Miniseries · 5
The Fortune
Where there's a will, there's a war.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Eleanor Tomlinson
Amanda Blakefield
4 eps
Matthew Lewis
Jimmy Blakefield
4 eps
James Younger
Luke Blakefield
4 eps
Rebecca Front
Fiona Worral
4 eps
Denis Lawson
Martin Worrall
4 eps
Callum Woodhouse
Anthony Worrall
4 eps
Stephen Tompkinson
Boots Mackintosh
4 eps
Paula Wilcox
Linda
4 eps
Trevor Fox
Barry
4 eps
Nina Wadia
Laura
4 eps
Danielle Walters
Sandy
4 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Fortune actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Fortune reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and Serialized.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
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
Amanda Blakefield's life is a happy one, with her husband Jimmy and their son Luke. But when Amanda is left an enormous inheritance by a man she has neither met nor heard of before, her life starts to fall apart. Amanda becomes embroiled in the world of the Worralls, where Martin Worrall is head of a family bound in past secrets. As Amanda is drawn further and further into past events and relationships, all of their lives are turned upside down.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 4 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Miniseries
20264 episodes
Amanda Blakefield's life is a happy one, with her husband Jimmy and their son Luke. But when Amanda is left an enormous inheritance by a man she has neither met nor heard of before, her life starts to fall apart. Amanda becomes embroiled in the world of the Worralls, where Martin Worrall is head of a family bound in past secrets. As Amanda is drawn further and further into past events and relationships, all of their lives are turned upside down.
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
- Jonathan FordExecutive Producer
- Lesley DouglasProducer
- Will StaplesExecutive Producer
- Ellie HillProducer
Writing
- Aschlin DittaWriter
Direction
- Andy de EmmonyDirector
Where to watch
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