Period dramas are fun to watch and Beecham House series on itv promises to be one. If Downton Abbey portrayed life in England at the time of profound change when aristocracy was slowly losing steam, the new series by Gurinder Chaddha takes viewers back almost a century and to Britain’s most prized colony.
Beecham House TV Show Cast
Gurinder Chaddha writes and directs this new period drama that follows a soldier who plans to become a trader in Delhi at the turn of 19th Century India. The series premieres on June 23 2019.
Beecham House (2019)
Created By: Gurinder Chaddha
Cast: Tom Bateman, Lesley Nicol, Gregory Fitoussi, Adil Ray, Marc Warren
Network: itv
Air Date: June 23 2019, PM ET/PT
Beecham House Series Plot
Beecham House series is set on the cusp of the 19th century in Delhi before the British ruled in that region. The drama depicts the fortunes of the residents of Beecham House, an imposing mansion surrounded by acres of exotic woods and pristine lawns.
John Beecham, a handsome former soldier has purchased the magnificent mansion, Beecham House, to begin a new life with his family. Wealthy and distinguished, John has witnessed profiteering and exploitation during his time with the controlling East India Company and has resolved to conduct his business as a trader in a more equitable manner.
Determined to escape his previous life, John appears haunted by his past, but is inspired to become an honourable member of the region’s trading community.
In spite of John’s good intentions his life is shrouded in mystery and when he arrives at the house with a child named August and two Indian nursemaids, Chanchal and Maya, it causes speculation and gossip amongst the servants that he may be the boy’s father. One of the Indian nursemaids, the beautiful Chanchal, is overly protective and particularly fond of the child. Could she be John’s lover and the mother of August?
John’s robust, interfering mother Henrietta has also travelled from England to India to stay with her son. She is accompanied by a young family friend Violet, played by Bessie Carter who she is determined to help form a union with John.
General Castillon, a French mercenary working for the Emperor, is suspicious of John and his motives and conspires to stop John being granted a trading licence. Adil Ray is John’s neighbour Murad Beg who dislikes General Castillon intensely and agrees to help John secure a trading licence.
However, when beautiful Chandrika arrives at Beecham House with her entourage she is shown to luxurious guest quarters and immediately insists on seeing August.
What secrets does Chandrika bring with her to Beecham House?
Beecham House Trailer
Watch this trailer of Beecham House series and tell us if you like this new period drama.
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