BACK TO BRIDGERTON!

We’re off to the Ton once again! The third season of Bridgerton arrives on Netflix in two parts, with the first four episodes streaming on 16 May and the remaining four episodes on 13 June.

Here’s what’s to come.

LOVE STORY

This season is about the romance between Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton) and Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) – who’s also Lady Whistledown, the secret scandal-sheet writer.

The series’ new showrunner, Jess Brownell, told Variety, “I really feel like it’s Colin and Penelope’s time. Because we’ve been watching both of these actors on our screens since Season 1, we’ve already invested in them a little bit. We know who they are as people”.

#POLIN

Jess explained that the series has deviated from the order of Julia Quinn’s novels on which the show is based – Colin and Penelope’s love story is in the fourth book –

“because, especially in the last season, there are these moments of tension between them where it’s like, Colin walks up to the line of almost realising that Penelope has feelings for him, but doesn’t quite get there.

“Instead of treading water on that dynamic, we wanted to push it into their season. It really felt like the perfect moment to tee it up.”

BROTHERS & SISTERS

Most of the season two characters are back, including Anthony (Jonathan Bailey), Lady Violet Bridgerton (Ruth Gemmell), Lady Portia Featherington (Polly Walker), Lady Danbury (Adjoa Andoh) and Queen Charlotte (Golda Rosheuvel).

“We want to keep seeing all of our Bridgerton siblings,” said Jess.

“We feel like those moments when the whole family is together is what really makes the show and makes all of us, I think, want to be a Bridgerton.

“So you will definitely be seeing Daphne [Phoebe Dynevor], Anthony and Kate.”