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	\| based_on = {{Based on\|''Black Narcissus''\|[[Rumer Godden]]}}		\| writer = [[Amanda Coe]]
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	\| story =		\| director = [[Charlotte Bruus Christensen]]
	\| director = [[Charlotte Bruus Christensen]]		\| starring = {{Plainlist\|
	\| starring = {{Plainlist\|		* [[Gemma Arterton]]
	* [[Alessandro Nivola]]		* [[Alessandro Nivola]]
	* [[Gemma Arterton]]
	* [[Aisling Franciosi]]		* [[Aisling Franciosi]]
	* [[Diana Rigg]]		* [[Diana Rigg]]
	* [[Jim Broadbent]]<ref>{{cite news \|title=Meet the cast of BBC One's Black Narcissus, 7 December 2020 \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2020-12-07/black-narcissus-cast-and-characters/ \|access-date=29 December 2020 \|publisher=Radio Times}}</ref>		* [[Jim Broadbent]]
			* [[Gina McKee]]<ref>{{cite news \|title=Meet the cast of BBC One's Black Narcissus, 7 December 2020 \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2020-12-07/black-narcissus-cast-and-characters/ \|access-date=29 December 2020 \|publisher=Radio Times}}</ref>
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{{short description|British drama series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox television
| name = Black Narcissus
| image =
| genre =
| creator =
| based_on = {{Based on|''Black Narcissus''|[[Rumer Godden]]}}
| writer = [[Amanda Coe]]
| screenplay =
| story =
| director = [[Charlotte Bruus Christensen]]
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Alessandro Nivola]]
* [[Gemma Arterton]]
* [[Aisling Franciosi]]
* [[Diana Rigg]]
* [[Jim Broadbent]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Meet the cast of BBC One's Black Narcissus, 7 December 2020 |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2020-12-07/black-narcissus-cast-and-characters/ |access-date=29 December 2020 |publisher=Radio Times}}</ref>
}}
| narrated =
| theme_music_composer =
| country =
| language = English
| num_episodes = 3
| executive_producer = {{Plainlist|
* Amanda Coe
* Andrew Macdonald
* Allon Reich
* Lucy Richer
}}
| producer =
| editor = Jinx Godfrey
| cinematography =
| runtime = 57–60 minutes
| company = {{Plainlist|
* [[BBC Studios]]
* [[DNA Films|DNA TV]]
* [[FX (TV channel)#FX Productions|FXP]]
}}
| budget =
| network = {{Plainlist|
* [[BBC One]]
* [[FX (TV channel)|FX]]
}}
| first_aired = {{Start date|2020|11|23}}
| last_aired =
| preceded_by =
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| website = https://fxnetworks.com/shows/black-narcissus
}}

'''''Black Narcissus''''' is a British [[Drama (film and television)|drama]] serial, based on the 1939 [[Black Narcissus (novel)|novel of the same name]] by [[Rumer Godden]]. The series features one of the final performances of [[Diana Rigg]], who died in September 2020. The drama premiered on November 23, 2020 on [[FX (TV channel)|FX]] in the US,<ref name="FXPremiere"/> and on December 27, 2020 on [[BBC One]] in the UK.

==Premise==
An [[Anglican religious order|Anglican nun]] sent to establish a branch of her order with her fellow sisters in the [[Himalayas]] struggles to temper her attractions to a [[World War I]] veteran they meet.

==Cast==
{{Cast list|
*[[Gemma Arterton]] as Sister Clodagh
*[[Alessandro Nivola]] as Mr. Dean
*[[Aisling Franciosi]] as Sister Ruth
*[[Diana Rigg]] as Mother Dorothea
*[[Jim Broadbent]] as Father Roberts
*[[Gina McKee]] as Sister Adela
*[[Rosie Cavaliero]] as Sister Briony
*[[Patsy Ferran]] as Sister Blanche
*Karen Bryson as Sister Philippa
*Nila Aalia as Angu Ayah
*Charlie Maher as Con
*Dipika Kunwar as Kanchi
*Chaneil Kular as Dilip Rai
*Gianni Gonsalves as Princess Srimati
*Soumil Malla as Joseph Anthony
*[[Kulvinder Ghir]] as General Toda Rai
}}

