The character named as "The Gentleman" in the TV series was named slightly more fully in the original novel as "The Gentleman with Thistledown Hair".
It was nominated for four BAFTA awards and recognised by the British Film Institute as one of the top ten most important television programmes of 2015
This is a 7 part British historical fantasy miniseries, that aired on BBC One May 17 2015 and ended June 28 2015.