It begins with a girl learning to read on a plantation in Jamaica, and it ends in a grand house in London, where a beautiful woman waits to be freed. But through her fevered confessions, one burning question haunts Frannie Langton: could she have murdered the only person she ever loved?

THE CONFESSIONS OF FRANNIE LANGTON is a new British series. It's an LGBTQ period piece drama featuring a love story between two women – and a murder mystery. Find it on ITVX in the UK or BritBox via Prime Video in the US. Read our The Confessions of Frannie Langton series review here!

This show is a past-due exploration of historic black Britain and a celebration of the power of love; reader, it was excellent. Just don't watch without tissues to hand. March 8, 2023 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… Would any young servant in Frannie's position really have spoken and behaved in this way?

The supposed murderer is the eponymous Frannie (Karla-Simone Spence), an enslaved woman from the plantations of Jamaica.

In a final stream-of-consciousness passage that closes the novel, she waits at the gallows, knowing her future and freed, finally, of the burden of proving her innocence.

While the events of the new ITVX drama keep as historically accurate as possible, the series is ultimately based on the novel of the same name by Sara Collins. Although not inspired directly by any particular true story, it draws upon contemporary themes such as slavery and prejudice.

While none of the show's main characters have explicitly come out as part of the LGBTQ+ community, some have speculated that the free-spirited Benedict Bridgerton (Luke Thompson) is queer.

The Confessions of Frannie Langton (TV Series 2022– ) - Patrick Martins as Olaudah 'Laddie' Lightning, Olaudah 'Laddie' Cambridge, Ouladah 'Laddie' Lightning - IMDb.

She talks about the young African boy, Laddie who used to be her servant; Frannie learns that he, like herself, was forcibly taken from his mother. When Frannie attends a country house party with the Benhams, she observes how shocked Madame is to see the now adult Laddie in attendance.

While the events of the new ITVX drama keep as historically accurate as possible, the series is ultimately based on the novel of the same name by Sara Collins. Although not inspired directly by any particular true story, it draws upon contemporary themes such as slavery and prejudice.

The book follows the life of John James Todd from his birth in Edinburgh up to his final exile on a Mediterranean island. Todd fights in the First World War and also films it as a cameraman, he then works for a film studio and ends up in Berlin where he starts his filming of The Confessions.

No one knows the worst thing they're capable of until they do it. I think the point of reading is not to feel more a part of this world, but less. To take oneself out of it. On paper, everything can be hammered into shape, though the world is shapeless.