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As the bubonic plague spreads through Italy, a group of nobles and servants retreats to a villa, where their lavish getaway quickly spirals into chaos.


In a world where everyone is striving for what is not worth having, no one is more determined to climb to the heights of English society than Becky Sharp.

Olivia Cooke
Becky Sharp

Tom Bateman
Rawdon Crawley

Claudia Jessie
Amelia Sedley

Johnny Flynn
William Dobbin

Michael Palin
William Makepeace Thackeray

Frances de la Tour
Lady Matilda Crawley

Sian Clifford
Martha Crawley

Martin Clunes
Sir Pitt Crawley

Charlie Rowe
George Osborne

Ellie Kendrick
Jane Osborne
Vanity Fair is a comedy, drama series that first aired in 2018 exploring themes of based on novel or book, period drama, napoleonic wars, 19th century, high class, upstart. Created by William Makepeace Thackeray, it stars Olivia Cooke, Tom Bateman, Claudia Jessie. In a world where everyone is striving for what is not worth having, no one is more determined to climb to the heights of English society than Becky Sharp.
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