Big news for TV this week! BBC Wales will be producing a new movie-length drama called “T
Big news for TV this week! BBC Wales will be producing a new movie-length drama called “To Walk Invisible: The Brontë Sisters,” which I’ll be eagerly awaiting. This particular summary puts a lot of weight on Branwell and Patrick, so I’m hoping it’s not a “but what about the MEN in their lives?????” type drama or, worse yet, a “Branwell as solitary male genius with alcohol addiction” cliche.Next, ITV has announced a miniseries about the life of Queen Victoria, which I’m a bit more worried about. Just see for yourself:Queen Victoria’s court is the perfect setting for an epic drama – a seething hotbed of scandal, corruption and romantic intrigue, involving everyone from the humblest dresser to the Mistress of the Robes, the lowliest bootboy to the Lord Chamberlain.Things I do want to see out of this drama:How much Queen Victoria loved sexHow she really didn’t care for children (“An ugly baby is a very nasty object — and the prettiest is frightful when undressed — till about four months; in short, as long as they have their big body and little limbs and that terrible frog-like action.”)Open address of British colonialismThings I don’t wanna see:Get yr scandal and romantic intrigue outta here tbh Victoria put the first interior plumbing in the palace I’d rather watch an hour long episode in which everyone is confounded by a toilet and that’s all that happens -- source link
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