Gentleman Jack

Based on the real-life diaries of Anne Lister, *Gentleman Jack* transports viewers to 1830s Yorkshire, England. The series follows Lister, a brilliant landowner, industrialist, and traveler who defies the rigid gender roles of her era. Dressed head-to-toe in black, she returns to her ancestral home, Shibden Hall, with a plan to restore its fortunes through coal mining and a strategic marriage. Anne Lister is determined to marry a woman, and she sets her sights on the wealthy and shy heiress Ann Walker. The show chronicles their passionate and complicated romance while showcasing Lister's sharp business mind and her refusal to live anything but an authentic life. The witty, fast-paced series has ended, but sign up for a reminder just in case it returns.