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Last week, I reviewed the book This is Not a Book About Benedict Cumberbatch by Tabitha Carvan. Tina enjoyed Lost Gardens of the World, which included some gardens in England.

Outrageous is about the Mitford sisters. Many readers will be familiar with the name Nancy Mitford who wrote novels about life in the upper crust of Britain in the mid-20th century. I think I attempted to read The Pursuit of Love once, and found it pretty inaccessible for a 21st century American. But that didn’t keep me from enjoying this series about the life of Nancy Mitford and her family during the period between World War I and World War II.
The Mitford sisters contained contradictions.

They were brought up well-to-do and their father had a title. But their family fortunes turned with the stock market in the late 1920s, so their ability to keep up with their own expectations was thwarted during the Great Depression.

Their politics spanned from socialism to fascism to observant in-between. This was at a time when fascism was violently surfacing in Spain, Italy, and Germany. These sisters didn’t just read the newspapers and worry. They jumped right in and developed relationships with the influential and powerful from every political spectrum. And, then, somehow, had to figure out how to keep the family together through Easter Dinner.

The story is told with enough humor and tenderness to keep it from being too dark. But it also reveals the divisions that occurred within countries and families in the lead up to World War II.

We learned a lot about this time period and how it impacted real people with money woes and complicated relationships.

Outrageous is a six-episode miniseries on BritBox. When we got to the end, it felt like there was plenty more story left. I checked if there has been an announcement for a Season 2 and there hasn’t. But there are a lot of fans who really want to see a second season, including me.