Jamestown | |
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Genre | Historical drama |
Created by | Bill Gallagher |
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Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 8 |
Distributor | NBC Universal Intl. |
Release | |
Original network | Sky 1 |
Original release | 5 May 2017 | – present
External links | |
Website | www |
Jamestown is a 2017 British drama television series, written by Bill Gallagher. Set in 1619, Jamestown follows the first English settlers as they establish a community in the New World. Amongst those landing onshore are a group of women destined to be married to the men of Jamestown, including three spirited women from England. The series premiered on Sky 1 in the United Kingdom in May 2017.
1619, twelve years after the men have founded the colony of Jamestown, women arrive from England duty bound to marry the men that have paid for their passage. Among the women are Alice, Verity, and Jocelyn who arrive with little idea of what the future holds or the disruption they are about to bring to the settlement. The new governor, Sir George Yeardley, and his wife also arrive and discover that running the settlement is not without problems with a company secretary trying to undermine his position.