Period Dramas: Last News

romance novels by Julia Quinn, each season of the notoriously raunchy Shonda Rhimes-produced historical drama follows a different member of the Bridgerton family as they find love in Regency-era London. Season 1 followed Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor) and the dashing Simon Basset, aka the Duke of Hastings (Rege-Jean Page); Season 2 followed Anthony Bridgerton (Bailey) and Kate Sharma (Ashley), and Season 3 will follow Colin Bridgerton (Newton) as he finds love with Penelope Featherington (Coughlan).

“Peaky Blinders” creator Steven Knight has a new historical drama, “A Thousand Blows,” that focuses on a real-life female-led gang called the Forty Elephants. Knight told The Post that he learned about it while he was doing “research” for his most famous show, “Peaky Blinders,” which follows Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) running a gang in post-World War I era Birmingham, England.“I was reading about all the different gangs around the turn of the century,” said Knight, “and there was this gang of female robbers and con artists who called themselves the Forty Elephants.” Knight continued, “Partly because where they came from is called the Elephant and Castle, but also mainly when they went to Harrods or Selfridges and stole loads of clothes and coats and hats, by the time they left, they looked like elephants because they had so many clothes.”He added, “I just thought it’s irresistible, and I always wanted to do it.”Now streaming on Hulu and renewed for a Season 2, “A Thousand Blows” is set in 1880s London, following a cast of characters inspired by real historical figures.

(“The Revenant”) and directed by Peter Berg (“Friday Night Lights”), “American Primeval” is a historical drama set in 1857 America, in a volatile period when pioneers, Mormon militia, Native Americans and others are clashing as they try to survive the brutal environment. The plot follows a mother, Sara (Betty Gilpin, “GLOW”), who is trying to cross a dangerous landscape with her son, Devin (Preston Mota).

become a sensation on TikTok. “I am not really surprised,” Bluemel told The Post about the show’s success. “I always had a quiet confidence that it would do well,” the British actor added.

the love story of Penelope Featherington (Nicola Couglan) and Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton). They notoriously broke a piece of furniture during a sex scene. As a side plot, it also followed Bennedict’s sexual awakening, as he had a threesome with Lady Tilley (Hannah New) and her other male lover, Paul Suarez (Lucas Aurelio) – officially confirming that Benedict likes men as well as women.

as the hit show has gone viral on social media. “It’s been a surreal experience for me. I’ve never been part of something that’s had a mass appeal.

Spoilers below for “My Lady Jane.” One fan said on X, formerly Twitter, “Y’all are so good about hiding plot details bc what do you mean the main guy in My Lady Jane is a HORSE.” Another fan proclaimed that the show feels like “if they wrote Bridgerton while on ketamine.” “I think the main reason I can’t stop thinking about My Lady Jane is because it is a television manifestation of a phrase I have had stuck in my head since 2007, which is, obviously, ‘His “wife”? A horse,’” another viewer shared. “My Lady Jane,” which is based on a book series, is set in the sixteenth century. It follows Lady Jane Grey (Emily Bader).

“Mayans MC” and “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” was born and raised in Miami. “In the ’70s, I was very young. I never went to the Mutiny in its heyday,” he told The Post.

Season 1 showed, Billy didn’t set out to become a criminal on purpose. Season 2 finds him easing into outlaw life. “That was what was so fun…getting to undermine that a little bit and not just play him as a bad guy, but playing him as a young man who’s trying to muddle through,” said Blyth, who is British.

season of the Shonda Rhimes produced show has followed a different sibling in the Bridgerton family as they find love in Regency era London high society – all while navigating a “Gossip Girl” type rumor mill, spearheaded by the writings of Lady Whistledown (who is secretly Penelope). Season 3 begins with the “spinster” Penelope determined to find a husband, in part to escape her doltish family.

notorious for its steamy scenes, but author Julia Quinn, who wrote the books on which the show is based, said she doesn’t quite understand why. “It’s just very interesting, the way that people talk about the intimacy [on the show]” Quinn told The Post, ahead of the Season 3 premiere.“Because, I’ll see headlines like, ‘Netflix’ raunchiest show!’ and I’ll be like, ‘It’s really not.’”Now entering its third season, premiering Wednesday, May 16, “Bridgerton” is based on Quinn’s series of historical romance novels about the Bridgerton family. Each season of “Bridgerton” follows a different member of the family as they find love in Regency era England, amid the backdrop of ballroom dances, gossip and scandal.

unfinished novel by Edith Wharton, set in 1870s London. The story follows a group of five young American women who arrive in high society in England to test their own luck on the marriage scene there, after one of their weddings to a Lord. “We started developing the show before ‘Bridgerton’ had been on.

“The Warlord Chronicles” novels by Bernard Cromwell. It’s a retelling of the famous King Arthur story set in Dark Ages Britain, where the land is divided into warring tribes who are constantly battling with the Saxons.

on Starz at 9 p.m.). Set in the ’70s, it follows earnest feminist college grad Joyce (Ophelia Lovibond), who joins forces with boorish pornographic publisher Doug (Johnson), to create the first erotic magazine aimed at a female audience. “What Doug loves about Joyce is that he just sees dollar signs when she talks.

The Favourite”). Set in the eighteenth century, the drama follows the famous last Queen of France (Schüle) beginning with her teenage years, as she’s sent from her home in Austria to France, in order to marry the awkward Louis XVI (Louis Cunningham), who won’t talk to her and doesn’t appear to bathe. She’s a fish out of water in Versailles, struggling to understand their way of life and deal with court intrigue, while Louis XV (James Purefoy, “Rome”) rules.  “It changed my view on her entirely,” said Schüle, who is German and is based in Berlin. “I do think that there is a very wrong image out there about her.

1983 novel of the same name. It follows Beth as she is sent to an orphanage at age 9 after losing her family to a fatal car crash.