Suranne Jones and Sophie Rundle are brilliant in their roles!! And their chemistry is absolutely PERFECT!! And Gemma Whelan is awesome as Marian Lister, Anne's sister. Marian and Anne had conflict, but she loves her sister and wants her to be happy. And I just realized that I am in love with a woman who lived 200 years ago!!! Thank you Miss Lister and Miss Walker for being who you were born to be!!! I ❤️ Gentleman Jack! #LesbianPride ❤️🏳️🌈
I feel like I just crawled out from under a rock. The series is so far phenomenal. I was thirsting for a quality story about strong women and they have surpassed my expectations with the writing and the acting. Amazing.
Wow! Everything about this show is just amazing. Surrane Jones did a brilliant job playing Anne lister and so did Sophie Rundle as Ann Walker, beautiful chemistry. Anne lister what a legendary women! Thanks Sally for making this masterpiece 😘
this is a superb interview, both because Wainwright and Jones are so great at their craft, and articulate about the knowledge they've gleaned while developing their historical character, but also because Christiane Amanpour is one of the classiest journalists alive.
I am so happy to read what others are feeling. I feel as if I've found my soulmate in a 19th century character played by an extraordinary actress. **Conflicted**! I mourn something I'll never find.
Couldn't agree more. I was first introduced to Wainwright by Happy Valley, which just blew me out of the water. Since then I try to watch everything she has done. Brilliant writer, amazing woman.
Suranne and Sophie are awesome actresses. They carried out the story of Anne Lister to the upmost amazing performance. Bravo ladies. I am reading Gentleman Jack and watching it for the 3rd time.
Really lovely interview! We owe much to these talented women, Sally Wainwright for believing in this project and bringing to the screen and Suranne Jones because truly becomes Anne Lister and makes us understand and love her.
I love this series. It is so smart and funny! I live in the states, Nashville, TN to be exact. I think English drama is so much better than anything produced in America.
I see Sally Wainwright, I press play. I see Suranne Jones, I press play. When they collaborate, it’s as good as television has ever aspired to. Happy Valley, Last Tango, Scott and Bailey, Dr Foster, all superlative tv. Now add the extraordinary story and personality of Anne Lister ❤️👍🙏
To see Christianne Amanpour interviewing these women about this fantastic show is as fascinating as it should be. The last time I recall Christiane on television was her enduring, assertive presence covering 911. Great content. Thank you
Suranne Jones deserves many awards for her portrayal of Ann Lister. Forget about the clothes.... which are also brilliant....The way she walks, sits, smiles, talks.... the hint of masculinity but very forceful and powerful as a woman too! Just love this series.
I've lived near Halifax and known Shibden Hall all my life, but as Sally Wainwright says, Anne Lister was hidden, so the house was just a museum with little real context, merely the former home of a prominent local family, with it's most notable inhabitant some kind of dark secret instead of being celebrated.
It's amazing that a story of a strong individual and her convictions, from so far from the past, shall be a progesive and positive proverb for today🇨🇦👍
I hope season two stays close to the actual journals.....it will be so disappointing if it doesn’t...I think a lot of people will being watching and listen closely hoping for the same staying true to the journals.
Didn’t Sally also create ‘Bad Girls’ and ‘Last Tango in Halifax’? Awesome shows both of them. And I LOVE Suranne in this role. Brilliant actress! Loved her in ‘Dr.Foster’.
It makes perfect sense that if you are made a certain way it would be a "sin" to act against it. I'm not Christian, so I hadn't thought of it that way. This looks like an interesting show.
I have read The Anne Lister books by Helena Whitbread and watched the tv show, and often think what an amazing woman Anne must of been, such a forthright woman for her times, going against what was percieved as the norm for that time period, It then astounds me when i read and hear about some woman around the world who are having to stay hidden in this day and age for fear of attacks or being criminalised for who they choose to love, and its makes me heart sore that the countries/governments and communities are mentally still living in them times, The world has not moved forward with the times for those women. :(
Just finished watching the series...so good! and now I'm on to "Last tango in YHZ"...Binge watched the first season yesterday...Rainy days do come in handy!
