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Bridgerton season four review – fear not nudity fans, the sex scenes continue apace

This period drama’s puddingy mix of clunking soap and fairytale wish-fulfilment is hard to resist. It is, however, utterly bananas

‘I am charting a more venturesome course outside this society and in doing so I am being true to myself!” snorts Benedict Bridgerton (Luke Thompson), flaring his philandering nostrils as Lady Violet (Ruth Gemmell) looks on aghast. “But you still have two sisters who must marry and their fate depends on the family reputation,” she snaps, bustle crackling with maternal indignation. “This requires you to be a gentleman and not … a rake!”

At this point, when faced with such period-specific umbrage, it is customary for the casual viewer to insert her monocle and refer to her dog-eared copy of The Crashingly Inevitable Downton Abbey Comparisons Companion. And in many ways Bridgerton, bless its ridiculous socks, continues to invite such comparisons with open arms. There are costumes. There is a house. There are scones (pronounced “scones”, of course, not – heaven forfend – “scones”) and scrunch-faced toffs clearing their throats at news from the shires. There are scullery maids a-titterin’ an’ a-gossipin’ and footmen with calves like bowling balls plotting to relieve dignitaries of their britches. There is a string-heavy score that becomes aroused at times of narrative tension and actively tumescent at the sight of a poorly secured cravat.

Bridgerton's new series is a Cinderalla story: Yerin Ha

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Bridgerton star Yerin Ha described the latest series of the Regency romance show as "so magical", adding that it is "a real Cinderella story".

The hit costume drama follows the eight siblings of the Bridgerton family in their quest to find love. 

Australian actor Ha, 28, fronts the fourth season of the show as Sophie Baek, the love interest for the second-eldest son of the Bridgerton clan, Benedict, who is played by Luke Thompson. 

With an Australian in the lead, Bridgerton finds its zing once again

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Dearest gentle reader, I have good news and bad news. The good, is that after a – frankly – dull third season (Nicola Coughlan and Claudia Jessie as besties Penelope and Eloise were, as usual, the only highlights, while Colin, played by Luke Newton, had about as much charisma as a collapsed trifle), we have a resurgence on our hands. But the bad? It may not be enough to save a series that is very much basting in its overcooked juices.

Let’s start with the good stuff: Bridgerton has remembered that romance – and comedy – runs on chemistry. Without the zing, everything else falls flat, which was the major problem with season three’s main couple, Penelope and Colin.

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