Who plays Harry Gordon Selfridge on 'Mr Selfridge'?

The British period television drama series Mr Selfridge began its first season in 2013, starring Jeremy Piven as Harry Gordon Selfridge. Secrets of Selfridges, produced by the independent UK company Pioneer Productions in its "Secrets of Britain" series, was an hour-long documentary about the London store and Harry Selfridge.

Is Mr Selfridge based on a true story?

As the fourth and final series of ITV's Mr Selfridge draws to a close, Lindy Woodhead, author of Shopping, Seduction & Mr Selfridge, talks about the real Harry Selfridge and his family, and the television drama series based on her book. Why did I write about Harry Selfridge? That’s easy to answer – his story is a biographer’s dream.

Who is Harry Selfridge?

Between them these two formidable women created the international beauty business. Harry Selfridge – who himself created the first ever ground floor perfumery department back in 1910 – was a close friend of Miss Arden’s, who launched her first London cosmetics concession counter at the store in 1922.