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Pucker up, dearest listeners. There’s a full moon in the sky and a question on Penelope’s lips.
Join us for Part 2 of our S3E2 rewatch, as we take cover with an abandoned pirate coat, sneak a peek at a little Parisian smut and take a crash course in Bandaging Mister Bridgerton.
Once Pen’s made sure her hand is all patched up, we shall be galloping along to the nearest lunar soirée to search for a missing bonbon, take a sex ed class with Portia and mourn the loss of a quickly departed steed.
As we get back into the saddle with Season 1 Colin, we’ll also be commiserating with Window Pen, planning our next paycheck with Rae and slipping into the garden for a covert meeting with an old friend: the Pointy Topiary.
And once hope is lost, on an unknown night of the week, in the heart of Mayfair, in a moonlit garden in Grosvenor Square, we’ll sobbing along as Colin Bridgerton kisses Penelope Featherington.
And, dear listener, it will be bloody glorious.
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Show Notes - Crumbs:
YouTube: Luke Thompson and Yerin Ha read from ‘An Offer from a Gentleman’
Bustle: Bridgerton’s Yerin Ha Teases Benedict’s “Mr. Darcy Vibes” In Season 4
Tudum: Netflix announces Netflix Moments campaign
Town & Country: Jonathan Bailey confirms continued working collaboration with Jack the Horse
The Hollywood Reporter: Jonathan Bailey says he’ll ‘always come back’ to Bridgerton
Harper’s Bazaar: Feature on Nicola Coughlan getting ready for the Women of the Year Awards
Harper’s Bazaar: Nicola Coughlan’s speech at the Women of the Year Awards
HURR X Choose Love
The Hollywood Reporter: First look at ‘The Faraway Tree’
Deadline: Luke Newton joins sci-fi thrilled ‘White Mars’
PEOPLE: Interview with Luke Newton for PEOPLE's 2024 Sexiest Man Alive issue
Student Life: Adjoa Andoh speaks at WashU
Boots UK: Christmas campaign starring Adjoa Andoh
IG: Mum I’m in a Movie
Etsy: Polinfancomic
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Writers Guild Foundation Shavelson-Webb Library
"Out of the Shadows." Bridgerton. Written by Jess Brownell. Unpublished manuscript (double blue revisions, no draft date). Writers Guild Foundation Shavelson-Webb Library.
"How Bright the Moon." Bridgerton. Written by Sarah L. Thompson. Unpublished manuscript (double blue revisions, no draft date). Writers Guild Foundation Shavelson-Webb Library.
"Forces of Nature." Bridgerton. Written by Eli Wilson Pelton. Unpublished manuscript (double white revisions, no draft date). Writers Guild Foundation Shavelson-Webb Library.
"Tick Tock." Bridgerton. Written by Azia Squire. Unpublished manuscript (green revisions, no draft date). Writers Guild Foundation Shavelson-Webb Library.
"Joining of Hands." Bridgerton. Written by Geetika Tandon Lizardi. Unpublished manuscript (double white revisions, no draft date). Writers Guild Foundation Shavelson-Webb Library.
Reddit: Colin’s S3 waistcoat statistics by u/bookmovietvworm
“Diamond of the First Water.” Bridgerton. Written by Chris Van Dusen. (Published script). Deadline.
“Capital R Rake.” Bridgerton. Written by Chris Van Dusen. (Published script). Deadline.
IG: @jessie_hmua Penelope’s Full Moon Ball make-up breakdown
IG: @jessie_hmua Penelope’s First Kiss make-up breakdown
IG: @faridaghwedar Penelope’s Full Moon Ball hair breakdown
IG: @faridaghwedar Penelope’s First Kiss hair breakdown
IG: @faridaghwedar Penelope’s Promenade hair breakdown
Spotify: The Wheelchair Activist – Disability in Bridgerton with Zak Ford-Williams
Twitter: Harriet Cairns on Finch, Philipa and consent
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Imagine it with us, listeners.
