There is a polished simplicity to Dalgliesh that makes it irresistibly watchable. His interview with the billionaire is thankfully a tad more critical than that – they cover topics such as tax avoidance and whether space tourism is doing more harm than good. “This guy is a rock star,” says journalist Amol Rajan, as he watches Richard Branson meet staff. The series also features a wonderful roster of British comic talent, including Shirley Henderson and Hannah Waddingham. Unfolding like a bawdy fairy tale, it follows big-hearted orphan Tom Jones (Solly McLeod) as he is raised to be a gentleman. Today’s other big sexy period piece is this four-part adaptation of Henry Fielding’s comic novel. The more interesting plot is that of a young Lady Danbury, an unhappy wife who makes a risky deal with the King’s mother.
Especially when it comes to George’s famous struggles with mental illness. The romance of a young George III (Corey Mylchreest) and Charlotte is less about will they, won’t they thrills and more about compromise.
It doesn’t quite have the same risqué spark as Bridgerton, but there is an absorbing quality to its witty scripts.
It is an idea only alluded to in Bridgerton, but forms the spine of this six-part prequel in which a young Queen Charlotte (India Amarteifio) and Lady Danbury (Arsema Thomas) must navigate the attitudes of a less enlightened time. Instead, it is revealed that the show is set in some sort of parallel-universe version of history: one where the marriage between King George III and a black Queen Charlotte (played by the formidable Golda Rosheuvel) fundamentally changed high society. One of the more interesting quirks of hit Regency bonkbuster Bridgerton is that its diverse cast was not the product of colour-blind casting.
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