The Devil's Whore c4 civil war series

**carson1482** · November 12, 2008, 08:17 AM

Hi guys just letting you know if you dont all ready that there is a four part drama about the english civil war on channel four soon
Its call the Devils whore
that guy from docter who is in it

http://www.channel4.com/corporate/thedevilswhore/

**Chevalier IX** · November 12, 2008, 08:50 AM

Wow,looks interesting,thanx for the info

**phoen!x** · November 13, 2008, 03:23 PM

maybe somenone could record it on dvd ??

**CivFan** · November 13, 2008, 03:29 PM

It is nice to see an original idea. Frankly you don't see enough of history based television.

**carson1482** · November 14, 2008, 04:34 AM

looks a bit like the tudors
will it be as sexy

**CrayonVonCaesar** · November 14, 2008, 01:29 PM

It was originally conceived in 1997 by a guy called Peter Flannery. Apparently seven million pound has went into making it. From the previews it looks a lot more serious a show than the damn silly tudors.

**Wildfowler** · November 14, 2008, 01:51 PM

Looking forward to this one.

**~~removeduser_426582376423734~~** · November 14, 2008, 01:55 PM

Reminds me of the Cornwell book 'A Crowning Mercy'. Looks to be a good show.

**Ciaran S** · November 15, 2008, 07:15 AM

You don´t see a lot movies/shows concerning this time period. Reading the synapsis I wouldn´t get my expectations too high, though. Sounds more like a drama in a historical bakground than a real history piece.

**SAF_Biffa** · November 15, 2008, 11:09 AM

Let's just hope it is better than 'By the Sword Divided' - BBC 1983... it's been a long wait for something decent!

**DragonsWarrior** · November 19, 2008, 06:29 AM

they prob saw king or country mod to make the drama who from dr who is in it

**CrayonVonCaesar** · November 19, 2008, 10:27 AM

It was featured on the daily politics show today.

LINK: Dominic West (who was in The Wire and plays Cromwell) talks about the Civil War.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programme...cs/default.stm

Looks promising indeed.

**Wildfowler** · November 22, 2008, 06:46 AM

Well the main character is a mercenary named Edward Sexby.

There was in fact a real Edward Sexby at the time. A brief biography is below

Edward Sexby (1616-1658) served in Cromwell's regiment of horse from 1643.
He helped lead the Leveller soldiers in 1647, but remained in Cromwell's confidence and was made governor of Portland. He fought for Cromwell in Scotland and was sent as an agent provocateur to France in 1652-53.
He grew disillusioned with Cromwell's government and in 1657 wrote Killing No Murder, an endorsement of tyrannicide. He came to England - apparently intending to act on his principles - but was arrested and died in the Tower, 13 January 1658.