Season 1 • Episode 4
LatestFrances prays that her child was fathered by her husband, and urges Mehuru to flee Bristol.
A four-part drama, set against the background of the English slave trade and adapted by Philippa Gregory from her novel.
Acting
Emma Fielding's slow unraveling is magnetic.
Writing
Gregory refuses easy villains or heroes.
Production
Bristol's docks feel genuinely lived-in, not costume-museum.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gregory wrote this after finding her Bristol ancestors were slave traders; the novel was her reckoning.
Ariyon Bakare (Mehuru) improvised several scenes after researching Olaudah Equiano's actual writings.
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