Aristocrats
Genre	Drama
Written by	Biography: Stella Tillyard Screenplay: Harriet O'Carroll
Directed by	David Caffrey
Composer(s)	Mark Thomas
Country of origin	United Kingdom  United States Ireland
Language(s)	English
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producer(s)	Kevin Menton Rod Stoneman Rebecca Eaton Michael Wearing
Editor(s)	Neil Thomson
Location(s)	Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland
Running time	300 min. (6 episodes)
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC
Audio format	Dolby Digital
Original airing	22 June 1999

Aristocrats is a 1999 Television series, based on the biography by Stella Tillyard. The series consists of six episodes of 50 minutes each and was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC, starting on 22 June 1999. It was a co-production between the United Kingdom, United States and the Republic of Ireland.

Contents 1 Episodes 2 Cast 3 Awards 4 DVD Release 5 External links 6 References

[edit] Episodes

[edit] Cast

Character	Played By
Caroline Lennox	Serena Gordon
Louisa Lennox	Anne-Marie Duff
Emily Lennox	Geraldine Somerville
Narrator / Older Lady Emily Lennox	Siân Phillips
Sarah Lennox	Jodhi May
Henry Fox	Alun Armstrong
Lord Kildare	Ben Daniels
Duke of Richmond	Julian Fellowes
Duchess of Richmond	Diane Fletcher
Thomas Conolly	Tom Mullion
Charles Bunbury	Andrew Havill
William Ogilvie	George Anton
Edward Fitzgerald	John Light
King George II	Clive Swift
Lord Beaufield	Richard Dempsey

[edit] Awards

The series was nominated in 1999 for two Awards by the Irish Film and Television Awards for "Best Craft Contribution," and "Best Television Drama." It also was nominated for two awards by the Royal Television Society, including " Best Costume Design," and "Best Make Up."^[1]

[edit] DVD Release

All six parts of the miniseries were released in a DVD boxset on 8 August 2006. The set includes three discs containing all the episodes.^[2]

[edit] External links

• Aristocrats at Internet Movie Database
• Aristocrats at the Internet Movie Database

[edit] References

1. ^ "Aristocrats" (1999) (mini) - Awards
2. ^ "Aristocrats" (1999) (mini) - DVD details for

• DVD-featurettes on "Aristocrats"-DVD

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