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The U.K.’s National Theatre Live has unveiled a lineup of theater-to-cinema broadcasts featuring A-list talent from stage and screen, marking a significant expansion of the program’s reach under new director Indhu Rubasingham.

The slate includes three major productions spanning contemporary drama and classic revivals, led by Emmy and BAFTA winner Martin Freeman and Olivier Award winner Jack Lowden in David Ireland’s critically acclaimed drama “The Fifth Step.”

The contemporary play follows James (Freeman), a longtime Alcoholics Anonymous member who sponsors newcomer Luka (Lowden). When Luka approaches the program’s fifth step, a confession threatens their fragile friendship. Originally presented by National Theatre of Scotland across Scottish venues in 2024, the production was filmed during its sold-out West End transfer at the intimate @sohoplace theater.

Freeman called the play “funny, dark, and completely original – very much David Ireland doing what he does best.” The production, directed by Finn den Hertog...

Exclusive: Nt Live will begin its next broadcast season in September with a series of buzzy plays, including The Fifth Step, the latest stage work from David Ireland, which stars Jack Lowden (Slow Horses) and Martin Freeman (The Hobbit).

The production follows James (Freeman), who, after years in Alcoholics Anonymous, becomes a sponsor to newcomer Luka (Lowden). As Luka nears step five, a confession threatens the fragile friendship between them. Directed by Finn den Hertog and originally presented in Dundee, Edinburgh, and Glasgow in 2024 by National Theatre of Scotland, the play was captured live from its sold-out London West End transfer at the @sohoplace. The play will be released in cinemas from November 27, presented by Neal Street Productions, Playful Productions, and National Theatre of Scotland in association with Nica Burns.

On 23 October, Nt Live will hand a cinema release to Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Bernard Shaw’s classic starring Imelda Staunton...

Still furious about My Lady Jane's cancellation or missing your fill of Bridgerton? Why aren't you watching Outrageous? Currently streaming on BritBox, the latest British historical drama to take on the notorious Mitford sisters and their many tales is already a huge success, having earned a remarkable 88% critics' score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes from 17 reviews. This is both 4% higher than Bridgerton's total critics' score and an impressive 14% higher than its audience rating. So far, three episodes of Outrageous have aired, and they have certainly lived up to their name, with Collider excitingly teaming up with BritBox to exclusively reveal this clip of the upcoming fourth episode.

In Episode 3, "Sparks Light Fires," the elder Mitford sisters clashed ideologies with ambition, with political arguments taking center stage once again. "Nancy writes a novel spoofing the Blackshirts which angers Diana," the episode's synopsis began, continuing, "Jessica becomes obsessed with her communist...

BBC Studios has announced the titles coming to BritBox in July 2025, which include a range of new BritBox Originals and classic British fare. BritBox is a digital video subscription service offering the largest collection of British TV in the U.S. and Canada.

The July lineup includes the groundbreaking series Code of Silence, starring Rose Ayling-Ellis as a Deaf canteen worker who becomes entangled in covert police work. The edgy crime drama, praised for its authentic portrayal and gripping story, will be available to stream in both English and American Sign Language (Asl) on July 24.

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Emmy-nominee Jim Carter and real-life daughter Bessie Carter star alongside Olivia Williams in the dark comedy Pigs. The short film, which focuses on a family dinner gone awry, premieres on BritBox on July 16.

An official selection of this year’s Tribeca Festival, Outrageous is created and written by Sarah Williams and is...

Bessie Carter is no stranger to period pieces. She became a fan-favorite on the show Bridgertonas Prudence Featherington, the older sister of Nicola Coughlan's Penelope. But she has since gone on to star in the new BritBox series Outrageous in which she plays the real-life Nancy Mitford. The Mitford sisters were known for their connections to politics and mysterious organizations. Now, fans will get to understand Nancy a bit more through the new series. To help promote it, Carter spoke with People about her work in both Bridgerton and Outrageous.

According to Carter, despite the two shows being period pieces, she says that "they're so different. They're completely different characters." But there are comparisons between them for her; Carter thinks that the two women are both "really fun to play for different reasons." She went on to explain whyshe loves them both. "The Prudence snobbery, I suppose, is fun...

Period dramas with political tension and real-life inspiration have a way of pulling viewers in, and Outrageous is no exception. With its perfect blend of high society, family conflict, and the rise of dangerous ideologies, the show gives audiences something to feel and fear all at once. Episode 2 of the show follows the same path and takes the viewers into more unsettling territory.

While the characters face several hardships, Unity takes a step that changes the entire mood of the show. Moreover, this episode might just mark the beginning of a shift that fans didn’t see coming. So, let’s take a closer look at what happened and what the ending might be trying to tell us.

Outrageous Episode 1-2 Recap: The Calm Before the Storm

The first two episodes of Outrageous take us deep into the lives of the Mitford family, featuring seven siblings caught between tradition and the changing world.

