Series

The Devil's Whore

2008★ 6.81 seasons

The Devil's Whore is a four-part television drama serial produced by Company Pictures for Channel 4, broadcast from 19 November to 10 December 2008. As the English Civil War rages, when both politics and religion divide the nation, spirited aristocrat Angelica Fanshawe is drawn to the anti-monarchist cause. She tells the story as England dares to execute its king and search for an alternative means of government.

Cast

Featured cast

Andrea RiseboroughAngelica Fanshawe

Dominic WestOliver Cromwell

Tom Goodman-HillJohn Lilburne

John SimmEdward Sexby

Maxine PeakeElizabeth Lilburne

Michael FassbenderThomas Rainsborough

Episodes

1Part OneAfter Angelica Fanshawe's country noble mother chooses the Catholic faith over the Anglican law of England, her daughter becomes a royal ward of King…62 min

2Part TwoThe people of the besieged city of Oxford are in a desperate situation. Devastated by the King's brutal betrayal, Angelica is cast out of court, and …53 min

3Part ThreeWith Cromwell's regime firmly established and maintained by bloody military terror, its illegality is obvious to many, including Honest John Lilburn,…52 min

4Part FourCromwell's rule is ever more bloody and controversial, nobody feeling safe anymore amongst factions and treason, yet the Lord Protector achieves a mo…51 min

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