![]() ![]() Mayfair Witches follows on from the critically acclaimed Interview with the Vampire, also made by AMC NETWORKS and based on the works of Anne Rice, which recently aired on BBC Two and is available in full on iPlayer. ![]() As she grapples with her newfound powers, she must contend with a sinister presence that has haunted her family for generations. ![]() The show follows Rowan (Alexandra Daddario), an intuitive young neurosurgeon who discovers she possesses supernatural abilities and that she is the unlikely heir to a family of witches. The eight-part series from AMC NETWORKS stars Emmy®-nominee Alexandra Daddario (The White Lotus), Jack Huston (House of Gucci, Fargo), Harry Hamlin (Mad Men) and Tongayi Chirisa (Palm Springs, Antebellum).īased on Anne Rice’s iconic trilogy, Lives of the Mayfair Witches, the series explores female empowerment and the mortal implications of our decisions. She is survived by her children and nine grandchildren, and her sister.The BBC has acquired supernatural drama Mayfair Witches, based on the best-selling novels by Anne Rice, for BBC Two and iPlayer. For 34 years she welcomed a wide and loving network of friends and family to her home in Burnham Deepdale. She worked, gardened, chatted, listened, cooked, read, went to the beach, walked on the marsh and helped run a community cinema. Her life in Norfolk was a mixture of hard-won independence and deep interest in others. They separated twice, finally in 1976, divorcing a few years later.Īnne’s love and attention enriched many enduring friendships. In 1954 Anne married John Krish, a film director they had three children and 15 happy years in Hampstead, London. She worked on the 1951 Festival of Britain as an administrator for the South Bank pavilions and was always proud of this formative experience. After leaving school she joined the Council of Industrial Design (now the Design Council) in London. Without her the meetings wouldn’t have carried on.”īorn in Selsey, West Sussex, to Enid (nee Archer), an administrator, and Ralph Stratton, a farmer, Anne grew up there and in Wiltshire and was educated at Christ’s Hospital school in Hertford. “Thank you to Anne,” a listener texted in, “because she helped me and my ex-partner. On retiring at 87, she was interviewed on BBC Radio Norfolk. Working at the Norfolk Family Mediation Service for 27 years, Anne helped 1,700 separating couples. Much of her later career focused on mediation. As a guardian ad litem advising family courts, Anne was a persuasive voice for children’s interests in care proceedings. She served on the council of Nagalro, the professional body for independent social workers, and sat on the board of its journal, Seen and Heard. Anne always focused on children, and stayed involved with some young lives for years.Īt 60 Anne moved to Norfolk and expanded her career. There, she helped many families who were struggling with poverty, substance abuse and domestic abuse, running support groups for single mothers, organising adoptions and foster placements but also working hard to keep families together. ![]()
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