The Devil's Whore
| The Devil's Whore | |
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| Genre | Historical drama |
| Created by | Peter Flannery |
| Directed by | Marc Munden |
| Starring |
Andrea Riseborough John Simm Michael Fassbender Dominic West Tim McInnerny and Peter Capaldi |
| Composer(s) | Murray Gold |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Company Pictures |
| Location(s) | filmed in South Africa |
| Editor(s) | Joe Walker |
| Running time | 1 x 1h02m 1 x 53m 1 x 52m 1 x 51m 215 minutes (Full running time) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Channel 4 (UK) |
| Audio format | 2 Channel |
| Original release | 19 November – 10 December 2008 |
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| Website | |
The Devil's Whore (released as The Devil's Mistress in North America) is a four-part television series set during the English Civil War, produced by Company Pictures for Channel 4 in 2008. It centres on the adventures of the fictional Angelica Fanshawe and the historical Leveller soldier Edward Sexby and spans the years 1638 to 1660. It was written by Peter Flannery, who began working on the script in 1997. It is believed to have a budget of £7 million. It was followed by a sequel series, New Worlds, in 2014.
The series was filmed in South Africa. This caused some negative comment from reviewers, but the producers maintained that they had been unable to find suitably "old English" locations in England.
Covering the lead up to the war and the battles of Croyland Abbey, Edgehill and Newbury, this episode dealt with the events from Angelica's marriage to her husband's shooting by Charles I's firing squad for surrendering their manor house.
Devastated by the King's brutal betrayal, Angelica has been cast out of court, and finds herself destitute and starving. Meanwhile, divisions are beginning to split the Parliamentarians.
The country is divided and in shock as Oliver Cromwell puts the King on trial for treason and becomes the first head of the Republican Government.
Sexby and Angelica seek to avenge themselves on Oliver Cromwell.
The series was released on DVD in North America in 2011. Retitled The Devil's Mistress, it presents the series as two two-hour episodes.
Critical reception was positive, though there was some criticism of the omission of some figures and events (such as John Pym, the Earl of Bedford, Sir Thomas Fairfax, Sir Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, Colonel Sir John Hutchinson, Henry Ireton and the Bishops' Wars) and the fictionalisation of others (such as the suggestion that Cromwell orchestrated Rainsborough's death, of Rainsborough not Sexby being a close friend of Cromwell's, Sexby's going to Ireland and the losing of his arm and Sexby's assassination attempt on Cromwell).
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