Enjoy a cocktail and join Kate Brooke, writer and executive producer of ITV’s period drama Mr Selfridge, Trystan Gravelle, who plays Victor Colleano, manager of the department store’s Palm Court Restaurant, and Amy Morgan, who plays Grace Calthorpe from accessories, to find out what it is like to write for television and how those words are turned into popular performances by the actors. Mr Selfridge is one of many period dramas that have been capturing the interest of viewers over recent years. It dramatizes the life of the flamboyant American entrepreneur, Harry Gordon Selfridge, played by Emmy-ward-winning American actor Jeremy Piven. Selfridge founded the world-renowned London department store in 1909.

The current series is the second one and picks up the story shortly before the outbreak of World War One. This event will include film clips from the series