The Crimson Petal and the White

The Crimson Petal and the White

2011
★★★★☆ 7.0/10
📺 1 Season
🎬 4 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 60 min/episode
Drama
Follow Sugar into the underbelly of Victorian London seething with vitality, sexuality, ambition and emotion.

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Seasons

Season 1
2011 • 4 Episodes
Based on the best-selling Victorian-set novel by Michel Faber. The first episode of this drama follows William Rackham, a man tormented by debt and an unstable wife, who finds solace when he seeks out renowned young prostitute, Sugar. As he falls under her spell, his life begins to be transformed - but will Sugar be able to withhold her secret desire for revenge on the men who have wronged her?

Cast

Gillian Anderson
Gillian Anderson
Mrs. Castaway
Romola Garai
Romola Garai
Sugar
Shirley Henderson
Shirley Henderson
Mrs Emmeline Fox
Katie Lyons
Katie Lyons
Clara
Elizabeth Berrington
Elizabeth Berrington
Amanda Hale
Amanda Hale
Agnes Rackham

Crew

Director
Marc Munden
Writer
Michel Faber
Producer
Steve Lightfoot, Daniel Proulx, Ed Rubin

Network

BBC Two

Production

Origin Pictures, Cité-Amérique

Keywords

london, englandprostitutebased on novel or bookpaternalismvictorian englandminiseriesprostitutionhistoricalbritish historyhistorical drama