Alexa Chung to host Mary & George & Me, a companion documentary to upcoming Sky Original limited event series, Mary & George

The one-hour documentary will explore the fascinating journey of Mary & George to the screen and the untold, and somewhat surprising, history of the 1600s.

Tuesday 27 February 2024

Sky has today announced Mary & George & Me, an accompanying documentary to the Sky Original limited event series Mary & George hosted by Alexa Chung, coming soon to Sky and streaming service NOW.

With her infectious and playful curiosity, Alexa meets the creators and cast to find out how the story of Mary and George Villiers has been imagined for screen, as well as historians and experts in the enigmatic Jacobean period to learn about the culture, fashion and society of the 1600s.

Contributors include the cast of Mary & George, Julianne Moore, Nicholas Galitzine and Tony Curran, Lead Director Oliver Hermanus, Costume Designer Annie Symons and her team, Hair and Make Up Designer Paul Gooch, Executive Producer for Hera Pictures Liza Marshall, show writer, creator and Executive Producer DC Moore, author Benjamin Woolley, renowned author and academic Dr Katherine Rundell and historian, writer and journalist Dr Kate Lister.

The documentary combines interviews, archive imagery, explainers and scenes from the main show to create an immersive and entertaining experience for audiences to enjoy before and after they’ve watched Mary & George.

Mary & George & Me is produced by Industria Studios in association with Sky Studios. Executive Producers for Sky Studios are Becky Freeman and Charlotte Mardon-Heath. Alexa Chung serves as Executive Producer.

Mary & George is coming to Sky Atlantic and streaming service NOW March 5th. Mary & George & Me launches on Sky Atlantic and streaming service NOW on March 12th.

For further information please contact:

Thom Will

thom.will@sky.uk

Jessie Elliott

jessie.elliott@sky.uk

Mary & George is inspired by the outrageous true story of Mary Villiers (Julianne Moore, Still Alice, May December), who moulded her beautiful and charismatic son, George (Nicholas Galitzine, Purple Hearts, Red, White and Royal Blue), to seduce King James VI of Scotland and I of England (Tony Curran, Mayflies) and become his all- powerful lover.

Through outrageous scheming, the pair rose from humble beginnings to become the richest, most titled and influential players the English court had ever seen, and the King’s most trusted advisors.

And with England’s place on the world stage under threat from a Spanish invasion and rioters taking to the streets to denounce the King, the stakes could not have been higher.

Prepared to stop at nothing and armed with her ruthless political steel, Mary married her way up the ranks, bribed politicians, colluded with criminals and clawed her way into the heart of the Establishment, making it her own.

Mary & George is an audacious historical psychodrama about a treacherous mother and son who schemed, seduced and killed to conquer the Court of England and the bed of its King.

Mary & George launches on Tuesday 5^th March 2024. The series is produced by Hera Pictures in association with Sky Studios.

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