
Rupert Vansittart as Charles Lawton, Marianna Lawton's husband. Anthony Flanagan as Samuel Sowden, Thomas Sowden's alcoholic and violent father, and as Ben Sowden, Samuel Sowden's brother and Thomas's uncle. Saul Marron as James Mackenzie, Ann Walker's manservant. John Hollingworth as Mr Abbott, Marian Lister's suitor. Daniel Weyman as Dr Kenny, the local doctor for Ann Walker, Aunt Anne Lister, Capt. Ben Hunter as Joseph Booth, the Listers' manservant and brother of John Booth. Albane Courtois as Eugénie Pierre, Anne Lister's femme de chambre or French lady's maid. Thomas Howes as John Booth, head gardener for the Listers. Amy James-Kelly as Suzannah Washington, eldest daughter of Samuel Washington. Derek Riddell as Elizabeth's husband, Captain Sutherland. Katherine Kelly as Elizabeth Sutherland, Ann Walker's sister who lives in Scotland with her husband and children. Lydia Leonard as Marianna Lawton, Anne Lister's ex-lover with whom she occasionally sleeps. Vincent Franklin as Christopher Rawson, a magistrate and Ann Walker's cousin. Shaun Dooley as Jeremiah Rawson, Ann Walker's cousin and Christopher Rawson's brother. Peter Davison as William Priestley, Ann Walker's cousin and one of the trustees of her entailed estate. George Costigan as James Holt, who works for Anne Lister and helps with managing her coal business. Tom Lewis as Thomas Sowden, one of Anne Lister's tenants. Gemma Whelan as Marian Lister, Anne Lister's sister. Rosie Cavaliero as Elizabeth Cordingley, cook-housekeeper for the Listers and former lady's maid to Anne Lister. Amelia Bullmore as Eliza Priestley, wife of William Priestley. Joe Armstrong as Samuel Washington, land steward for both Ann Walker and Anne Lister.
Sophie Rundle as Ann Walker, Anne Lister's fiancée, and later, wife.This unusual lady landowner develops a potentially dangerous romance with a woman named Ann Walker, which she records in a cryptic diary.Ĭast and characters Main While restoring the estate she finds that the family land has a coal mine and that it is being stolen by two brothers. In 1832, Miss Anne Lister leaves Hastings brokenhearted and heads to the lush landscape of Halifax, West Yorkshire, England to restore her uncle's estate that she has inherited. The BBC wants to continue with the programme, but needs to find a production partner to continue with it. In July 2022, co-production company HBO said it would not be proceeding with a third series. It was renewed by the BBC on for a second series, which was shown on BBC One from 10 April to and on HBO from 25 April to 13 June 2022.
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The series premiered on 22 April 2019 in the United States, and on in the United Kingdom. Gentleman Jack is a BBC One and HBO co-production. The series is based on the collected diaries of Lister, which contain over four million words and are written largely in secret code, documenting a lifetime of lesbian relationships. Set in the 1830s in Yorkshire, it stars Suranne Jones as landowner and industrialist Anne Lister. Gentleman Jack is a historical drama television series created by Sally Wainwright.