The Confessions of Frannie Langton
4x 50m
Available to stream on ITV X and Britbox
London 1826: Frannie Langton, a 20-year-old formerly enslaved young woman, is on trial for a brutal double murder. After a clandestine affair with the mistress of the house, Frannie is found asleep in bed next to her dead lover, Marguerite Benham. Frannie awakes to blood all over her hands and little memory of the night before. Lady Benham’s husband has also been brutally murdered. Frannie is accused and will hang if she cannot – or will not – tell the truth about what happened. The English courts are in a frenzy as are the papers, and testimonies against her are damming – she is a seductress, a witch, a master manipulator. But Frannie has another story to tell and tell it she will.
Awards & Nominations
New York Festivals TV Award: Gold Award, Drama
GLAAD Awards, Outstanding Limited Series , nominee
Credits
Cast: Karla-Simone Spence, Sophie Cookson, Stephen Campbell-Moore, Steven Mackintosh, Amarah-Jay St. Aubyn
Directed by: Andrea Harkin | Written by: Sara Collins | Producer: Carol Harding | Company: Drama Republic | Cinematographer: Julian Hohndorf | Production Designer: Markéta Korinkova | Composer: Dominic Scherrer | Editor: Danielle Palmer
Trailer | Britbox
Reviews
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★★★★ A superbly multifaceted gothic thriller...all wrapped up in a rich, compelling story that keeps tight hold of its plot and leaves you hoping, almost as ardently as Frannie, for justice to be done.
Lucy Mangan — The Guardian
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★★★★ Four episodes of tightly scripted television that hit with devastating emotional force. This show is a past-due exploration of historic black Britain and a celebration of the power of love; reader, it was excellent. Just don’t watch without tissues to hand.
Vicky Jessop — The Standard
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★★★★ A haunting miniseries that unfolds with a gorgeous seriousness of purpose. The opening scene is unquestionably gripping, the spark of well-struck flint that quickly catches fire and burns slowly with great satisfaction all the way through.
Charlotte Clymer — Metro Weekly
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★★★★ The Confessions of Frannie Langton is gloriously gothic… it’s one of the first things I’ve watched for a long time where I genuinely don’t know what’s coming next.
Emily Watkins — iNews
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★★★★ It is rare for any drama to grab you by the scruff of the neck from the very first scene, let alone a costume one. But The Confessions of Frannie Langton is a gripping piece of work in which Karla-Simone Spence as the eponymous heroine is compelling... It's worth four hours of anyone's time.
Carol Midgley — The Times
Scenes and Sequences
The Confessions of Frannie Langton — Opening Sequence — ep 1
The Confessions of Frannie Langton — Lady’s Maid — ep 1
The Confessions of Frannie Langton — Infatuation, sequence — ep 1
The Confessions of Frannie Langton — Courtroom Finale — ep 4 [SPOILER ALERT!]
