The Pursuit of Love - what you need to know if you re giving episode 2 a go
BBC series staring Lily James and Dominic West was filmed in the South West
Andrew Scott makes his entrance as Lord Merlin in the Pursuit of Love (Image: Theodora Films Limited & Moonage Pictures Limited/Robert Viglasky)
There were some familiar places amid the familiar faces as the BBC started its three-part adaptation of The Pursuit of Love last Sunday at 9pm, much of which was filmed in the South West.
Taking the hallowed slot in the schedules vacated by ratings juggernaut Line of Duty, the Beeb will be hoping the star power of Lily James, Dominic West and Andrew Scott will help retain some of the police drama s audience.
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The Pursuit of Love: Lily James hunts ideal man in show which led to Dominic West scandal Mirror 1 day ago Rhian Lubin
Eyes shut, dancing with champagne glass in hand, Lily James is a picture of 1930s glamour in the new Sunday-night BBC drama, The Pursuit of Love, a tale of hedonism, romance and high society.
The series is pure escapism, adapted from The Pursuit of Love, a novel written by Nancy Mitford about her own colourful life with her sisters, Pamela, Diana, Unity, Jessica and Deborah.
Lily says: “It’s a wonderful celebration of the Mitford sisters. Nancy wrote this book about her life, her sisters and how they grew up.
Published in 1945, Nancy Mitford’s satire on the upper classes
The Pursuit of Love was very much of its time. On the eve of war, the Radletts lived a typical aristocratic existence at their seat Alconleigh in Gloucestershire. Life was punctuated by hunting, Debs balls, dogs, and, of course, a very British pursuit of love. But for those seeking to find their equivalent suitor in today’s rather different amorous landscape it bears imagining what Mitford’s male figures would be like for our times. One thing is for certain: you would definitely linger over their profiles before you swiped left…