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Captain Fraser (FRANK BLAKE), Captain Carter (MAXIM AYS) and Edward Denham (JACK FOX). Photographer: Joss Barratt
Joss Barratt / © Red Planet
Captain Fraser (FRANK BLAKE), Captain Carter (MAXIM AYS) and Edward Denham (JACK FOX). Photographer: Joss Barratt
Joss Barratt / © Red Planet
Joss Barratt / © Red Planet
Captain Fraser (FRANK BLAKE), Captain Carter (MAXIM AYS) and Edward Denham (JACK FOX). Photographer: Joss Barratt
The plot thickens at the English seaside resort of Sanditon as MASTERPIECE continues its hit series and expands on Jane Austen’s unfinished final novel.
Rose Williams (The Power) returns as the high-spirited heroine, Charlotte Heywood, with Crystal Clarke (Ordeal by Innocence) as the independent West Indian heiress, Georgiana Lambe. Both are on the receiving end of multiple romantic proposals.
The series continues to explore Austen’s classic quandary of how independent-minded young women can make their own way in patriarchal Regency-era England. Society insists they take a husband. Some women, like Charlotte’s sister Alison, played by Rosie Graham (Outlander), can’t wait to find one. But others, like Charlotte and Georgiana, have mixed feelings about marriage.
The new season also indulges in another classic Austenian theme – the allure of military men. Young officers, who moved around the country with their troops, provided eligible women dashing dance partners who were usually more romantically experienced than the local lads.
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