Overview

• All eight episodes are now streaming on Netflix, with critics praising the show’s visuals, period design and performances.
• Created by Peaky Blinders’ Steven Knight, the series stars Anthony Boyle, Louis Partridge, Emily Fairn, Fionn O’Shea, James Norton and Jack Gleeson.
• The story launches after Sir Benjamin Guinness’s death, using his will’s terms to set up a fraught joint stewardship for Arthur and Edward as Anne and Ben are sidelined.
• Each episode opens with the line “This fiction is inspired by a true story,” and Knight says real events serve as stepping stones between invented scenes, including the fictional foreman Sean Rafferty.
• Reviewers note stylish direction, modern music cues and scope, with common critiques of loose historical fidelity and uneven pacing across the eight parts.