''Berkeley Square'' is a

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British dramatic television series that was originally broadcast by BBC One. Set in 1902, it focuses on three young women who are employed as nannies by wealthy families living on exclusive Berkeley Square in the West End of London. It was filmed on location in Chavenage House in Tetbury, Gloucester,

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in Somerset, Stanway House in

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, and Bristol.

Cast

The Lamson-Scribener household

* Tabitha Wady as Lydia Weston * Rosemary Leach as Nanny Collins *Rupert Frazer as Lord George Lamson-Scribener *Briony Glassco as Lady Constance Lamson-Scribener *Nicholas Irons as Lord Hugh Lamson-Scribener * Peter Forbes as Fowler

The Hutchinson household

* Victoria Smurfit as Hannah Randall *Sophie Walker as Isabel Hutchinson *

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as Great-Aunt Effie * Ruth Sheen as Nanny Simmons *Adam Hayes as Bertie Hutchinson

The St. John household

* Clare Wilkie as Matty Wickham * Jason O'Mara as Ned Jones * Hermione Norris as Victoria St. John *Sean Murray as Arnold St. John * Kate Williams as Mrs. McClusky *Maggie McCarthy as Cook *Amy Hodge as Pringle

And

*Etela Pardo as Mrs. Bronowski *William Scott-Masson as Captain Mason * Stuart Laing as Jack Wickham

Episodes

The final episode had a cliffhanger ending with many plot lines unresolved, however a second series was not produced.

Home media

The DVD of this series is available now, distributed by

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External links

* {{IMDb title, id=0157216, title=Berkeley Square
Images from the series
BBC television dramas Fiction set in 1902 Television shows set in London 1998 British television series debuts 1998 British television series endings 1990s British drama television series 1990s British television miniseries English-language television shows