Fingersmith

About Fingersmith

A young woman is hired as a maid to an heiress who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering uncle. But, the maid has a secret: she is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a gentleman to help him seduce the heiress to elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse.

Fingersmith is a crime and mystery series that ran on BBC One. The series is filed under deception, victorian england, lesbian relationship, and lesbian.

It ran for one season of 3 episodes between March 2005 and April 2005.

Sally Hawkins stars as Sue Trinder, Elaine Cassidy as Maud Lilly, Rupert Evans as Richard 'Gentleman' Rivers, and Charles Dance as Mr. Chistopher Lilly. The story is adapted from a novel.

In the United States it streams on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, and AMC Plus Apple TV channel. The Crimson Petal and the White, Tipping the Velvet, and Daniel Deronda make useful companions to Fingersmith, all filed under 19th century and miniseries. TMDB voters put it at 7.2 out of 10 across 103 votes and it carries a NR rating.