Hargrave Hall: A (made-up) Regency period drama, starring Alex Kingston

In response to a fake TV show meme on Tumblr. I may have put too much thought into this, you guys. But I might also have my Script Frenzy project for April already...

Title: Hargrave Hall

Prompt: Alex Kingston, Regency period drama (thanks, damelola !)

Type: One-hour network drama

Setting: Hargrave Hall (Sussex) and London

Synopsis: Fifteen years ago, Cecily Hargrave lost everything. Her father died, turning over their estate and his title as baronet to Cecily's irresponsible younger brother, James. The man she was set to marry was captured in France in the early days of the French Revolution and presumed dead. And the one man she thought she loved returned to America -- but not before double-crossing James in a business deal that cost him and Cecily their fortune. Too poor to marry, too well-bred to find real work, Cecily pulled herself together and found a way to make a living doing the one thing she was always good at: helping young women behave in society and find eligible husbands. By 1805, she's trained scores of young girls in the womanly arts, guided them through coming-out and the horrors of the London season, and overseen more than her fair share of successful matches. But when Mr. Wright -- the one who got away, and took her money with him -- returns to London to enroll his daughter in Cecily's school, she's forced to confront the past she's spent so long trying to forget.

Cecily Hargrave (Alex Kingston)

( Meet the cast )