Beecham House

{{Short description|British historical drama TV series}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}} {{Use British English|date=August 2018}} {{Infobox television | image = Beecham House Poster.jpg | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = Poster | native_name =  | genre = Historical period drama | creator = {{Unbulleted list| Gurinder Chadha| Paul Mayeda Berges| Shahrukh Husain}} | developer = | writer = {{Unbulleted list| Gurinder Chadha| Paul Mayeda Berges| Shahrukh Husain| Victor Levin}} | director = Gurinder Chadha | theme_music_composer = | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = {{Unbulleted list|Natalie Holt|Craig Pruess}} | country = United Kingdom | language = English | num_series = 1 | num_episodes = 6 | list_episodes = | executive_producer = {{Unbulleted list| Gurinder Chadha| Paul Mayeda Burges | Victor Levin | Deepak Nayar}} | producer = {{Unbulleted list| Caroline Levy| Sandra Shuttleworth| Rakesh Singh}} | location = India | cinematography = Niels Reedtz Johansen | editor =  | runtime = 45 mins | company = Bend it TV | budget = | network = ITV | released = | first_aired = {{Start date|2019|06|23|df=yes}} | last_aired = {{End date|2019|07|21|df=yes}} | related =  }}

'''''Beecham House''''' is a British historical drama television series set in 1795,<ref>{{cite web |title=Gurinder Chadha OBE on Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/GurinderC/status/1022968406314807297 |website=Twitter |accessdate=21 September 2018 |language=en |archive-date=26 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626224524/https://twitter.com/GurinderC/status/1022968406314807297 |url-status=live }}</ref> co-created, directed and produced by Gurinder Chadha.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clarke |first1=Stewart |title=ITV Orders Period Drama 'Beecham House' From 'Bend It Like Beckham' Director Gurinder Chadha |url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/itv-beecham-house-bend-it-like-beckham-gurinder-chadha-1202731153/ |accessdate=31 August 2018 |work=Variety |date=20 March 2018 |archive-date=31 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831174936/https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/itv-beecham-house-bend-it-like-beckham-gurinder-chadha-1202731153/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The six-part series was announced in August 2018<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-08-20/itv-announces-star-studded-period-drama-beecham-house/|title=ITV announces star-studded period drama Beecham House|website=Radio Times|accessdate=7 May 2020|archive-date=26 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626225504/https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-08-20/itv-announces-star-studded-period-drama-beecham-house/|url-status=live}}</ref> and was broadcast between Sunday 23 June 2019 and Sunday 21 July 2019. The series, set in Delhi during the Mughal period, depicts the lives of the Beecham family in their newly bought house.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Maheshwri |first1=Neha |title=Pallavi Sharda plays a princess in Gurinder Chadha's period drama - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/pallavi-sharda-plays-a-princess-in-gurinder-chadhas-period-drama/articleshow/66120698.cms |accessdate=10 October 2018 |work=The Times of India |date=9 October 2018 |archive-date=9 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009015444/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/pallavi-sharda-plays-a-princess-in-gurinder-chadhas-period-drama/articleshow/66120698.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> The family is headed by John Beecham, a former soldier with the East India Company who is "determined to make the house his safe haven".<ref>{{cite news |title=ITV commissions epic new drama Beecham House |url=https://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/itv-commissions-epic-new-drama-beecham-house |accessdate=31 August 2018 |work=ITV Press Centre |date=20 Mar 2018 |language=en |archive-date=31 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831174759/https://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/itv-commissions-epic-new-drama-beecham-house |url-status=live }}</ref>

The series was promoted as a "Delhi ''Downton Abbey''", which was repeated by many critics. It received mixed reviews, with critics feeling that it did not live up to expectations as a radical historical drama, but that it remained entertaining for viewers of melodramatic period soap operas.

Despite the cliffhanger ending, ITV did not renew it.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://britishperioddramas.com/news/beecham-house-season-2-cancelled-by-itv/|title=ITV finally reveals if there will be more 'Beecham House'|date=5 December 2019|accessdate=7 May 2020|archive-date=6 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206120217/http://britishperioddramas.com/news/beecham-house-season-2-cancelled-by-itv/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Cast== All listed cast appeared in at least 2 episodes.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! '''Character''' ! '''Actor''' |- ! colspan=2| '''Main''' |- ! John Beecham | Tom Bateman |- ! Henrietta Beecham | Lesley Nicol |- ! Begum Samru | Lara Dutta |- ! Daniel Beecham | Leo Suter |- ! Margaret Osborne | Dakota Blue Richards |- ! Benoît Castillon | Grégory Fitoussi |- ! Chandrika | Pallavi Sharda |- ! Violet Woodhouse | Bessie Carter |- ! Murad Beg | Adil Ray |- ! Baadal | Viveik Kalra |- ! Mool Chand | Kulvinder Ghir |- ! Bindu | Goldy Notay |- ! Chanchal | Shriya Pilgaonkar |- ! Ram Lal | Amer Chadha-Patel |- ! Maya | Trupti Khamkar |- ! Shah Alam II | Roshan Seth |- ! Samuel Parker | Marc Warren |-

