Thursday 13 May 2021, 10:54
Every week, the Must Watch podcasters review the biggest TV and streaming shows.
This week Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell share their thoughts on BBC One’s The Pursuit of Love. Lily James, Emily Beecham, Andrew Scott and Dominic West star in Emily Mortimer’s take on Nancy Mitford’s classic novel.
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Hayley says: “A lot of fun and a lot of nonsense”
“I liked it. The thing with period dramas is that no matter how well written they are, they can feel stuffy and boring. As soon as I see a woman in period clothing pining for a man I generally run a mile. But this felt different enough to me.
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Bridgerton was made to look, and taste like, an intricate pastry: an unabashed indulgence, coated in several layers of pastel coating and floral motifs. Its characters float around in empire waist dresses, their hair woven into ribbon-tied confections, making eyes at prospective suitors and scheming from behind copies of Lady Whistledown s broadsheet.
Bridgerton was almost immediately hailed as a source of aesthetic inspiration, particularly in the fashion world. Indeed, it wasn t long before 1stDibs saw its sales of 18
th-century French antiques double, and Etsy reported a 100% increase for Regency-era accessories, like tea trays and vintage mirrors. Regencycore gained steam as yet another fantasy-minded trend on TikTok, and the hashtag racked up videos of influencers spinning around their bedrooms in homespun
The eight-part Netflix historical romance
Bridgerton has been watched by 82 million households since it premiered on Christmas Day 2020, and 41 percent of the streaming giant’s global audience. Unabashed in its admiration for a bygone world of wealth and privilege,
Bridgerton presents an alternative history in which early 19th century Regency England (so called because the Prince of Wales, the heir to the throne, ruled as “Prince Regent” in place of his mad father, King George III) was racially integrated.
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Bridgerton
Scandal (producer Shonda Rhimes’ prior hit which ran for seven seasons from 2012 to 2018),
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