==Episodes==
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|EpisodeNumber = 1
|Title = Episode One
|DirectedBy = [[Charlotte Bruus Christensen]]
|WrittenBy = [[Amanda Coe]]
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|11|23}}
|Viewers = 0.445<ref name="1.01–1.03"/>
|ShortSummary = In 1914, Princess Srimati commits suicide by jumping off the bell tower at the remote Palace of Mopu in the Himalayas. In 1934, Sister Clodagh leads several hand picked British nuns from her order in [[Darjeeling]] to the Palace of Mopu in order to set up a mission school. While establishing the mission, Sister Clodagh works with the housekeeper Angu Ayah and the General's agent Mr. Dean, whose religious skepticism clashes with her Christian faith. Tensions emerge when Sister Ruth resents being reassigned from stitching to teaching the children. Ruth also discovers the late Srimati's former chambers and is haunted by her ghostly presence. Against Dean's advice, the nuns tend to the injuries of a local villager, who was wounded by a knife.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 2
|Title = Episode Two
|DirectedBy = Charlotte Bruus Christensen
|WrittenBy = Amanda Coe
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|11|23}}
|Viewers = 0.333<ref name="1.01–1.03"/>
|ShortSummary = Despite her misgivings, Sister Clodagh enrols General Toda Rai's adolescent son Dilip Rai as a student at the school. Rai develops a romantic relationship with a female [[Dalit]] student named Kanchi. Following a disagreement about growing flowers in winter, Sister Philippa departs the mission school. The nuns also give [[cod liver oil]] to the dying infant child of a local villager. Feelings come to a head between Sister Clodagh, Sister Ruth and Mr Dean at the Christmas celebration. Sister Ruth has feelings for Mr Dean and becomes jealous of Sister Clodagh, who intends to send her back to Darjeeling.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 3
|Title = Episode Three
|DirectedBy = Charlotte Bruus Christensen
|WrittenBy = Amanda Coe
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|11|23}}
|Viewers = 0.310<ref name="1.01–1.03">{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-monday-cable-originals-network-finals-11-23-2020.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124213226/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-monday-cable-originals-network-finals-11-23-2020.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 24, 2020|title=Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.23.2020|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=November 24, 2020|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=November 24, 2020}}</ref>
|ShortSummary = After rescuing Father Roberts from a snowstorm, Sister Ruth manages to curry the priest's favour. Sister Clodagh's attempts to regain control of the situation by imposing strict order, causing Sister Adela to question her leadership. After learning that Dilip Rai is fraternising with Kanchi, General Rai demands her expulsion. At the sisters' petition, he settles for Kanchi to be beaten with a rod. After the infant child that the nuns gave cod liver oil to dies, the villagers come to distrust the nuns and abandon the mission school. With tensions reaching a climax, Ruth renounces her oath and flees the mission school. After Dean rebuffs her, Ruth attacks Clodagh at the bell tower but falls to her death. The nuns abandon the mission. Following Ruth's burial, Clodagh reveals her true name to Dean, whom she has feelings for.
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==Production==
In October 2019, filming began on a new three part drama loosely based on the 1939 [[Rumer Godden]] [[Black Narcissus (disambiguation)|novel]],<ref name=BBC18Nov/> which was also adapted into the film ''[[Black Narcissus]]'' (1947), featuring [[Deborah Kerr]] as Sister Clodagh.<ref name=RT1>{{Cite web|date=20 November 2020|title=When is Black Narcissus on TV?|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2020-11-20/black-narcissus-release-date-bbc/|access-date=26 November 2020|website=Radio Times|language=en}}</ref><ref name=Hare>{{Cite news|last=Hale|first=Mike|date=22 November 2020|title='Black Narcissus' Review: Nuns, Mountains, High Passion|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/22/arts/television/black-narcissus-review.html|access-date=26 November 2020|issn=0362-4331|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

The drama is a co-production between the [[BBC]] and [[FX (TV channel)|FX]]. [[Alessandro Nivola]] and [[Gemma Arterton]] star in the series, with [[Amanda Coe]] writing the screenplay and [[Charlotte Bruus Christensen]] directing all three episodes. Filming took place in [[Jomsom]], [[Nepal]], and at [[Pinewood Studios]].<ref name=BBC18Nov>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2019/black-narcissus|title=BBC - Gemma Arterton takes the lead role in new BBC and FXP drama Black Narcissus - Media Centre|website=[[BBC News]]|date=September 16, 2020|access-date=November 18, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Where is Black Narcissus filmed?, 27 December 2020 |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2020-12-27/black-narcissus-filming-location-guide/ |access-date=29 December 2020 |publisher=Radio Times}}</ref> The drama premiered on November 23, 2020 on FX.<ref name="FXPremiere">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/09/black-narcissus-gets-fx-premiere-date-1234579887/|title='Black Narcissus' Gets FX Premiere Date, Trailer And Key Art Released|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Bruce|last=Haring|date=September 21, 2020|access-date=September 21, 2020}}</ref>