! colspan=2| '''Recurring''' |- ! Maharaja of Kalyan | Denzil Smith |- ! Gopal | Vicky Arora |- ! August Beecham | Shona Oberoi<br>Sienna Oberoi |- ! Vijay Singh | Arunoday Singh |- ! Roshanara | Medha Shankar |- ! Akbar II | Rudraksh Singh |- ! Empress | Tisca Chopra |- ! Princess Maliya | Kumiko Chadha Berges |- ! Prince Kareem | Ronak Chadha Berges |- |}

==Episodes== {{Episode table |background=|overall= |title= |titleR=<ref name="NE"/> |director= |writer= |airdate= |airdateR=<ref name="NE">{{cite web |title=Beecham House – Listings |url=https://next-episode.net/beecham-house/season-1 |website= |accessdate=June 24, 2019 |archive-date=24 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624031619/https://next-episode.net/beecham-house/season-1 |url-status=live }}</ref> |country=UK |viewers= |episodes= {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 1 |Title = Episode 1 |DirectedBy = Gurinder Chadha |WrittenBy = Gurinder Chadha & Paul Mayeda Berges |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|6|23|df=y}} |Viewers = 4.44 |ShortSummary = Three years after coming to the aid of wealthy travellers under attack, John Beecham arrives at his new home with armed guards and a mysterious infant. John befriends neighbour Murad Bag and his daughter's governess Margaret Osborne. John's mother Henrietta arrives with Violet Woodhouse, respectively seeking his return to England and marriage; they and Margaret are surprised when John introduces his son, August. John offers former comrade-in-arms Samuel Parker a business partnership. Samuel soon learns the location of John's brother Daniel, whose presence nearby with an East India Company expedition could jeopardize John's chances of obtaining a trading licence. |LineColor = }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 2 |Title = Episode 2 |DirectedBy = Gurinder Chadha |WrittenBy = Gurinder Chadha & Paul Mayeda Berges |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|6|24|df=y}} |Viewers = 4.17 |ShortSummary = John and Samuel retrieve Daniel from a brothel and bring him to John's home to treat a gunshot wound and reunite the family. In their absence, Chandrika is received by the guards but no one else knows her identity or relationship to John and his child, provoking Henrietta and the staff; John later explains that he is a widower and Chandrika is August's aunt, but that he must keep August's identity secret for his safety. Margaret is unsure if she can trust John; although she has saved funds to return to England, John asks her to stay, expressing his happiness at their acquaintance. Daniel and head steward Baadal vie for the affections of nursemaid Chanchal. Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II and French mercenary Gen. Castillon grow more concerned of John and the East India Company. |LineColor = }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 3 |Title = Episode 3 |DirectedBy = Gurinder Chadha |WrittenBy = Shahrukh Husain |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|6|30|df=y}} |Viewers = |ShortSummary = John purchases an automaton as a gift for the Empress, but Samuel informs Castillon and it fails to arrive, with guard Gopal found dead under the pier. August's Annaprashana ceremony is held. Violet is attacked in the bazaar while secretly obtaining opium for Henrietta. Margaret receives a request from the Empress which requires her to remain in Delhi. She uses her connections to deduce the automaton's location, enabling John and his companions to retrieve it and present it at the Mughal court, earning John a trading licence. |LineColor = }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 4 |Title = Episode 4 |DirectedBy = Gurinder Chadha |WrittenBy = Victor Levin |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|7|7|df=y}} |Viewers = 3.57 |ShortSummary = John is compromised when Mughal heir Prince Akbar II brings him the diamond - Star of Agra to secretly sell outside of India without the Emperor's permission, in order to raise an army to defend against the East India Company. Daniel has an affair with Chanchal. Henrietta experiences delirium from the strong opium and is chastised by Daniel. John's past is revealed: After leaving the East India Company due to its cruelty, he travelled and learned of art and culture. Three years ago, he was wounded saving the Maharaja of Kalyan whose brother sought to usurp him. He married the Maharaja's daughter and they had August, but she was killed in an assassination attempt on the child. This led John to fake the death of August, the Maharaja's heir, and take the child away in secrecy. }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 5 |Title = Episode 5 |DirectedBy = Gurinder Chadha |WrittenBy = Victor Levin |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|7|14|df=y}} |Viewers = |ShortSummary = Daniel is recalled to duty, devastating Chanchal who reveals that she is pregnant and expected Daniel to marry her. Badaal shelters Chanchal at his family home. Samuel conspires with Castillon and John is arrested for stealing from the Emperor. Daniel follows Samuel to a meeting with Castillon and sneaks into the prison to speak with John. John refuses to name his accomplice, the prince, and realizes that he was betrayed by Samuel, whose purpose in forcing John to return to England remains unclear. |LineColor = }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 6 |Title = Episode 6 |DirectedBy = Gurinder Chadha |WrittenBy = Victor Levin |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|7|21|df=y}} |Viewers = 3.49 |ShortSummary = The servants help Henrietta through withdrawal. The Empress forbids the prince from confessing his misdeeds. August becomes distressed in Chanchal's absence, so Daniel retrieves her. Chanchal says that she will raise their child alone if Daniel doesn't marry her, while Baadal asks her to think of him as a husband. Samuel negotiates for John to be exiled, determined that they both testify in London of the East India Company's atrocities and thereby restore his reputation. Chandrika brings her father to speak with the Emperor; with information from Margaret, the two threatened rulers discuss events and making way for their successors. Samuel's plans are thwarted at the last moment when John's release is ordered by the prince, now come into power; in desperation, Samuel stabs Castillon but John raises an alarm. Some time later, after selling the diamond, John takes Margaret to the Taj Mahal and they become engaged. However, they are watched by a fugitive Samuel, and return to Beecham House to find a dozen guards and servants dead or wounded, and August kidnapped. |LineColor = }} }}

