The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne...

Season 1, Episode 1
This bold and passionate drama tells the story of Anne Lister (1791-1840). She was a lesbian, who, despite needing to keep her orientation secret from society, in private defied the conventions of her times by living with her female lover. The recent decoding of her 4,000,000-word journal provides an astonishing insight into the life of the woman who has been called Britain's first modern lesbian.

This bold and passionate drama tells the story of Anne Lister, 1791-1840, a Yorkshire landowner, industrialist, traveller and diarist. She was a lesbian, who, despite needing to keep her orientation secret from society at large, in private defied the conventions of her times by living with her female lover.