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Gentleman Jack · Season 1 · BBC One / HBO

Gentleman Jack Season 1

Gentleman Jack Season 1 is a MUST-WATCH, BollyMeter 8.5/10. 8 episodes on BBC One / HBO from 22 April 2019.

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BollyMeter8.5/1090% on Rotten Tomatoes from 52 critics, with Suranne Jones acclaimed for a performance of 'total confidence' - critics clustered on the show's rare blend of wit, period authenticity, and unapologetic queer romance.

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What BollyAI Thinks

Sally Wainwright's period drama arrived in 2019 as something genuinely rare: a lavish BBC/HBO co-production centred on an openly lesbian protagonist in 1830s Yorkshire, played with volcanic charisma by Suranne Jones. Critics rewarded it with a 90% Rotten Tomatoes score from 52 reviewers. The consensus clustered on two qualities - the dry comic energy Wainwright writes into every scene, and the formal device of Anne Lister addressing the camera directly, breaking the fourth wall to share her coded diary entries. The romance with Ann Walker (Sophie Rundle) unfolds with surprising tenderness inside a story that also tracks Lister managing coal mines and challenging inheritance laws. Anchored by one of British television's great central performances, Season 1 established Gentleman Jack as prestige drama with a genuinely subversive pulse.

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The Room

90%critics positive · n=528.2/10IMDb audience
  • “Gentleman Jack has been a triumph of wiry wit, unsentimental empathy and, above all, sheer force of personality.”
    Daily Telegraph
  • “Gentleman Jack brightly but also quietly investigates Anne's unusual life with a winning mixture of humor and charm.”
    Collider

Standout Episodes

The hours worth arguing about - premieres, finales, and the turning points. BollyAI reads the room episode by episode.

  1. E1I Was Just Passing8.6

    The premiere establishes Anne Lister's Yorkshire world and her determination to reclaim Shibden Hall's fortunes - and her heart - on her own terms. Jones commands every frame.

    The moment: Lister turns to address the camera directly for the first time, letting the audience into her coded world.

    “Capitalizing on the extraordinary story of Lister, Season 1 unpacks gender performance, sexuality, and female desire.” - Thrillist

  2. E8Are You Still Talking?8.8

    The season finale brings Lister's romantic and financial ambitions to a head - a confident close to a debut run that earned 90% on Rotten Tomatoes.

    The moment: Anne and Ann's private commitment scene - a union conducted entirely outside any legal framework of the time.