In 2006 the BBC created a 30-minute documentary entitled The Harlots Handbook based on Hallie’s book The Covent Garden Ladies which was broadcast as part of BBC4’s…
Harlots and The Harris’s List of Covent Garden Ladies
The drama series, Harlots (on ITV Encore and Hulu) is currently educating viewers on the realities of life for prostitutes in eighteenth century London. Anyone…
The Harris’s List of Covent Garden Ladies and The Covent Garden Ladies
What they are and what I had to do with them (since you asked…) Until March 2005, very few people outside of academic circles knew…
Venturing into the realm of Jack the Ripper with ‘The Five’
Sometimes I’m amazed by how little we question history and its accepted narratives. For nearly 130 years, we’ve been told that the five canonical victims…
Raising the Dead – an author’s view on resurrecting Lady Worsley for TV
If you don’t write for a living, what I’m about to say will probably surprise you; it’s a very dull job. It’s also the sort…
Broadcast date for The Scandalous Lady W confirmed for the 17th of August!
Set your recorders or settle down on the sofa at 9pm on the 17th of August (BBC2). In the meantime, some great publicity: Here in…
The Scandalous Lady W is coming…
We’ve entered the home stretch. The Scandalous Lady W will be broadcast in August, though the dates are still up for grabs. At the moment…
Lady Worsley’s Whim / The Scandalous Lady W coming to BBC 2 in Summer 2015
It was the week before Christmas in 2012 when I got the news that every writer dreams of hearing“The BBC have green lit your book….
Portrait of a Lady? An Anti-Austen Exhibition in Bath
Those of you who are familiar with my work understand that I have a special relationship with 18th century fallen women, so when I was…
Some Advice on Historical Advising for TV; or, a discourse on my recent experiences working on Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell amongst other encounters with the televisual medium
My name is Hallie Rubenhold and I’m a period drama addict. I’ve been hooked on great historical tales since 1986; that moment when I watched…