A dashing suitor – sorry, tutor – and his very teachable pupil dedicated to academic pursuits. What could possibly go astray? Accompany us to Rotten Row for fresh air, a fluttering of fans and a little failed flirting as we begin our rewatch of S3E2 ‘How Bright the Moon.’
As a brightly coloured bonnet and a fatalistic gust of wind conspire to forge this particular history of connection, we’ll be reminiscing over mornings at the bordello, Sunday teas at Bridgerton House and a most remarkable shade of blue.
So take a gulp of your emotional support lemonade and grab your playing cards – it’s time for an eagerly awaited visit to the classrooms of Grosvenor Square.
You wish for no more talk of books, Colin? We’ve heard through the grapevine that your star pupil is preparing her own seminar, ‘Romancing Professor Bridgerton,’ and we’d bet anything she’s going to get full marks.
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Show Notes
Writers Guild Foundation Shavelson-Webb Library
"After the Rain." Bridgerton. Written by Chris Van Dusen. Unpublished manuscript (1/27/2020). Writers Guild Foundation Shavelson-Webb Library.
"Off to the Races." Bridgerton. Written by Daniel Robinson. Unpublished manuscript (4/29/2021). Writers Guild Foundation Shavelson-Webb Library.
"The Choice." Bridgerton. Written by Lou-Lou Igbokwe. Unpublished manuscript (8/2/2021). Writers Guild Foundation Shavelson-Webb Library.
"The Viscount Who Loved Me." Bridgerton. Written by Jess Brownell. Unpublished manuscript (10/13/2021). Writers Guild Foundation Shavelson-Webb Library.
"Out of the Shadows." Bridgerton. Written by Jess Brownell. Unpublished manuscript (double blue revisions, no draft date). Writers Guild Foundation Shavelson-Webb Library.
"How Bright the Moon." Bridgerton. Written by Sarah L. Thompson. Unpublished manuscript (double blue revisions, no draft date). Writers Guild Foundation Shavelson-Webb Library.
"Forces of Nature." Bridgerton. Written by Eli Wilson Pelton. Unpublished manuscript (double white revisions, no draft date). Writers Guild Foundation Shavelson-Webb Library.
"Old Friends." Bridgerton. Written by Lauren Gamble. Unpublished manuscript (yellow revisions, no draft date). Writers Guild Foundation Shavelson-Webb Library.
"Tick Tock." Bridgerton. Written by Azia Squire. Unpublished manuscript (green revisions, no draft date). Writers Guild Foundation Shavelson-Webb Library.
"Romancing Mr. Bridgerton." Bridgerton. Written by Annabelle Hood. Unpublished manuscript (yellow revisions, no draft date). Writers Guild Foundation Shavelson-Webb Library.
"Joining of Hands." Bridgerton. Written by Geetika Tandon Lizardi. Unpublished manuscript (double white revisions, no draft date). Writers Guild Foundation Shavelson-Webb Library.
"Into the Light." Bridgerton. Written by Daniel Robinson. Unpublished manuscript (double white revisions, no draft date). Writers Guild Foundation Shavelson-Webb Library.
Reddit: Colin’s S3 waistcoat statistics by u/bookmovietvworm
IG: @jessie_hmua Penelope’s Promenade make-up breakdown
IG: @faridaghwedar Penelope’s Promenade hair breakdown
House and Garden: Inside Bridgerton Season 3’s set design
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Delicate and oh so agreeable? Crack open the bonbons, dearest listeners, because Harry Dankworth has come to call.
Join us as we welcome the astonishing James Phoon for a splendid conversation about his time on Bridgerton, including Prudank nose boops, a cheese-loving brother-in-law and a newly Christened Baby Dankworth.
We’ll be following James’ time on the show from a mysterious audition and inspiring costume fitting, through to the weird & wonderful celebration of our favourite citrus-loving family.
And once the final butterfly has flown from the Dankworth-Finch Ball, we’ll be heading to the Yorkshire Moors for a discussion of the other, other, other Brontë, the importance of claiming your own space, and navigating life through journaling.
A journal by a Regency gentleman? Colin Bridgerton, eat your heart out.