From Agatha Christie obsessions to critically acclaimed crime dramas, some of the best content from across the pond is available to stream in the US on BritBox. Perhaps the most exciting new addition to the streamer's line-up is the six-episode series, Outrageous, the latest in a long line of adaptations based on the notorious Mitford sisters. Following in the footsteps of the Amazon miniseries, The Pursuit of Love, which detailed the eldest sister's novels, Outrageous, co-directed by Joss Agnew and Ellie Heydon, takes the infamous raucous stories and gives them a modern refresh with gorgeous color design and a provocative edge.

The series, which features a selection of top performers, including the likes of Bridgerton's Bessie Carter, James Purefoy (The Following), Isobel Jesper Jones (The Serpent Queen), Joanna Vanderham (The Runaway), Shannon Watson (The Jetty), Zoe Brough, and more, released on BritBox just two days ago and is already impressing both audiences and critics.

Think the Kardashians keep the gossip rags in business? Allow us to introduce you to the Mitford sisters.

The real-life siblings at the center of BritBox’s new series Outrageous made for scandalous headlines in 1930s England, with the sisters’ personal and political exploits a national obsession for the better part of the decade. The fictionalized drama based on Mary S. Lovell’s biography The Mitford Girls, which premieres with two episodes on the streaming service today, offers an inside look at the real stories behind the society-page scandals.

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There is a specific function of the modern period drama, particularly those produced for streaming services, that goes beyond mere costume and escapism. It is to hold a mirror, sometimes ornate and gilded, up to our own turbulent times. Outrageous is the latest exhibit, a series that drops viewers into the shimmering, brittle world of 1930s aristocratic England.

This is a landscape of lavish parties and inherited privilege, all captured in the final, hazy moments before the continent plunged into war. At its center are the Mitfords, an Oxfordshire clan of six daughters and a son whose lives were the source of endless public fascination and scandal. They were the infamous celebrities of their day, a subject of fixation for a gossip-hungry press.

The series, based on their true story, opens in 1931, chronicling the sisters’ paths as the political temperature rises. Very quickly, the narrative reveals the deep ideological fractures...

The Mitford sisters — Nancy, Pamela, Diana, Unity, Jessica, and Deborah — will be brought to life by the BritBox original series “Outrageous,” which debuts on the streaming service on Wednesday, June 18.

A first look featurette shared exclusively with TheWrap shows the sisters at their best and their worst, including Unity’s relationship with Adolf Hitler (which began at the height of his power in Nazi Germany and lasted through his death) and her sister Diana’s condemnation of it.

In modern terms, the Mitfords were almost the Kardashians of their day. Initially famous for being themselves, the sisters each embarked on their own careers to various degrees of success, though without a Kris Jenner-esque matriach keeping everyone on task.

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“Outrageous” debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival this month. The show’s full tagline reads, “Based on Mary Lovell’s definitive biography, ‘The Mitford Girls’, ‘Outrageous’ is...

BBC Studios has announced the titles coming to BritBox in June 2025, which include everything from new BritBox Originals to classic British fare. BritBox is a digital video subscription service offering the largest collection of British TV in the U.S. and Canada.

The June lineup includes the official Tribeca Festival selection Outrageous, created and written by Sarah Williams (Small Island), and based on Mary Lovell’s definitive biography The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family.

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Bessie Carter (Bridgerton) stars as Nancy Mitford, alongside Joanna Vanderham (Crime), Shannon Watson (The Jetty), Zoe Brough (Casualty), Anna Chancellor (The Split), and James Purefoy (The Veil) in a stellar ensemble based on one of the most headline-making families of the 20th century. Outrageous premieres at the Tribeca Festival on June 5 and will be available to stream exclusively on BritBox on June 18 at 8:00 p.m. Et.

Mr. Loverman has officially found its North American streamer.

Dearest gentle readers, it has come to this author’s attention that while Bridgerton continues to reign as the diamond of the season in the realm of romantic period dramas, not all members of the illustrious Bridgerton family are granted equal sparkle. Indeed, as the spotlight twirls from one grand love affair to the next, certain sisters, namely Francesca, Eloise, and Hyacinth, remain ever on the outskirts, their romantic prospects treated as little more than a passing footnote.

How curious that such spirited, sharp-witted, and wholly captivating young women should be relegated to the background, their hearts waiting ever so patiently for their moment to shine. If the ton is to remain enraptured, one must wonder: might it be time these overlooked Bridgerton ladies received more than just the crumbs of courtship?

Francesca, Eloise, and Hyacinth were never meant to be background characters in Bridgerton A still from Bridgerton | Credits: Netflix

Bridgerton gave us ballgowns,...

Today, BritBox debuted the official trailer for its Original six-episode series Outrageous, which will premiere June 18 in the U.S. and Canada with the first two episodes, with subsequent episodes available weekly.

An official selection of this year’s Tribeca Festival, Outrageous is created and written by Sarah Williams, and is based on Mary Lovell’s definitive biography The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family.

