Bridgerton season 2 on Netflix promises more glamour, scandal and corsets

Bridgerton was streamed in 82 million households after its Christmas 2020 launch, making it Netflix’s best-performing show until Squid Game came along

This time the seriest set in the Regency era follows the oldest Bridgerton sibling, Anthony, played by Jonathan Bailey, as he sets out to find a suitable wife

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(From left) Charithra Chandran, Simone Ashley and Jonathan Bailey in a scene from Bridgerton. The Netflix series promises more scandal, glamour and corsets. Photo Liam Daniel / Netflix

Published: 4:15pm, 24 Mar 2022

Viewers are no longer trapped at home, but Netflix is betting big that the opulent sets and elaborate costumes of its Regency-era hit show Bridgerton will lure them back inside for a second round.

The Shondaland series was streamed in 82 million households in the first 28 days after its Christmas 2020 launch, making it Netflix’s best-performing show before it was dethroned in 2021 by Squid Game. In the new season, all the scandal, glamour, corsets and orchestral covers of modern pop songs are back.

This time around, the show follows oldest Bridgerton sibling Anthony (Jonathan Bailey) as he sets out to find a suitable wife.

He trains his sights on Edwina Sharma (Charithra Chandran), a newcomer to London, but his plans are hampered by her older sister Kate (Simone Ashley). Bailey and Ashley have the chemistry of a love story like Pride and Prejudice, and the duo carry the season.

In the Julia Quinn novels that Bridgerton is based on, the Sharma sisters have the last name Sheffield, but the show changed it.

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