Adapted from Burnett’s The Making of a Marchioness by writer Kate Brooke (The Forsyte Saga), the one-off 120-minute drama will begin filming on location in Manchester and Stoke in late August.

The Making of a Lady will tell the story of the well born, educated but penniless Emily who grew up hoping she would marry for love, but has come to realise that her priority must be survival.

Executive producer Stevie Lee commented: “It’s an engaging and clever story with tension and jeopardy every step of the way but also it’s fresh, a period story that very few people know. Emily is such a good, relatable and morally strong heroine and we really don’t want anything to happen to her. She has no one to turn to in her hour of need, but hopefully help will come from an unexpected quarter.”

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