The story begins with a shock: (played by Karla-Simone Spence), a young woman born into slavery in Jamaica, is found in bed with the bloodied corpse of her mistress, Marguerite Benham (Sophie Cookson). Frannie is accused of a double murder—Marguerite and her husband, George—but she claims to have no memory of the night.
Unlike many period pieces that treat the Black experience as a footnote, this series places it at the absolute center. It explores themes of , addiction (laudanum) , and the class divide in 1820s London. The Confessions of Frannie Langton (2022) subti...
"I loved that Frannie was so complicated. She isn’t just a victim; she’s a writer, a lover, and someone with a dark past she’s trying to reconcile." Viewing with Subtitles The story begins with a shock: (played by
The Confessions of Frannie Langton (2022) is a haunting, four-part period drama adapted by from her own award-winning debut novel. Set against the opulence and grime of Georgian London, it subverts the traditional "costume drama" by centering on a Black protagonist navigating a world built on the systems that once enslaved her . A Murder Mystery with a Heart of Darkness It explores themes of , addiction (laudanum) ,
: It originally aired on ITVX in the UK and is available on BritBox in the US and other regions.