Can’t get enough ‘Bridgerton’? Here are more queer, bodice-ripping costume dramas to stream this weekend
Netflix’s hot costume drama Bridgerton is back to its sexy ways. And while we’d prefer seeing Jonathan Bailey doing unspeakably naughty things to another hot Regency-era nobleman, we do adore his ongoing romance with the lovely Simone Ashley.
If, like us, you binged Bridgerton instantly as it dropped last week, these period piece streaming picks will hopefully sate your appetite while we wait for the second half of the season on June 13.Read on for more queer-inclusive costume dramas to stream this weekend.Derek Jarman’s adaptation of the Christopher Marlowe play of the same name, Edward II is a post-modern take on the costume drama, utilizing both medieval and modern settings and props to tell the intense romantic affair of King Edward (Steve Waddington) and his lover, Piers Gaveston (Andrew Tiernan).
While the film uses Marlowe’s original dialogue, there are modern references throughout and a very sexy scene between Edward and Gaveston.
Oh, and icon Tilda Swinton is here as Edward’s repressed wife, Isabella!Now streaming on Peacock, Roku, Kanopy, Plex, and Freevee.Set in the early 1900s in post-Edwardian England, this sumptuous costume drama from Julian Fellowes follows the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants over six seasons and two (soon to be three!) movies.
