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Period drama (TV)

July 2024

  • Hannah Dodd as Francesca Bridgerton, Victor Alli as John Stirling and Masali Baduza as Michaela Stirling in Bridgerton

    ‘Sorry, we don’t want lesbians’: Bridgerton’s problem with racism, homophobia and body-shaming

    From petitions against LGBT romances to actors being deluged with racist comments, the Regency drama has a huge toxicity problem in its fandom – to the detriment of some of its stars’ mental health

June 2024

  • Making moves … Luke Newton and Nicola Coughlan in Bridgerton.

    Not suitable for trains: how Bridgerton’s longest ever sex scene set commuters’ pulses racing

    Nicola Coughlan’s steamy start to the costume romp’s third season is the show’s most passionate yet – although it’s not the worst TV episode you could unwittingly watch on public transport…

May 2024

  • Downton Abbey cast members lined up in a row outside the house

    From ratcatcher to keeper of the snow: royal servants enter the spotlight in new exhibitions

    Life below stairs in the palaces and grand houses of Britain takes centre stage in a series of exhibitions

March 2024

  • Drayton Housee Saltburn.

    From Brideshead to Saltburn: why we can’t get enough of country house stories

    These posh piles hum with violence and confusion. An ideal landscape for fiction, argues the comedian and writer, whose debut novel was sparked by wondering: does Jeeves ever feel class rage?
  • Renegade Nell, Disney

    ‘I never dreamed I’d get this role!’: Derry Girl Louisa Harland on Sally Wainwright’s thrilling new heroine

    She’s gone from playing a schoolgirl to starring as a highway robber with superpowers in new swashbuckling period romp, Renegade Nell. The actor talks pie and mash, stunt training – and why there are no nipples in her new series
  • Tony Curran as King James VI of Scotland and I of England in Mary & George.

    Drama depicts King James I of England and his male lover – but how much of it is true?

    Mary and George tells the story of the relationship between the king and George Villiers

February 2024

  • Wandering eyes … Julianne Moore and Nicholas Galitzine in Mary & George.

    The watcher
    Mary & George: epic drama and ruff sex – this is everything you want in a period romp

  • Andrea Riseborough and Domhnall Gleeson in Alice & Jack.

    Observer TV reviews
    The week in TV: Alice & Jack; The Space Shuttle That Fell to Earth; The New Look; Bring the Drama – review

January 2024

  • Austin Butler in Masters Of The Air

    ‘If you weren’t scared, something was wrong’: the real heroes of Spielberg’s new war drama

  • Austin Butler dressed as a second world war pilot standing beside a bomber aircraft.

    Observer TV reviews
    The week in TV: Masters of the Air; Miners’ Strike 1984; Expats; David & Jay’s Touring Toolshed – review

November 2023

  • John Norton Braithwaite Whitney, CBE Born December 20, 1930 Died November 4 2023

    John Whitney obituary

    Pioneer of commerical radio and deviser of popular television dramas including Upstairs, Downstairs and Danger UXB

October 2023

  • Top dollar cosplay … The Gilded Age returns for season two

    TV review
    The Gilded Age review – it takes some nerve to give Oscar Wilde a cameo … then grant him no good lines

    Though Julian Fellowes’ tale of New York aristos never fizzes as it should, you will still swallow it whole … even if it feels wrong with every fibre of your being

June 2023

  • Racism is vanquished … King George III and Queen Charlotte’s marriage brings harmony to Britain.

    ‘Why is Bridgerton’s race twisting acceptable?’ The real problem with the show’s Black fantasy

  • Alexander Skarsgård (Lukas Matsson) and Matthew Macfadyen (Tom Wambsgans), centre, and co in the final episode of Succession.

    Observer TV reviews
    The week in TV: Succession; The Gallows Pole; Changing Ends; University Challenge – review

May 2023

  • Samuel Edward Cook and Michael Socha in The Gallows Pole.

    Shane Meadows on his newfound love of period drama: ‘It’ll resonate with people in a way we didn’t even intend’

  • Solly McLeod as ITV’s Tom Jones.

    Observer TV reviews
    The week in TV: Tom Jones; Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story; A Small Light; Black Ops

February 2023

  • Helena Bonham Carter, right, as Noele Gordon and Augustus Prew as Tony Adams in Nolly.

    Observer TV reviews
    This week in TV: Nolly; Putin vs the West; Emily Atack: Asking for It?; Hotel Portofino

    Helena Bonham Carter surprises as Noele Gordon; world leaders recall their encounters with Putin; Emily Atack challenges sexual harassment. Plus, the latest new Downton

January 2023

  • What it means to be English … Grayson Perry's Full English, Channel 4

    TV tonight
    TV tonight: Grayson Perry’s controversial new exhibition about Englishness

    Colourful characters feature as Grayson Perry’s Full English begins. Plus: Lord Sugar and Marie Antoinette (not together). Here’s what to watch this evening

December 2022

  • Healthy lineup … Laura Main as Shelagh Turner, Helen George as Trixie and Leonie Elliott as Lucille Anderson.

    TV review
    Call the Midwife Special review – it wouldn’t be Christmas without this slyly majestic drama

    The rousing, touching postwar childbirth drama has reached 1967 and is now so familiar it feels as if it’s been on air ever since. Prepare to be moved

November 2022

  • Close-up of Amy James-Kelly and Max Parker seen in profile in front of a lake

    TV review
    Blood, Sex & Royalty review – a terrific peek at Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn’s sexiest bits

    Warm, witty and full of universally brilliant acting, this absolute triumph of a docudrama also serves up huge chunks of knowledge, thanks to excellent talking head historians
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