Bessie Carter stars as Nancy Mitford, alongside Joanna Vanderham as Diana Mitford, Shannon Watson as Unity Mitford, Zoe Brough (Casualty) as Jessica Mitford, Orla Hill as Deborah Mitford, and Isobel Jesper Jones as Pamela Mitford.

Their brother Tom will be played by Toby Regbo, with Anna Chancellor and James Purefoy at the top of the family tree as Muv and Farve.

The series also features Joshua Sasse as Oswald Mosley, Jamie Blackley as Peter Rodd, James Musgrave (Einstein and the Bomb) as Hamish Erskine,...

Bridgerton star Bessie – soon to play Nancy Mitford in a new TV drama – and her mum, acting royalty Imelda, talk Sondheim, sandwiches and taking the stage together in Shaw’s sex worker scandal Mrs Warren’s Profession

‘It’s amazing that I came from you,” says Bessie Carter to her mother, Imelda Staunton, during a break in rehearsals for the forthcoming revival of George Bernard Shaw’s Mrs Warren’s Profession, in which they’ll play a mother and daughter and share a stage for the first time. She has a point. Carter, 31, best known as Bridgerton’s Prudence Featherington, is 5ft 10 and aquiline, glamorous in a maroon leather coat and silver-studded shoes. Staunton, 69, is barely 5ft tall, quiet and unassuming in slacks and a blouse, short grey hair pinned back.

There’s no hint of grandeur to this theatrical dame, who was Oscar-nominated for her performance in Mike Leigh...

The Screen Actors Guild Awards are taking place on Sunday in downtown Los Angeles. TheWrap will update the list of winners as they are announced.

“Wicked” went into the show leading all films with five nominations, followed by “A Complete Unknown” with four and “Anora” and “Emilia Perez” with two.

In the television categories, “Shōgun” led with five nominations, followed by “The Bear” with four and “The Diplomat” and “The Penguin” with three.

Over the 30-year history of the SAG Awards, individual winners in the film categories have gone on to win Academy Awards for acting 75% of the time. All four SAG winners have repeated at the Oscars 10 times, with eight of those times coming in the last 15 years.

The winning film in the SAG Awards’ ensemble-cast category has won the Oscar for Best Picture about half the time, including the last three years in a row and four times in the last five years.

A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story, a four-part drama series starring Lucy Boynton (Bohemian Rhapsody, Murder on the Orient Express, The Politician) that tells the story of the last woman to be hanged in Britain from her point of view, premiered in the U.S. on streaming service BritBox this week and will hit U.K. streamer Itvx in March.

Produced by ITV Studios’ Silverprint Pictures and based on Carol Ann Lee’s biography A Fine Day for Hanging: The Real Ruth Ellis Story, the show also features Toby Jones as Ellis’ lawyer, Laurie Davidson as the lover shot and killed by Ellis, Mark Stanley, Joe Armstrong, Arthur Darvill, Juliet Stevenson, Toby Stephens, Amanda Drew and Bessie Carter. The script was written by Kelly Jones, with Angie Daniell producing the series and Lee Haven Jones directing all four episodes.

Silverprint creative director Kate Bartlett and development director Antonia Gordon...

Created by Kelly Jones and based on Carol Anne Lee’s biography, “A Fine Day for Hanging,” BritBox’s “A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story” is a gutting, engaging historical crime drama revolving around an ambitious woman hindered by abuse, misogyny, trauma and her desire to be loved. A foreboding tale, Lucy Boynton is brilliant as Ruth Ellis, a young mother convicted of killing her abusive lover and who would become the last woman to be hanged in the United Kingdom.

Capital punishment is still a polarizing topic in the United States. However, the practice has been long outlawed in various places across the globe. “A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story” explores why an otherwise upstanding citizen might be driven to commit such a heinous act and how a country condemned her for it. The series opens on July 13, 1955, the day Ruth is executed for murdering race car...

Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be hanged in the United Kingdom after the fatal shooting of her abusive lover. The year was 1955. Thirty years later, Mike Newell’s 1985 movie Dance With a Stranger, starring Miranda Richardson and Rupert Everett, told the story. Now, Lucy Boynton (Bohemian Rhapsody, Murder on the Orient Express, The Politician) portrays Ellis in the new four-part drama series A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story, which premieres in the U.S. on streaming service BritBox on Monday and aims to tell Ellis’ story through her eyes.

Produced by ITV Studios’ Silverprint Pictures for Itvx, where it will launch in March, and based on Carol Ann Lee’s biography A Fine Day for a Hanging: The Real Ruth Ellis Story, the show also features Toby Jones as Ellis’ lawyer, Laurie Davidson, Mark Stanley, Joe Armstrong, Arthur Darvill, Juliet Stevenson, Toby Stephens, Amanda Drew, and Bessie Carter.

Everyone is eagerly awaiting the return of Netflix's top period drama series. Unfortunately, it will be some time before that happens, as production on the fourth season of Bridgerton is currently underway. While an official release year hasn't been confirmed, the show's showrunner expects the series to return in 2026. This may seem like a long way off, but it'll be 2026 before we know it!

