Tom Jones (2023 TV series)
Tom Jones is an ITV four-part television drama reimagining Henry Fielding's 1749 novel The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling. It is directed by Georgia Parris and adapted by Gwyneth Hughes, with Solly McLeod playing the eponymous hero Tom Jones. The show premiered on PBS in the United States from 30 April 2023. Cast
Solly McLeod as Tom Jones
 Jacobi Jupe as young Tom
Sophie Wilde as Sophia Western
 Kimara-Mai Petit as young Sophia
Janine Duvitski as Mrs Wilkins
Lucy Fallon as Molly Seagrim
James Fleet as Squire Allworthy
Dean Lennox Kelly as Black George Seagrim
Pearl Mackie as Honour Newton
Felicity Montagu as Aunt Bridget Allworthy
James Wilbraham as William Blifil
Shirley Henderson as Aunt Western
Alun Armstrong as Squire Western
Susannah Fielding as Mrs Waters
Tamzin Merchant as Aunt Harriet
Julian Rhind-Tutt as Fitzpatrick
Daniel Rigby as Partridge
Hannah Waddingham as Lady Bellaston

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Production
Production company Masterpiece teamed with ITV and Mammoth Screen for the Gwyneth Hughes adaptation of the Henry Fielding novel in 2021 with Solly McLeod and Sophie Wilde announced in the main roles. Producer and adapter Gwyneth Hughes called the original text "the mother of all romcoms". The miniseries was entirely filmed in Northern Ireland, including Gracehill, Ballymena and at The Regency (Upper Crescent) Belfast. In November 2021 it was announced that Hannah Waddingham had joined the cast. Broadcast
The series premiered in Denmark on DR TV and DR1 14 and 15 April 2023. It debuted in the US on PBS on April 30, 2023, in four parts on Sundays from 30 April to 21 May 2023 at 9 pm (ET). It debuted on 11 May 2023 on ITVX in the United Kingdom. Reception
Writing for The Daily Telegraph, Anita Singh said, "Tom Jones should be a romp but, for long stretches, it’s positively boring. Up-and-coming actor Solly McLeod captures Tom’s sweet nature but his chemistry with Sophia (Sophie Wilde) is non-existent, and her performance is outdone in every scene by Pearl Mackie as her maid." Writing for The Guardian, Jack Seale said, "This adaptation of Henry Fielding’s sexy period romance is recast as a tale of a moping wally falling for a dullard – and the spark never lights." In the Evening Standard, Melanie McDonagh gave the series 3 out of 5 stars and said, "There’s class and sex and money, those failsafe themes of English fiction. And there’s Hannah Waddingham as Lady Bellaston who does snobbish sneers and big hair like no one else in the business. ... So, a nice four part series for a bit of uplift then. The great thing about Tom Jones is that it’s not Jane Austen and it’s not Dickens. So, other than a 1990s BBC series and a rollicking Albert Finney version in 1963 there haven’t been umpteen versions done already. References

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Television shows filmed in the United Kingdom
Television shows filmed in Northern Ireland
2023 British television series debuts
2023 British television series endings
2020s British drama television series
2020s British television miniseries
ITV television dramas
English-language television shows
Television series by Mammoth Screen
Television shows based on British novels