A Tale of Two Sisters
TV Show · Documentary · History

A collection of documentaries focuses on prominent women from throughout world history who happen to be sisters. Each episode steps into the fascinating lives of a different set of sisters, looking at how they impacted society and history, but also the impact they had on each other's lives as sisters. From aviation hero Amelia Earhart and her sister Muriel, former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and her sister Lee Radziwell to Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret, the series goes deep into the hearts and minds of sisters and what it means to be one.

2017 · 43m
Starring Rachael Stirling
Director Edward Cotterill

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Amelia
    Looking at how Amelia Earhart's legacy has lived on thanks to her sister, Muriel, 80 years since her plane disappeared on her historic round-the-world flight.
    43m
  • EPISODE 2
    Jessica And Diana Mitford
    Jessica and Diana Mitford were once adoring sisters, but their love for very different men led to estrangement.
    44m
  • EPISODE 3
    Jackie
    The complicated relationship between Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and her sister, Lee Radziwill, including how love, resentment and tragedy bound them together.
    44m
  • EPISODE 4
    The Diary Of Anne Frank
    Anne Frank and her family moved to Amsterdam following the uprising of the Nazi Party in 1933; Eva Schloss remembers the Nazis marching on Austria and her family settling in Amsterdam the same year where she met and formed a bond with Anne Frank.
    44m
  • EPISODE 5
    Queen Elizabeth II & Princess Margaret
    How the relationship between Elizabeth, a mature child with a love of animals, and her sister, Margaret, a mischievous extrovert, shaped the monarchy.
    43m
  • EPISODE 6
    Anne & Mary Boleyn
    Exploring the truth behind the stories of Anne, the eventual wife of Henry VIII, and her sister, Mary Boleyn.
    43m

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Cast & Crew

  • Rachael Stirling
    Narrator
  • E‌C
    Edward Cotterill
    Director
  • E‌C
    Edward Cotterill
    Producer
  • W‌S
    William Simpson
    Writer

About

A Tale of Two Sisters

Documentary

A collection of documentaries focuses on prominent women from throughout world history who happen to be sisters. Each episode steps into the fascinating lives of a different set of sisters, looking at how they impacted society and history, but also the impact they had on each other's lives as sisters. From aviation hero Amelia Earhart and her sister Muriel, former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and her sister Lee Radziwell to Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret, the series goes deep into the hearts and minds of sisters and what it means to be one.

Information

Studio
acorntv.com
Released
2017
Rated
14+
Region of Origin
United Kingdom

Languages

Original Audio
English (United Kingdom)
Subtitles

English (United States) (CC)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
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