Epix is currently airing the latest period drama from Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes, based on his novel Belgravia, which follows the lives of the newly wealthy Trenchard family… Sophia Trenchard (Emily Reid) who is in love with aristocrat Edmund Bellasis (Jeremy Neumark Jones) manages to get the family an invite to a prestigious ball which falls on the night of the Battle of Waterloo. Tamsin Greig and Emily Reid as Anne and Sophia Trenchard in Belgravia. Credit: NBC Universal For the new series, based on the book of the same name Fellowes wrote in … The Trenchard family have recently ascended to the aristocratic society of London’s Belgravia, but a decades old love affair comes back to haunt them and jeopardise the happiness of many.
The series follows the Trenchards who are working their way up the ladder to become one of the most respected trading families in London. While fans of Downton Abbey breathlessly wait for September when the beloved series arrives in theaters for one last adventure, creator Julian Fellowes is hard at work on following his big screen success with a new TV series. The Trenchard family ascends to London's aristocratic society, Belgravia. Some of Fellowes’ most improbable dramatic inventions really happened, like the diplomat who scandalously dies in the Downton heroine's bed, and Belgravia's low-born social climber James Trenchard (Philip Glenister), who gets rich and famous building London's hoity-toitiest neighborhoods.“Trenchard works for Thomas Cubitt [the genius who built Belgravia and Bloomsbury], … He's got two in the works, actually - one in the U.K. and one stateside. Fellowes adapted his novel for the series.
Belgravia on ITV was written by the creator of Downton Abbey, Julian Fellowes, who is known for creating outstanding characters. ... 5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing actors...created by Julian Fellowes....you can't go wrong with "Belgravia" Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2020. WATCH: Belgravia is the new period drama from Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes. The Trenchard (Tamsin Greig, Philip Glenister, Richard Goulding, Alice Eve) and Bellasis (Adam James, Harriet Walter, Tom Wilkinson) families reconnect at Belgravia. The U.S. series, The Gilded Age, is a sort of but not really Downton prequel, set in New … The Bellasises never knew that Sophia Trenchard (Emily Reid) bore Edmund Bellasis’ (Jeremy Neumark Jones) son. However, secrets from the past threaten to emerge and jeopardize the family.