Didn't like the crown, but love Gentleman Jack because Ms Lister was bold, a hero to me., and the writing and acting is awesome... Glad the "secret" is out. The white males arrogance was/ still is a horror. Haven't changed their behavior!! A very timely series...More like it..
I wasn’t sure I’d like it because I don’t like period pieces but Anne Lister is like no English period piece I’ve ever seen. Hot and heartbreaking all at once. I do wanna a slap Ann Walker out of her fear though lol. Yummy Suranne!
In the HBO series, she comes across is really cruel and controlling. It’s horrible how she treats a young female family member in her household. I assume that is accurate, but it was definitely a sad thing to see given the richness of her mind
ok now jack is a hit,,my problem is it is on hbo,,got to pay monthly for that program,,i have enough to pay for,,why cant it be shown in regular tv now ? thank you ;)
The show should be celebrated however the narrative has been twisted out slightly in terms of a modern context view by the newsreader. Women historically always been the protected sex and men more disposable ,now...and then too. The lesbian women were not executed in 1830 simply because the culture protected women and they were more aware of staying under the radar. Gay Men would appear not to have had the same opportunity to stay under the radar as mens roles was more active in work and commerce. in general society, work and culture Before the wokes wade in...tread carefully and do your homework. I have spent time at Shibden Hall studying the social dynamics of the times in Halifax during that period.
You say "women historically always been the protected sex"? That is not accurate if you are considering a worldwide view of how women have been treated, the last two centuries, in various parts of the world, especially. And, the reason it was not illegal for lesbian women in the 1830's is not because women were "culturally protected". It was because leaders and authorities simply did not understand that a woman could physically have sex with another woman.
Lister did marry Walker for her money, very much. Their love story is over romanticized. Lister placer Walker in a mental hospital for 4.5 months to make sure she is mentally able to make a will before she married her. Yes she wanted her money.
You have mischaracterized their relationship b/c Lister did love Ann Walker and you would know that if you have read any of Lister's journal which I have done.
Walker could and would give her money when asked. Instead of milking that cow, Anne admitted Ann to a mental hospital when sending her to her relatives didn’t work. Ann was manipulated by everyone, but Anne brought her everywhere to interact with people and GROW, find purpose. Lister did manipulate Walker, but what was the alternative? Friendship? Lister was desperate to fall in love, with anyone convenient.
@@randdiamond8090 Lister borrowed the majority of her money from other sources and not from Ann Walker. And Anne did not put Ann in a mental hospital. Anne arranged for Dr. Belcombe to see Ann privately while Ann stayed at a place she rented while seeing Dr. B. Anne wanted to make sure that Ann got the treatment she needed and was fit to make a Will b/c she did not want to take advantage of her if she was not fit to do so. Ann wanted to see Dr. Belcombe. The legitimacy of Ann's Will might have been questioned had Ann not been deemed fit to set forth her wishes and execute her Will. Ann and Anne knew each other before their courtship and Sally Wainwright said that she thought Ann was a lesbian and that Ann had long been rather taken with Anne Lister. Ann had an issue with being same-sex attracted and her internalized homophobia caused her problems. Anne Lister accepted herself as she was. Anne took good care of Ann and opened the world to her (as you said) and helped her build confidence in herself.
Suranne Jones and Gentleman Jack deserve an Emmy!! This show is fantastic!!
I’m so in love with Suranne Jones.
Suranne Jones and Sophie Rundle are brilliant in their roles!! And their chemistry is absolutely PERFECT!! And Gemma Whelan is awesome as Marian Lister, Anne's sister. Marian and Anne had conflict, but she loves her sister and wants her to be happy. And I just realized that I am in love with a woman who lived 200 years ago!!! Thank you Miss Lister and Miss Walker for being who you were born to be!!! I ❤️ Gentleman Jack!
#LesbianPride ❤️🏳️🌈
So in that camp sister!!!👍
Surnanne Jones has a very warm, beautiful and pleasing smile.
