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New Worlds

  • 2014
  • 1 season
  • Drama, War & Politics
  • 6.1

New Worlds is a four-part 2014 British television drama serial created by Peter Flannery and Martine Brant, a follow-up to their 2008 series The Devil's Whore, produced by Company Pictures for Channel 4. During the turbulent Restoration period of the 1600s, young, idealistic renegade Abe Goffe is determined to fight for England to become a true republic. A romantic at heart, he falls for privileged Beth—daughter of Countess of Abingdon Angelica Fanshawe—and brings her into his quest for a new future, transforming her from the innocent young woman she starts out as.

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During the turbulent Restoration period of the 1600s, young, idealistic renegade Abe Goffe is determined to fight for England to become a true republic. A romantic at heart, he falls for privileged Beth—daughter of Countess of Abingdon Angelica Fanshawe—and brings her into his quest for a new future, transforming her from the innocent young woman she starts out as.

4 episodes
  1. 1Part One

    48 minApr 1, 2014

    Angelica Fanshawe strives to protect her daughter and Catholic husband from chaos in England, while in New England the colonists struggle to throw off the control of the English Crown.

  2. 2Part Two

    48 minApr 8, 2014

    In Massachusetts, Ned is dispatched to England by his father John Hawkins, and asks him to give Hope a letter in return. However, John destroys it and insists Hope marry recent widower Henry Cresswell. Back in Oxfordshire, Abe and Beth blow up the clay pits where landowner George Hardwick is forcing men, women and children to work in terrible conditions, and Abe later attempts to assassinate the king. Meanwhile, Judge Jeffreys puts pressure on Will Blood to produce evidence against Angelica and her husband John Francis.

  3. 3Part Three

    48 minApr 15, 2014

    Beth's journey to begin a new life ends abruptly when her ship is wrecked on the shores of Massachusetts. Discovered by Masca, leader of the Native American Wawanaki tribe, she is taken in and slowly recovers. When Ned returns to Boston, he is dismayed to find Hope stuck in a loveless marriage to Henry Cresswell, who is on a ruthless mission to build a new settlement on the tribe's land. Back in England, Abe Goffe's fight for justice takes a new turn when he encounters maidservant Agnes, who provokes him to search out Colonel Algernon Sidney, one of his father's old republican comrades. With him he plots to assassinate the king, but will they succeed?

  4. 4Part Four

    48 minApr 22, 2014

    When news of Charles II's death reaches Boston, Beth decides it's time to return to England. As she makes her way to Oxford, she is reunited with Abe, who has escaped from his jail cell and dedicated his life to spreading Colonel Sidney's revolutionary ideas. Meanwhile, Ned and Hope lead a group of young Bostonians fighting for an independent America.

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Series cast

Jamie DornanAbe Goffe4 episodes
Freya MavorBeth Fanshawe4 episodes
Joe DempsieNed4 episodes
Holli DempseyAgnes4 episodes
Jeremy NorthamCharles II4 episodes
Alice EnglertHope4 episodes
Michael MaloneyHardwick4 episodes
Pip CarterJudge Jeffreys4 episodes
Phil CheadleRalph4 episodes
Michael McElhattonJohn Hawkins3 episodes
Amy MarstonMartha Hawkins3 episodes
Tom PayneMonmouth3 episodes
Guy HenryRandolph3 episodes
Malcolm StorryAdam3 episodes
Elliot ReeveCaleb Cresswell3 episodes
Patrick MalahideJohn Francis2 episodes
Morfydd ClarkAmelia2 episodes
Ralph InesonStackpole2 episodes

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