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BAFTA TV AWARD® nominee

The Pursuit of Love

Season 1
Set in Europe between the two World Wars, two women are on the hunt for the ideal husband.
IMDb 6.720213 episodes
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Episode One
    July 29, 2021
    60min
    16+
    On the brink of adulthood Fanny and Linda are stuck in the Oxfordshire countryside impatiently waiting for life to begin. When they finally break free, Linda immediately falls hopelessly in love, leaving Fanny feeling left behind.
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  2. S1 E2 - Episode Two
    July 29, 2021
    60min
    13+
    Linda and Fanny are both now married, but their approaches couldn't be more different. Fanny embraces motherhood and all the expectations fulfilling her role as a good wife. Meanwhile Linda's marriage quickly begins to disintegrate. She throws herself into a glamorous lifestyle and parties until dawn. Eventually, Linda is pulled away by an enigmatic communist, and makes the drastic decision to...
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  3. S1 E3 - Episode Three
    July 29, 2021
    60min
    13+
    Linda lands on her feet in Paris with her new French lover Fabrice. Back in England Fanny is furious that Linda is flouting society's rules while she feels forced to obey all the rules of her married life. However, as the war tears Europe apart, Linda and Fanny reconcile just in time, when they both realise there's no right way of being a woman.
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Nudityviolencealcohol usesmokingfoul languagesexual content
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Directors
Emily Mortimer
Producers
Emily MortimerAyela ButtCharles CollierIan HoganLily JamesNick MarstonMatthew ReadLucy RicherRhonda SmithFrith Tiplady
Starring
Lily James, Emily Beecham, Dominic West
Studio
BBC Studios
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