主演:珍娜·科尔曼 汤姆·休斯 黛安娜·里格 马丁·康普斯顿
导演:丹尼尔·奥哈拉 杰弗里·萨克斯 丽莎·道耐尔·杰姆斯 吉姆·洛奇
简介:JennaColemanandTomHughesjoinedbyDameDianaRiggasshootingstartsonsecondseriesofVictoriaLondon,27February2017:Asfilmingbeginsthismonthonthehighly-anticipatedsecondseriesofITVandMammothScreen’shitdramaVictoria,BAFTAwinningiconicactressDameDianaRigg(GameOfThrones)hasbeenconfirmedasanewregularcastmember.Thesecondseries-onceagainwrittenbycreatorandexecutiveproducerDaisyGoodwin–seesQueenVictoriafacethenewchallengeofmotherhood.FollowingcriticalacclaimforherportrayalofthemonarchbothintheUKandAmerica,JennaColeman(DoctorWho)reprisesherrolealongsideTomHughes(TheGame)asPrinceAlbert.Pickingupsixweeksafterthefirstseriesended,thesecondinstalmentestablishesVictoriaasaworkingmother,learningtobalanceherresponsibilitiesasbothparentandQueen.However,withPrinceAlbertstillstrugglingtofindaroleforhimselfthereisaninevitablepowerstrugglebetweenhusbandandwife.DameDianaRiggwillplaytheDuchessofBucchleuch,theyoungQueen’snewMistressoftheRobes,whoisrenownedforspeakinghermind.ShejoinsreturningcastmembersincludingNigelLindsay(Unforgotten)asSirRobertPeel,AlexJennings(TheLadyInTheVan)asKingLeopold,PeterBowles(ToTheManorBorn)asDukeofWellington,DavidOakes(TheWhiteQueen)asErnest,DanielaHoltz(CircleOfLife)asBaronessLehzenandCatherineFlemming(Tatort)astheDuchessofKent.BelowstairsNellHudson(Outlander)returnsasSkerrett,FerdinandKingsley(Borgia)aschefFrancatelliandAdrianSchiller(TheSecretAgent)asPenge.AswellasmuchdramainBuckinghamPalace,theserieswillincludetripstoFranceandGermany,touchontragedyinIrelandandwarinAfghanistan,andseeVictoriaandAlbertdiscoveringsanctuaryintheIsleofWight.Theeight-partseriesand2hourChristmasspecialhasbeencommissionedbyITV’sHeadofDrama,PollyHillandSeniorDramaCommissionerVictoriaFea,andwillbeexecutiveproducedbyDamienTimmer(Endeavour),KateMcKerrell(LostInAusten)andDaisyGoodwinforMammothScreen.ItwillagainbeproducedbyPaulFrift.Creator,DaisyGoodwinsaid:“InseriesoneVictoriamarriedthehandsomeprince,butinthisseriessheandAlbertgetdowntotheseriousbusinessoflivinghappily,sometimesstormily,everafter.VictoriaistheonlyQueenRegnanttomarryandgivebirthwhileonthethroneandthechallengesofbeingheadofstateaswellasawifeandmotherarelegion.InmanywaysVictoria’sdilemmaisamodernone-howdoyouhaveasuccessfulmarriageandahappyfamilywhenyouareholdingdownanimportantjob.Canyoureallyhaveitall?”ExecutiveProducerandManagingDirectorofMammothScreen,DamienTimmeradded:“SeriesoneofVictoriawasabigsuccessbothathomeandabroad,anditisaprivilegetocontinuetotellthestoryofthisfascinatingwomanataparticularlyinterestingpointinherreign.AudienceswillbeintriguedbythemeticulouslyresearchedstoriesDaisyhasplanned,brimmingwithscandal,romanceandtragedy.Atthecentreofitisabeautifullynuancedstudyofayoungmarriage,andit’sajoytowatchJennaandTomfindnewlayerstothisiconiccouple.”ThefirstseriesofthedramawasITV’shighestratingdramaof2016,receivingcriticalacclaimandaconsolidatedaverageof7.7mviewerswitha29%share.ItisdistributedbyITVStudiosGlobalEntertainmentandhasbeensoldin350territoriesworldwide.IthasalsoprovedhugelypopularintheUS,withthefirstseriesreachinganaverageaudienceof6.3mviewersandthefirstepisodedrawingina28%share-moreviewersthanthefirstseriesofDowntonAbbey.