Rape, consent & victim blaming in Reign #1
Reign may be a not-so-historical young adult drama in a period setting, but it does address victim-blaming, the trauma that follows rape...
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History rewritten in The Tudors, S3
This is the third blog post on historical inaccuracies in The Tudors. It was originally written an published on Tudor Blogger website by...
Women, race & homosexuality in Black Sails
SPOILERS ALERT Black Sails does address the minority representation issues better than many Hollywood films and mainstream tv series, yet...
History rewritten in The Tudors, S2
This is the second blog post on historical inaccuracies in The Tudors. It was originally written an published on Tudor Blogger website by...
History rewritten in The Tudors, S1
This is a guest blog post, originally written an published on Tudor Blogger website by Helene Phoebe Harrison (follow her on Facebook &...
Reign: does costume inaccuracy spoil the show?
For those of you who haven't seen Reign, it is based on Mary Stuart's life in France as a fiance/wife to Francis II. The tv series has...
Wolf Hall review: sombre, slow & serene
The general feeling of the mini-series fits in with the writer's and probably the filmmakers' intent - the story is just as serene and...
Wolf Hall, 2015
What's it about? Set in 16th century England, during the reign of Henry VIII and based on Hilary Mantel's novel with the same title, Wolf...
Henry VIII in The Tudors: young, lustful & not so ginger
Henry VIII is one of the most famous monarchs in the UK and probably the whole world - and one of the most controversial ones. There are...
Why you should be excited about the upcoming Medici: The Magnificent (2018)
First of all, the promo for Medici: The Magnificent, unlike the first instalment Medici: Masters of Florence, is entirely in Italian....
Poldark: what's wrong with George Warleggan
As a short introduction — George Warleggan is the antagonist of Poldark series, the main villain and the ultimate 'what a man shouldn't...
Henry VIII's favourite sister: how the real princess Mary became Margaret in The Tudors #2
The Tudors is the show that focuses heavily on Henry VIII's biography and personal relations - however, one of the closest people in...
Vanity Fair 2018: what is it trying to be — and is it failing?
The latest Vanity Fair series has just been on UK television, and I am finally introduced to this classic of 19th century British period...
Henry VIII's sister & Scotland's Queen: who was the real princess Margaret? #1
One of the biggest historical inaccuracies of The Tudors series was the intentional creation of Princess Margaret character - which was...
Helen Mirren as Catherine the Great in the new mini-series
Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren will play Catherine II in the four-part series by HBO. According to the announcement on HBO website,...
Reign, 2013-2017
What's it about? Set in 16th century France, the story follows teen years of Mary Stuart - when at the age of 15 she arrives to France to...
'Chronicles of Narnia' remake as TV series by Netflix
Although Chronicles of Narnia isn't strictly a historical series, fantasy genre drives heavily from Medieval culture, costumes and...
Poldark, 2015-2018
What's it about? Set in late 18th century England, it follows the story of Ross Poldark - a gentleman who returned from war to his...
Medici: Masters of Florence, 2016
What's it about? Set in 15th century Florence, it follows the story of the Medici brothers Cosimo and Lorenzo - who are trying to find...
Victoria, 2016
What's it about? Set in 19th century, the show is all about Queen Victoria - from her coming to power to her establishing herself as...
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