Mistresses (2008)

Ended2008United Kingdom3 seasons

Four friends lean on one another while navigating relationships whose complications spill into every corner of their lives. Events organiser…Read more +Read less −

Four friends lean on one another while navigating relationships whose complications spill into every corner of their lives. Events organiser Jessica has little interest in the obligations of lasting commitment, until planning a civil partnership brings her into contact with bride-to-be Alex. Their growing attraction challenges Jessica's usual confidence and makes emotional distance harder to maintain. Around them, friendship is tested by secrets, conflicting loyalties and the consequences of intimacy. Jessica and Alex's affair is a substantial strand of the first series of this British drama, within a wider ensemble of romantic entanglements. Sapphic storyline seasons: UK original: S1 only for Jessica/Alex; do not extend the romance across S2–3.

Supporting sapphic storylineDrama Romance

Sapphic characters & cast

Shelley Conn

as Jessica Fraser

Main sapphic character

Anna Torv

as Alex

Supporting sapphic character

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Details & credits

Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Premiere: 2008-01-08
Seasons: 3

Image credits

Poster: Promotional artwork via TVmaze; original copyright holder unconfirmed · Source
Shelley Conn: Cast portrait via TVmaze; photographer uncredited · Source
Anna Torv: Cast portrait via TVmaze; photographer uncredited · Source

Sources & editorial notes (5)

Last researched 2026-11-10. Editorially approved.

year: TVmaze — matching series metadata, season list and cast catalogue
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country: TVmaze — matching series metadata, season list and cast catalogue
language: TVmaze — matching series metadata, season list and cast catalogue
description: Sourced sapphic storyline / cast evidence
watch links: Apple TV — United Kingdom — exact official destination
season count: TVmaze — matching series metadata, season list and cast catalogue
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classification note: BBC — Jessica and Alex in the original UK series
representation type: BBC — Jessica and Alex in the original UK series