The House of Eliott: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The House of Eliott is a British television series produced and broadcast by the BBC in three series between 31 August 1991 – 6 March 1993.

The series starred Stella Gonet as Beatrice Eliott and Louise Lombard as Evangeline Eliott, two sisters in 1920s London who establish a dressmaking business and eventually their own haute couture fashion house, Maggie Ollerenshaw as their loyal, but sharp mannered head of workroom Florence Ranby and Aden Gillett as photographer and film maker Jack Maddox. It was created by Jean Marshand Eileen Atkins, who had previously devised Upstairs, Downstairs. The series was written by several writers including Jill Hyem, Peter Buckman, Deborah Cook and Ginnie Hole.

Series details

• Title: The House of Eliott
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 1991-08-31
• Final broadcast date listed: 1993-03-06
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 8509
• TVDB ID: 71340

Cast and credited roles

• Louise Lombard — Evangeline Eliott
• Stella Gonet — Beatrice Eliott
• Aden Gillett — Jack Maddox
• Cathy Murphy — Tilly Foss

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1991-08-31; final listed air date 1991-11-16.
• Season 2: premiered 1992-09-06; final listed air date 1992-12-06.
• Season 3: premiered 1993-01-02; final listed air date 1993-03-06.

Source and licence

Adapted from The House of Eliott on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.