Gentleman Jack (TV series)

***Gentleman Jack*** is a historical drama television series created by Sally Wainwright. Set in the year 1832 in Yorkshire, it stars Suranne Jones as landowner and industrialist Anne Lister. The series is based on the collected diaries of Lister, which contain over four million words and are written largely in secret code, documenting a lifetime of lesbian relationships.

*Gentleman Jack* is a BBC One and HBO co-production. The series premiered on 22 April 2019 in the United States, and in the United Kingdom on 19 May 2019. It was renewed by the BBC on 23 May 2019 for a second series, which is being shown on BBC One from 10 April 2022 and on HBO from 25 April 2022

## Cast and characters

### Main

* Suranne Jones as Anne Lister
* Sophie Rundle as Ann Walker, Anne Lister's love interest
* Joe Armstrong as Samuel Washington, land steward for both Ann Walker and Anne Lister
* Amelia Bullmore as Eliza Priestley, wife of William Priestley
* Rosie Cavaliero as Elizabeth Cordingley, cook-housekeeper for the Listers and former lady's maid to Anne Lister
* Gemma Whelan as Marian Lister, Anne Lister's sister
* Gemma Jones as Aunt Anne Lister
* Timothy West as Capt. Jeremy Lister, Anne Lister's father
* Tom Lewis as Thomas Sowden, one of Anne Lister's tenants

### Recurring

* Stephanie Cole as Aunt Ann Walker
* George Costigan as James Holt, who works for Anne Lister and helps with managing her coal business
* Peter Davison as William Priestley, Ann Walker's cousin and one of the trustees of her entailed estate
* Shaun Dooley as Jeremiah Rawson, Ann Walker's cousin and Christopher Rawson's brother
* Vincent Franklin as Christopher Rawson, a magistrate and Ann Walker's cousin
* Lydia Leonard as Marianna Lawton, Anne Lister's ex-lover with whom she occasionally sleeps
* Katherine Kelly as Elizabeth Sutherland, Ann Walker's sister who lives in Scotland with her husband and children
* Derek Riddell as Elizabeth's husband, Captain Sutherland
* Amy James-Kelly as Suzannah Washington, eldest daughter of Samuel Washington
* Thomas Howes as John Booth, head gardener for the Listers
* Albane Courtois as Eugénie Pierre, Anne Lister's femme de chambre or French lady's maid
* Ben Hunter as Joseph Booth, the Listers' manservant and brother of John Booth
* Daniel Weyman as Dr Kenny, the local doctor for Ann Walker, Aunt Anne Lister, Capt. Jeremy Lister and Henry Hardcastle
* John Hollingworth as Mr Abbott, Marian Lister's suitor
* Saul Marron as James Mackenzie, Ann Walker's manservant

### Guest

* Anthony Flanagan as Samuel Sowden, Thomas Sowden's alcoholic and violent father, and as Ben Sowden, Samuel Sowden's brother and Thomas's uncle
* Rupert Vansittart as Charles Lawton, Marianna Lawton's husband
* Sylvia Syms as Mrs. Rawson, mother of Christopher Rawson and Jeremiah Rawson
* Brendan Patricks as Reverend Thomas Ainsworth, a man who raped Ann Walker and later proposes to her
* Jodhi May as Vere Hobart, later Lady Vere Cameron, Anne Lister's former traveling companion and unrequited love
* Sofie Gråbøl as Queen Marie of Denmark
* Stephanie Hyam as Sophie Ferrall
* Julie Agnete Vang as Countess (Emily) Blücher, Sophie's elder sister
* Joanna Scanlan as Anne Lister's former lover, Isabella "Tib" Norcliffe
* Cameron Ashplant as Mr Nicholson, The Shopkeeper