The Paradise

2012

The Paradise

7.7 | TV-PG | en | Drama

An intoxicating love story set in England's first department store in the 1870s. The Paradise revolves around the lives of the people who live and work in the store, each bound in their own way by the power of the world they live in, and the pasts that follow them there. A love story, mystery, and social comedy all in one.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP8 Episode 8

Dec. 08,2013

Clémence returns to the Paradise and a moment of reckoning forces Moray to risk everything

EP7 Episode 7

Dec. 01,2013

A renowned photographer visits The Paradise and his portraits reveal extraordinary things.

EP6 Episode 6

Nov. 24,2013

Denise gets to use her business initiative, and hearts are pushed to breaking point.

EP5 Episode 5

Nov. 17,2013

The Paradise's display of pocket watches proves a hypnotising attraction.

EP4 Episode 4

Nov. 10,2013

Denise realises it can be lonely at the top, and Moray strikes a dangerous deal.

EP3 Episode 3

Nov. 03,2013

When the annual staff outing is cancelled, Denise brings the music hall to the Paradise.

EP2 Episode 2

Oct. 27,2013

Moray's Parisian friend Clémence brings her fireworks to the Paradise, and sparks fly.

EP1 Episode 1

Oct. 20,2013

A year later, Denise and the Paradise are struggling without its charismatic owner Moray.

7.7 | TV-PG | en | Drama | More Info

Released: 2012-09-25 | Released Producted By: BBC Drama Productions , Country: United Kingdom Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00vhpsv

Synopsis

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Cast

Joanna Vanderham , Emun Elliott , Stephen Wight

Director

Émile Zola

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Trailers

Cast

Joanna Vanderham

as Denise Lovett

Eddie & Sunny Crime Warrior One of Us Banished The Go-Between Blackwood Dancing on the Edge What Maisie Knew

Emun Elliott

as John Moray

Old Marionette Kingdom Come Guilt Tell It to the Bees 6 Days Filth Prometheus Labyrinth

Stephen Wight

as Sam

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Reviews

contrarymary-57121 The acting is particularly good as is the story. Both seasons are great although I enjoyed season two for the blazingingly good performance by Ben Daniels. This is a terrific show to binge watch on a weekend. It's a good show.

selffamily I finished reading the book "the ladies paradise" not long ago and a friend and I were discussing it, and found a TV version on Ebay. Well of course it's nothing like the book, except it's an innovative department store in a large city - can't actually work out where it's supposed to be as everyone seems to be from Northern areas, if not Scotland - and the lead girl is called Denise. After that,the story changes radically and becomes, dare I say it, nearly as trite as Downton. Not having finished watching season one, I can only wait and see, but while the theme of the story is similar (no Miss Audrey in the book, with or without hot flushes) I would like to have seen a French version, as I don't think they would have dumbed down the story as much. I am enjoying the series so something is working. What happened to the brilliant series that the BBC used to produce?

mcdaniel-62252 Absolutely captivated by the brilliance of Denise and the charm of Mr. Murray. The setting, time frame and romance draws you in leaving you wanting for more after each episode. The elegant gowns worn back in the day are beautiful and vibrant, leaving a women imagining herself back in time. The wardrobe crew should be commended. The acting was wonderful; from the mischief of desire to succeed, right down to the sparkle and glimpse in Denise's eyes when an idea is transpired. To my dismay, I have found, I am on the last episode only to find my future in The Paradise will be only in my dreams; they canceled after only two seasons - what a pity and loss of great talent in a most wonderful portrayal of the entrepreneurial drive for success and love which so often determines our path and ability to succeed.

ckootstra After watching all episodes but the last of this costume drama, I was still able to agree with almost everything my preceding reviewers have written. No it's not great; yes, the acting isn't always spot on; no the writing leaves a lot to be desired, but the series stuck like glue. But with the last episode on the screen, I found out what I really had been watching all that time: the prelude to a terrible accident. What a disaster that last episode was ! Did the original screenplay writer collide with the number 12 bus, and did the producers then decide to employ the Sun's editor? Did the screenwriter say: I still have material for five episodes, to which the producer said: put it all in the last one? Did everyone just improvise on camera? We will never know. What I do know though is that it was about nothing; it looked like nothing and it sounded like nothing. Characters changed overnight; Evil Tom Weston got hit by a magic stick and started loving his wife and daughter; Jonas Franks got it suddenly all wrong in his desire to serve and protect; Moray lost his last braincells and started gambling for the store; and Denise became a makeup inventor and .... (I forgot what else she was up to; it was all too confusing). Soooo, after 15 episodes of intrigue and drama, the 16th took care of all ills in a jiffy. Incroyable !! Send me Bill Gallagher anytime that I need my drains pumped; I can do with a quick problem solver.