Life in Squares

Name: Life in Squares
Genre: Drama
Cast: James Norton, Phoebe Fox, Andrew Havill, Rupert Penry-Jones, Eve Best

TV Series20151h1 season · 3 episodes

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Drama

The three-part serial centres on the close and often fraught relationship between sisters, Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf, and Vanessa's sexually complicated alliance with gay artist Duncan Grant as they, and their group of like-minded friends, navigate their way through love, sex and artistic life through the first half of the 20th century.

Creator: Amanda Coe
Stars: James Norton Phoebe Fox Andrew Havill

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E1Episode 1Jul 27, 2015 · 1h · Painter Vanessa Stephen and her writer sister Virginia embark on a life of unexpected, post-Victorian freedom in bohemian Bloomsbury. But when they are introduced to flamboyant male admirers, their idyll is rocked and the sisters' relationship is threatened.Not rated yet

E2Episode 2Aug 3, 2015 · 1h · As war descends on Europe, the Bloomsbury friends struggle to build a life outside London. Virginia weds Leonard Woolf and begins a unique, unexpectedly happy marriage, which is in stark contrast to Vanessa and Clive's failing relationship. Vanessa comes to the painful realisation that she is in love with gay Duncan Grant and so begins a life devoted to him, painting and her children.Not rated yet

E3Episode 3Aug 10, 2015 · 1h · Vanessa and Duncan's daughter Angelica is grown up but still unaware of her true parentage. As tragedy hits the family, Vanessa is finally galvanised into revealing the secret she's withheld for so long. Angelica's horror at the betrayal is painfully damning of her upbringing and threatens to drive a lasting wedge between mother and daughter.Not rated yet

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James NortonDuncan Grant (younger)Phoebe FoxVanessa Bell (younger)Andrew HavillClive Bell (older)Rupert Penry-JonesDuncan Grant (older)Eve BestVanessa Bell (older)Lydia LeonardVirginia Woolf (younger)Sam HoareClive Bell (younger)Lucy BoyntonAngelica Bell Guy HenryLeonard Woolf (older)Ben Lloyd-HughesDavid "Bunny" Garnett (younger)

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Premiered: July 27, 2015
Ended: August 10, 2015
Status: Ended
Network: BBC Two
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Language: English
Episode runtime: 1h
Official site: bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0649cyj
TVmaze ID: 2860