Gentleman Jack

Created, written and co-directed by Sally Wainwright ( HAPPY VALLEY, LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX), and starring BAFTA Award winner Suranne Jones (DOCTOR FOSTER, SAVE ME), GENTLEMAN JACK tells the story of a woman who had a passion for life and a mind for business, and bucked society’s expectations at every turn. Set in the complex, changing world of 1832 Halifax, West Yorkshire – the cradle of the evolving Industrial Revolution – the series focuses on landowner Anne Lister, who is determined to transform the fate of her faded ancestral home, Shibden Hall, by reopening the coal mines and marrying well. The charismatic, single-minded, swashbuckling Lister – who dresses head-to-toe in black and charms her way into high society – has no intention of marrying a man.