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

Addictive

Addictive, and not in a bad way. Sooo rich in character and setting. You feel dirty when you see the homeless old men, hopeless, skinny children, and the mentally gone, all whose skin is the same color as the coal smoke filth of London. You smell the urine in the streets as you follow Sugar from her whorehouse to the market. The whores you meet are vacant, empty souls eaten by diseases and beaten to pulp by cowardly customers.

There isn't anyone good in this story, but they're all marvelous.

Sugar plots imaginary revenge against her johns, and it's such a pleasure to see that she has some power, if only in her mind, over her miserable world.