The first season explored the love story between Daphne and Simon. The second season then shifted its focus to the eldest Bridgerton sibling, Anthony, and told his love story with Kate. The latest season, Bridgerton season 3, saw Colin and Penelope finally get together. Now, in the upcoming Bridgerton season 4, fans can expect a new romance to take center stage. It's Benedict Bridgerton's turn to find love, and he’ll meet his match in the alluring Lady in Silver, Sophie Baek.

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Today, BritBox announced its 2025 slate of premieres and returning series. The BritBox 2025 lineup includes Original commissions, celebrated co-productions, and highly anticipated acquisitions.

With new series from top UK writers such as Sally Wainwright (Riot Women), Sarah Williams (Outrageous), Rachel Bennette (Agatha Christie’s Towards Zero), Catherine Moulton (Code of Silence), Kelly Jones (A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story), Anna Symon (Joan), and Cat Jones (The Jetty), BritBox’s slate highlights the depth and power of British storytelling.

A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story

In 2025, BritBox will bring beloved characters back to the screen with new seasons of its iconic favorites such as Blue Lights, Vera, Father Brown, Death in Paradise, Beyond Paradise, Silent Witness and Sister Boniface Mysteries plus reimagined looks at treasured literary characters in Lynley and Agatha Christie’s Towards Zero.

From detectives, to Psni recruits, to crime-solving priests and nuns, BritBox audiences will have the...

"You really think you can take them all on and win?" BritBox has revealed an official US trailer for a true crime series from the UK called A Cruel Love, from writer Kelly Jones. The original full title is A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story, and it's adapted directly from Carol Ann Lee's non-fiction book "A Fine Day for Hanging: The Real Ruth Ellis Story" about a woman who was hanged in 1955 after a murder charge. The series follows the story of Ruth Ellis: her lifestyle as a young nightclub manageress, her violent relationship with the man she then killed in cold blood, her arrest, trial, and subsequent legal battle to get her release before she was hanged. She was the last woman to ever be executed in Britain - this is her story. "Against the backdrop of the glamorous 1950s club scene, this is the real...

ABC has set its Nye plans.

Rita Ora will return as co-host of Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest, while the first announced musical guests include Cody Johnson, Lenny Kravitz, Thomas Rhett, Teddy Swims and Tinashe.

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The glory days of peak TV, of blank cheque commissioning, open-ended series orders and blockbuster budgets, are well and truly behind us. But even with buyers tightening their purse strings, there’s still a hunger, and with the every-expanding global streaming market, a continually-growing demand for top-notch drama.

Ahead of MIPCOM Cannes — the number one global television market which runs October 21-24 — the supply side of the scripted business is also looking strong. From big-budget period pieces to quirky indie gems, from glossy period pieces to gritty urban drama, the offerings this year are broad and deep.

Budget constraints mean there will be fewer moon-shot deals at this year’s MIPCOM — proceedurals, thrillers and star-driven projects will have an edge over riskier, niche-focused fare — but for producers who know how to crunch the numbers, there is business to be done.

Here is The Hollywood Reporter‘s hot list of the...

Yerin Ha joins the ‘Bridgerton’ season 4 cast (Photo Credit: Nick Walters)

Yerin Ha, soon to be seen in Dune: Prophecy, has joined the cast of Bridgerton season four as Sophie Baek aka the Lady in Silver. Ha will be a series regular in the upcoming season, playing a maid who catches Benedict’s eye.

Netflix offers this description of Ha’s character: “Sophie Baek has been forced to spend much of her life working as a maid for the most demanding employer in the ton. But the resourceful Sophie always finds a way to persevere through her circumstances — which will drastically change after she disguises herself to attend Violet Bridgerton’s masquerade ball and meets Benedict Bridgerton.”

Speaking with Netflix’s Tudum, Yerin Ha talked about what she loved about Sophie. “What drew me to Sophie was that she immediately has obstacles — something that she constantly has to overcome,” said Ha.

First Looks Unveiled For Mitford Sisters Drama ‘Outrageous’

Here’s a first look at Outrageous, the series about the Mitford Sisters for BritBox International and UKTV. Outrageous is the story of six aristocratic sisters who refused to play by the rules, their often-scandalous lives making headlines around the world. It is one of the most high-profile BritBox and UKTV dramas of late, and stars Bridgerton’s Bessie Carter alongside the likes of Shannon Watson, Zoe Brough, Orla Hill and Isobel Jesper Jones. Created and written by Sarah Williams, and based on Mary Lovell’s definitive biography The Sisters, the show is produced by Firebird Pictures and will air next year.

BBC Rings Bell On ‘Waterloo Road’ Double Season Order

The BBC has greenlit two more seasons of school drama Waterloo Road, taking the show up to at least 2026. Old seasons of Waterloo Road became popular over lockdown on iPlayer and...

