It is a truth universally acknowledged that a Sunday evening must be in want of a period drama
Be still my beating heart. Sanditon series 3 has landed, and I’m in raptures… or at least I would be, if I didn’t live in England, glorious England, where Jane Austen lived and breathed and loved and wrote, where the beautiful story of Sanditon was […]
Sanditon, rescued by its ardent American fans, is returning for a final season on 19 March 2023 on PBS at 9/8c. Unfortunately for British viewers, ITV have blotted their copybook once more and have yet to announce a UK release date. Jane Austen’s final, unfinished […]
When asked what I think of Bridgerton, I feel there is no summary quite so apt as the immortal words of Mrs Philips: ‘I have heard tales of gaming debts, of drunken routs… in which more things were broken beyond repair than heads and furniture….debauches, […]
‘We should all make a silent prayer to mark the finish of this terrible war and what that means for each and every one of us, let us remember the sacrifices that have been made and the men who will never come back and […]
*Spoilers about Poldark series one – four* I recently read (on British Period Dramas) that Poldark Series Five will be ‘making up its own story’ rather than relying on the books. This was always likely to be the case as Winston Graham put a decade […]
Tis the season of period dramas with the darkening evenings offset by dazzling costumes, grand houses, pastoral scenes, the rich, the poor, broken hearts, daughters married and battles aplenty. 1) Vanity Fair, Sunday 2 September at 9pm, ITV1, ‘Beware old London Town, Miss Sharp is […]
As we have come to the end of Poldark Series Four, let us comfort ourselves with the thought of forthcoming period dramas which will be a balm to our souls. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, is out on Netflix in the US […]
Poldark Series Four has come to an end! If you’re dreading being without your Sunday evening fix of historical fiction then be not afeared, the BBC have just released three of their beloved period dramas on iPlayer in the ‘box sets’ section (which is free […]
4/5 Ross has a prior engagement, with Prime Minister Pitt the Younger Ross’s poor relief scheme has succeeded in Cornwall and won the approval of Prime Minister. Pitt gives Ross a commission: ‘Your impulse is sound, and I believe it’s time will come…help those who […]
* Spoilers if you haven’t watched the last series of Downton including the Christmas Finale (aired in 2015). Although if you haven’t, quite frankly, what have you been doing with your time?! Get on Amazon Prime immediately. No spoilers about the film. * The long-anticipated […]