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Airdate: Little Women

UK miniseries with Angela Lansbury, Michael Gambon and Emily Watson is coming to Stan.

UK miniseries Little Women will premiere on Stan later this month.

The three-part TV adaptation, based on the classic novel by Louisa May Alcott, stars Angela Lansbury, Michael Gambon and Emily Watson.

Adapted by Call The Midwife writer Heidi Thomas (Cranford, Upstairs Downstairs) it will be directed by Vanessa Caswill (Thirteen, My Mad Fat Diary).

This airs same day as its international release.

Loved by generations worldwide, Little Women is a truly universal coming-of-age story, as relevant and engaging today as it was when originally published in 1868. Set against the backdrop of a country divided, the story follows the four sisters Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March on their journey from childhood to adulthood. With the help of their mother Marmee, while their father is away at war the girls navigate what it means to be a young woman – from gender roles to sibling rivalry, first love, loss and marriage.

Emily Watson (Apple Tree Yard, The Theory Of Everything, Genius) plays Marmee, the iconic matriarch of the March family. The March sisters will be played by an ensemble of four exciting young actresses: newcomer Maya Hawke takes the role of wilful and adventurous Jo, Willa Fitzgerald (Scream: The TV Series, Misfortune) will play the eldest daughter Meg, Annes Elwy (Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams) will play Beth, and Kathryn Newton (Big Little Lies, Halt and Catch Fire) takes the role of the youngest sister Amy. Dame Angela Lansbury (Murder, She Wrote, The Manchurian Candidate) will play the girls’ wealthy relative – the cantankerous Aunt March, Michael Gambon (Harry Potter, Churchill’s Secret) takes the role of their benevolent neighbour Mr. Laurence, and Jonah Hauer-King (Howards End, The Last Photograph) will play his grandson Laurie Laurence, the charming boy next door.

Wednesday December 27 on Stan.

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