The Pursuit Of Love - BBC1 Comedy Drama

TV comedy drama
BBC One
2021
3 episodes (1 series)

A comedy drama adaptation of Nancy Mitford's celebrated 1945 novel. Also features Lily James, Emily Beecham, Dominic West, Assaad Bouab, Dolly Wells and more.

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Stars

Lily James, Emily Beecham, Dominic West, Assaad Bouab, Dolly Wells, John Heffernan, Shazad Latif, Annabel Mullion and more

Writers

Nancy Mitford, Emily Mortimer and Florence Walker

Director

Emily Mortimer

Producers

Rhonda Smith, Charles Collier, Matthew Read, Frith Tiplady, Emily Mortimer, Lily James, Angharad Wood, Nicholas Marston and more

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Based on Nancy Mitford's celebrated 1945 novel, The Pursuit Of Love is a romantic comedy drama about love and friendship. Set in Europe between the two World Wars, the story follows the adventures and misadventures of the charismatic and fearless Linda Radlett and her best friend and cousin Fanny Logan.

Consumed by a desire for love and marriage, the two women are on the hunt for the ideal husband. Their friendship is put to the test as Fanny settles for a steady life and Linda decides to follow her heart, to increasingly wild and outrageous places. As social and political divisions split the nation, their diverging choices raise personal questions that remain intensely relevant today - questions about freedom, about love and sex, and the mystery of the human heart.