Why’ve You Brought That?: Before setting off for Europe to escape the heartache of her doomed relationship with Ann Walker, Anne invites Christopher Rawson to Shibden to rebuke him for publicly insulting Marian. Undeterred by his warnings that her accusations will have dangerous repercussions, Anne comes up with a bold, reckless strategy to finally sink her own pit and expose the Rawsons’ industrial-scale theft of her coal.
Airdate: 2019, June 03
Season 1 Episode 7
about the show
Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, 1832. Anne Lister attempts to revitalize her inherited home, Shibden Hall. Most notably for the time period, a part of her plan is to help the fate of her own family – by taking a wife.
cast
Suranne Jones as Anne Lister
Sophie Rundle as Ann Walker
Gemma Whelan as Marian Lister
Gemma Jones as Aunt Anne Lister
Timothy West as Jeremy Lister
Rosie Cavaliero as Elizabeth Cordingley
Joe Armstrong as Samuel Washington
Amelia Bullmore as Eliza Priestley
Peter Davison as William Priestley
Shaun Dooley as Jeremiah Rawson
Vincent Franklin as Christopher Rawson
George Costigan as James Holt
Lydia Leonard as Mariana Lawton
UK | BBC One – HBO