Outrageous

I thoroughly enjoyed season 1 of Outrageous. I was hooked straight from episode one and had to binge all the rest!

The actress who plays Diane (Joanna Vanderham) is especially enthralling, and I was most excited by her and Mosely's storyline. I also enjoyed all the costumes in the show, especially the outfits worn by Diane, such as her white gown.

The storyline is very relevant for today and I think everyone should watch this show to see how quickly facism can arise in any tumultuous political climate.

There is obviously so much more to the story of the Mitford Sisters, and I can't wait for season 2!

This drama portrays life in the 1930s of the extraordinary Mitford family.

In fact it could have been called Extraordinary rather than Outrageous.

The protagonist is Nancy Mitford who became an established author.

The telling of their lives underlines just how autobiographical Nancy's most famous publications really are, The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate.

Their pursuit of love wasn't really love at all, it was the pursuit of an eligible men with an income that would keep the Mitford sisters in the style of life to which they were accustomed.

As such, in the 1930s, they had very little to offer and their whole existence seemed to be aimed at "coming out" or presented to society at the annual debutants ball.

Very shallow indeed, but these were not ordinary women they held very strong views not always in alignment with one another, so much so that Unity and Diana finding themselves embroiled in Fascism.

Anyway, it is a good drama and is enhanced with a mainly unfamiliar cast. Only Anna Chancellor, as the mother, being instantly recognizable.

This is excellent. Really superb acting and so relevant to today. Vanderham and Carter are both very good, their acting is skillful. Carter pulls it all together with her narratives linking each episode. Vanderham is magnetic in the her role. She captures both the vulnerability and steel of the character. Her cool restrained performance reflects the character of Diana reported in the memoirs

An underlying sense of rage is felt in both countries, UK and Germany - frightening. The difference between the sisters is fascinating, and very well portrayed each episode brings a new slant.

What sets Outrageous apart is its script and intelligent direction. The series doesn't shy away from uncomfortable truths, about power, identity, and justice, instead embraces them, inviting the audience to question the world around them. Visually bold and narratively bold, the show lives up to its name without ever slipping into sensationalism.

Hoping for a 2nd season.

These over privileged if not wealthy sisters and one brother is not to be glamorized at all..these Nazi loving communists, fascists were so bored with themselves...so in need of being a part of something bigger that this is the route they choose for themselves.

There is nothing comical...there is nothing romantic...there is nothing anyone should be applauding a family that ripped itself apart because of love, romanticism and sisterhood run a mock.

Diana the beautiful one allowed herself to be dr-Guinnessed for some black shirts penis that most likely drove her insane or at least mesmerized.

I mean she was married and birthed a baby by a Guinness people.

Nancy was the smartest of them all yet she let a gay man break her heart only to marry someone who couldn't handle a dollar bill with his eyes closed.

The rest of them needed friends and maybe the 1930s everyone needed friends or something to hold onto to because the world collapsed and then burned and the Mitfords was at the heart of it all...oh my.

Outrageous is a long-overdue dramatisation of the Mitford sisters, bringing to life one of the most extraordinary and divisive families in 20th-century Britain. Set against the backdrop of a country on the brink of war, the show cleverly frames the story through Nancy's eyes, allowing for a rich, intimate view of the family's tangled dynamics rather than a dry historical checklist. The acting and casting are superb, each sister is pitch-perfect, capturing their eccentricities and contradictions with warmth, sharpness and real emotional weight. Even moments I thought I knew surprised me in performance. My only complaint is that we don't have a second series yet. It's brilliantly addictive, almost impossible not to binge in one go.