She really does.
me too
cant agree more
Everytime she smiles...i can't move my eyes but to focus her face more
Suranne Jones is just lovely.. Her voice is just appealing 😍
The series has been fantastic in every way and Suranne was the perfect choice for the role.
Suranne really can just look at me and speak and I will melt, I cannot believe my level of weakness for this woman
“...robust mental health...” A needed concept.
I feel like I just crawled out from under a rock. The series is so far phenomenal. I was thirsting for a quality story about strong women and they have surpassed my expectations with the writing and the acting. Amazing.
Suranne you are PERFECT for this part~! PERFECT!!!!!!
Lived in England 1973
Suranne Jones is a great actress!
Wow! Everything about this show is just amazing. Surrane Jones did a brilliant job playing Anne lister and so did Sophie Rundle as Ann Walker, beautiful chemistry. Anne lister what a legendary women! Thanks Sally for making this masterpiece 😘
this is a superb interview, both because Wainwright and Jones are so great at their craft, and articulate about the knowledge they've gleaned while developing their historical character, but also because Christiane Amanpour is one of the classiest journalists alive.
I agree.
I am so happy to read what others are feeling. I feel as if I've found my soulmate in a 19th century character played by an extraordinary actress. **Conflicted**! I mourn something I'll never find.
Wainwright is genius: Happy Valley, Last Tango, all of it. Amazing.
Yes, shy genius does it again. Peak Wainwright. Deserves many awards.
Couldn't agree more. I was first introduced to Wainwright by Happy Valley, which just blew me out of the water. Since then I try to watch everything she has done. Brilliant writer, amazing woman.
Not forgetting Scott and Bailey, with the very wonderful Amelia Bullimore
I'm in the States and I love the series. So does my husband and mother who's in her 80's. Excellent acting, funny and interesting.
It's hard not to like. Sally Wainwright really excels at her craft and Jones is just phenomenal.
This American loves Gentleman Jack!
Hearing Surrane Jones say “Sal” melted me.
I live in the states and I love this show and can’t wait to read and watch more about Anne Lister. Thank you, Sally!
It's a great show...
Same!
Suranne Jones is an amazing actress. Very versatile
Suranne and Sophie are awesome actresses. They carried out the story of Anne Lister to the upmost amazing performance. Bravo ladies. I am reading Gentleman Jack and watching it for the 3rd time.
Really lovely interview! We owe much to these talented women, Sally Wainwright for believing in this project and bringing to the screen and Suranne Jones because truly becomes Anne Lister and makes us understand and love her.
Love it and hbo should be ashamed they canceled the third season,Anne Lister is amazing ❤❤❤
I love this series. It is so smart and funny! I live in the states, Nashville, TN to be exact. I think English drama is so much better than anything produced in America.
If you like this, try Last Tango in Halifax...another series from Sally.
Interviewer actually had great questions. I love this show! Hope a second season comes out.
Suranne Jones❤ is born for this Role. And I'm proudly say I'm in love or obsessed with #Anne Lister..What an extraordinary woman she was back then🥰😘
I absolutely love these two women!
Love it. It is amazing. I can't wait to see more. This is outstanding for our community.
I can't wait for the season 2
Have you seen season2, watched last episode last night..was very good.
I see Sally Wainwright, I press play. I see Suranne Jones, I press play. When they collaborate, it’s as good as television has ever aspired to. Happy Valley, Last Tango, Scott and Bailey, Dr Foster, all superlative tv. Now add the extraordinary story and personality of Anne Lister ❤️👍🙏
Sally Wainwright please bring The Well of Loneliness to the big screen. ❤️
To see Christianne Amanpour interviewing these women about this fantastic show is as fascinating as it should be. The last time I recall Christiane on television was her enduring, assertive presence covering 911.
Great content. Thank you
I live in Hong Kong and I watched them all as soon as I found out
When I saw she was from Halifax I was like "omg! HBO is doing a show about Canadian Lesbians?!" Oh. Origional English Halifax. Derp. 🇨🇦
Yaaa that fact finally clicked with me in like Episode 3 when Anne was talking about how long it would take to get to London!
I thought the same at first 😂 I googled it to properly check 😂
I'd totally watch that show too.
