Jessica Brown Findley who as Lady Sybil in Downton Abbey got to run off with Branson the chauffeur, is in a new Brit TV period drama where where she gets to play a hooker (known as a harlot) in a 18th Century brothel in London.  The directors, writers and executive producers of the new series are all female. Moira Buffini and Alison Newman created the period drama that stars Findlay, Samantha Morton, Lesley Manville and Eloise Smyth. Plus Alison Owen, Debra Hayward and Alison Carpenter also serve as executive producers.

Take a peek of the sneak preview of Harlots coming to Hulu later this month.