Archie (TV series)

The series depicts the man originally named Archibald Leach, born into poverty in Bristol in 1904, before he became Hollywood's Cary Grant. Scenes set later, in the 1960s, feature Grant in Los Angeles, unhappy despite international stardom and many hit movies.^[2][3][4][5]

Despite Grant's Bristol upbringing, and the city of Bristol being the setting for large parts of the series, filming actually took place in the city of Liverpool in the summer of 2022. The four part series is written by Jeff Pope.^[9] Filming also took place in Manchester and Cheshire in September 2022.^[10] Pope interviewed Grant's daughter Jennifer Grant and Grant's ex-wife Dyan Cannon for the production, and both act as Executive Producers. ITV Studios produced with BritBox International as co-producers, and Paul Andrew Williams as director.^[11] In September 2022, Harriet Walter was added to the cast as Grant's mother Elsie Leach, and Calam Lynch, Dainton Anderson and Oaklee Pendergast were added as younger versions of Archie. Additional cast members included Jason Watkins, Lisa Faulkner, Niamh Cusack, Kara Tointon, Laura Aikman, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Ian Puleston-Davies and Ian McNeice.^[12]

The series became available on 23 November 2023 in the UK, on the streaming service ITVX, and was subsequently broadcast on ITV^[13] on 29 & 30 December 2024. The series became available in the USA on the 7 December 2023, on the streaming service BritBox.^[14]

According to the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 70% of the 20 reviews are positive.^[15]