BritBox has released the first look images from its upcoming original series Outrageous, a six-part drama about the infamous Mitford sisters. The series, set to premiere in 2025, stars Bessie Carter as Nancy Mitford, one of the six aristocratic sisters known for their scandalous lives and refusal to conform to societal norms. Outrageous captures the […]

First Look: BritBox Releases Images from Mitford Sisters Series Outrageous...

If anyone shall reveal the circumstances of Bridgerton Season 4, it is I.

With fifteen Emmy nominations, including two wins, it’s no surprise twenty-eight million people tuned in the first week of Bridgerton Season 3 Part 1.

Then again, fans were probably foaming at the mouth for another season of this historical romance drama.

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Netflix has become notorious for taking its time with its hit shows like Bridgerton and Stranger Things.

Both series’ fans have become accustomed to the years-long wait between season drops.

However, the streaming giant is also known for dishing out details to keep fans sated.

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Jim Carter, who famously played Carson the master butler on Downton Abbey, clearly was taken by the leading artist giving a terrifically moving performance as Dolly Gallagher Levi upon the London Palladium stage. “That’s my wife,” he declared during the interval.

Indeed it was. Imelda Staunton was creating a gold-standard portrait of the meddlesome fixer at the heart of the landmark musical Hello, Dolly! created by Jerry Herman and Michael Stewart from Thornton Wilder’s The Matchmaker.

“It’s a brilliant production,” Carter told me.

A tearful Jim Carter at the Palladium. Photo by Baz Bamigboye/Deadline.

“The problem is,” he continued, ”I can’t see anyone else on stage. I can only look at her. I’m sitting there going, ‘Wow!’”

Totally understandable, because the other 2,200 members of the audience were falling in love with her as well.

Imelda Staunton (center) and the ‘Hello, Dolly!’ company at the...

Filming has begun on Outrageous, a six-part series about the Mitford sisters, with a cast including Bessie Carter, Joanna Vanderham, Anna Chancellor, and James Purefoy.

The brand-new drama, created and written by Sarah Williams and based on Mary Lovell’s definitive biography The Mitford Girls, is made by Firebird Pictures and co-commissioned by BritBox International (for North America) and UKTV.

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Outrageous is the story of six aristocratic sisters who refused to play by the rules, their often scandalous lives making headlines worldwide. Set against the gathering storm clouds of the 1930s, masked by the decadence, frivolity, and lavishness of British high society, Outrageous will bring the full, uncensored story of the Mitford sisters to the screen for the first time – a story of family bonds and betrayals, public scandal, political extremism, love, heartache, and even imprisonment.

The show explores how and why these women,...

Simon and Daphne's love story is arguably the worst out of all the Bridgerton romances. Queen: Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story was a clever, heartbreaking, and thrilling prequel spinoff series. Bridgerton season 2 featured the Netflix franchise's best romance, while also skillfully balancing the other characters' storylines.

Netflix has released three seasons of Bridgerton and one prequel spinoff series, and more are expected to come in the upcoming years as the show continues to dominate the streaming world. While every installment in the historical romance franchise has been well received overall by fans and critics alike, every viewer has their favorite and least favorite. Some fans' and critics' cumulative scores of each season (and prequel spinoff show) are documented on websites such as Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb, but those two online sources are not the only factors in this ranking of which Bridgerton stories are the best.

Bridgerton showrunner Jess Brownell predicts...

[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for Bridgerton Season 3, Episode 8, “Into the Light.”] Bridgerton‘s third season may have come to an end, but Penelope (Nicola Coughlan) and Colin’s (Luke Newton) story is far from over. In the final moments of the season, it was revealed that Penelope would continue to write her Lady Whistledown column under her own name. Also, a married Penelope and Colin won the Featherington heir race as they had a baby boy in the flash-forward scene, while Philippa (Harriet Cains) and Prudence (Bessie Carter) had daughters. This means Penelope and Colin are the heads of the Featherington household, placing them across the street from Bridgerton house. In other words, they’ll continue to be close by. Already confirmed to return for Season 4, TV Insider caught up with Coughlan and Newton at the series’ world premiere in New York this past May where they got candid about what they’re looking forward...

Bridgerton season 3 continues beloved character stories while introducing new faces to the cast for more drama and romance. The familiar cast includes fan-favorites like Lady Danbury and Queen Charlotte, with the Bridgerton family at the center of the new season. Season 3 introduces new characters like Marcus Anderson and Michaela Stirling, adding depth and intrigue to the Bridgerton storyline.

The third season of Bridgerton has now all released, and it could not be more exciting to see the Bridgerton siblings and the Ton once again. Season 3 continues the stories of fan-favorite characters, while also introducing entirely new faces to the cast. Bridgerton season 3 is based on the fourth novel in Julia Quinn's "Bridgerton" book series, "Romancing Mister Bridgerton," and sees the blossoming romance of Colin and Penelop brought to its natural ending.

By now, Bridgerton has a cast that is full of familiar, fan-favorite actors. Characters like Lady Danbury and...

