Cast announced for Anne Lister drama ahead of filming at Shibden Hall

The cast of Sally Wainwright's latest series set in Calderdale Gentleman Jack has been announced ahead of filming next month.
By The Newsroom
Published 30th Apr 2018, 12:10 BST
Updated 30th Apr 2018, 16:41 BST
Stellar further casting has been announced for Gentleman JackStellar further casting has been announced for Gentleman Jack
Stellar further casting has been announced for Gentleman Jack

Joining BAFTA award winner Suranne Jones (Doctor Foster, Save Me) as the remarkable Regency landowner Anne Lister will be Sophie Rundle (Bodyguard, Peaky Blinders) as Ann Walker, the wealthy heiress who Anne Lister soon sets her sights on marrying.

Read: Shibden Hall to close for 17 weeks as filming begins for Sally Wainwright drama

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Gemma Whelan (The Moorside, Game Of Thrones) will play Anne Lister's sister Marian, with Timothy West (Last Tango In Halifax, Bleak House) as their father Jeremy Lister, and Gemma Jones (God's Own County, Bridget Jones’s Diary) as Aunt Anne Lister.

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Anne Lister

Stephanie Cole (Waiting For God, Still Open All Hours) will play Ann Walker’s Aunt. Peter Davison (Liar, Doctor Who) and Amelia Bullmore (Happy Valley, Scott & Bailey) will play William and Eliza Priestley, Ann Walker's cousin and his wife. Christopher Rawson, businessman and fierce rival to Anne Lister, will be played by Vincent Franklin (Cucumber, Happy Valley), whilst his brother and business partner Jeremiah will be played by Shaun Dooley (Gunpowder, Broadchurch).

Casting also includes Joe Armstrong (Darkest Hour, Britannia, Happy Valley) as Samuel Washington, Jodhi May (Genius, The Amazing Mrs Pritchard) as Vere Hobart, Rosie Cavaliero (Hold The Sunset, Unforgotten) as Elizabeth Cordingley, Thomas Howes (Downton Abbey, United) as John Booth, Lydia Leonard (Apple Tree Yard, Life In Squares) as Marianna Lawton, Jessica Baglow (Waterloo Road) as Rachael Hemingway, and newcomers Albane Courtois as Eugénie Pierre and Ben Hunter as Joseph Booth.

Read: Sally Wainwright discusses Anne Lister TV series during birthday celebrations

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Sally Wainwright said: "I'm delighted that the story of Anne Lister has attracted such a talented, stand-out cast. We also have a wonderful crew on board and I can't wait to start filming".

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Anne Lister

After years of exotic travel, Anne Lister returns to Halifax, West Yorkshire in 1832, determined to transform the fate of her faded ancestral home Shibden Hall.

Every part of her story is based in historical fact, recorded in the four million words of her diaries that contain the most intimate details of her life, once hidden in a secret code that is now broken. Many of the diary extracts have been decoded for the very first time for the series.

Read: Doctor Foster star Suranne Jones visits Shibden Hall ahead of Anne Lister drama

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The series will be filmed at Shibden Hall in Halifax and in order to facilitate this the hall will be closed to the public from: Monday May 14 to Sunday July 22; and September 3 until October 21.

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