Spoiler Warning
Instagram: Season 4 filming leaks from Ranger’s House (via @DeuxMoi)
The Sydney Morning Herald: Interview with Yerin Ha
IG: Luke Newton ‘Somewhere in Mayfair’ story (via Imgur)
TIME: TIME100 Next 2024 – Nicola Coughlan
TIME: Nicola Coughlan Bet on Herself – And Won
Good Morning America: Nicola Coughlan Gives An Update on Bridgerton Season 4
GLAMOUR: Interview with Simone Ashley Mind: As Seen on Netflix
eBay: Lot of Lady Whistledown papers and hairpiece
Williams Sonoma: Vintage Etched Collection
Vote: TV Choice Awards 2025 longlist
BAFTA Scotland: Nominations for BAFTA Scotland Awards 2024
The Bomb Factory Art Foundation: Exhibition – One Nation Under a Groove
IG: Mum I’m in a Movie – FIGHT CLUB
IG: Follow James Phoon
IG: Follow Journals By James
Etsy: Buy your journal from Journals By James
NT at Home: Underdog: The Other Other Brontë
Brontë Parsonage Museum: Team Branwell Badge (On Sale)
The Jamie Lloyd Company: The Tempest
BBC iPlayer: Wreck
Shondaland What’s New with the Featheringtons
Shondaland Regency Men Meet the (New) Men of the Ton in ‘Bridgerton’ Season Three
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Dearest Polin rewatchers, we have been apart for far too long.
After four months, seventeen cities and zero letters from redheads with exquisite roobies, the tides of change have finally swept our sturdy pirate back to English shores. And it seems as though he's arrived with a new friend: the Emotional Support Curl.
As we swagger glove-first into the finest match of the year, we’re raising our lemonades in honour of fashion icons past, cold shoulders and texts that really should’ve stayed in drafts.
And thanks to Rae’s side hustle of making a profit out of one man’s desperation, we’ll be returning to the scene of the Polin crime for an entirely platonic love confession, a titillating double handshake and the formation of a rather splendid plan.
Doomed to fail spectacularly? Surely not. After all… are they not friends?
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Show Notes - Crumbs
Elle: Nicola Coughlan on Emmy's 2024 Red Carpet
Voice: Kick Some Class: Claudia Jessie talks going from council estate to Bridgerton
The Jamie Lloyd Co: The Tempest
Etsy: Journals By James
Instagram: @JournalsByJames
Focus Entertainment: Warhammer Space Marines II
@SohoPlace: White Rabbit Red Rabbit
Reasons to be Joyful Podcast: Sam Phillips Talks Bridgerton and The Crown
YouTube: Mum I'm In A Movie
Instagram: Mum I'm In A Movie
Radio Times: First Trailer Released for Channel 5's The Hardacres
Nordisk Film & TV Fond: Last to Break Trailer
Fever Up: Candlelight x Bridgerton
Spotify: 'Too Sweet' (Hozier) by Atwood Quartet
Spotify: What a Barb! Pod x Atwood Quartet: What a Cover For a Gentleman! [Season 4 Playlist]
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Show Notes - Main Episode
Country & Townhouse: Bridgerton Season 3 Hair and Make-Up Feature
Vogue: Bridgerton's Costume Designer Talks Season 3
Shondaland: Dressing the Ton Featurette
Fashionista: Bridgerton Season 3 Costumes & Outfits
What a Barb! Pod - Episode 24: Oh Crumbs! What a Pirate [S3 Block 1 Filming]
What a Barb! Pod - Episode 35: Oh Crumbs! What an Ext. Church Wall [S3 Block 4 Filming]
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Filming leaks falling down like pieces into place...
The cameras are rolling. The churro truck has opened up. It's time to pack Gregory off to Eton and welcome the newest family to town as we celebrate the beginning of Season 4 production.
While Portia and Colin battle it out over the Featherington ledgers, we pull up our silver gloves, borrow a few items out of Westley's wardrobe and steal away into the gardens for a late-night rendezvous, (not so) far away from prying eyes.
And as we dream up family plans for the festive season, we recruit a pedagogical gerbil to help us track down a missing Viscountess, a Succubus of the First Water, and everyone's favourite Plant Daddy.
