# "Outrageous"-- 6-episode BritBox series about the Mitford sisters (spoilers mandatory) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [June 26, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outrageous-6-episode-britbox-series-about-the-mitford-sisters-spoilers-mandatory/1020163 "2025-06-26T17:02:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outrageous-6-episode-britbox-series-about-the-mitford-sisters-spoilers-mandatory/1020163/1 "2025-06-26T17:02:32Z")
> **[Outrageous (TV Mini Series 2025) ⭐ 6.7 | Drama](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23856916/)** > > 1h 40m | Approved Episodes appearing each week. Week of June 23rd, episode 3. Think of Downton Abbey reimagined by Salvador Dali. 😵‍💫 The family has a heavy-duty aristocratic pedigree: _The family traces its origins in [Northumberland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northumberland) back to the time of the [Norman Conquest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Conquest)._ By the time the story opens, they’re on financial thin ice, whatever that means to people like them. I’m not sure. A couple of the sisters are well-known to contemporary audiences. Nancy wrote _Love in a Cold Climate_ and other novels. Jessica wrote _The American Way of Death._ Deborah married the Duke of Devonshire and became mistress of Chatsworth. Less well-known- Diana married British Fascist Oswald (Tom) Moseley. Unity became besotted with Adolf Hitler, and that did not end well. Jessica was a Communist and fought in the Spanish Civil War. Tom, the one male among six sisters was also a fascist and died in WWII. When I say “spoilers mandatory,” this is history, so there’s no surprise ending. I keep this Wikipedia page open while I’m watching so I can sort the sisters out. > **[Mitford family](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitford_family)** > > The Mitford family is an aristocratic British family who became particularly well known in the 1930s for the six Mitford sisters, the daughters of David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale, and his wife, Sydney Bowles.\[a\] They were celebrated and sometimes scandalous figures. One journalist described them as "Diana the Fascist, Jessica the Communist, Unity the Hitler-lover; Nancy the Novelist; Deborah the Duchess and Pamela the unobtrusive poultry connoisseur". > The family traces its origins... These are not likable people, but their “unbelievable true story” (as the TV teaser says) is pretty danged fascinating. One of them said in the last episode, how could seven siblings raised by the same two parents turn out so incredibly different. Anyone else watching? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outrageous-6-episode-britbox-series-about-the-mitford-sisters-spoilers-mandatory/1020163/2 "2025-06-27T12:19:07Z")
Seriously? No one? This is exactly the kind of show this board would like. (scratches head) ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outrageous-6-episode-britbox-series-about-the-mitford-sisters-spoilers-mandatory/1020163/3 "2025-06-27T12:24:58Z")
I can’t find it on Netflix, where can I watch it? ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outrageous-6-episode-britbox-series-about-the-mitford-sisters-spoilers-mandatory/1020163/4 "2025-06-27T12:38:17Z")
It’s currently on [https://u.co.uk](https://u.co.uk) (which is on Freeview in the UK) or [https://www.britbox.com/](https://www.britbox.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outrageous-6-episode-britbox-series-about-the-mitford-sisters-spoilers-mandatory/1020163/5 "2025-06-27T12:45:48Z")
Thanks! Britbox seems to be watchable for free from Germany. I’ll give it a try. ETA: No, it does not work after all. Ah, well… ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outrageous-6-episode-britbox-series-about-the-mitford-sisters-spoilers-mandatory/1020163/6 "2025-06-27T13:40:35Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > I can’t find it on Netflix, where can I watch it? **In Subject line: “6-episode BritBox series…”** * * * Sorry, I didn’t realize it would be difficult to find. In the US, I subscribe to Amazon Prime, and BritBox is an add-on subscription. You can also subscribe to BritBox separately. Links in post #4 above. BritBox and AcornTV (also a Prime add-on OR independent subscription) are where all the British and many European programs hang out. _Outrageous_ is a BritBox production. Maybe after this mini-series has been around for a while, it will be available on other networks. TV watching is very complicated these days… ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outrageous-6-episode-britbox-series-about-the-mitford-sisters-spoilers-mandatory/1020163/7 "2025-06-27T13:51:05Z")
The Mitfords are a reminder that there have been worse celebrity families than the Kardashians. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outrageous-6-episode-britbox-series-about-the-mitford-sisters-spoilers-mandatory/1020163/8 "2025-06-27T16:07:37Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > how could seven siblings raised by the same two parents turn out so incredibly different. Different in their pursuits, but somewhat similar in the determination with which they pursued them, to distinguish themselves from each other. (I’m watching on our Freeview, as a weekly serial) ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outrageous-6-episode-britbox-series-about-the-mitford-sisters-spoilers-mandatory/1020163/9 "2025-06-27T17:07:33Z")
I wonder how they would have managed the internet? ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outrageous-6-episode-britbox-series-about-the-mitford-sisters-spoilers-mandatory/1020163/10 "2025-06-27T23:31:18Z")
I’ve read a few books about the Mitfords. A thoroughly unlikeable, out of their heads family (except for Deborah). Unity tries to kill herself over Hitler. Diana goes full on Fascist and believes in it til she dies. Nancy seemed to have a sense of humo(u)r and wrote some worth reading things. I would watch the series if I knew nothing about the family. If you’re interested in poor aristocratic families, go ahead.