==Production== Gurinder Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges conceived the series while working on the film ''Viceroy's House''.{{citation needed|date=September 2020|reason=Saw this in an interview clip, might be on PBS or ITV website.}} They took inspiration from ''Downton Abbey'', while mixing English and Indian cultures.<ref name="CookeStatesman"/>

It was produced by Chandra's Bend It TV,<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://tvblackbox.com.au/page/2020/06/20/worlds-collide-and-passions-flare-when-beecham-house-premieres-on-10/|website=tvblackbox.com|date=20 June 2020|access-date=12 September 2020|title=Worlds collide and passions flare when BEECHAM HOUSE premieres on 10|archive-date=17 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200817140348/https://tvblackbox.com.au/page/2020/06/20/worlds-collide-and-passions-flare-when-beecham-house-premieres-on-10/|url-status=live}}</ref> which is partly owned by distributor Freemantle Media.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/global/bend-it-like-beckham-director-gurinder-chadha-fremantlemedia-tv-1202020999/|work=Variety|title='Bend It Like Beckham' Director Gurinder Chadha Teams With FremantleMedia for Drive Into TV|first1=Leo|last1=Barraclough|first2=John|last2=Hopewell|date=2 April 2017|access-date=12 September 2020|archive-date=20 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820181430/https://variety.com/2017/tv/global/bend-it-like-beckham-director-gurinder-chadha-fremantlemedia-tv-1202020999/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Filming began in Ealing Studios in August 2018.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Christie |first1=Janet |title=Interview: Tom Bateman |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/interview-tom-bateman-1-4789308 |accessdate=31 August 2018 |work=The Scotsman |date=25 August 2018 |language=en |archive-date=31 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831174821/https://www.scotsman.com/news/interview-tom-bateman-1-4789308 |url-status=live }}</ref> Additional filming took place in Rajasthan and Delhi throughout 2018.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shetty |first1=Anjali |title=It all happened in a week: Shriya Pilgaonkar |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/it-all-happened-in-a-week-shriya-pilgaonkar/story-QTKNqDMwrgNB2tZNIu9CuJ.html |accessdate=31 August 2018 |work=Hindustan Times |date=29 August 2018 |language=en |archive-date=29 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829163500/https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/it-all-happened-in-a-week-shriya-pilgaonkar/story-QTKNqDMwrgNB2tZNIu9CuJ.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==International broadcast== The series began airing in the United States on 14 June 2020 as part of the ''Masterpiece'' anthology series on PBS. Three months prior to its North American broadcast, the series was available for streaming on PBS Passport, leading a digital-first release strategy which coincided with the network's March pledge drive.<ref>{{cite web|website=Current|first=Barry|last=Garron|date=11 February 2020|url=https://current.org/2020/02/masterpiece-tests-digital-first-release-strategy-for-steamy-costume-drama/?wallit_nosession=1|access-date=12 September 2020|title='Masterpiece' tests digital-first release strategy for steamy costume drama|archive-date=13 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913193336/https://current.org/2020/02/masterpiece-tests-digital-first-release-strategy-for-steamy-costume-drama/?wallit_nosession=1|url-status=live}}</ref> In Australia, the series began airing on Network 10 from 11 July 2020. It was also made available on its catchup service 10 Play prior to its broadcast. In French Switzerland, the series began airing on RTS Un from 27 June 2021.

