Pleasure has a price

Featuring an award-winning creative team and all-star cast with series 2 commissioned, Harlots is a powerful drama set against the vibrant, cosmopolitan backdrop of 18th century Georgian London, offering a bold new take on the city's most valuable commercial activity sex. Based on the stories of real women, and the men who surround them, this provocative character-driven series centers on the formidable Margaret Wells and her daughters, as she struggles to reconcile the role of mother with brothel owner. When her business comes under attack from a rival madam with a ruthless streak, Margaret will fight back, even if it means putting her family at risk. Combining wit with high drama, this fast-paced tale of family, power and brutal economics shines a light on the extraordinary businesswomen who helped to build the London we know, and the stories we continue to see, now, today and everywhere.