The 'Outrageous' Creators on the Infamous Mitford Sisters & Season 2 Ideas

BritBox’s Outrageous is, first and foremost, a period drama. The six-part series recounts the lives of the six Mitford sisters, a group of women who captured the imagination of 1930s Britain due to their polarizing politics, shocking behavior, and high-society connections. But, despite its early 20th-century setting, the series feels surprisingly modern and almost painfully timely with its questions about agency, authoritarianism, and politics-driven family strife.

Inspired by Mary Lowell’s book, The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family, the series not only highlights the ways each of these women was determined to forge her own path during a tumultuous time period, but were more than the caricatures they’re most often remembered by. Yes, history often refers to the siblings as Nancy the Novelist, Diana the Fascist, Jessica the Communist, Unity the Hitler-lover, Deborah the Duchess, and Pamela the poultry connoisseur, but in the world of this series, they are much more than that. (And rightly so)

Outrageous certainly doesn't shy away from presenting the difficult or even frequently heinous views of some of the Mitford women, but the series also never forgets that these characters are more than their most scandalous deeds, leaning into the complicated relationships between the siblings in ways that often cross political and familial boundaries.