Whether you know it or not, you’ve probably heard of Britain’s infamous Mitford sisters. The family, which included everything from Nazis and Communists to journalists and satirists, was basically the reality TV star of its day, and the escapades of the six Mitford sisters have since spawned everything from documentaries to biographies to a stage musical. The eldest sister, Nancy, was a writer and novelist in her own right, and her fictional works were at least semi-autobiographical. Her books The pursuit of love And Love in a cold climate have both been adapted for the screen in recent years (by Prime Video and the BBC respectively)

Basically, they’re a big deal; now their family story is finally being brought to the screen for the first time. Outrageousa six-part series from UKTV and BritBox, will dramatise the lives and loves of the six Mitford siblings, who were a source of international fascination thanks to various wild adventures in the 1930s and 40s. One of the siblings dumped her husband – the wealthy heir to the Guinness family — to run away with the founder of the British Union of Fascists. Another was notorious as Hitler’s “muse.” And a third was a self-proclaimed communist who fled to Spain to take part in the civil war.

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Bridgerton‘S Bessie Carter plays Nancy, a socialist on the fringes of the Bright Young Things scene who wrote biographies and essays in addition to her novels. After divorcing her first husband, she lived most of her life in France and had a long-term relationship with the French politician and statesman Gaston Palewski.