Series synopsis
Life In Squares is a British drama television series that premiered on BBC Two on July 27, 2015. It ended on August 10, 2015. It stars Eve Best, Phoebe Fox, Lydia Leonard and James Norton.
The three-part series centres on the close and often fraught relationship between sisters Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf, and Vanessa’s sexually complicated alliance with gay artist Duncan Grant as they, and their group of like-minded friends, navigate their way through love, sex and artistic life through the first half of the 20th century.
Premise
The three-part series centres on the close and often fraught relationship between sisters Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf, and Vanessa’s sexually complicated alliance with gay artist Duncan Grant as they, and their group of like-minded friends, navigate their way through love, sex and artistic life through the first half of the 20th century.
Premise: The tangled loves of the Bloomsbury Group.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Eve Best as Older Vanessa Bell
- Phoebe Fox as Young Vanessa Bell
- Lydia Leonard as Young Virginia Woolf
- James Norton as Young Duncan Grant
- Ed Birch as Lytton Strachey
- Christian Brassington as Cuthbert
- Al Weaver as Leonard Woolf
- Jack Davenport as David Garnett
Supporting cast
- James Northcote as Adrian Stephen
- Lucy Boynton as Angelica Garnett
- Jerome Finch as Saxon Sydney-Turner
- Catherine McCormack as Virginia Woolf
- Ben Lloyd-Hughes as David Garnett
- Rupert Penry-Jones as Duncan Grant
- Anton Lesser as Dr. Hyslop
- Deborah Findlay as Aunt Jane
- Andrew Havill as Older Clive Bell
- Guy Henry as Older Leonard
- Sam Hoare as Young Clive Bell
- Edmund Kingsley as Maynard Keynes
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 3 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 3 | July 27, 2015 | August 10, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Painter Vanessa Stephen and her writer sister Virginia embark on a life of unexpected, post-Victorian freedom in bohemian Bloomsbury. But when they are introduced to flamboyant male admirers, their idyll is rocked and the sisters' relationship is threatened. |
July 27, 2015 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 As war descends on Europe, the Bloomsbury friends struggle to build a life outside London. Virginia weds Leonard Woolf and begins a unique, unexpectedly happy marriage, which is in stark contrast to Vanessa and Clive's failing relationship. Vanessa comes to the painful realisation that she is in love with gay Duncan Grant and so begins a life devoted to him, painting and her children. |
August 3, 2015 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Twenty years have passed and it is 1937. Duncan and Vanessa remain at Charleston Farmhouse, painting, living and loving alongside each other. Vanessa’s children Julian, Quentin and Angelica also live with them. Julian is determined to fight against Franco in the Spanish civil war, while Angelica, who remains unaware of her true parentage, goes to London to become an actress. |
August 10, 2015 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | BBC Two |
|---|---|
| First aired | July 27, 2015 |
| Last aired | August 10, 2015 |
| Runtime | 57 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Monday at 21:00:00 |