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Vanity Fair is the irresistible, brand new drama, coming to ITV Choice this September.
“Following on from the huge success of Victoria, Mammoth Screen brings us this,” the cable and satellite television channel announced in a Media Outreach-forwarded statement on Thursday.
Vanity Fair is the new adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's literary classic, written by Gwyneth Hughes (Dark Angel, The Girl, Miss Austen Regrets).
Set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, it features Olivia Cooke, star of Steven Spielberg's film Ready Player One, as Thackeray's timeless heroine Becky Sharp.
The drama makes for compelling viewing following Becky Sharp as she attempts to claw her way out of poverty and scale the heights of English Society.