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.
1 season · 4 episodes
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 alter
S1 E1Part One
Nov 19, 200862 min
After Angelica Fanshawe's country noble mother chooses the Catholic faith over the Anglican law of England, her daughter becomes a royal ward of King Charles I, who allows her love marriage to childhood friend and cousin Harry Fanshawe. But
S1 E2Part Two
Nov 26, 200853 min
The 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 finds herself destitute and starving. Meanwhile, divisions are beginning to split the Parli
S1 E3Part Three
Dec 3, 200852 min
With Cromwell's regime firmly established and maintained by bloody military terror, its illegality is obvious to many, including Honest John Lilburn, who ends up siding with the opposition, yet secures acquittal at his jury trial despite ho
S1 E4Part Four
Dec 10, 200851 min
Cromwell's rule is ever more bloody and controversial, nobody feeling safe anymore amongst factions and treason, yet the Lord Protector achieves a monarchy in all but name. Lillburne is jailed for life without trial. Sexby resigns has colon
Andrea Riseborough
Angelica Fanshawe
Dominic West
Oliver Cromwell
Tom Goodman-Hill
John Lilburne
John Simm
Edward Sexby
Maxine Peake
Elizabeth Lilburne
Michael Fassbender
Thomas Rainsborough
Rob van Vuuren
The Devil
Peter Capaldi
King Charles I
Tim McInnerny
Joliffe
Adrian Schiller
John Thurloe
Al Weaver
Christian
Peter Terry
Commons Speaker
