Gentleman Jack (TV series)

Gentleman Jack
GenreHistorical drama
Created bySally Wainwright
Written bySally Wainwright
Starring
Theme music composerMurray Gold
Ending theme"Gentleman Jack" by O'Hooley & Tidow[1]
Country of origin
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes16 (list of episodes)
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Production
Executive producers
  • Sally Wainwright
  • Suranne Jones
  • Faith Penhale
  • Laura Lankester
ProducerPhil Collinson
Production locationUnited Kingdom
Cinematography
  • Matt Gray
  • Nick Dance
  • Simon Chapman
Camera setup
Running time60 minutes[a]
Production companyLookout Point TV
Original release
Network
Release22 April 2019 (2019-04-22) –
13 June 2022 (2022-06-13)
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Gentleman Jack is a historical drama television series created by Sally Wainwright for BBC One and HBO.[2][3][b] Set in the 1830s in Yorkshire, it stars Suranne Jones[6] as landowner and industrialist Anne Lister. The series is based on Lister's collected diaries—which run to an estimated 5 million words with about a sixth in secret code,[6]—documenting a lifetime of lesbian relationships. Helena Whitbread began decoding and transcribing the diaries in the 1980s.[7] Other transcribers have carried on the work. The research carried out for Wainwright’s Gentleman Jack amounts to hundreds of thousands of words of new transcription of the diary.[8]

The series premiered on 22 April 2019 in the United States,[9] and on 19 May 2019 in the United Kingdom.[10] On 23 May 2019, It was renewed for a second series,[11] which was shown on BBC One from 10 April[12] to 29 May 2022 and on HBO from 25 April to 13 June 2022.[13] In July 2022, co-production company HBO said it would not proceed with a third series. In July 2022, the BBC announced that they wanted to continue with the programme, but they need to find a production partner to replace HBO.[14]

  1. ^ Smith, Neil (5 July 2019). "Gentleman Jack drama gives boost to female folk duo". BBC News. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
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  3. ^ Deehan, Tom (30 April 2018). "BBC/HBO series, Gentleman Jack, to film in the UK and Denmark". The Location Guide. Archived from the original on 13 June 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  4. ^ Lister, Anne; Wainwright, Sally; Choma, Anne (2019). "Gentleman Jack: The Life and Times of Anne Lister – The Official Companion to the BBC Series" (PDF). London: Ebury Publishing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019. [PDF p.32]
  5. ^ Lister, Anne; Wainwright, Sally; Choma, Anne (2019). Gentleman Jack: The Life and Times of Anne Lister the Official Companion to the BBC Series. BBC Books. ISBN 9781785944048. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  6. ^ a b "The Real Diaries of Anne Lister". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  7. ^ Crampton, Caroline (5 December 2013). "The lesbian Dead Sea Scrolls: Anne Lister's diaries". New Statesman. Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  8. ^ "The Secret Diaries of Anne Lister – Cracking the Crypthand Code". www.visitcalderdale.com. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference HBOpr22 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference Munn_2019 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ Media Centre (23 May 2019). "Gentleman Jack to return for a second series, following its hugely successful debut on BBC One" (Press release). BBC. Archived from the original on 23 June 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  12. ^ Williams, Zoe (25 March 2022). "Uncompromisingly gay': Sally Wainwright on turning Gentleman Jack into a global icon". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  13. ^ Darwish, Meaghan (11 April 2022). "'Gentleman Jack' Sets Season 2 Premiere Date on HBO". TV Insider. Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  14. ^ "Gentleman Jack creator says BBC "up for" renewing show but needs new partner".


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