Directed by:
Toby HaynesScreenplay:
Peter HarnessComposer:
Benoît CharestCast:
Eddie Marsan, Bertie Carvel, Marc Warren, Charlotte Riley, Ariyon Bakare, Alice Englert, Peter Bowles, Enzo Cilenti, Jason Deline, Richard Durden, Paul Kaye (more)Episodes(7)
Plots(1)
Set in England during the Industrial Revolution at the beginning of the 19th century, the series presents an alternate history where magic is widely acknowledged, but rarely practiced. Living in the rural north, Mr Norrell (Eddie Marsan) of Hurtfew Abbey is able to make the statues of York Cathedral talk and move. His manservant John Childermass (Enzo Cilenti) persuades him to travel to London to help in the war against France. While there, Mr Norrell encounters a leading member of the government and makes magic respectable in the realm when he conjures a fairy to bring the minister's fiancée (Alice Englert) back to life. Meanwhile, also in London, Jonathan Strange (Bertie Carvel) meets Vinculus (Paul Kaye), a magician on Threadneedle Street, while attempting to propose to his love Arabella (Charlotte Riley). Strange is told by Vinculus that he is destined to be a great magician and begins to study magic. (Shock Entertainment)
(more)Cast
![Eddie Marsan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/409/162409833_ed5fcf.jpg)
Eddie Marsan
UK
Best series:
Little Dorrit (2008) (series)
Ray Donovan (2013) (series)
Inside No. 9 (2014) (series)
![Bertie Carvel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/874/160874688_ebfb8b.jpg)
Bertie Carvel
UK
Best series:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
The Crown (2016) (series)
Doctor Who (2005) (series)
![Marc Warren](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273069_8ccb9a.jpg)
Marc Warren
UK
Best series:
Band of Brothers (2001) (series)
Hustle (2004) (series)
Life on Mars (2006) (series)
![Charlotte Riley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/636/160636065_95a4a2.jpg)
Charlotte Riley
UK
Best series:
Peaky Blinders (2013) (series)
The Take (2009) (series)
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (2015) (series)
![Ariyon Bakare](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/604/161604522_3677d8.jpg)
Ariyon Bakare
UK
Best series:
Silk (2011) (series)
Doctor Who (2005) (series)
Good Omens (2019) (series)
![Alice Englert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/147/172/147172572_f2aba6.jpg)
Alice Englert
New Zealand
Best series:
The Serpent (2021) (series)
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (2015) (series)
Ratched (2020) (series)
![Peter Bowles](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/392/161392278_170d00.jpg)
Peter Bowles
UK
Best series:
I, Claudius (1976) (series)
The Persuaders! (1971) (series)
The Prisoner (1967) (series)
![Enzo Cilenti](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/910/157910801_8b3dfc.jpg)
Enzo Cilenti
UK
Best series:
Game of Thrones (2011) (series)
The Crown (2016) (series)
House M.D. (2004) (series)
Jason Deline
Canada
Best series:
Queer as Folk (2000) (series)
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (2015) (series)
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair (2018) (series)
![Richard Durden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280549_23573a.jpg)
Richard Durden
UK
Best series:
To Play the King (1993) (series)
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Poldark (2015) (series)
![Paul Kaye](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274730_81b44f.jpg)
Paul Kaye
UK
Best series:
Game of Thrones (2011) (series)
Skins (2007) (series)
After Life (2019) (series)
![Samuel West](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/387/162387542_3cbefa.png)
Samuel West
UK
Best series:
The Crown (2016) (series)
All Creatures Great and Small (2020) (series)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
![Hugh O'Brien](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/726/159726496_1cbf5f.jpg)
Hugh O'Brien
Best series:
Peaky Blinders (2013) (series)
The Crown (2016) (series)
Downton Abbey (2010) (series)
![Vincent Franklin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/627/162627653_bf861d.jpg)
Vincent Franklin
UK
Best series:
Hustle (2004) (series)
Happy Valley (2014) (series)
Bodyguard (2018) (series)
![Edward Hogg](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/214/158214904_9fe5f7.jpg)
Edward Hogg
UK
Best series:
Misfits (2009) (series)
Taboo (2017) (series)
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (2015) (series)
Brian Pettifer
UK
Best series:
Black Mirror (2011) (series)
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Garrow's Law (2009) (series)
![Ronan Vibert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/874/160874686_0078a7.jpg)
Ronan Vibert
UK
Best series:
Jeeves and Wooster (1990) (series)
Rome (2005) (series)
Hatfields & McCoys (2012) (series)
![Jamie Parker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279784_da928d.jpg)
Jamie Parker
UK
![Lucinda Dryzek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/184/163184596_30842d.jpg)
Lucinda Dryzek
UK
Best series:
Doctor Who (2005) (series)
Unforgotten (2015) (series)
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (2015) (series)
![Clive Mantle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/484/158484490_a79b41.jpg)
Clive Mantle
UK
Best series:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Game of Thrones (2011) (series)
A Bit of Fry and Laurie (1987) (series)