A HUGELY popular TV Drama is about to make a huge return to television after over a year off the screen.

The Gilded Age was written by Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes and made its debut in January 2022.

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The nine-part HBO production was a roaring success and it was soon renewed for a second series.

Based on a period of American History of the same name, it depicts the lives of several intertwining families - and their servants - in an emerging New York City in 1882.

Downton fails hailed the series as an impressive cast of actors brought both fictional and real-life characters to the screen.

A-list stars such as former Sex And The City actress Cynthia Nixon and Mamma Mia! star Christine Baranski starred as ageing sisters Agnes Van Rhijn and Ada Brook respectively.

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Other characters include the formidable Bertha Russell, played by The Post and Fargo actress Carrie Coon.

She plays the wife of a powerful and rich railroad tycoon George Russell (Morgan Spector) as they try and integrate themselves into high society.

Completing the cast is Louisa Jacobson - who is the daughter of multi Oscar winning actress Meryl Streep - as a young Marian Brook.

After the death of her father she moved in with her aunts in New York, but with a naive attitude she had to learn to navigate the social dynamics.

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But the show is making a huge return to screens next week on Monday, 30th October 2023 on Sky Atlantic.

According to the preview trailer, the highly-anticipated second series will depict of the 'war' of the Opera Houses.

Mrs Russell (played by Carrie Coon) is now nearing the high echelons of where she wants to be.

However, she realises she cannot be fully assimilated until she has a box at the Opera, but her hopes are dashed as she seems to be permanently excluded from the prestigious Academy Of Music.

The struggle is real the railroad tycoon's wife is still not fully integrated into society despite her improving reputation.

She does not possess a box at the existing theatre and with a long waiting list, she resorts to setting one up of her own, and goes head-to-head against society's leader Mrs Astor (Donna Murphy).

Meanwhile Agnes Van Rhijn (Christine Baranski) is still prejudiced against the wave of the "new" New York society and will do anything to exclude Mrs Russell, despite her wealth and power.

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