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Advertisement Netflix officially confirmed the news on 15 February, tweeting: ‘Get ready to fall in love with Simone Ashley, who will play Kate in Season 2 of Bridgerton. Kate is a smart, headstrong young woman who suffers no fools – Anthony Bridgerton very much included.’ The Bridgerton account added: ‘Quite the juicy bit of gossip, dear readers... This author is certainly looking forward to many a column covering Miss Kate Sharma.’ Based on the character of Katharine Sheffield in Julia Quinn’s original Bridgerton novels, this on-screen counterpart is of Indian descent – in k...

Liam Daniel / Netflix What do you get when a hit historical novel series collides with a streaming service giant and one of the hottest TV producers around? A formula for success, if new period drama Bridgerton is anything to go by. In case anyone was in any doubt that the world has truly gone Bridgerton mad, it’s now been officially confirmed – and on a suitably grand scale for such a decadent show. Regé-Jean Page as Simon Basset and Phoebe Dynvenor as Daphne Bridgerton LIAM DANIEL / NETFLIX On 27 January, Netflix announced that Bridgerton has garnered the lofty accolade of becoming...

What 'Bridgerton' Got Right About Queen Charlotte Andrea Park © Liam Daniel - Netflix Netflix's 'Bridgerton' is a fictional take on 1800s England, but its portrayal of Queen Charlotte is spot-on. Here's the true story of the former queen. You've probably figured out by now that Bridgerton isn't exactly based on a true story. String quartets (unfortunately) didn't play "thank u, next" at formal balls in the 1800s, and young ladies of the time wouldn't have dared push back on their families' plans for them. There's also the fact that the Netflix series is based on a series o...

Liam Daniel / Netflix Gossip Girl is back, but with corsets. It’s like Tatler on telly, circa 1812. What am I talking about? The new Netflix period drama Bridgerton, which transported us to Regency London when it premiered over Christmas. There are headpieces and carriages galore, and Lady Danbury’s godson is a priapic duke. But most intriguing of all is the Gossip Girl sub-plot, in which the trials and tribulations of our lavishly costumed heroes are revealed via an enigmatic narrator, Lady Whistledown, who wreaks havoc and delight with her regularly published scandal sheet. Readers of ...

During this season’s penultimate episode of “His Dark Materials,” Carlo Boreal met his demise. The character’s fate wasn’t a surprise to those familiar with Philip Pullman’s fantasy novels, as the HBO series, which concludes its second season Monday, did not stray too far from the source material for this part of Boreal’s story. But the Boreal of the TV show, portrayed by actor Ariyon Bakare, was distinct from the Boreal of the book: He played a much larger role onscreen, for one. And he’s also generally been perceived as white. Lord Boreal “is written in the book as...