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
    The Mitfords Were Six Witty Eccentric And Beautiful Sisters For Two Their Personal Lives Strayed Into The Political Diana Was The Fascist And Jessica Was The Communist But They Were Also Shaped By Experiences More Familiar To Us All The Trials And Joys Of Family Of Love Of Grief And Of Sisterhood
    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 Eva Schloss Surviving Parents Otto Frank And Elfriede Geiringer Eventually Married Had Anne Survived The Holocaust She And Eva Would Have Been Stepsisters
    44m
  • EPISODE 5
    Queen Elizabeth II & 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.

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Studio
acorntv.com
Released
2017
Rated
TV-PG
Region of Origin
United Kingdom

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English (United Kingdom)
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  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea-Bissau
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  • Niger (English)
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  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • South Africa
  • Sri Lanka
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uganda
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Zimbabwe

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