Our very first look of a midnight masquerade? That's fifty points to Ravenclaw.
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Coming Soon
🎵Summer days drifting away but oh, those 15-billion-minute-long summer niiiights 🎵
After a summer swimming in the Polin seas, we’re almost ready to pack up our seashells, buy Pen a stick of rock and head home for an Autumn of filming crumbs and rewatches.
But before we lock up our trunks and board the boat back to Mayfair, we have one last task on our hands: ardently, fervently and loudly declaring our Season 3 episode rankings.
Which episode left our Polin hearts soaring inches above the ground like a slow-moving hot air balloon? Is that really the Grim Reaper toasting marshmallows with us at the Floral Ball? And why oh why is Lechi crying again on a Zoom call?
We wish you the best of luck, S3 Episodes. To the field of combat we go.
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Next Best Picture Podcast: Interview with Cinematographer Alicia Robbins
Dexerto: Netflix destroys House of the Dragon, The Boys with Bridgerton
Spotify: Give Me Everything – Piano Version, Archer Marsh
Bookstock Festival
Origins with Cush Jumbo: Golda Rosheuvel
NYLON: Interview with Nicola Coughlan about Kate Spade FW24 campaign
Pink News: Jonathan Bailey announced for Emporio Armani FW24 campaign
Variety: First look at Jurassic World: Rebirth
YouTube: Wicked – Official Trailer 2
Warhammer TV: The Tithes: Sacrifice
Radio Times: Channel 5 reveal ‘The Hardacres’ in Autumn line-up
Lyric Theatre Belfast: The Tragedy of Richard III
The Watermill Theatre: The King’s Speech
BFI London Film Festival: PIGS
Deadline: Phoeve Dynevor to star in ‘Famous’
Deadline: Charithra Chandran cast as Miss Wednesday in Netflix’s ‘One Piece’
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Sigh no more, listeners, sigh no more. The Lady in Silver has been found at last.
But there’s no rest for the Wicked as Beans has found herself with a new mystery on her hands: we don’t even know which rare Bavarian text it is, but we’re looking for it.
As we scour the shelves of Shakespeare & Co. for the elusive tome, we’ll also be searching for answers to burning Season 3 questions about bandaged flashbacks, Italian Contessas and babies named Ginger.
Elsewhere, we try to recover from the shock of finding Kanthony inside their own home by sitting down to talk Regency mommy bloggers, Daddy issues and whether Mr Bridgerton said he’d buy the flowers himself for the Featherington estate.
And as August(us Gloop) slips away into a moment of time, we’ll be reminiscing over summer love at the Polin wedding and the cryptic identity of a most important guest.
Fife or not Fife: that is the question.
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Variety: ‘Bridgerton’ Season 4 Casts Yerin Ha as Benedict’s Love Interest Sophie Beckett
National Television Awards: Vote for ‘Bridgerton’ and ‘The Traitors’
Reddit: r/TheTraitorsArchive
Instagram: @bridgertonnetflix compilation of Claudia Jessie’s promo highlights
Happy Sad Confused: Jonathan Bailey talks FELLOW TRAVELERS, BRIDGERTON, WICKED, JURASSIC PARK
Backstage: Interview with Jonathan Bailey
YouTube: Wicked | Fiyero promo clip
Harper’s Bazaar: My Beauty Edit: Nicola Coughlan
Deadline: First look at ‘Outrageous’ starring Bessie Carter
VSQ: ‘Vitamin String Quartet: The Music of Taylor Swift, Bridgerton, and Beyond tour dates’
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The Ton’s out for summer. But over here, the Class of 1815 is still very much in session.
In the first of our S3 Q&As, we’ll be turning on our Regency location settings, standing on Crumbs sentry and tackling the hard-hitting questions of the social season.
Which Soft Colin line still has us swooning? Which moonlight bisoux stole our hearts? And why can’t we stop ourselves from laughing at the bleakest moment in Polin history?
Elsewhere, we cool off from the heat by dipping our toes in the Season 4 waters, discussing a mysterious meeting at a masquerade and an urgent call for a tiny, unnamed redhead.
