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Marie Antoinette (TV series)

Historical drama television series

Marie Antoinette is a historical drama television series created and written by Deborah Davis. It is produced by the BBC and Canal+ and based on the life of the last queen of France before the French Revolution, who was 14 years old when she became Dauphine of France upon her marriage to the heir apparent, Louis-Auguste.

The first series premiered in France on 31 October and in the UK on 29 December, and consists of eight episodes. The series premiered in the United States on 19 March on PBS. German actress Emilia Schüle plays the title role.[2] A second series is scheduled to release in on various services including the BBC, Canal+ and Disney+.[3]

Cast and characters

Main

Series 1

Series 2

Production

Development

After the final season of Versailles aired, it was announced that Canal+ had commissioned Deborah Davis to write an eight-part series centred on Marie Antoinette.[4] Alongside Banijay Studios and CAPA Drama the French production company planned to create an English language series with the aim to distribute to a wide international audience in a similar fashion to Versailles.[5] In October , it was announced that the BBC had pre-bought the series and the British broadcaster would be part of the production and distribution process.[6]Vogue and Variety reported that the series is being created by an all-female writing team and would offer a "feminist take" on Marie Antoinette's life.[7]

On 17 March , Variety revealed that a second season had been commissioned with Davis as creator and a writing team led by Louise Ironside alongside Charlotte Wolf, Francesca Forristal and Andrew Bambfield.

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Ed Bazalgette will direct the first four episodes. "The upcoming season will portray how the royal couple at the height of their power faced an unprecedented financial crisis. The incessant attacks of Provence and Chartres against the royal couple stirred up the hatred of the nobles with disastrous consequences".[8]

Casting

Casting was announced in September with Schüle attached to play the lead role.[9] She was joined by an international cast including Louis Cunningham, Jack Archer, Jasmine Blackborow, Gaia Weiss, James Purefoy, Marthe Keller, Roxane Duran, Crystal Shepherd-Cross, Caroline Piette, Oscar Lesage, Liah O'Prey, Jonas Bloquet, Nathan Willcocks, Paul Bandey, Laura Benson and Yoli Fuller.[10][11][12]

Filming

In September it was announced filming had begun.

Variety and Deadline reported that alongside the studios of Bry-Sur-Marne, filming would take place at locations that include the Châteaux of Versailles, Vaux-le-Vicomte, Fontainebleau, Lésigny, Champs and Voisins.[2][13]

Release

Marie Antoinette premiered on the French network Canal+ in October [14] The following month the series was distributed through BBC First in Australia and released on streamers Foxtel and Binge.[15][16] Banijay also announced PBS had pre-bought the series with a planned spring release.[17] The American premiere was later confirmed to be 19 March [18]

The series made its UK debut on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer on 29 December [19] The series was available in Germany on Disney+ from 21 June [20]

Episodes

Series 1

Series 2

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 60% of 10 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of /[30]The Guardian gave the series four out of five, complimenting Schüle's performance and commenting "Strange, funny, grotesque in places&#; this drama from the writer of the Olivia Colman movie [The Favourite] portrays the French queen as a naive and playful teenager – and it's hugely entertaining".[31] Both TV Times and Weekend magazine gave five out of five, with the latter stating the series "weaves an extravagant tapestry of excess and intrigue".[32][33]

The Telegraph gave three out of five, stating "after eight effervescent hours [Marie Antoinette] concludes in dynastic triumph" but "this is obviously not history".[34] The Financial Times also gave three out of five, concluding that "for all the fastidious details of the ambitious production, Marie Antoinette can at times feel like an indulgent serving of cake, when what we crave is a bit more of the bread-and-butter of storytelling".[35] The Evening Standard was more critical with a two-out-of-five review describing it as "a standard traditional period drama weighed down by expectation".[36]

Variety featured the show as one of its critic picks for Best International Series of , describing Schüle's performance as "riveting".[37]

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