# Belgravia (2020)

> A 1840s London family's attendance at the Duchess of Richmond's ball on the eve of Waterloo sets off decades of unravelling secrets and scandal.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/72935

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 6
- Episode runtime: 45 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: drama, romance
- Created by: Julian Fellowes
- Network: ITV1
- Cast: Tamsin Greig, Philip Glenister, Alice Eve, Ella Purnell, Jack Bardoe, Jeremy Neumark Jones, Tom Wilkinson, Harriet Walter
- TMDB rating: 7.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9642982/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: none
- Tone: sincere, melancholic, elegant, absorbing, romantic

## What critics say

Viewers found this Julian Fellowes period miniseries a well-crafted, socially textured drama with realistic families and a strong sense of historical setting, though some found the plot predictable.

## Synopsis

Belgravia (2020) is a British miniseries created by Julian Fellowes for ITV1, a six-episode costume drama in the grand tradition of the period drama. Tamsin Greig plays Anne Trenchard, a wife and mother whose household is thrown into turmoil alongside her husband James Trenchard (Philip Glenister), while Alice Eve plays their daughter Susan Trenchard and Ella Purnell plays Maria Grey, a young woman whose unclear origins pull the story onward. Tom Wilkinson and Harriet Walter appear as the Earl and Countess of Brockenhurst, aristocrats whose grand society sits close to the family's own ambitions. The story opens on the night of the Duchess of Richmond's legendary ball on the eve of the Battle of Waterloo, when an invitation sets off a chain of consequences that will ripple for decades. Each episode builds the engine of the series through secrets kept behind porticoed doors, reputations balanced on a knife edge, and the quiet calculations of families chasing status in 1840s London. Set in Regency-era Belgravia, the miniseries offers lush interiors, elegant rooms and a melancholic undercurrent of class divides and forbidden love. Its tone is sincere and absorbing, with moments of romance and sly social comedy. Viewers who enjoyed Downton Abbey and Bridgerton will find familiar pleasures in its aristocratic intrigue, while fans of The Crown will appreciate its British historical texture and the way private lives are shaped by public standing. It is a six-episode limited series with a single contained arc.

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