And as Colin gets a taste of his own carriage-flavoured medicine, we’ll be revisiting old, oblivious friends, mourning the missed moments of the season and confronting the most important question of all:
Who broke the heart of everyone’s favourite snake?
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13:55 – 16:55: Discussion of leaked Season 4 audition script
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RedBubble: Flamedork
Spotify: Chandelier (originally by Sia) - Vitamin String Quartet
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Masquerade! Sophie Beckett on parade! Masquerade! Hide your face, so the world will never find you!
Paint brushes at the ready, dearest listeners. Just as we’re busy basking in the glow of our (finally) happily married Polin, it’s time to begin the next part of our journey.
While we search high and low for an elusive Lady in Silver, we take a quick dip in a lake with Benedict, stop by a silent Scottish castle to check in on Eloise’s sanity, and reminisce over Tudums of days gone by with a leprechaun and her pot of gold.
Benedict Bridgerton, you may run and hide from settling down – but a face will still pursue you. But who can name the face?
Certainly not us. But if anybody knows who she is, tell her we’re looking for her.
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This episode contains discussion of the plot details of An Offer From a Gentleman (Benedict’s story), To Sir Phillip, With Love (Eloise’s story) and It’s In His Kiss (Hyacinth’s story) by Julia Quinn.
Show Notes
Tudum: Benedict Is Unmasked as Bridgerton Season 4’s Romantic Lead: https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/bridgerton-season-4-cast-release-date-news
YouTube: Season 4 announcement video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGHJPpo2oeU
Harper’s Bazaar: Interview with Luke Thompson (inc. reference to lake scene): https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a61086616/bridgerton-luke-thompson-benedict-queer-interview/
Twitter: Fan theory about Season 4 episode title (via @sophiepoets): https://x.com/sophiepoets/status/1815839858876899359
L.L. Bean: Vacationland dog canoe rug: https://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/127969?page=indoor/outdoor-vacationland-dog-canoe
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Budge up, Mr Bridgerton. We’re hopping in the carriage and this time we’ve got company.
Join us as we welcome the remarkable Archer Marsh to the podcast, composer of Season 3 covers “Give Me Everything”, “Confident” and “Lights.”
We’ll be following the journey from the tracks’ creation and their inclusion on the Bridgerton soundtrack, to the astonishing viral reaction from fans across the world.
And as we discuss an innocuous little carriage ride, we’ll be pondering over the power of music in storytelling and why although Pen might not have got everything, she certainly got enough.
Then when the carriage pulls up at Bridgerton House, Archer Marsh will also be sharing his perspective on hustling & hard work in the music industry, the need for bravery in creativity, and the essential art of letting go.
For everyone except Colin, that is. You keep holding on tightly to that rope, old friend.
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Show Notes – Interview with Archer Marsh
Instagram: Archer Marsh (@archer_marsh)
TikTok: Archer Marsh (@archer_marsh)
YouTube: Archer Marsh
Spotify: Archer Marsh artist profile
Spotify: Sequēns, Archer Marsh
YouTube: School’s Out, Archer Marsh
Available Internationally: The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by Michael A. Singer (The New Harbinger,
Available Internationally: The Practice: Shipping creative work by Seth Godin (Penguin Business, ISBN: 978-0241470046)
Spotify: Bridgerton Season 3 (Covers from the Netflix Series)
Available Internationally: Bridgerton Season Three: Covers from the Netflix Series -
Barnes & Noble: Bridgerton Season Three: Covers from the Netflix Series – Colin’s Blue Eyes Vinyl [Exclusive]
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Forbes: Update on Season 4 production
Shondaland: Behind Bridgerton – New Beginnings
Magpie Toys: Nicola Coughlan private signing (prints & posters)
Magpie Toys: Nicola Coughlan private signing (Funko Pop option)
Magpie Toys: Nicola Coughlan private signing (send-in option)
Metro Comic Con
Shakespeare’s Globe: Antony & Cleopatra
Variety: Simone Ashley joins the cast of ‘F1’
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