BBC Two has announced the commission of Life In Squares,  a new drama about the Bloomsbury group.

Written by BAFTA Award-winning Amanda Coe (Room At The Top), the three-part serial dramatises the exceptionally close, often fraught relationship of sisters Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf, and Vanessa’s enduring, sexually complicated alliance with gay artist Duncan Grant.

Directed by Simon Kaijser, Life In Squares will begin filming this summer on location in London and in East Sussex.

Commissioning editor and executive producer Lucy Richer commented: “We are thrilled to be telling the intimate story of these intriguing and influential sisters and their friends. The combination of Amanda’s writing and Simon’s directing is an exciting modern take on a story which is timelessly fascinating.”

Executive producer Lucy Bedford added: “It has been an utter pleasure working with Amanda Coe to bring this extraordinary story to screen. The Bloomsbury group exerts an enduring fascination and Amanda’s brilliant scripts deliver an engrossing portrait of a visually gorgeous, emotionally intense world. At heart Life In Squares is a family drama, about the families we try to escape, the ones we end up creating, and the different kinds of damage love can do.”

Life In Squares tells the story of the Bloomsbury group over 40 years, from the death of Queen Victoria to the Second World War, as they attempted to forge a life free from the constraints of the past. Their pursuit of freedom and beauty was always passionate, often impossible and ultimately devastating, yet their legacy is still felt today.

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