From the multi-award winning producers behind Downton Abbey, and following broadcast on Sky One, new TV period drama Jamestown arrives on Blu-ray™ and DVD on 26th June from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.
Fans of high quality drama will love this thrilling new show; complete with love triangles, bitter rivalries and fierce competition. Set in 1619 Virginia, the unmissable series follows a young community trying to settle in the New World.
After barely surviving its first decade, the settlement is on the brink of a new era as Governor Sir George Yeardly leads a group of women to shore to join the exclusively male settlers and fulfill their dreams of becoming pioneers.
The inhabitants are battling an unwelcoming environment and a host of brutal challenges, all in the hope to survive and define a new way of life. Jamestown will reveal their entrepreneurial spirit, ambition for power and the grit of these early adventurers who travelled in search of a better life.
As the fledgling society evolves, Jamestown exposes the good and ill of all mankind. It is a place for the settlers to start again, but also somewhere secrets can be buried.
Written by Bill Gallagher (Lark Rise to Candleford, The Paradise), the drama boasts a stellar cast, including Max Beesley (Suits), Sophie Rundle (Peaky Blinders), Jason Flemyng (Primeval), Dean Lennox-Kelly (Shameless), Stuart Martin (Medici), Steven Waddington (The Syndicate) and more.
Discover the nation’s newest TV obsession, with Jamestown: Season One available on Blu-ray™ and DVD from 26th June 2017.