God love this!,, watching a second time! Wow what a woman and Surrane is amazing
Suranne Jones deserves many awards for her portrayal of Ann Lister. Forget about the clothes.... which are also brilliant....The way she walks, sits, smiles, talks.... the hint of masculinity but very forceful and powerful as a woman too! Just love this series.
A great story has finally been shown on TV. Thanks from Nashville,Tennessee.
love the series hope there is more coming I"m not gay but this is just well written and acted.
doctor foster was excellent and now jack,,fantastic,,as good as you can get actress,,,,amazing,,thank you ;)
thank you,,;)
This interviewer is a breath of fresh air. Intelligent, well spoken and asked insightful questions. Rare these days
We loved Gentleman Jack.. thank you
I literally fell into this, then watched non-stop. It's lovely to have all of these clips on TH-cam. Thank you!
I've lived near Halifax and known Shibden Hall all my life, but as Sally Wainwright says, Anne Lister was hidden, so the house was just a museum with little real context, merely the former home of a prominent local family, with it's most notable inhabitant some kind of dark secret instead of being celebrated.
I adore it, from Minnesota
Amazing interview.
Wonderful show, acting, scenery, costumes, script...everything!
Amazing amazing and amazing show.
Waiting for season 2.❤
Stumbled upon it on HBO, here in the U.S.A. LOVE IT, and can't wait for season 2 --(3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10....)! peace...
It's amazing that a story of a strong individual and her convictions, from so far from the past, shall be a progesive and positive proverb for today🇨🇦👍
Excellent TV mini series with stellar cast and writing. IN addition, it's a very important point of history that is not often talked about nor shown.
I hope season two stays close to the actual journals.....it will be so disappointing if it doesn’t...I think a lot of people will being watching and listen closely hoping for the same staying true to the journals.
As much as Sally Wainwright respects and admires Anne Lister I believe she will hold to the integrity of the diaries.
As a 68 year old strait male I think this series is nothing short of a masterpiece ! Fascinating story and a fascinating woman .
Awesome show. Love the theme song too. Perfect. Decoding the diaries? Incredible.
Excellent interview!
Didn’t Sally also create ‘Bad Girls’ and ‘Last Tango in Halifax’? Awesome shows both of them. And I LOVE Suranne in this role. Brilliant actress! Loved her in ‘Dr.Foster’.
They did such a good job, making Anne not just admirable but very likeable.
I am in Canada, and I think it is brilliant!!
I was going to give up my HBO subscription until Gentleman Jack was broadcast.... Guess I’ll have to make some other sacrifices to pay my cable bill.
It makes perfect sense that if you are made a certain way it would be a "sin" to act against it. I'm not Christian, so I hadn't thought of it that way. This looks like an interesting show.
I loved the series!
Those doe eyes Suranne has !
Suranne Jones.. enough said. 😍
I have read The Anne Lister books by Helena Whitbread and watched the tv show, and often think what an amazing woman Anne must of been, such a forthright woman for her times, going against what was percieved as the norm for that time period, It then astounds me when i read and hear about some woman around the world who are having to stay hidden in this day and age for fear of attacks or being criminalised for who they choose to love, and its makes me heart sore that the countries/governments and communities are mentally still living in them times, The world has not moved forward with the times for those women. :(
Just finished watching the series...so good! and now I'm on to "Last tango in YHZ"...Binge watched the first season yesterday...Rainy days do come in handy!
Didn't like the crown, but love Gentleman Jack because Ms Lister was bold, a hero to me., and the writing and acting is awesome... Glad the "secret" is out. The white males arrogance was/ still is a horror. Haven't changed their behavior!! A very timely series...More like it..
We in the US love GJ!
*idk why I into older woman after I saw Suranne*
I wasn’t sure I’d like it because I don’t like period pieces but Anne Lister is like no English period piece I’ve ever seen. Hot and heartbreaking all at once. I do wanna a slap Ann Walker out of her fear though lol. Yummy Suranne!
