Overview
A lesbian in the 1800s who keeps a detailed account of her life written in coded diaries attempts to live independently while juggling an affair with a married woman.
Cast
- Maxine Peake as Anne Lister
- Anna Madeley as Mariana Belcombe
- Susan Lynch as Isabella Norcliffe
- Christine Bottomley as Ann Walker
- Gemma Jones as Aunt Lister
- Alan David as Uncle Lister
- Richenda Carey as Mrs Priestley
- Michael Culkin as Charles Lawton
- Tina O'Brien as Miss Browne
- Dean Lennox Kelly as Christopher Rawson