Claim: Lily James appeared in the work War & Peace which aired on BBC

War & Peace is a British-American historical period drama television serial first broadcast on BBC One on 3 January 2016 . It is a six-part adaptation of the novel War and Peace by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy , written by Andrew Davies and directed by Tom Harper . War & Peace aired on A&E , Lifetime , and History Channel in the United States as four two-hour episodes , beginning on 18 January 2016 . The serial stars Paul Dano , Lily James and James Norton in the leading roles .