Pétalo carmesí, flor blanca

Company Credits

Production Co:

Origin Pictures, Cité-Amérique, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The adaptation of the book was originally intended as a movie, and Kirsten Dunst was rumored to play Sugar.

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Connections

Featured in The Wright Stuff: Episode #15.70 (2011)

User Reviews

Magnificent

I rarely write reviews. However...within two episodes, the BBC licence this year has been worth paying. And with gratitude. Quite fond of a Victorian drama, everything about this series is magnificent. The detail–underarm hair on women, the ugly charm of London in the nineteenth century, the wide open shots of the streets simply for a scene where one woman walks across the road–offering a tantalising view that the viewer could actually be there, the lighting, the makeup, the production, the acting, the direction... I did not recognise Gillian Anderson at all and had to refer to my paper. How far she has come. Chris O'Dowd I thought was an odd choice to begin with–but how he fitted in. Robert Sterne has to be congratulated. It is without a shadow of a doubt that the next two episodes will not disappoint. I must rush out and buy the book. First class.