John Alan Roberts

Based on Sara Collins’ award-winning novel of the same name, which is set against the dazzling opulence of Georgian London, this powerful drama follows the eponymous Frannie’s journey from a Jamaican plantation to the grand Mayfair mansion of celebrated scientist George Benham and his exquisitely beautiful wife, Madame Marguerite Benham.

Artist L.S. Lowry (Timothy Spall) pursues his artistic ambitions to the chagrin of his domineering mother (Vanessa Redgrave) in this British drama.