==Reception==

===Ratings===

The series opened to disappointing domestic overnight ratings, its premiere receiving 2.6 million viewers, ITV's lowest audience for a drama premiere in that timeslot since 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/overnights/beecham-house-opens-to-26m/5140617.article|title=Beecham House opens to 2.5m|first=Robin|last=Parker|date=24 June 2019|access-date=13 September 2020|website=Broacastnow|publisher=Media Business Insight Limited|archive-date=24 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624131711/https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/overnights/beecham-house-opens-to-26m/5140617.article|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Critical response===

The series received mixed reviews. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that the series received 46% favourable reviews based on 13 reviews, with an average rating of 5.3 out of 10.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/beecham_house/s01|website=Rotten Tomatoes|title=Beecham House: Season 1 (2017–2020)|access-date=12 September 2020|archive-date=7 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200907073528/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/beecham_house/s01|url-status=live}}</ref> Metacritic gave it a score of 44/100, based on 4 reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/beecham-house/season-1|title=Beecham House : Season 1|website=Metacritic|access-date=12 September 2020|archive-date=18 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718052321/https://www.metacritic.com/tv/beecham-house/season-1|url-status=live}}</ref>

Several critics found the series to be cliched and predictable.<ref name="ManganGuardian"/><ref name="CummingIndependent"/><ref name="RobsonINews"/> Rachel Cooke of the ''New Statesman'' called it a "parade of cliché and desperation" which evoked laughter at the wrong moments<ref name="CookeStatesman" /> while Jasper Rees of ''The Daily Telegraph'' felt as though the production may have been "conjured up by algorithm".<ref name="ReesTelegraph"/>

Another criticism was its lack of insight on the complex historical period,<ref name="SweetingArtsdesk"/> with Lucy Mangan of ''The Guardian'' and Rob Owen of the ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'' particularly disappointed in the use of protagonist John Beecham as a "white saviour" figure.<ref name="ManganGuardian"/><ref name="OwenPittsburgh"/> Beecham's assurances to those he meets in the first episode were found repetitive,<ref name="ManganGuardian"/><ref name="RobsonINews"/> with Rees and Sarah Osman of Artfuse finding Bateman's performance lacking<ref name="ReesTelegraph"/> and Matt Roush of ''TV Insider'' quoting another character's perception of Beecham as "the dullest man in Delhi".<ref name="RoushInsider"/>

The art direction, costumes, and location shoots were well received,<ref name="CummingIndependent"/><ref name="ReesTelegraph"/><ref name="OsmanArtfuse"/> with Carol Midgley of ''The Sunday Times'' calling it "a feast for the eyes"<ref name="MidgleyTimes"/> and Roush stating "You won't find a more gorgeous series all summer".<ref name="RoushInsider"/>

Alison Rowat of ''The Herald'' gave the series 4 out of 5 stars, praising the art direction and several performances, but felt that it lacked the humour of ''Downton Abbey''.<ref name="RowatHerald"/> Midgley gave the series 3 out of 5 stars, writing that "Beecham has everything a Sunday-night hero needs".<ref name="MidgleyTimes"/> Roush described the series as a "historical soap"<ref name="RoushInsider"/> and Adam Sweeting of The Arts Desk called it a "melodramatic fantasy".<ref name="SweetingArtsdesk"/>

===Distinctions=== Joanna Eatwell was nominated for a 2020 BAFTA Television Award for Best Costume Design for the series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/television/awards/costume-design|publisher=BAFTA|title=ODILE DICKS-MIREAUX Chernobyl - COSTUME DESIGN|date=4 June 2020 |access-date=12 September 2020|quote=Nominated: JOANNA EATWELL Beecham House – Bend It TV/ITV|archive-date=2 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802230413/http://www.bafta.org/television/awards/costume-design|url-status=live}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=tt8451638|title=Beecham House}} * ''[https://www.pbs.org/show/beecham-house/ Beecham House]'' at PBS * ''[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/shows/beecham-house/ Beecham House]'' at Masterpiece

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