The Beeb’s costume romp was hampered by being squashed into a mere 90 minutes, but David Simon has plenty of room for another hit The Scandalous Lady W (BBC2) | iPlayer School Swap: The Class Divide ...

OK, that's a fair bit of bodice ripping. Her husband Sir Richard Worsley even caught Lady W in the act. Several times, in fact. Because Sir Worsley had a taste for voyeurism. Sir Worsley only ever ...

David Eldridge on adapting Hallie Rubenhold's book about one of the eighteenth century's most notorious sex scandals for BBC Two. The prospect of a court trial at the heart of the story made it feel ...

The BBC’s latest bodice-ripping period drama The Scandalous Lady W is based on the true story of Lady Worsley, whose juicy public divorce case gripped society in the 18th century. The series, starring ...

She's no stranger to the costume drama, having played femmes fatales in The Tudors and Game Of Thrones, but Natalie Dormer had vowed she would never wear a corset again. With Hollywood beating a path ...

For audiences used to genteel period drama, hearing 18th century characters utter the f-word might come as something of a shock. But the writer behind BBC Two’s latest offering, based on the ...

David Eldridge on adapting Hallie Rubenhold's book about one of the eighteenth century's most notorious sex scandals for BBC Two. How did you get involved with the project to write a screenplay based ...

OK, that's a fair bit of bodice ripping. Her husband Sir Richard Worsley even caught Lady W in the act. Several times, in fact. Because Sir Worsley had a taste for voyeurism. Sir Worsley only ever ...