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Life in Squares

TV·2015–2015·BBC Two·Drama·1h

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The three-part serial centres on the close and often fraught relationship between sisters, Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf, and Vanessa's sexually complicated alliance with gay artist Duncan Grant as they, and their group of like-minded friends, navigate their way through love, sex and artistic life through the first half of the 20th century.

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James NortonJames NortonDuncan Grant (younger)Phoebe FoxPhoebe FoxVanessa Bell (younger)Andrew HavillAndrew HavillClive Bell (older)Rupert Penry-JonesRupert Penry-JonesDuncan Grant (older)Eve BestEve BestVanessa Bell (older)Lydia LeonardLydia LeonardVirginia Woolf (younger)Sam HoareSam HoareClive Bell (younger)Lucy BoyntonLucy BoyntonAngelica Bell

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