Season 1 • Episode 2
LatestThe Blonde Bombshell is a British two-part biographical miniseries created by Ted Whitehead, about Diana Diors, an actress and sex symbol considered to be the English counterpart to Marilyn Monroe. Keeley Hawes plays Diors in her formidable years (1945–60), and by Amanda Redman in her further career (1965–84).
Acting
Hawes and Redman share a role seamlessly — two souls, one wrecked life.
Production
Period detail that screams 'we made this in 1999 and it's perfect.'
Creator
Ted Whitehead
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Diana Fluck changed her name to Dors after a cheeky schoolboy rearranged the letters on a marquee to spell something obscene.
The real Diors was dubbed 'Britain's Marilyn,' but unlike Monroe, she never broke Hollywood — this miniseries argues that failure preserved her as purely British property.
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