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Outrageous is an upcoming British historical drama television series about the Mitford Sisters.
| 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 |
The aristocratic daughters of the second Baron Redesdale and his wife, Sydney Bowles, achieve fame and notoriety during the 1930s.[1]
- Bessie Carter as Nancy Mitford, the eldest Mitford sister
- Isobel Jesper Jones as Pamela Mitford
- Joanna Vanderham as Diana Mitford
- Shannon Watson as Unity Mitford
- Zoe Brough as Jessica Mitford
- Orla Hill as Deborah Mitford, the youngest Mitford sister
- Toby Regbo as Tom Mitford, the sisters’ only brother
- Anna Chancellor as Sydney Bowles, the siblings’ mother, known to them as ‘Muv’
- James Purefoy as David Freeman-Mitford, the siblings’ father, known to them as ‘Farve’
- Joshua Sasse as Oswald Mosley
- Jamie Blackley as Peter Rodd
- James Musgrave as Hamish Erskine
- Calam Lynch as Bryan Guinness
- Will Attenborough as Joss
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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]
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The series will broadcast on UKTV in the United Kingdom and BritBox in North America.[8]
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