The White Princess (miniseries)
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| Genre |
Drama Historical fiction |
| Based on |
The White Princess by Philippa Gregory |
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| Directed by | Jamie Payne Alex Kalymnios |
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| Composer(s) | John Lunn |
| Country of origin | United States United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 5 (list of episodes) |
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| Producer(s) | Lachlan MacKinnon |
| Cinematography | Chris Seager |
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| Original network | Starz |
| Original release | April 16, 2017 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | www |
The White Princess is a British-American historical fiction television series for Starz, based on Philippa Gregory's 2013 novel of the same name. It is a sequel to The White Queen, a 2013 BBC-produced miniseries adapting three of Gregory's previous novels.
In the eight episode series, the marriage of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York effectively ends the Wars of the Roses by uniting houses of Lancaster and York. However, their mutual enmity and distrust—as well as the political plots of their mothers—threaten to tear both the marriage and the kingdom apart.
The 10-part 2013 television series The White Queen adapted Gregory's previous novels The White Queen (2009), The Red Queen (2010) and The Kingmaker's Daughter (2012). The series was broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom and on Starz in the United States, and features Freya Mavor as a young Elizabeth of York. Despite initial plans for a second series, on 20 August 2013 the BBC announced they were not commissioning one, possibly due to the lukewarm reception the series received.
However, in October 2013, The Telegraph reported that Starz was planning to develop a sequel miniseries called The White Princess, based on Gregory's novel. Starz CEO Chris Albrecht announced in January 2014 that the network was working with White Queen screenwriter Emma Frost on the project. Starz would produce the White Princess miniseries without involvement from the BBC. Gregory confirmed that the project was underway in August 2015. On 7 February 2016, Gregory announced on Facebook that the sequel was officially confirmed to be in production, with the scripts being written. The series was confirmed to be eight episodes in May 2016.
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