Doctor Thorne Will Premiere On Amazon Prime

 

Amazon yesterday announced it has added the period drama series Julian Fellowes presents Doctor Thorne to its lineup of Amazon Original Series, and it is scheduled to premiere the series on Prime Video in the U.S. on May 20.

A production from The Weinstein Company, Julian Fellowes Presents Doctor Thorne is the latest series from Oscar and Emmy-winning writer Julian Fellowes; and is directed by Niall MacCormick and stars Tom Hollander as Doctor Thorne, Ian McShane as Sir Roger Scatcherd, and Alison Brie as Miss Martha Dunstable. The series will debut on Prime Video in the U.S. for Prime members to stream and download at no additional cost to their membership. The Weinstein Company had previously picked up the North American rights to series from Hat Trick International earlier last year. Doctor Thorne is a book written by Anthony Trollope and considered a classic in many countries. Julian Fellowes has adapted this story with the same love and care he gave to Downton Abbey and Gosford Park for which he won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.

In the series, Dr. Thomas Thorne (Hollander) lives a quiet life with his niece Mary (Stefani Martini, “Endeavour”) in the English village of Greshambury, which is ruled with an iron fist by the terrifying Lady Arabella Gresham (Rebecca Front, “Humans”). But Lady Arabella’s world is forever changed when she learns that her beloved son is planning to elope with common-born Mary, rather than follow through on his arranged marriage to the rich American heiress Martha Dunstable (Brie). Unbeknownst to the rest of the town, the prestigious Gresham family has all but lost their fortune after their patriarch Francis Gresham Senior (Richard McCabe, Cinderella) squandered it on one of his many fruitless pursuits; they’re now forced to take loans from drunken millionaire Sir Roger Scatcherd (McShane) in order to survive. Lady Arabella’s scheme to regain their fortune through the arranged marriage now seems poised for disaster; but Lady Arabella is not one to be easily dissuaded, and thus resolves to achieve her goal by any means necessary.

Julian Fellowes Presents Doctor Thorne also stars Phoebe Nicholls as Countess de Courcy, Gwyneth Keyworth as Lady Augusta Gresham, Kate O’Flynn as Lady Alexandrina de Courcy, Harry Richardson as Frank Gresham, Cressida Bonas as Patience Oriel, Danny Kirrane as Mr. Moffatt, Janine Duvitski as Lady Scatcherd, and Tom Bell as Lord Porlock.