The Story of the Costume Drama The Stars (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | 45 min | Documentary

The Story of the Costume Drama

The Stars (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV Episode | 45 min | Documentary

Costume dramas ignited young performers' careers and benefited from the glow of established stars. Alex Kingston's Moll Flanders led her to ER, and Keira Knightley's Lara in Doctor Zhivago got Hollywood calling.

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44 cast members

Name	Known for
Keeley Hawes Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Bodyguard (2018)
Gillian Anderson Lady Dedlock (archive footage) Lady Dedlock (archive footage) See fewer	The X-Files (1993)
Juliet Aubrey Self Self See fewer	Middlemarch (1994)
Ellen Baskin Self Self See fewer	Independent Lens (1999)
Sean Bean Self Self See fewer	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Andrew Billen Self Self See fewer	The Story of the Costume Drama (2008)
Daniela Denby-Ashe Self Self See fewer	North & South (2004)
Kathryn Flett Self Self See fewer	Baddiel's Syndrome (2001)
Barbara Flynn Self Self See fewer	Miss Potter (2006)
Robert Giddings Self (as Prof. Robert Giddings) Self (as Prof. Robert Giddings) See fewer	The Story of the Costume Drama (2008)
Robson Green Rory Connor (archive footage) Rory Connor (archive footage) See fewer	Touching Evil (1997)
Frances Grey Self Self See fewer	Messiah (2001)
Andrew Grieve Self Self See fewer	On the Black Hill (1988)
Ioan Gruffudd Commander Horatio Hornblower (archive footage) Commander Horatio Hornblower (archive footage) See fewer	Fantastic Four (2005)
David Haig Self Self See fewer	My Boy Jack (2007)
Suzan Harrison Self Self See fewer	Elizabeth I (2005)
Dorian Healy Self Self See fewer	Horatio Hornblower: The Duel (1998)
Tom Hooper Self Self See fewer	Cats (2019)
John Hurt Self Self See fewer	1984 (1984)
Jeremy Irons Self Self See fewer	Dead Ringers (1988)
Matthew Kelly Self Self See fewer	Marple (2004)
Alex Kingston Self Self See fewer	ER (1994)
Keira Knightley Lara Antipova (archive footage) Lara Antipova (archive footage) See fewer	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Simon Langton Self Self See fewer	The Whistle Blower (1986)
Sylvestra Le Touzel Self Self See fewer	Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)
Ray Marshall Self Self See fewer	That Awkward Moment (2014)
Sharon Marshall Self Self See fewer	EastEnders (1985)
Hans Matheson Self Self See fewer	Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Gillian McNeill Self Self See fewer	Vanity Fair (1998)
Helen Mirren Self Self See fewer	The Queen (2006)
Rebecca Night Self Self See fewer	Fanny Hill (2007)
Bill Paterson Self Self See fewer	The Witches (1990)
Billie Piper Self Self See fewer	Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2007)
Anne Pivcevic Self Self See fewer	Little Dorrit (2008)
Daniel Radcliffe John Kipling (archive footage) John Kipling (archive footage) See fewer	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Blake Ritson Self Self See fewer	RocknRolla (2008)
John Savident Self Self See fewer	Coronation Street (1960)
Nina Sosanya Self Self See fewer	Love Actually (2003)
Annie Symons Self Self See fewer	King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)
Charity Wakefield Self Self See fewer	Wolf Hall (2015)
James Walton Self Self See fewer	Only Connect (2008)
Timothy West Self Self See fewer	The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Susan Wooldridge Self Self See fewer	The Jewel in the Crown (1984)
Catherine Zeta-Jones Victoria Chapman (archive footage) Victoria Chapman (archive footage) See fewer	Chicago (2002)