Ep. 96 - YOREFLIX - Historical Drama Streaming for History Lovers - A Conversation with Founder Imogen Cooper
THE PEN THAT WILL NOW BOW (2026), a Yoreflix original. The Yoreflix interactive Time Bar to search for historical dramas by era on the streaming platform.
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If you’ve ever finished a period drama and thought, “Where do I go for more?” content and context, Imogen Cooper has built the answer. Imogen is the Founder and CEO of Yoreflix, the streaming platform from the UK devoted entirely to historical and period drama, that is now available in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand!
In episode 96 we talk with Imogen about building a streaming platform devoted to historical drama, how Yoreflix pairs films and series with historical context, supports independent filmmakers and history students, and uses its distinctive Time Bar to help viewers explore stories by era.
Our conversation also explores the platform’s focus on overlooked and diverse histories, Yoreflix’s upcoming original productions (THE PEN THAT WILL NOT BOW), and Imogen’s commitment to human creativity and collaboration in filmmaking.
GUEST: IMOGEN COOPER
“Yes, historical drama is more expensive, but that’s why you find really good collaborators…. I don’t think recreating these things are meant to be easy. I think it’s fun when you find the right collaborators who make the things that seem really impossible possible.”
A history student turned executive producer, Imogen Cooper is the creator/founder and CEO of Yoreflix. Imogen
curates Yoreflix’s catalogue herself and hosts the Yoreflix Stories podcast, where her guests have included Lord Julian Fellowes, creator of DOWNTON ABBEY and THE GILDED AGE.
Imogen has produced series for the BBC, BBC2, Channel 4 and ITV, and has executive produced shows distributed across the UK, Canada and the US. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and History from the University of Sheffield.
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THE PEN THAT WILL NOT BOW (2026)
A Yoreflix original only available on Yoreflix starting October 23, 2026
Directed by Nicole Sarah Fry
Screenplay by Florian Hencher
THE PEN THAT WILL NOT BOW is a historical drama exploring the early life of Voltaire (Florian Hencher), born François-Marie Arouet, before he became one of Europe's most influential writers and philosophers. In early eighteenth-century Paris, the ambitious and sharp-witted young Voltaire is determined to use theatre, satire and poetry to rise beyond the constraints of his birth. But his irreverent talent brings him into conflict with France's powerful elite, where one barbed line can invite censorship, imprisonment or exile. At the centre of his formative years is his relationship with Adrienne Lecouvreur (Georgia Hirst), the celebrated actress of the Comédie-Française. Drawn together by their shared love of performance, language and artistic freedom, Adrienne becomes both Voltaire's muse and his moral equal. Their bond deepens as Voltaire's writing begins to challenge the hypocrisy and injustice of the world around them - while Adrienne confronts the brutal prejudices facing women on the eighteenth-century stage.