What is the true story behind UKTV’s Outrageous?

A story of family bonds and betrayals, public scandal, political extremism, love, heartache and even imprisonment, the series is based on The Mitford Girls, a book by Mary S Lovell about the clan, which explores how throughout much of the 1930s and 40s, the Mitford siblings were a source of international fascination. But why were the Mitfords so notorious?

Though the eldest sister, Nancy, was arguably the most famous, the family was no stranger to scandalous exploits: one sister, Diana, jilted her husband, the Guinness heir, and their children to run away with British Union of Fascists founder Oswald Mosely; another, Unity, became known as Adolf Hitler’s ‘muse”; a third, Jessica, declared herself a communist while fighting fascism in Spain.

As the synopsis puts it: “Outrageous is the story of six sisters who refused to play by the rules, their often-scandalous lives making headlines around the world.”

Outrageous: this scandalous new period drama series tells the story of the notorious Mitford sisters