''Aristocrats'' is a 1999 television series based on the biography by

Stella Tillyard Stella Tillyard FRSL (born 1957) is a British author and historian, educated at Oxford and Harvard Universities and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. In 1999 her bestselling book ''Aristocrats'' was made into a six-part series for ...

of the four aristocratic

Lennox sisters The Lennox sisters were four eighteenth-century British aristocrats, the daughters of Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond (1701–1750) by his wife Lady Sarah Lennox, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox, Sarah Cadogan (1705–1751). The four sisters ...

in 18th century England. The series consists of six episodes of 50 minutes each and was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on

BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta ...

, starting on 20 June 1999. It was a co-production between the United Kingdom, the United States, and Ireland.

Carton House Carton House is a country house and surrounding demesne that was the ancestral seat of the Earls of Kildare and Dukes of Leinster for over 700 years. Located 23 km west of Dublin, in Maynooth, County Kildare, the Carton Demesne is a 1,100 ...

in County Kildare in Ireland was a major location, where three of the sisters had been brought up by a fourth after the death of their father.

Episodes

*Episode 1 - broadcast 20 June 1999 *Episode 2 - broadcast 27 June 1999 *Episode 3 - broadcast 4 July 1999 *Episode 4 - broadcast 11 July 1999 *Episode 5 - broadcast 18 July 1999 *Episode 6 - broadcast 25 July 1999

Cast

Awards

The series was nominated in 1999 for two Awards by the

Irish Film and Television Awards The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) is an all-Ireland organisation focused on film and television. It has about 1000 members, and is based in Dublin, with branches in London and Los Angeles. The IFTA now holds separate ceremonies for the ...

for "Best Craft Contribution," and "Best Television Drama." It also was nominated for two awards by the Royal Television Society, including " Best Costume Design," and "Best Make Up."

DVD release

All six parts of the miniseries were released in a DVD boxset on 8 August 2006. The set includes three discs containing all the episodes.">"Aristocrats" (1999) (mini) - DVD details for
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References

*DVD-featurettes on "Aristocrats"-DVD

External links

* * BBC television dramas Television series set in the 18th century 1990s British drama television series 1999 British television series debuts 1999 British television series endings British English-language television shows 1990s British television miniseries Television shows set in the Republic of Ireland Cultural depictions of George II of Great Britain {{BBC-drama-tv-prog-stub