Fun and fresh, with brilliant performances, lavish costumes, and a modern soundtrack, the series is a joyous distraction from everyday life and has once again gone down a storm. Based on Julia Quinn’s popular novels, Bridgerton focuses on eight siblings looking for love in sparkling Regency London.įirst to meet her match was Daphne, played by Phoebe Dynevor, who started a fake love affair with the smouldering Duke of Hastings, aka breakout star and potential Bond Rege-Jean Page, while the recently released season two saw the focus shift to Anthony Bridgerton and his relationship with new character Kate Sharma. Santa Claus delivered the most glorious series onto the streaming service on 25th December, just in time for us to binge watch with our tins of Quality Street. But everything changed in the lockdown Christmas of 2020, when the world needed a little cheer. Netflix didn’t have much of a reputation for period drama until recently (unless you count The Crown, which is hurtling towards the present day).
While this heart-warming comedy received mixed reviews in its first season, if you can push through to the second you'll find that Grace & Frankie is well worth a watch thanks to the hilarious performances from its star-studded cast. When Grace and Frankie are forced to both live in the couples' shared beach house, the pensioners – who never particularly liked one another – slowly become firm friends as they process the disintegration of their love lives and get into new shenanigans. Starring Hollywood veterans Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, this odd couple comedy follows the fierce, cosmopolitan-drinking retired cosmetics mogul Grace (Fonda) and free-spirited, quirky artist Frankie (Tomlin) after their divorce lawyer husbands Robert (Martin Sheen) and Sol (Sam Waterston) divorce them for one another. It's hard to believe it's been seven years since Grace & Frankie made its Netflix debut but the sitcom, created by Friends' Marta Kauffman, is wrapping up with several Emmy and Golden Globe nominations under its belt.