Sky Television commissioned an 8-episode second series of the show before they had broadcast a single episode from the first series.
Despite being set in Virginia the series is mostly filmed in Hungary.
Jamestown was a settlement on the banks of the James River on the East Coast of North America within the present day State of Virginia.
Sophie Rundle (Alice Sharrow/Alice) and Matt Stokoe (James Read) are a couple in real-life. They met on the show and are now engaged as of May 2019.
In the series, Matt Stokoe plays James Read the blacksmith. In the list of original Jamestown settlers, there was a James Read, blacksmith, Soldier, died March 13th, 1662. It is the only name from the settlers list used in the show.