The Real Story That Inspired 'The English'

We dig into the real story behind Prime Video's The English TV series. The Western miniseries stars Emily Blunt and is set in the 1890s.

The Real Story That Inspired 'The English'

Produced by BBC and Amazon Prime, the six-part miniseries starring Emily Blunt burst out of the gate with some of the best small-screen moments on TV in 2022. Tackling themes like colonization, institutional racism, and the general disempowerment of women in the 1900s, The English might just be one of the best Western shows to have taken the streaming platform by storm this year. Since the miniseries covers a number of important topics, viewers cannot help but wonder if the show is based on a real-world story.

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