Scripted series · ITV1
Sanditon
There’s no better place to fall in love.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Rose Williams
Charlotte Heywood
20 eps
Theo James
Sidney Parker
8 eps
Ben Lloyd-Hughes
Alexander Colbourne
12 eps
Crystal Clarke
Miss Lambe
20 eps
Anne Reid
Lady Denham
20 eps
Kris Marshall
Tom Parker
20 eps
Jack Fox
Edward Denham
20 eps
Charlotte Spencer
Esther Denham
8 eps
Lily Sacofsky
Clara Brereton
14 eps
Kate Ashfield
Mary Parker
8 eps
Leo Suter
Young Stringer
8 eps
Rosie Graham
Alison Heywood
6 eps
Sophie Winkleman
Lady Susan
14 eps
Liam Garrigan
Samuel Colbourne
6 eps
Frank Blake
Captain Declan Fraser
6 eps
Stuart Davidson
Cricketer
1 eps
Ruth Kearney
Eliza Campion
3 eps
Eloise Webb
Augusta Markham
12 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Sanditon actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Sanditon reads strongest on Character Depth, Emotional Weight and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
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
The spirited and impulsive Charlotte Heywood moves from her rural home to Sanditon, a fishing village attempting to reinvent itself as a seaside resort.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E03
Episode 3
Charlotte sets out to avoid Sidney, until a serious accident forces them together and to reappraise each other. When Tom brings a new doctor to the town, he and Lady Denham clash, while Clara makes a bold move in her bid to outplay Sir Edward and Esther.
S01E02
Episode 2
Charlotte and Sidney clash again, only for Charlotte to be left confused by a chance encounter. Tensions surrounding Miss Lambe's arrival in Sanditon erupt at Lady Denham's grand pineapple luncheon, and Esther and Edward realise that Clara poses a significant threat to their ambitions.
S01E01
Episode 1
When a coach accident introduces Charlotte to the Parker family, she quickly seizes the opportunity to throw herself into the adventure she has craved all her life by returning with them to the developing seaside resort of Sanditon. Charlotte, however, soon discovers that the inhabitants of the town behave in curious and unpredictable ways that she could never have imagined.
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
- Theo JamesExecutive Producer
Direction
- Steve BrettDirector
- Charles SturridgeDirector
Music
- Ruth BarrettOriginal Music Composer
- Jon WygensOriginal Music Composer
- David SchweitzerOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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- PBSStreaming
- PBS Masterpiece Amazon ChannelStreaming
- ThirteenStreaming
- WETA+Streaming
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