As the second half of Bridgerton Season 3 approaches, the events of Part 1 might already seem distant. Very much indeed happened in the first four episodes of the Netflix series’ third installment, which ended with a climactic carriage scene and cliffhanger that has left viewers longing for the rest of the season.

Below, find episodic recaps as to plotlines such as the Featherington fronts — Penelope’s (Nicola Coughlan) search for a suitor and her sisters’ attemps to get pregnant — as well as Colin’s (Luke Newton) attempts to help Penelope until he had some realizations of his own about his feelings toward her. Francesca Bridgerton also entered society at the beginning of Season 3, and of course, Violet Bridgerton (Ruth Gemmell) and Lady Danbury (Adjoah Andoh) have attempted to shepherd the Bridgertons and mold society in their own ways.

Lord Kilmartin and Lord Marcus Anderson made their debuts in the Bridgertonverse as...

Bill Pullman is a liar.

The star of “Murdaugh Murders: The Movie” doesn’t mean to be, but confesses he is one during our interview.

The two-part Lifetime movie in which Pullman portrays convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh wasn’t, by any means, a light-hearted project. And while focusing on heavier topics, some actors turn to “comfort” TV or movies.

One of mine, I tell him, is “While You Were Sleeping,” his 1995 rom-com with Sandra Bullock. But he doesn’t have one. And that might come as a surprise if you’ve watched recent FYC press he’s done. In fact, he was asked about it on a panel three days before our conversation.

“They asked a similar question, and I lied,” he whispers. “I just told my publicist today, I feel so bad! Something about that question, I couldn’t think of anything that was accurate. The only thing I...

In recent years, Netflix has made a lot of changes to its standard operating procedures, and one that is becoming increasingly part of its release plans is breaking up series into blocks. The world’s largest streaming service will release the second half of “Bridgerton” Season 3 in June looking to capitalize on the success of the first four episodes that were released last month. Also coming to the streaming giant this month will be the final season of fantasy drama series “Sweet Tooth,” the Glen Powell-led action comedy “The Hitman” and much more.

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After keeping loyal readers waiting for two years, Lady Whistledown finally made her return in season three of Netflix’s smash hit regency romance ‘Bridgerton.’ Each season follows the love story of one of the Bridgerton children, based on the eight-book series by Julia Quinn. The title ‘Bridgerton’ has become synonymous with steaminess and scandal, with the first season being labeled as a “bodice ripper” with many passionate love scenes between its leads, Daphne (Phoebe Dynevor) and Simon (Regé-Jean Page). Season two lightened up a bit with the enemies-to-lovers arc between the eldest Bridgerton son, Anthony (Jonathan Bailey) and Kate (Simone Ashley), the sister of his betrothed. So, where does season three lie? It seems to be too soon to say. Only the first four episodes of ‘Bridgerton’ season three dropped on May 16, with the second half coming almost a month later on June 13. Wallflower Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlin) is...

Did You Know? These Co-Stars Of Netflix’s Bridgerton Are Dating In Real Life(Photo Credit –Instagram)

Netflix’s immensely popular period drama Bridgerton, based on Julia Quinn’s book series, has given us some of the most unforgettable love stories. The show revolves around the social season of Regency-era London, where young men and women must find suitable partners. But did you know a few Bridgerton co-stars are dating Irl?

Luke Thompson and Harriet Cains

The first rumored couple is Benedict, played by Luke Thompson, and the character of Phillipa Feathrington, portrayed by Harriet Cains. The speculation gained traction when the two were spotted together at Vanity Fair’s Rising Stars party in January 2024, with Luke even planting a kiss on Harriet’s cheek. The latter further fueled the rumors by sharing a picture from the event on her official Instagram account.

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Bridgerton has returned for its third season and instantly took social media by storm with its new love story. Penelope Featherington who used to hide in the shadows of ballrooms for the first time takes the limelight changing her entire wardrobe and hair looks. Fans are swooning over the character for finally embracing her true self and getting close to the love of her life Colin Bridgerton.

Bridgerton. Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington in episode 301 of Bridgerton. Cr. Laurence Cendrowicz/Netflix © 2024

Apart from her transformed outlook what set the tone for this season was its swoon-worthy music. The series has made a splash with its music choices, capturing imaginations with a mix of classical music and iconic pop hit covers. Among all those songs that have hooked fans, the Pitbull club hit Give Me Everything has taken a special place in hearts. In the latest interview, the showrunner revealed the...

Exclusive: Lord of the Rings star Morfydd Clark and Under the Banner of Heaven’s Billy Howle will star in new versions of John Osborn’s Look Back In Anger and Arnold Wesker’s Roots, which will run in rep at London’s Almeida in what has been dubbed the Angry and Young season. Ahead of the season, Romola Garai will appear in Eline Arbo’s adaptation of Annie Ernaux’s exceptional Noble Prize-winning novel The Years.

