Kit Harington, François Civil and Mirren Mack feature in A Tale of Two Cities first look images

The new four-part adaptation of Charles Dickens' literary classic is written by Daniel West and directed by Richard Clark

François Civil as Charles Darnay and Kit Harington as Sydney Carton (Image: Marcell Piti)

Federation Stories and Thriker Films have released first look images from the new four-part drama adaptation of Charles Dickens' literary classic, A Tale Of Two Cities, set to air on BBC iPlayer and BBC One in the UK and MGM+ in the US.

The four-part limited series stars Kit Harington (Industry, Game of Thrones), François Civil (Beating Hearts, The Three Musketeers) and Mirren Mack (Miss Austen, Hedda). The series is written by Daniel West (Gunpowder, Top Boy) and directed by Richard Clark (Outlander).

Mirren Mack as Lucie Manette (Image: Marcell Piti)

London, 1782. Tensions run high in the war between France and Britain. A young woman, Lucie Manette (Mirren Mack) has her life upended when she receives a message from Paris - her father, assumed dead for almost 20 years, may be alive. The messenger - idealistic French emigré, Charles Darnay (François Civil) - is arrested and charged with treason.

Lucie enlists the help of a brilliant but erratic young lawyer, Sydney Carton (Kit Harington), to free Darnay in the hope he will lead her to Paris to track down her father. Lucie's collision with Darnay and Carton unleashes a powerful and complex love triangle. Both men fight to be worthy of her love, and Lucie is torn over which one to choose.

Yet neither man - physically so alike, spiritually poles apart - can escape the other. Instead, they find themselves bound together in life and death, through triumphs, tragedies, marriage, and murder.

François Civil as Charles Darnay (Image: Marcell Piti)

Kit Harington as Sydney Carton (Image: Marcell Piti)

A Tale of Two Cities is produced by Federation Stories, in co-production with Federation Studio France and Thriker Films, for MGM+ and the BBC. The Executive Producers are Polly Williams and Sarah Best for Federation Stories, Léo Becker for Federation Studio France, Kit Harington and Daniel West for Thriker Films. The show is created and written by Daniel West, produced by Simon Meyers (I May Destroy You) and directed by Richard Clark. The series is distributed by Federation International.

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