FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
STARZ Original Limited Series, Howards End, from Academy Award® winning screenwriter and playwright, Kenneth Lonergan to premiere October 28 on Super Channel Fuse
Hayley Atwell, Matthew Macfayden and Tracey Ullman star
EDMONTON (Oct 3, 2018) – Super Channel is pleased to announce that the STARZ Original Limited Series, Howards End, will make its Canadian broadcast premiere on Sunday, October 28 at 9 p.m. ET (SC Fuse). Each episode of the four-part limited series will also be available to viewers on Super Channel On Demand the day following its linear broadcast.
To view the trailer for Howards End, click here.
Often considered E.M. Forster’s masterpiece, Howards End is the story of two independent and unconventional sisters seeking love and meaning as they navigate an ever-changing world. Academy Award® winning screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea, Gangs of New York) brings a fresh take to this adaptation directed by BAFTA winner Hettie Macdonald (White Girl, Fortitude).
Margaret (Hayley Atwell) and Helen Schlegel (Philippa Coulthard) are intelligent and idealistic young women living together with their hypochondriac younger brother Tibby (Alex Lawther) in Edwardian London. Since the death of their parents and despite their interfering Aunt Juley’s (Tracey Ullman) best intentions, the sisters lead independent and slightly unorthodox lives. After meeting the wealthy and conservative Wilcox family on holiday, Margaret forms a friendship with the older and more traditional Ruth Wilcox (Julia Ormond).
When Ruth unexpectedly dies, Margaret finds herself increasingly drawn to the newly widowed Henry Wilcox (Matthew Macfadyen), a self-made businessman who inherits his late wife’s beloved country home, Howards End. Meanwhile, the passionate and capricious Helen takes up the cause of Leonard Bast (Joseph Quinn), a young bank clerk who is struggling to make ends meet, trapped by his promise to marry his alluring but vulnerable lover Jacky (Rosalind Eleazar).
Created for BBC One in the UK and STARZ in the U.S., Howards End is executive produced by Playground in association with City Entertainment and Kippster Entertainment. Howards End is distributed internationally by Lionsgate.
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