Roots, with Clark in the central role of Beatie Bryant who returns to her family in Norfolk after living a highly charged political life in London, will run at the Almeida in Islington, North London, from September 10 through November 23, directed by Diyan Zora.

Howle will take a small part in Roots but in Look Back In Anger, which will run from September 20 through November 23, he’ll play Jimmy Porter, the theater’s original angry young man.

Dearest readers: It’s Bridgerton Week at IndieWire. We’re celebrating the new season by diving deep on one of the best romance shows on TV.

Lady Whistledown’s innovation among the scandal sheets is that she uses people’s names to dish about marriage-mart gossip. But the “Bridgerton” costume department has had quite a novel innovation on an old form, too, and one we deem worthy of celebration.

How we feel about old-timey clothes is influenced by an intuitive set of conventions that reflect our contemporary fashion tastes. A costume designer’s choice of color, silhouette (the outline or shape of a garment), fabric, and texture all work to tell us who is conceited, who is shy, and who is, as Queen Charlotte (Golda Rosheuvel) would put it, a sparkler.

But if one looks at costumes from Regency romances 10 or 15 years before “Bridgerton” first aired in 2020 — your “Pride & Prejudice...

Bridgerton season 3's part 1 premiers on May 16, 2024, continuing the trend of increased viewership from season 2. The new season focuses on Colin Bridgerton's love story with Penelope Featherington, offering a friends-to-lovers narrative. Season 3 part 1 consists of four episodes, with the remaining episodes scheduled to be released on June 13, 2024.

Over two years after its successful second season premiered, Bridgerton season 3 part 1 is finally dropping on Netflix this month. As a testament to the historical romance series' ever-increasing popularity, Bridgerton season 2 beat season 1's Netflix record with a remarkable increase in viewership numbers. Naturally, as Bridgerton's cult following surges with each new season, so does the anticipation to see how the TV franchise will interpret Julia Quinns novel series of the same name and which member of the Bridgerton family will encounter their epic Regency-era romance in the show next.

Previously, Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey) found love with Kate Sharma (Simone Ashley), the...

The tallest actors in the Bridgerton cast include Bessie Carter at 5'10, Luke Thompson at 5'11, and Ren-Jean Page at 5'11. Martins Imhangbe, at an impressive 6'3, stands out as one of the tallest actors in Bridgerton, embodying the athletic nature of his character. On the other end, the shortest actors in the cast are Nicola Coughlan at 5' and Sabrina Bartlett at 5'2, bringing unique presence to their roles.

Shondalands hit Regency-era British drama, Bridgerton, has taken fans by storm all over the world becoming one of the most viewed and highest-rated shows on Netflix. Inspired by the Julia Quinn novels, the Netflix series follows the Bridgerton family as each of the eight children grows up and finds love during the London social season. Each season follows a particular romance trope like fake dating, enemies to lovers, and friends to lovers. Utilizing the different tropes allows the series to...

Bridgerton Season 3 is bringing Penelope (Nicola Coughlan) and Colin’s (Luke Newton) love story to life from Julia Quinn’s Romancing Mister Bridgerton. However, a key character from Polin’s book is not featured in the Netflix show at all: Felicity Featherington. Another Featherington sister?! Yes, there’s another one in the book series! Felicity is closest to Penelope within the Featherington family and the youngest sibling. She’s also a dear friend to Hyacinth Bridgerton. In the Netflix series, Penelope only has two siblings, Prudence (Bessie Carter) and Philippa (Harriet Cains). Showrunner Jess Brownell explains Felicity’s absence in the show to TV Insider. “I think [that] was a smart decision. I think that was a decision made by Chris Van Dusen and Shonda [Rhimes] early on in the pilot,” Brownell says. “It just gets hard to characterize three siblings, especially when the Featheringtons are in a secondary position. The main...

Your browser does not support the video tag. Penelope Featherington takes the lead in Bridgerton season 3, balancing romance with a secret identity as Lady Whistledown. Season 3 expands the story of the Featherington household, giving Prudence and Philippa more depth. Bessie Carter discusses Prudence's growth in season 3, emphasizing her vulnerability and journey to win her mother's love.

Penelope Featherington takes center stage in Bridgerton season 3, which sees her juggle her blossoming romance with Colin Bridgerton and her secret identity as Lady Whistledown. The latest installment of the hit Netflix show adapts the fourth book in Julia Quinn's novel series, Romancing Mister Bridgerton, while still making important changes to flesh out the world for television. One of the biggest differences in the Shondaland presentation is the expansion of the story, which includes adding characters such as Queen Charlotte and the Mondriches.

Penelope's sisters are not new to Bridgerton (though the...

Penelope Featherington and Colin Bridgerton entering into a unique arrangement, J.Lo fighting evil artificial intelligence, the roasting of an NFL legend, a retelling of the invention of the Pop Tart, Brooke Shields and Benjamin Bratt at war and John Mulaney’s six-night live comedy event from Los Angeles are some of the big titles hitting Netflix in May.

