Belgravia: The Next Chapter

Matt Roush says...

The first chapter of the costume drama based on Julian Fellowes’ (Downton Abbey) novel aired nearly four years ago, back when the channel was known as Epix. The setting is still the same—the posh London neighborhood of a gilded age of gentry—but a time jump takes us 30 years ahead to 1871, when Frederick (a solemn Benjamin Wainwright), the third Lord Trenchard, pursues a romantic future despite having been emotionally scarred by an unloving upbringing. (His father never got over the fact that Frederick was the result of an extramarital affair.) After Frederick weds new-to-the-scene Clara Dunn (Harriet Slater) following a whirlwind courtship, his psychological issues threaten the happiness of their union. And does her sister Emily (Hannah Onslow) have eyes for the handsome Reverend James (Toby Regbo), who happens to be Frederick’s estranged brother? It’s a small if elegant world in Belgravia.

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