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Pass the smelling salts and loosen those corsets! Bridgerton returns for a third series of high-society scandal and intrigue – not to mention a generous serving of chandeliered opulence, eye-popping frocks and swooning lovers.
Shonda Rhimes’ Regency-adjacent extravaganza was a huge hit when it dropped on Netflix in 2020. It certainly revved up the rather predictable fare of period drama by blithely ignoring rules and conventions (hello female agency, goodbye racial prejudice) in favour of a more modern sensibility. Translation: Bridgers = Jane Austen with v sexy romping. Chaste it was not, Mrs Bennett.
