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With new productions poleaxed by successive lockdowns, BBC1’s festive fare was patchy at best. We got 75 minutes of Strictly highlights, a remake of Blankety Blank hosted by Bradley Walsh and by late evening it was back to repeats of The Vicar of Dibley. In this version of Georgian England, aristocrats ravish actresses in Hyde Park before dashing off to the palace to see their sisters presented to the monarch. If the Queen likes the look of a girl, she descends from her throne and bestows a k...

This addictive period romance will make your Christmas swoonworthy.

A series premiering in eight parts Friday on Netflix. Then there’s Lady Whistledown, skulking in the shadows, ruining lives with a flourish of her pen. When are we going to learn her identity? Those references will mean nothing if you haven’t read Julia Quinn’s popular “Bridgerton” books — but after you’ve watched the first few episodes of the Netflix serial bearing the same title, the names of the various Bridgertons and Featheringtons and other assorted characters will be as f...

As a genre, romance is frequently described with the kind of dismissive words that suggest a certain inherent, and often sexist, bias. “Bodice-ripper” isn’t so bad, but “trashy” is, and the latter comes up quite often in critical analysis of projects that dare to imagine their protagonists happy, in love, and having a lot of sex. This point isn’t to suggest that all romance films are actually good—rest assured that the “Fifty Shades of Grey” trilogy will not be defended here�...

In Bridgerton, Shonda Rhimes stakes a sumptuous, provocative claim on Netflix - and the traditional period drama Hank Stuever, The Washington Post Dec. 23, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5Phoeby Dynevor and Regé-Jean Page in "Bridgerton," the first Shonda Rhimes production to premiere on Netflix.Liam Daniel/NetflixShow MoreShow Less 2of5Golda Rosheuvel as Queen Charlotte in "Bridgerton."Liam Daniel/NetflixShow MoreShow Less 3of5 5of5 No one can lay a special claim of ownership on ...

It’s hard not to think about Downton Abbey when watching Both are splendid melodramas in quite magnificent costumery and sumptuous locations. Bridgerton is based on novels by US author Julia Quinn, set in the high society of Regency England, 1813. That’s also the year in which Pride & Prejudice was published, and the influences are easy to see in a world where keeping up appearances must be maintained at all costs. Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor) is the central character, the pretty b...

CinemaBlend Netflix is ending the year with a slew of exciting new releases, and Shonda Rhimes Bridgerton is bound to be a highlight for many who check it out. Based on a series of novels by prolific author Julia Quinn, the series takes viewers to early 19th century London to follow the stories of the high society ladies and gentlemen, complete with balls and gowns and decorum, along with the occasional duel. That said, Bridgerton is no Jane Austen-esque period drama, and plenty of scandal is...

12/25/2020 Shonda Rhimes executive produces the Netflix adaptation of Julia Quinns titular book series, about the cutthroat marriage market among London elites during the early 1800s. Courtship is a competitive sport in Netflixs new period drama Bridgerton, set in Regency-era England. The eligible men and women of the moneyed class are its players, who need every edge — beauty, title, wealth and charm — to stand out from their rivals. But the attribute that matters most, especially for the...

REVIEW: Shondaland has never been my dramatic home of choice. Perhaps burned by the flights of fancy taken by Grey’s Anatomy in its third season, I’ve steered clear of Shonda Rimes’ particular brand of soapy, glossy television. I appreciate that her shows have helped give the likes of Kerry Washington and Viola Davis the regular spotlight their talents deserve and kept Kiwi Martin Henderson gainfully employed, but I’ve always felt there are better examples of each genre Rimes and h...

Netflix’s big Christmas day drop Bridgerton has a lot of things going for it. It’s as visually sumptuous as a French patisserie’s shop window, with a cast full of beautiful people that both men and women will fawn over; it has a plot full of romance and secrets that our gossip-starved souls should be craving after months of isolation; and it’s a period drama landing on Christmas Day, the Dickensian time of year when our capacity for watching Mr Darcys and Lady Crawleys seem...