Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
3 episodes
E01
Episode 1
Painter Vanessa Stephen and her writer sister Virginia embark on a life of unexpected, post-Victorian freedom in bohemian Bloomsbury. But when they are introduced to flamboyant male admirers, their idyll is rocked and the sisters' relationship is threatened.
E02
Episode 2
As war descends on Europe, the Bloomsbury friends struggle to build a life outside London. Virginia weds Leonard Woolf and begins a unique, unexpectedly happy marriage, which is in stark contrast to Vanessa and Clive's failing relationship. Vanessa comes to the painful realisation that she is in love with gay Duncan Grant and so begins a life devoted to him, painting and her children.
E03
Episode 3
Vanessa and Duncan's daughter Angelica is grown up but still unaware of her true parentage. As tragedy hits the family, Vanessa is finally galvanised into revealing the secret she's withheld for so long. Angelica's horror at the betrayal is painfully damning of her upbringing and threatens to drive a lasting wedge between mother and daughter.
James Norton
as Duncan Grant (younger)
Phoebe Fox
as Vanessa Bell (younger)
Andrew Havill
as Clive Bell (older)
Rupert Penry-Jones
as Duncan Grant (older)
Eve Best
as Vanessa Bell (older)
Lydia Leonard
as Virginia Woolf (younger)
Sam Hoare
as Clive Bell (younger)
Lucy Boynton
as Angelica Bell
Guy Henry
as Leonard Woolf (older)
Ben Lloyd-Hughes
as David "Bunny" Garnett (younger)
Jack Davenport
as David "Bunny" Garnett (older)
Al Weaver
as Leonard Woolf (younger)