Marry me suranne
In the HBO series, she comes across is really cruel and controlling. It’s horrible how she treats a young female family member in her household. I assume that is accurate, but it was definitely a sad thing to see given the richness of her mind
I wonder what Sarah Ann Jones' children think of Ann Lister.
Your title has a typo. Thank you for posting.
ok now jack is a hit,,my problem is it is on hbo,,got to pay monthly for that program,,i have enough to pay for,,why cant it be shown in regular tv now ? thank you ;)
Live on Anne Lister
How about how it will be received in Canada? ffs
Didn't Queen Victoria say it would be impossible for women to have a sexual relationship and that is why is was not illegal.
Yes, although this (GJ) era is regency, pre-Victoria.
I think Sally's at least a bit of a fruit ;) Envy her getting to direct Suranne, she's beyond stunning here...
Upon first glance, there seem the be quite a lot of differences between the historical and the serialized Anne Lister.
10:53 as if the 2010 Anne Lister film didn't exist
I was thinking the same thing! Has nobody seen the movie?
What is the title of the movie?
Are the actresses gay in real life? They are convincing.
I love the show, by the way. Thank you for your hard work Ms. Wainwright.
Unfortunately they are not gay
They play their roles exceptionally well. One more reason to love and appreciate their abilities! Thanks for responding.
@@patiencescalpel4695 Uh, why is that unfortunate? The story is great and the acting superb, that's good enough for me.
@@williamhatten3838 Because the gayer is the better. But I agree everything was great
The show should be celebrated however the narrative has been twisted out slightly in terms of a modern context view by the newsreader. Women historically always been the protected sex and men more disposable ,now...and then too. The lesbian women were not executed in 1830 simply because the culture protected women and they were more aware of staying under the radar. Gay Men would appear not to have had the same opportunity to stay under the radar as mens roles was more active in work and commerce. in general society, work and culture Before the wokes wade in...tread carefully and do your homework. I have spent time at Shibden Hall studying the social dynamics of the times in Halifax during that period.
You say "women historically always been the protected sex"? That is not accurate if you are considering a worldwide view of how women have been treated, the last two centuries, in various parts of the world, especially. And, the reason it was not illegal for lesbian women in the 1830's is not because women were "culturally protected". It was because leaders and authorities simply did not understand that a woman could physically have sex with another woman.
We don’t yet live in a time when a lesbian is given a lesbian role, however. I do appreciate Suranne is at least 40.
Point is to give it to the best actress
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Grow-up and do something about discrimination, Amanpour! 🌈🦄🌝
Lister did marry Walker for her money, very much. Their love story is over romanticized. Lister placer Walker in a mental hospital for 4.5 months to make sure she is mentally able to make a will before she married her. Yes she wanted her money.
You have mischaracterized their relationship b/c Lister did love Ann Walker and you would know that if you have read any of Lister's journal which I have done.
majority of romantic relationships today doesn't even start at mutual admiration or "love at first sight" lol leave that to disney
Walker could and would give her money when asked. Instead of milking that cow, Anne admitted Ann to a mental hospital when sending her to her relatives didn’t work. Ann was manipulated by everyone, but Anne brought her everywhere to interact with people and GROW, find purpose. Lister did manipulate Walker, but what was the alternative? Friendship? Lister was desperate to fall in love, with anyone convenient.
@@randdiamond8090 Lister borrowed the majority of her money from other sources and not from Ann Walker. And Anne did not put Ann in a mental hospital. Anne arranged for Dr. Belcombe to see Ann privately while Ann stayed at a place she rented while seeing Dr. B. Anne wanted to make sure that Ann got the treatment she needed and was fit to make a Will b/c she did not want to take advantage of her if she was not fit to do so. Ann wanted to see Dr. Belcombe. The legitimacy of Ann's Will might have been questioned had Ann not been deemed fit to set forth her wishes and execute her Will. Ann and Anne knew each other before their courtship and Sally Wainwright said that she thought Ann was a lesbian and that Ann had long been rather taken with Anne Lister. Ann had an issue with being same-sex attracted and her internalized homophobia caused her problems. Anne Lister accepted herself as she was. Anne took good care of Ann and opened the world to her (as you said) and helped her build confidence in herself.