Miniseries · BBC One
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Bertie Carvel
Jonathan Strange
7 eps
Eddie Marsan
Mr Norrell
7 eps
Marc Warren
The Gentleman
7 eps
Charlotte Riley
Arabella
7 eps
Alice Englert
Lady Pole
7 eps
Samuel West
Sir Walter Pole
7 eps
Enzo Cilenti
Childermass
7 eps
Paul Kaye
Vinculus
7 eps
Edward Hogg
Segundus
7 eps
Ariyon Bakare
Stephen Black
7 eps
Vincent Franklin
Drawlight
7 eps
John Heffernan
Lascelles
7 eps
Brian Pettifer
Honeyfoot
7 eps
Julian Firth
Auctioneer
1 eps
John Dagleish
Naval Lieutenant
1 eps
Richard Durden
Lord Liverpool
3 eps
Elizabeth Counsell
Storm Cloud Woman
1 eps
Richard Burden
Lord Liverpool
1 eps
Ronan Vibert
Lord Wellington
4 eps
Arthur Holden
Corpse 2
1 eps
John Sessions
John Murray
1 eps
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TV DNA
How Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
With magic long since lost to England, two men are destined to bring it back; the reclusive Mr. Norrell and daring novice Jonathan Strange. So begins a dangerous battle between two great minds.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E07
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Strange comes back home to claim Mr Norrell and rescue Arabella.
- Directed by Toby Haynes
- Written by Peter Harness
S01E06
The Black Tower
Strange attempts to drive himself insane as a way of gaining access to fairy magic.
- Directed by Toby Haynes
- Written by Peter Harness
S01E05
Arabella
The Gentleman's scheme for revenge wrecks all of Strange and Arabella's plans.
- Directed by Toby Haynes
- Written by Peter Harness
S01E04
All the Mirrors of the World
Norrell's refusal to let Strange study ancient magic causes a split between them.
- Directed by Toby Haynes
- Written by Peter Harness
S01E02
How Is Lady Pole?
Mr Norrell takes Jonathan Strange as his apprentice in the ways of magic.
- Directed by Toby Haynes
- Written by Peter Harness
S01E03
The Education of a Magician
Jonathan Strange travels to Spain. Mr Norrell is attempting to keep his secrets hidden in London.
- Directed by Toby Haynes
- Written by Peter Harness
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E07
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
- Directed by Toby Haynes
- Written by Peter Harness
S01E06
The Black Tower
- Directed by Toby Haynes
- Written by Peter Harness
S01E04
All the Mirrors of the World
- Directed by Toby Haynes
- Written by Peter Harness
S01E03
The Education of a Magician
- Directed by Toby Haynes
- Written by Peter Harness
S01E02
How Is Lady Pole?
- Directed by Toby Haynes
- Written by Peter Harness
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.
Writing
- Peter HarnessWriter
Direction
- Toby HaynesDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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