The Devil's Whore

Overview

The Devil's Whore is a four-part television drama serial produced by Company Pictures for Channel 4, broadcast from 19 November to 10 December 2008. As the English Civil War rages, when both politics and religion divide the nation, spirited aristocrat Angelica Fanshawe is drawn to the anti-monarchist cause. She tells the story as England dares to execute its king and search for an alternative means of government.

Created by Peter Flannery, Martine Brant

Network

• Channel 4

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• 

  Andrea Riseborough

  Angelica Fanshawe

  4 eps

• 

  Dominic West

  Oliver Cromwell

  4 eps

• 

  Tom Goodman-Hill

  John Lilburne

  4 eps

• 

  John Simm

  Edward Sexby

  4 eps

Themes

• london, england
• england
• miniseries
• english civil war
• historical drama
• 17th century
• absolutism
• king charles i

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