Season

Season 1

by Suranne Jones, Sophie Rundle, Timothy West, Gemma Jones, Joe Armstrong and 15 others

Halifax, 1832. Rejected by her aristocratic would-be companion Vere Hobart, Anne Lister returns to her shabby ancestral home, Shibden Hall, determined to restore its fortunes and find herself a wife.

(20 total)

Characters

Sally Wainwright (20)Anne Lister (12)Suranne Jones (12)Sophie Rundle (5)Ann Walker (5)Gemma Whelan (2)Marian Lister (2)Rupert Vansittart (1)Charles Lawton (1)

“I think you’re a little bit in love with me.”

— Sally Wainwright, Anne Lister, Suranne Jones, imdb.com

Tagged: Love, Little Bit, Thoughts

“Don't hurt me. I'm not as strong as you think. Well I am, obviously... but, sometimes I'm not.”

— Sally Wainwright, Anne Lister, Suranne Jones, imdb.com

Tagged: hurt, Strong, Obviously

“When the time comes, us landlords must give as good as we get”

— Sally Wainwright, Anne Lister, Suranne Jones, imdb.com

Tagged: Time, Landlords, Give, get

“I was born like this. Why should I compromise myself?”

— Sally Wainwright, Anne Lister, Suranne Jones, imdb.com

Tagged: born, Compromise, Myself

“You've got to stop having such a poor opinion of yourself.”

— Sally Wainwright, Ann Walker, Sophie Rundle, imdb.com

Tagged: poor, Opinon , Self-Image

“I want them to know that I'm not someone who will turn a blind eye or be intimidated, and as soon as I can, I shall get down there myself and deal with them properly, but that's going to take time.”

— Sally Wainwright, Anne Lister, Suranne Jones, imdb.com

Tagged: blind eye, Intimidated, Deal

“Aren't we lucky to be alive? To have life?”

— Sally Wainwright, Anne Lister, Suranne Jones, imdb.com

Tagged: Lucky, Life, Reflection

“Ms. Lister is one of the most interesting people I've ever met.”

— Sally Wainwright, Ann Walker, Sophie Rundle, imdb.com

Tagged: interesting, unique, People

“If I tell you the truth, you won't want anything to do with me.”

— Sally Wainwright, Ann Walker, Sophie Rundle, imdb.com

Tagged: Truth, anything, Dissappoint

“Don't think one hour passed where I didn't think of you.”

— Sally Wainwright, Anne Lister, Suranne Jones, imdb.com

Tagged: Hour, Thoughts, Love

“Is there no end to Miss Lister's selflessness?”

— Sally Wainwright, Charles Lawton, Rupert Vansittart, imdb.com

Tagged: selflessness, End, sarcastic

“Please! I'm in love with you!”

— Sally Wainwright, Ann Walker, Sophie Rundle, imdb.com

Tagged: Begging, please, Love, In love

“All she needs to do now is realize that the nature of what she feels for me is love.”

— Sally Wainwright, Anne Lister, Suranne Jones, imdb.com

Tagged: Nature, Love, Feelings, Unrecognized

“Ann Walker: I'm very fond of children but I'm not sure that I'd want to... Anne Lister: What? Ann Walker: Give birth. Anne Lister: No. No, it's not something I've ever felt compelled to do. I dissected a baby once.”

— Sally Wainwright, Anne Lister, Suranne Jones, imdb.com

Tagged: Children, Birth, Unsure, Dissect, Baby

“Good Lord, I have been here for hours. How did that happen?”

— Sally Wainwright, Anne Lister, Suranne Jones, imdb.com

Tagged: hours, time flies, lost

“I was in Paris once, dressed extremely well, I thought. In silk and ribbons, ringlets in my hair. Very gay. Very ladylike. And even then someone mistook me for a... So no, I'm not a man. I'm a lady. A woman. I'm a lady-woman. I'm a woman.”

— Sally Wainwright, Anne Lister, Suranne Jones, imdb.com

Tagged: gay, Ladylike, paris, ribbons, Woman

“It's all well and good being different in York or Paris.”

— Sally Wainwright, Marian Lister, Gemma Whelan, imdb.com

Tagged: different, New York, paris, Individuality

“You made my whole world a little bit brighter that day.”

— Sally Wainwright, Ann Walker, Sophie Rundle, imdb.com

Tagged: World, Brighter , Day

“You think because I'm a woman I'll be persuaded to take less?”

— Sally Wainwright, Anne Lister, Suranne Jones, imdb.com

Tagged: Woman, Pursueded , Less, Question

“However far away my sister goes, however long she's gone for, she always manages to become the topic of any given conversation”

— Sally Wainwright, Marian Lister, Gemma Whelan, imdb.com

Tagged: sister, Travels , Topic , Conversation