==Release==
The series premiered on November 23, 2020 on [[FX (TV channel)|FX]] in the United States, and on December 27, 2020 on [[BBC One]] in the United Kingdom.<ref name="FXPremiere"/> In selected international territories, the series was released on [[Disney+]] under the dedicated streaming hub [[Star (Disney+)|Star]] as an [[Star (Disney+)#Exclusive international distribution|original series]], on March 5, 2021.<ref name="März 2021">{{cite web|last=Riedmeier|first=Glenn|date=February 17, 2021|title=Disney+- und Star-Highlights im März: "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier", "Black Narcissus" und "Mighty Ducks"|url=https://www.fernsehserien.de/news/disney-und-star-highlights-im-maerz-the-falcon-and-the-winter-soldier-black-narcissus-und-mighty-ducks|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210221122706/https://www.fernsehserien.de/news/disney-und-star-highlights-im-maerz-the-falcon-and-the-winter-soldier-black-narcissus-und-mighty-ducks|archive-date=February 21, 2021|access-date=February 21, 2021|work=Fernsehserien|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=February 19, 2021|title=Top 5 des nouveautés très attendues sur Disney+ Star|url=https://www.demotivateur.fr/entertainment/top-5-des-nouveautes-tres-attendues-sur-disney-star-23940|access-date=February 22, 2021|work=Demotivateur|language=fr|archive-date=February 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219194551/https://www.demotivateur.fr/entertainment/top-5-des-nouveautes-tres-attendues-sur-disney-star-23940|url-status=live}}</ref>

In New Zealand, the series is distributed by [[Sky (New Zealand)|Sky]]'s streaming platform [[Neon (service)|Neon]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Croot |first1=James |title=Black Narcissus: Why SoHo's new erotic, erotic drama could well be habit forming |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/300197165/black-narcissus-why-sohos-new-erotic-exotic-drama-could-well-be-habit-forming |access-date=27 February 2021 |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=4 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204054851/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/300197165/black-narcissus-why-sohos-new-erotic-exotic-drama-could-well-be-habit-forming |archive-date=4 February 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Reception==
For the miniseries, Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 53% based on 19 critic reviews, with an average rating of 5.69/10. The critics consensus reads "''Black Narcissus'' doesn't quite escape the shadow of its cinematic forebear, but this miniseries sufficiently keeps the faith with excellent performances and visual splendor."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/black_narcissus/97141|title=Black Narcissus: Miniseries (2020)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=November 24, 2020}}</ref> Metacritic gave the miniseries a weighted average score of 67 out of 100 based on 12 critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/black-narcissus/season-1|title=Black Narcissus|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=November 24, 2020}}</ref>

The series was reviewed for ''The Guardian'' by Lucy Mangan who gave it three stars and called it "erotic, gothic – and totally unconvincing"<ref>{{cite news |title=Black Narcissus review: erotic, gothic – and totally unconvincing by Lucy Mangan, 27 December 2020 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/dec/27/black-narcisssus-review-erotic-gothic-bbc |access-date=29 December 2020 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and Anita Singh for ''The Telegraph'' gave it four stars reporting the first episode as "the hills are alive with the sound of sexually-charged nuns".<ref>{{cite news |title=Black Narcissus, episode 1, review: the hills are alive with the sound of sexually-charged nuns by Anita Singh, 27 December 2020 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2020/12/27/black-narcissus-episode-1-review-hills-alive-sound-sexually/ |access-date=29 December 2020 |publisher=The Telegraph}}</ref>

==See also==
* ''[[Black Narcissus]]'' (1947 film)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/black-narcissus|''Black Narcissus''}} official site at [[FX (channel)|FX]]
*{{BBC Programmes|p08x8dxw}}
*{{imdb title|tt8001136}}
*{{Rotten Tomatoes}}
*{{Metacritic TV}}

{{FX network programming}}
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[[Category:2020 British television series debuts]]
[[Category:2020 British television series endings]]
[[Category:2020s British television miniseries]]
[[Category:2020s British drama television series]]
[[Category:BBC television dramas]]
[[Category:English-language television shows]]
[[Category:FX Networks original programming]]
[[Category:Television shows based on British novels]]
[[Category:Television series by BBC Studios]]

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