AN INVITATION TO THE BALL...

The most recent Waterloo-era programme to hit TV screens. The brainchild of creator Julian Fellowes, the period drama – due to start in early Spring – is set amongst the upper echelons of 19th-century London society. The story begins on 15 June 1815, as British society – including the Trenchard family – attend the Duchess of Richmond’s ball on the eve of the Battle of Quatre Bras, an event that presaged a dramatic chain of events... .