BBC Home Entertainment has announced the 2-disc Blu-ray release of
The Paradise: Season One. The BBC/PBS costume drama television series stars Emun Elliott, Joanna Vanderham, Elaine Cassidy, Sarah Lancashire, Matthew McNulty, Peter Wight, David Hayman, Stephen Wight and Patrick Malahide, and streets on November 12th.
Official Synopsis: Set amidst the Victorian splendor of Britain's first department store,
The Paradise is a rags-to-riches story of a young girl who falls in love with the intoxicating charms of the modern world. As Denise (Vanderham) finds her feet as a lowly shop girl, she must navigate her way through power struggles, intrigues and affairs. When the shop's dashing and reckless owner, John Moray (Elliott), spots her talents she knows she can use this opportunity to rise to great things. Through sexy, episodic stories driven by romance and glamour, this series creates a world as colorful and captivating as the silks on display in the store. This is a love story, a story of ambition and progress, with a mysterious, dark secret at its heart.
The Blu-ray edition of
The Paradise: Season One includes all eight first season episodes spread across two discs, as well as a 28-minute "Behind the Doors of
The Paradise" production documentary. Tech specs have yet to be detailed.