Parisian fashion drama The Collection will launch exclusively for Prime members in the UK in September

July 19, 2016

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The Collection joins ’s line-up of award-winning and critically acclaimed TV shows and movies when the premiere episode launches on Friday 2nd September, exclusively for Amazon Prime members in the UK.

Filmed entirely between the UK and Paris, Richard Coyle, Tom Riley, Frances de la Tour and Mamie Gummer lead the cast for this aspirational period drama; pictured here in the Paul Sabine label’s fashion studio.

Created and written by Oliver Goldstick and lead directed by Emmy award-winning director Dearbhla Walsh, the series is produced by BAFTA award- winning producer Selwyn Roberts.

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London – 19 July 2016 – Amazon today announces that new Original series, The Collection, will launch exclusively for Amazon Prime members in the UK on Friday 2nd September, with new episodes launching every Friday. Paris. 1947. The Collections is a gripping family saga about a fashion house tasked to restore Paris’ supremacy as the haute couture capital. But the question is, can this business survive meteoric success? Spearheaded by two clashing brothers, creative and entrepreneurial geniuses, played by Richard Coyle (Coupling, Crossbones) and Tom Riley (Da Vinci’s Demons) this family is hiding secrets that could destroy their dreams. Internal rivalries and betrayals, hateful bargains made to survive the Nazi occupation, and the twisted secret behind the master’s success could threaten to topple this empire at any moment. The staff of the atelier survived one devastating war, but another looms; one where personal battles and passionate love stories set family against family, protégés against mentors, and the past against the future. No one’s position is secure...

“We’re incredibly excited to be bringing this new, original series to Amazon Prime members in the UK,” said Jay Marine, VP Amazon Prime Video EU. “We have a collection of all-star British, American and European talent on this show, both in front and behind the camera. Headed by Oliver Goldstick, the team have created a taut family drama playing out in a sumptuous universe within the glamour of 1940s Paris. Against a backdrop of beautifully-made gowns, sparring business rivals, war heroes and villains, The Collection is a captivating, original drama and Prime members will get a chance to see it before anyone else.” Starring Richard Coyle (Coupling, Crossbones) and Tom Riley (Da Vinci’s Demons ) as the warring Sabine brothers, The Collection also stars Frances de la Tour (Hugo, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) as their formidable mother, Yvette. Also joining the cast is Mamie Gummer (Ricki and the Flash, The Good Wife) as Paul Sabine’s American wife Helen, and Jenna Thiam (The Returned) as Nina, a seamstress whose star is on the rise.

Oliver Goldstick (Pretty Little Liars, Lipstick Jungle, Ugly Betty) heads up a world-renowned creative team as showrunner for The Collection including Emmy award-winning director Dearbhla Walsh (Penny Dreadful, The Tudors, Esio Trot), BAFTA award-winning producer Selwyn Roberts (Parade’s End, Strike Back), Executive Producers Anne Thomopoulos (Rome, Borgia, Versailles) and Kate Croft (Murderland), production designer Alison Dominitz (Casanova, Hotel Splendide), costume designers Chattoune & Fab (Dheepan, Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky) and casting director Rachel Freck (The Go-Between, Life in Squares).

The Collection is a Lookout Point and Artis Pictures Production co-produced with Federation Entertainment and MFP with the participation of France Televisions for BBC Worldwide Ltd. The project commenced production in January, filming in both Wales and France. It has received investment from the Pinewood Wales Investment Budget as well as Pinewood.

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