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Daily Mirror
18-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Bridgerton icon's ‘hidden talent' exposed by co-star in scandalous new series
James Purefoy revealed his co-star Bessie Carter of Bridgerton fame has a surprising hidden talent Outrageous star James Purefoy has praised his co-performer Bessie Carter ahead of their new project premiering this week. The Bridgerton breakout was previously best known for portraying Prudence Featherington in the hit Netflix series but takes on a totally different role in U and U&Drama's new period drama. Set over 100 years after the Regency romance, with the Second World War looming, Carter portrays renowned writer Nancy Mitford, the daughter of Purefoy's David Freeman-Mitford. As their father struggles to keep his family's footing amongst the elite amidst Britain's financial woes, Nancy's sisters start to make names for themselves as socialites and fascist sympathisers. 'She seizes it like Atlas, it's on her shoulders, the show,' Purefoy said of Carter at Outrageous' London premiere. Article continues below Reflecting on their scenes together, the Sex Education star shares one unexpected talent stuck out during filming. 'She's so cool and so calm and so collected and talks so fast,' he went on. 'It's a habit I've never really gotten into, but she could talk very fast when she's acting and I love that. 'Makes the editors really pleased because you can get so much into a scene.' Despite Carter's knack for speedy line reading, her co-star Orla Hill, who portrays Deborah Mitford, revealed some scenes actually took days to get right. 'Basically, any scene where we sat around the kitchen table took about three days,' she admitted. 'The whole time we're either sat at the table filming it or we're sat in a room next to that room just kind of hanging out.' Hill also revealed she struck up a strong bond with another one of her co-stars thanks to their close proximity. 'I live round the corner from [Joanna Vanderham] so we got driven into work together at, like, 6am every day and driven back together at 9pm,' she recalled. 'So we spent all the time together when it was like that. There was definitely a big sense of camaraderie. 'There was a lot of that joking around. For me, Deborah is 14-16 in the show so she's that silly, younger self and I myself am a silly younger sister so I enjoyed that very much.' Promising romance, family drama and scandals galore, Outrageous is a must-watch for both Bridgerton and Downton Abbey fans once it releases to stream for free this week.
Boston Globe
16-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
This week's TV: ‘We Were Liars,' ‘The Gilded Age,' and a new show from the creator of ‘Dawson's Creek'
The cast of "Outrageous," about the Mitford family. Olly Courtney, Courtesy of Britbox 'Outrageous' Thursday on BritBox: The six fabulous and infamous Advertisement ' ," season 2 Thursday on Apple TV+: English majors, pull out your copy of the unfinished 1938 Edith Wharton novel, or simply follow along in the sumptuous second season of the Apple TV+ historical romance. As the seasons turn, wealthy American debutantes continue to seek titled and entitled though cash-poor husbands across the pond in the 1870s — and then cope with the consequences. A delicious mashup of clashing cultures within the societally-sanctioned bartering of American beauties who then have to survive and thrive in a Gilded Age high society that welcomes the money, but not necessarily the manners, of the nouveau riche newcomers. Advertisement 'The Waterfront' Thursday on Netflix: It's 'Yellowstone' on the North Carolina coast as the dysfunctional Buckley family tries to maintain the fortunes of their cash-strapped maritime empire amid industry downturns, family conflicts, and bare-knuckle brawls. Kevin Williamson, the man behind 'Scream' and 'Dawson's Creek,' created the family saga, casting Maria Bello ('NCIS') as tough matriarch Mae Buckley opposite square-headed Holt McCallany ('Mindhunter') as her husband Harlan. Where there's 'Smoke on the Water' as a theme song, there's fire. 'Grenfell Uncovered' Friday on Netflix: The streamer's original documentary examines the June 2017 blaze in London's high-rise tower, Grenfell. The worst British residential conflagration since the Blitz in World War II killed 72. But was the fire in any way inevitable? An electrical fault in a fourth-floor refrigerator sparked the incident, but that was only the beginning. The documentary uncovers and catalogs the many choices made by the building management, inspectors, and construction executives, compounded by government and rescue mistakes and miscommunications, that led to the calamity — and could have been avoided. 'The ," season 3 Sunday at 9 p.m. on HBO then streaming on Max: The highly anticipated period drama from Julian Fellowes returns in the 1880s. From their Fifth Avenue mansion, the ambitious Russell family (Carrie Coon, Morgan Spector, Taissa Farmiga, and Harry Richardson) continue their social ascent, cutting into the privileges of the old money class personified by sisters Agnes Van Rhijn (Christine Baranski) and Ada Brook (Cynthia Nixon). Cast newcomers include Leslie Uggams, Merritt Weaver, and Bill Camp. Advertisement Thelma Adams is a cultural critic and the author of the best-selling historical novel 'The Last Woman Standing,' about Josephine Marcus, the Jewish wife of Wyatt Earp.
Gulf Today
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Gulf Today
Summer small screen
Who can believe that we are almost half way through 2025? It has flown by. In terms of television, it has been a great six months. This week we are taking a look at what is due to come out over the summer season including returning shows and new series. The real-life British drama series 'Outrageous' centres around the Mitford sisters. Starring Joanna Vanderham, Bessie Carter, Isobel Jesper Jones, Orla Hill and Toby Regbo, the show tells the tale of the aristocratic daughters of an English Baron and his wife who were famous in the 1930s. The sisters were notorious for not living by the rules of society. Back for a fourth season is the comedy drama 'The Bear.' Jeremy Allen White is back playing an award-winning chef who returns to his hometown of Chicago to manage the kitchen at his late brother's sandwich shop. While the first and second seasons of this show did really well, audiences were not very impressed with the third so it will be interesting to see how the fourth does. In other news this week, turn to our Health pages to read about mouth taping. Mouth taping is one of those trendy health hacks that are viral on TikTok at the moment, but does it actually have real benefits? According to experts it won't give you a snatched jaw like TikTok claims, but there may be some benefits to the practice.
