SANDITON
DRAMA / ROMANTIC DRAMA
UNITED KINGDOM
2019-2023
SANDITON is a British historical drama television series adapted by Andrew Davies from an unfinished manuscript by Jane Austen and starring Rose Williams, Crystal Clarke, Theo James, and Ben Lloyd-Hughes. Written by Emmy and BAFTA award-winning screenwriter, Andrew Davies. SANDITON consists of 20 episodes of 1 hour.
STORY: An adaptation of Jane Austen's final, unfinished novel, written only months before her death in 1817. Rose Williams and Theo James play the lead characters of Charlotte Heywood and Sidney Parker. The story follows Charlotte as she moves to the quiet fishing village of Sanditon for a fresh start, only to soon meet Sidney, a charming man who has ambitions to turn the tranquil seaside residence into a luxury resort.
GAY COUPLE STORYLINE: In the fourth episode of the drama, which aired in the US on Sunday (9 April), viewers finally got to see beloved longtime bachelor, Arthur Parker (Turlough Convery) come out as gay and admit his feelings for the Duke of Buckinghamshire, Lord Harry Montrose (Edward Davis).
Arthur Parker (Turlough Convery) & Lord Harry Montrose (Edward Davis)
TURLOUGH CONVERY (2019-2023) March 18, 1991, Northern Ireland, UK
EDWARD DAVIS (2023) August 20, 1989, London, UK
SPECIAL: Sanditon showrunner Young said that they researched homosexual relationships in Regency England to “honor the truth of what would have happened.” They came upon numerous queer-coded subtextual references to queer couples.”There was a man who lived with his very close friend that we can understand what the dynamic was. But obviously, you couldn’t live an openly gay lifestyle in, in that period really.”
AWARDS: 'SANDITON' 1 win
7.7 IMDB
