Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
2015 · BBC One · 60 min · 1 season
S01E07 · Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Mon, 29 June, 6:00 am
With England in chaos as magic returns, Strange comes back home to claim Mr Norrell and rescue Arabella. But can his plan possibly work? Or will the dark prophecy of the Raven King finally be fulfilled?
About
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell is set during the Napoleonic Wars in an England where magic once existed and is about to return. So begins a dangerous battle between two great men.
1806. England is beleaguered by the long war with Napoleon and centuries have passed since practical magicians faded into the nation's past. However, scholars of this glorious history discover that one remains — the reclusive and skillful Mr. Norrell. His displays of magic soon thrill the nation. In London, he raises the beautiful Lady Pole from the dead and summons an army of ghostly ships to terrify the French.
Soon the cautious and fussy Norrell is challenged by the emergence of another magician: the brilliant novice Jonathan Strange. While trying to secure his beloved Arabella's hand in marriage, he meets a vagabond, the magician of Threadneedle Street, Vinculus, who tells him he is destined to be a great magician. Young, handsome and daring, Strange is the very antithesis of Norrell. A dangerous battle ensues between the two great men. Their obsessions and secret dabblings with the dark arts will cause more trouble than they can imagine.
Episodes
- E01
The Friends of English Magic
Mon, 18 May· 60 minDetermined to restore magic to its former glory and prove himself England's greatest magician, Mr Norrell makes a dangerous pact with a mysterious being, while the charming Jonathan Strange, more interested in drinking and winning the hand of the beautiful Arabella than reading magical books, learns he too has magical gifts.
- E02
How Is Lady Pole?
Mon, 25 May· 60 minMr Norrell takes on Jonathan Strange as his apprentice. However, it soon becomes clear that the pupil outshines the master. And something is clearly very wrong with the resurrected Lady Pole.
- E03
The Education of a Magician
Mon, 1 June· 60 minJonathan Strange accesses ancient and troubling magic as he fights the Napoleonic armies, while Mr Norrell battles to keep his secrets hidden, and the mysterious Gentleman enrols Sir Walter's servant Stephen to help him enchant the beguiling Arabella.
- E04
All the Mirrors of the World
Mon, 8 June· 60 minReturned from war, Jonathan Strange joins Mr Norrell to try to cure England's mad king, George III, but is frustrated at Norrell's refusal to discuss the magic and legends of old times. Meanwhile, unbeknown tothe magicians, the Gentleman embarks on a scheme to capture Arabella and destroy Jonathan Strange.
- E05
Arabella
Mon, 15 June· 60 minJonathan Strange's remarkable magic helps England win the Battle of Waterloo, after which Strange returns home hoping for a peaceful new life, but the Gentleman's scheme for revenge wrecks all of his and Arabella's plans, leaving Jonathan Strange a ruined man.
- E06
The Black Tower
Mon, 22 June· 60 minHaving fled England to Venice, Strange attempts to drive himself insane as a way of gaining access to the fairy magic that he believes can help him resurrect his wife. In so doing, he unleashes a curse that threatens to destroy him utterly.
- E07
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Mon, 29 June· 60 minWith England in chaos as magic returns, Strange comes back home to claim Mr Norrell and rescue Arabella. But can his plan possibly work? Or will the dark prophecy of the Raven King finally be fulfilled?
Cast
Bertie Carvel
Jonathan Strange
Eddie Marsan
Gilbert Norrell
Marc Warren
The Gentleman
Charlotte Riley
Arabella Strange
Alice Englert
Lady Emma Pole
Samuel West
Sir Walter Pole
Enzo Cilenti
John Childermass
