

The Paradise
2012-09-25 · 60 min / episode · ★ 7.3
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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- Creators
- Bill Gallagher
- Production companies
- BBC Drama Productions
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Ended
Top Cast
Joanna VanderhamDenise Lovett
Emun ElliottJohn Moray
Stephen WightSam
Sonya CassidyClara
Matthew McNultyDudley
Elaine CassidyKatherine Weston
Finn BurridgeArthur
David HaymanJonas Franks
Ben DanielsTom Weston
Lisa MillettMyrtle
Adrian ScarboroughFenton
Edie WhiteheadFlora
Branka KatićClémence
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