Debuting on May 3 is Jerry Seinfeld’s directorial debut, Unfrosted. The comedy legend works both sides of the camera for this humorous feature take on the birth of the Pop Tart. The movie is set in 1963 as breakfast cereal giants Kellogg’s and Post compete to become the first company to create a morning pastry. Melissa McCarthy, Jim Gaffigan and Amy Schumer also star, with Hugh Grant more than likely to steal the whole film with a turn as Tony the Tiger.

May is comedy month on Netflix and to coincide...

Descubre los detalles de la nueva temporada de la exitosa serie de Netflix y cuándo se estrena. © Netflix

¡El tan esperado tráiler de la tercera temporada de “Los Bridgerton” acaba de ser lanzado!

Según la sinopsis oficial, en la tercera temporada de la serie, Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) ya ha abandonado la esperanza de conquistar a su amor platónico de toda la vida, Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton), después de oírle hablar de ella tan despectivamente. No obstante, está decidida a encontrar marido, preferiblemente uno que le dé la independencia suficiente para seguir su doble vida como Lady Whistledown, y que la aleje de su madre y sus hermanas. Pero sus intentos en el mercado del matrimonio fracasan estrepitosamente por sus inseguridades. Por otro lado, Colin ha vuelto de sus viajes de verano con una nueva imagen y un alto concepto de sí mismo, aunque pronto se desanima por el desdén de Penelope,...

Netflix Releases “Bridgerton” Season 3 Trailer

Dear reader, if it’s a friends-to-lovers storyline you’re looking for, welcome back to “Bridgerton.”

Netflix has released the long-awaited trailer for the two-part third season of its acclaimed regency romance series.

In Season 3 of the Shondaland series, which will center on Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) and Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton), Penelope has given up on her long-held crush on Colin and has decided to find a husband that will allow her to continue her double life as Lady Whistledown. But lacking in confidence, her attempts fail spectacularly. Colin, eager to win back her friendship, offers to mentor Penelope to help her find the confidence she needs to find a husband. “But when his lessons start working a little too well, Colin must grapple with whether his feelings for Penelope are truly just friendly.”

Watch the trailer for “Bridgerton” Season 3 below:

Season 3 will also star Claudia Jessie,...

The long wait to watch Penelope (Nicola Coughlan) and Colin’s (Luke Newton) love story is almost over.

Netflix has unveiled the full-length trailer for Bridgerton Season 3, which teases plenty of romantic drama.

We begin the season with Penelope at an impasse as she tries to come to terms with Colin’s brutal betrayal.

Colin returns to town as she tries to move on with her life, and things get interesting when he realizes his former flame is giving him the cold shoulder.

After the pair comes to blows, Colin reveals he’ll help her find a suitable husband, but will they be able to keep things strictly platonic, or will they find themselves back in each other’s arms before long?

Penelope realizes that she needs to carve out a life for herself to keep up the Lady Whistledown ruse, but if this show has taught us anything, it...

Netflix’s official trailer for Bridgerton season three delivers more sizzling scenes with Penelope and Luke (#Polin), and shows off our first good look at Penelope’s possible suitor Lord Debling.

The nearly three-minute trailer arrived along with a new poster and more gorgeous photos from the upcoming season.

Season three stars Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington, Luke Newton as Colin Bridgerton, Claudia Jessie as Eloise Bridgerton, Luke Thompson as Benedict Bridgerton, Golda Rosheuvel as Queen Charlotte, and Adjoa Andoh as Lady Danbury. Ruth Gemmell stars as Violet Bridgerton, Lorraine Ashbourne is Mrs. Varley, Hannah Dodd is Francesca Bridgerton, Simone Ashley is Kate Sharma, and Jonathan Bailey is Anthony Bridgerton.

Harriet Cains stars as Philipa Featherington, Bessie Carter is Prudence Featherington, Jessica Madsen is Cressida Cowper, Florence Hunt is Hyacinth Bridgerton, Martins Imhangbe is Will Mondrich, and Will Tilston plays Gregory Bridgerton.

The ensemble also includes Polly Walker as Portia Featherington,...

Netflix and Shondaland have released the official trailer and a set of new images for ‘Bridgerton’ Season 3. The trailer teases the steamy, friends-to-lovers romantic beginnings of Nicola Coughlan’s Penelope Featherington and Luke Newton’s Colin Bridgerton.

The eight-episode third season finds Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) having finally given up on her long-held crush on Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton) after hearing his disparaging words about her last season. She has, however, decided it’s time to take a husband, preferably one who will provide her with enough independence to continue her double life as Lady Whistledown, far away from her mother and sisters.

(L to R) Hannah Dodd as Francesca Bridgerton, Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington. Cr. Laurence Cendrowicz/Netflix © 2024 (L to R) Martins Imhangbe as Will Mondrich, Emma Naomi as Alice Mondrich Cr. Liam Daniel/Netflix © 2024

But lacking in confidence, Penelope’s attempts on the marriage mart fail spectacularly.