The BBC have released the first images from A Tale Of Two Cities.
An adaptation of Charles Dickens’ literary classic, the four-part drama is coming soon to BBC iPlayer and BBC One in the UK, and MGM+ in the US.
Game of Thrones star Kit Harington leads the cast of the new mini-series as Sydney Carton.
The actor has said he’s “thrilled to bring Dickens’ revolutionary epic to the screen.”
“A Tale of Two Cities is the original historical blockbuster,” he commented. “A heartbreaking romance and a brutal revenge mystery, all set against the iconic backdrop of the French Revolution. Our adaptation will be a twisting period thriller; one with a contemporary, volatile love triangle at its heart.”
Harington is joined in the series by François Civil (The Three Musketeers) as Charles Darnay and Mirren Mack (Miss Austen) as Lucie Manette.
The official synopsis reads: “London, 1782. Tensions run high in the war between France and Britain. A young woman, Lucie Manette (Mirren Mack) has her life upended when she receives a message from Paris – her father, assumed dead for almost 20 years, may be alive. The messenger – idealistic French emigré, Charles Darnay (François Civil) – is arrested and charged with treason.
“Lucie enlists the help of a brilliant but erratic young lawyer, Sydney Carton (Kit Harington), to free Darnay in the hope he will lead her to Paris to track down her father. Lucie’s collision with Darnay and Carton unleashes a powerful and complex love triangle. Both men fight to be worthy of her love, and Lucie is torn over which one to choose.
“Yet neither man – physically so alike, spiritually poles apart – can escape the other. Instead, they find themselves bound together in life and death, through triumphs, tragedies, marriage, and murder.”
A Tale of Two Cities is directed by Richard Clark (Outlander) and written by Daniel West (Gunpowder).
Filming began last October and the series is expected to premiere later this year on MGM+ and the BBC.
