Scripted series · HBO
Gentleman Jack
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Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Suranne Jones
Anne Lister
16 eps
Sophie Rundle
Ann Walker
16 eps
Gemma Whelan
Marian Lister
16 eps
Gemma Jones
Aunt Anne Lister
16 eps
Timothy West
Jeremy Lister
16 eps
Rosie Cavaliero
Elizabeth Cordingley
16 eps
Joe Armstrong
Samuel Washington
16 eps
Amelia Bullmore
Eliza Priestley
16 eps
Peter Davison
William Priestley
8 eps
Shaun Dooley
Jeremiah Rawson
16 eps
Vincent Franklin
Christopher Rawson
16 eps
George Costigan
James Holt
8 eps
Lydia Leonard
Mariana Lawton
8 eps
Sylvia Syms
Mrs Rawson
1 eps
David Bardsley
Mr Stansfield Rawson
1 eps
Lucy Briers
Mrs Stansfield Rawson
2 eps
Daisy Edgar-Jones
Delia Rawson
2 eps
Steve Evets
Mr Pickels
2 eps
Daniel Coll
Clerk
1 eps
Luis Soto
Georges Cuvier
1 eps
Hugh Stubbins
Secretary
1 eps
Wim Snape
William Bell
2 eps
Daniel Betts
Hinscliffe
2 eps
Saul Marron
James Mackenzie
6 eps
Emma Paetz
Catherine Rawson
3 eps
Elle McAlpine
Harriet Parkhill
2 eps
John Hollingworth
Mr Abbott
2 eps
Bruce Alexander
Mr Parker
4 eps
Rupert Vansittart
Charles Lawton
3 eps
Michael D. Xavier
Dr Steph Belcombe
2 eps
Mason Dixon
Alf Sowden
4 eps
Jodhi May
Vere Hobart / Vera Cameron
3 eps
Veronica Clifford
Mrs Sutherland
2 eps
Stephanie Cole
Aunt Ann Walker
3 eps
Derek Riddell
Captain Sutherland
3 eps
Katherine Kelly
Elizabeth Sutherland
3 eps
Anthony Flanagan
Sam Sowden / Ben Sowden
3 eps
Ben Hunter
Joseph Booth
8 eps
Jessica Baglow
Rachael Hemingway
6 eps
Felix Johnson
Dick
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Gentleman Jack actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Gentleman Jack reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, 1832. Anne Lister attempts to revitalize her inherited home, Shibden Hall. Most notably for the time period, a part of her plan is to help the fate of her own family - by taking a wife.
The run
Seasons
2 seasons · 16 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
20198 episodes
7.3IMDbBest episode · S01E08 Are You Still Talking?
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
20228 episodes
6.9IMDbYorkshire, 1834. All eyes are on Anne Lister and Ann Walker as they set up home together at Shibden Hall as wife and wife, determined to combine their estates and become a power couple. Anne Lister’s entrepreneurial spirit frightens the locals as much as her unconventional love life and, with Halifax on the brink of revolution, her refusal to keep a low profile becomes provocative and dangerous.
Best episode · S02E04 I'm Not the Other Woman, She Is
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S02E04
I'm Not the Other Woman, She Is
Anne Lister is drawn back into her complicated past with Mariana during a trip to Lawton Hall. Determined to draw a line under the tempestuous 20-year relationship, the women find themselves raking over past heartache. Back at Shibden with her in-laws, Ann Walker receives a visitor of her own, in a sneaky move by her meddling cousins.
- Directed by Amanda Brotchie
- Written by Sally Wainwright
S02E08
It’s Not Illegal
Anne and Ann’s marriage is in serious danger when Captain Sutherland arrives from Scotland determined to destroy Anne Lister’s reputation.
- Directed by Fergus O'Brien
- Written by Sally Wainwright
S01E08
Are You Still Talking?
Following a four-week journey from Paris to Copenhagen, Anne finds acceptance and appreciation in Danish high society, stepping out of her sartorial comfort zone to attend a birthday ball hosted by Queen Marie. When difficult news arrives from Shibden, Anne is faced with the decision to stay in Europe or go back home.
- Directed by Sally Wainwright
- Written by Sally Wainwright
S02E03
Tripe All Over the Place, Presumably
Anne Lister and Ann Walker launch a charm offensive on Ann’s relatives, determined to show them that Miss Walker is flourishing at Shibden Hall. Anne is fascinated by the arrival of a railway in Yorkshire, and quizzes Halifax’s men of industry on what this revolution could mean for the town.
- Directed by Edward Hall
- Written by Sally Wainwright
S01E06
Do Ladies Do That?
With Ann Walker's mental health in an alarming downward spiral - and her overprotective relatives watching over her – Anne Lister is forced to contemplate travelling alone, despite her family's warnings that to do so would raise eyebrows. Meanwhile, Anne reopens her coal-mine negotiations with the Rawson brothers, and Thomas Sowden's secret casts a cloud over his budding relationship with Suzannah Washington.
- Directed by Jennifer Perrott
- Written by Sally Wainwright
S01E05
Let's Have Another Look at Your Past Perfect
The widowed Reverend Ainsworth arrives in Halifax with his sights set on Ann Walker's hand in marriage. Aware that Ainsworth's attentions are stirring up painful memories for her lover, Anne sets out to deal with the clergyman in her own inimitable manner. However, she soon realizes that there are greater demons inside Ann Walker's troubled mind.
- Directed by Jennifer Perrott
- Written by Sally Wainwright
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S02E08
It’s Not Illegal
- Directed by Fergus O'Brien
- Written by Sally Wainwright
S02E07
What's All That Got to Do with Jesus Though?
- Directed by Fergus O'Brien
- Written by Sally Wainwright
S02E06
I Can Be as a Meteor in Your Life
- Directed by Fergus O'Brien
- Written by Sally Wainwright
S02E05
A Lucky and Narrow Escape
- Directed by Amanda Brotchie
- Written by Sally Wainwright
S02E04
I'm Not the Other Woman, She Is
- Directed by Amanda Brotchie
- Written by Sally Wainwright
S02E03
Tripe All Over the Place, Presumably
- Directed by Edward Hall
- Written by Sally Wainwright
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Ben IrvingExecutive Producer
- Laura LankesterExecutive Producer
- Sally WainwrightExecutive Producer
- Phil CollinsonProducer
- Faith PenhaleExecutive Producer
Writing
- Sally WainwrightWriter
Direction
- Jennifer PerrottDirector
- Sarah HardingDirector
- Fergus O'BrienDirector
- Sally WainwrightDirector
- Amanda BrotchieDirector
- Edward HallDirector
Cinematography
- Matt GrayDirector of Photography
- Nick DanceDirector of Photography
- Simon ChapmanDirector of Photography
Music
- Murray GoldOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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