ITV Orders Period Drama From DOWNTON ABBEY Creator

Variety reports that ITV gave the go-ahead on a new period drama series based on the novel "Belgravia," which was written by Julian Fellowes, the creator of "Downton Abbey."

NBCUniversal's Carnival Films, the production company behind "Downton Abbey," will make the new series.

Fellowes will adapt "Belgravia" for TV himself. The novel, set in London in the 19th century, was first published in 2016.

The story opens on the eve of Napoleon's battle against the Duke of Wellington at Waterloo, at a high-society ball attended by many who will go on to lose their lives in the conflict, as well as Sophia Trenchard, the beautiful daughter of the duke's chief supplier. It then follows events decades later when the emerging nouveau riche, including the Trenchard family, rub shoulders with London's established upper classes, and when SECRETS from the past threaten to emerge.

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