Season 1 • Episode 4
LatestLogan emerges from his coma, but is upset to hear of Ben's death. After being discharged from hospital, he returns to his old flat in London, where he struggles to make ends meet. In a bid to make the most of his life, he becomes involved with an anti-fascist organisation - only to discover his new friends have sinister plans. Drama, starring Jim Broadbent, Matthew Macfadyen and Julian Rhind-Tutt.
Logan Mountstuart, writer and adventurer, narrates his life, from the Paris of the twenties to the eighties in London, passing through the New York of the fifties.
Acting
Three Logans, one soul—Broadbent's weary wisdom anchors everything.
Production
Decades collapse gorgeously; Paris '20s to Thatcher's London seamless.
Writing
Boyd adapting himself—rare authorial control, deliciously meta.
Creator
William Boyd
Jim Broadbent
Logan Mountstuart (Older)
Matthew Macfadyen
Logan Mountstuart (Middle)
Sam Claflin
Logan Mountstuart (Young)
Gillian Anderson
Duchess Of Windsor
Stuart McQuarrie
Wallace Douglas
Hayley Atwell
Freya Deverell
Ed Stoppard
Ben Leeping (Older)
Samuel West
Peter Scabius (Older)
Julian Ovenden
Ernest Hemingway
Ken Bones
Mr. Mountstuart
Flaminia Cinque
Mrs. Mountstuart
Emerald Fennell
Lottie
Tom Hollander
Duke Of Windsor
Kim Cattrall
Gloria Scabius
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
William Boyd wrote the novel in 2002, then spent years refusing to adapt it—until he could direct himself.
Logan's fictional encounters with real figures (Picasso, Hemingway, the Duke and Duchess) sparked debates about 'bio-fiction' ethics in British letters.
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