Mr. Selfridge

Set in 1909, Mr Selfridge follows a colourful cast of characters whose lives and fortunes are entangled with the founder of the magnificent department store. Harry, his family, friends and staff open up a rich cross section of London life. From the fashionable Mayfair society to the bright lights, grease-paint, glamour and backstage intrigue of London’s theatres; from the business board rooms, private poker games and smoky jazz halls to the back-street cafes of the working men and women, this is a big city story at the dawn of the modern age. Mr Selfridge is based on the book “Shopping, Seduction and Mr Selfridge” by author Lindy Woodhead which is the biographical account of the life of Harry Gordon Selfridge and the story of his store. (ITV DVD)