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2024 / Period family saga / Adapted by Loren McLaughlan & Amy Roberts
A working family’s new fortune changes more than its address.
What is The Hardacres about?
The Hardacre family begins in a difficult working-class life in late-Victorian Yorkshire. A change in fortune gives them entry to a wealthy social world, but adapting to that position places their family identity and practical values under new kinds of pressure.
Five things to know.
The starting situation
The family’s move away from poverty gives them new material possibilities, while the change leaves their relationships and sense of identity unsettled.
The world around it
Victorian Yorkshire provides a setting in which a country estate and upper-class expectations contrast with the family’s earlier work and community.
The central pressure
Sam and Mary Hardacre have to help their family navigate a social position whose rules are unfamiliar, even after their financial circumstances improve.
The creative approach
Loren McLaughlan and Amy Roberts adapt C. L. Skelton’s novels, with Liam McMahon and Claire Cooper playing Sam and Mary Hardacre.
Before episode one
The series is a fictional family saga inspired by novels, rather than a documentary history of a particular Yorkshire household.
A thought to take with you.
The new fortune solves one problem while introducing another set of expectations. The family’s starting question is how to use a changed position without surrendering everything that made their earlier life recognizable.
Is it your kind of series?
Try it for a Victorian family saga about ambition, class and changing circumstances. Expect an ensemble household rather than a single closed mystery.
Three ideas to take with you.
- A rise in wealth does not settle a question of belonging.
- A new social position can impose another set of expectations.
- A family’s values are tested differently when its circumstances change.
Before you press play.
What is The Hardacres about?
The Hardacre family begins in a difficult working-class life in late-Victorian Yorkshire. A change in fortune gives them entry to a wealthy social world, but adapting to that position places their family identity and practical values under new kinds of pressure.
Who is behind The Hardacres?
Adapted by Loren McLaughlan & Amy Roberts. Loren McLaughlan and Amy Roberts adapt C. L. Skelton’s novels, with Liam McMahon and Claire Cooper playing Sam and Mary Hardacre.
What kind of series is The Hardacres?
Period family saga. Try it for a Victorian family saga about ambition, class and changing circumstances. Expect an ensemble household rather than a single closed mystery.
Sources & scope
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