A dramatization of the life of lesbian trailblazer, voracious learner, and cryptic diarist Anne Lister.
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Cast:Suranne Jones , Sophie Rundle , Gemma Whelan , Ben Hunter , Gemma Jones , Timothy West , Albane Courtois , Tom Lewis , Joe Armstrong , Rosie Cavaliero , Jessica Baglow , Thomas Howes , Lydia Leonard , Amelia Bullmore , Peter Davison , Bruce Alexander , Leo Flanagan , Joel Morris
Anne Lister's revelation that her new wife Ann Walker is moving in with her in Shibden shocks Ann's relatives.
In France, Ann Walker is shocked by details about Anne Lister's complicated relationship with Mariana Lawton.
Anne Lister throws herself into public life in Halifax, but privately she struggles to resist Mariana Lawton's magnetic pull.
Anne Lister is drawn back into her complicated past with Mariana during a trip to Lawton Hall. Back at Shibden with her in-laws, Ann Walker receives a visitor.
Halifax is smashed to pieces by a mob hungry for political change. It's a dangerous time to be a Tory, and a lesbian, but Anne Lister refuses to keep a low profile.
In the face of a campaign to destroy their relationship, serious cracks are appearing in Anne Lister and Ann Walker's marriage.
Ann Walker's determination to divide the family estate angers Captain Sutherland, who is increasingly disturbed by Anne Lister's involvement with his sister-in-law.
Anne and Ann's marriage is in serious danger when Captain Sutherland arrives from Scotland determined to destroy Anne Lister's reputation.