Lesley Manville's cancelled period drama Harlots has found a new streaming home in the UK.
Set in 18th-century London, the ITV Encore series follows Samantha Morton as Margaret Wells - a brothel owner striving to secure a better future for herself and her daughters.
Created by Alison Newman and Moira Buffini, Harlots stars Manville as Lydia Quigley, a rival brothel owner who is feuding with Wells.
The series features a star-studded cast including Downton Abbey's Jessica Brown Findlay, The Wheel of Time star Kate Fleetwood, Gangs of London's Pippa Bennett-Warner, Waterloo Road's Angela Griffin, and Lord of the Rings' Liv Tyler.
Its second and third seasons both scored 100% ratings on Rotten Tomatoes, with the first run of episodes earning 92%.
For those who didn't catch it the first time around, Harlots will be available to stream on Netflix from 1 July, where viewers can binge-watch all three seasons - which make up 24 episodes overall.
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Airing between 2017 and 2019, the show was cancelled after just three seasons, with Deadline reporting the news back in 2020.
At the time of its cancellation, Griffin, who played Elizabeth Harvey in Harlots, shared her hopes for the series' future.
"As far as I know, it's done and dusted, but I do kind of feel like there should be a petition somewhere for the BBC to make it," Griffin told Hello!.
"I'm sure if the BBC decide that it had a slot, they could possibly reignite it."
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Previously speaking to Digital Spy about playing a "deliciously horrible" character on the period drama, Manville said: "I do love the fact that she was described as the Lady Macbeth of brothel keepers - it's a pretty enticing character brief to be given!
"It's such a deliciously horrible character to play and I did really enjoy it, I hate to say! I'd just come hot from doing [BBC Two sitcom] Mum, where I couldn't have been playing somebody nicer."
Meanwhile, Findlay told Digital Spy that Harlots avoided the clichés of other period shows.
"I think that's what Harlots is really great at doing - exploring this world without ridiculous muzak between scenes, and bonnets and things," she explained. "There's a time and a place for that, but Harlots just isn't that."
Harlots will be available to stream on Netflix from 1 July.
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