Period Drama Debrief

Two academics and friends discuss family, forearms, and personal growth in the recent BBC adaptation of The Other Bennet Sister. Hear how Austen’s overlooked middle sister gets her groove on in this Regency-set period drama for anyone who has ever felt overlooked

What happens when a Gen X mother and her Gen Z daughter watch the same dramas but don't always have the same reactions? We may both love the period fashions but do we view scenes about sex and consent in the same way? Why is everything  about "late stage capitalism" as our  Gen Z guest insists? Join us for a special episode that covers "Bridgerton", "Pride & Prejudice",  "Downton Abbey", "Mr. Selfridge"; "Rivals" "A Place to Call Home" and more!

We interview one of our favourite period drama leading men - Joseph Millson, who many fans will know as Major Ross from Banished - though he's also played Soames Forsyte on stage and radio, and countless other roles. Here, Joseph Millson shares with us his thoughts on acting, and what it means to play complex heroes in British historical fiction.

Two academics and friends discuss sex, bad hair, fashion, and '80s nostalgia in the first part of Rivals series 2 on Disney + Hulu, while waiting impatiently for the second!

Two academics and friends discuss class, middle aged romance and female pleasure on screen, in Bridgerton series 4