Jamestown (TV series)


Jamestown is a British drama television series, written by Bill Gallagher and produced by Carnival Films, an NBC Universal International Television Production company, the makers of Downton Abbey. Set in 1619, Jamestown follows the first English settlers as they establish a community in the New World. Among 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 One in the United Kingdom in May 2017. Sky ordered a second series of Jamestown in May 2017, before the premiere of the first series. Series 2 aired from February 2018. The renewal of Jamestown for a third and final series was announced by Sky One on 23 March 2018.

Summary

1619. Twelve years after men founded the colony of Jamestown in 1607, women arrive from England duty bound to marry the men who have paid for their passage. Among the women are Jocelyn, Alice and Verity, 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.

Cast and characters

Most of the series was filmed in Vértesacsa, Hungary.

Episodes

Series 1 (2017)

Series 2 (2018)

Series 3 (2019)

Reviews

said the show was an expensive soap opera, but found the show to be fun.
A critic with the Financial Times questioned the accuracy of the show, especially its portrait of women.
The Irish Times found that everything in the show is "absurd, generic or risible".
The Telegraph was kinder to the show, as it found the show to be a "silly but gripping period drama".