What a Barb! A Polin Podcast

Looks like we made it, dear listeners.

As Season 3 Eve falls upon us like a tiny redhead tumbling from the skies, we head back into the circus tent to partake in a little last minute Part 1 clowning.

As we discuss oblivious double handholds and suspicious swoons, we tip our bonnets to all the weeks that never came in honour of the one that finally did. So fill up a plate of jammy dodgers and strawberry shortcake, lay yourself back on the chaise longue and rest your headless jolly pirates upon the biscuit cushion.

The season of Polin is here at last. And it is glorious.

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Show Notes

CinemaBlend: Key Moments Adapted

Available Internationally: Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn (Pikatus, ISBN: 978-0349429458)

YouTube: Bridgerton Season 3 Trailer

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‘Twas the night before Polin Week, when all through the ton

The clowns were up spiralling over moon balls and Frohn

In this special bonus episode brought to you from the cutting room floor, we dust off our evidence boards and attempt to piece together Season 3 Part 1 using only a folder of stills, a handful of crumbs and the ramblings of some very tired co-hosts.

We’ll be debating the skills of a 14-year-old archer, measuring the circumference of ever-expanding sleeves and enquiring just how easy it is to transport full-length mirrors to country estates. (Asking for a friend-to-lover.)

And as Lord Wilding’s betrayal continues to cut deep, we try to distract ourselves with a moderately lethal game of Kiss Marry Kill. Watch your backs, people of the ton. The Coming Week might be here at last but not everyone can make it to Thursday.*

*No fictional characters were harmed in the making of this podcast. (Uh, Injured brothers, bandaged pirates and broken-hearted Marlboro Men notwithstanding.)

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Spoiler Timestamps

45:17-46:20 – Episode 1 and 2 spoilers

52:05-52:18 – Episode 2 spoilers

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Show Notes

Vogue: Bridgerton’s Costume Designer Talks Season 3

Bustle: Interview with Luke Newton

A Dime Saved: Complete collection of Bridgerton S3 Pt 1 stills

Spotify: Rosa Hesmondhalgh interview with Starving Artists podcast

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The embargo has lifted. The promo floodgates have opened. Let's just say we've been awaiting this particular visit for a very long time.

During our crumbs-about-crumbs, we'll be greeting Pen in the Bridgerton entrance hall, celebrating a cheese-loving brother-in-law and gulping down Colin's emotional support beverage. Thirsty times indeed.

And though we’re fresh off the boat from Paris, we find ourselves packing our thermals and ear muffs ready for a little voyage to the...uh, Antarctic. We sure about that, Pen?

Before we set sail, let's take a quick detour back to the Featherington gardens to ask one tiny little life-changing question.

After all, dear listener: one kiss is all it takes.

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Spoiler Warning

Full episode contains Season 3 spoilers - specific timestamps to follow

Show Notes

Instagram: New footage breakdown

Instagram: New promo links

Shondaland: S3 HMU & Costume BTS Video [ft. new footage]

Shondaland: Meet the (New) Men of the Ton

Full show notes to follow - please visit story highlights above for links to referenced interviews

"Sweet May hath come to love us, Pen, Colin, their carriage don; And through Netflix heavens above us, The very clowns clown on.”

Welcome to May. Welcome to chaos. We'd tell you to get in the circus tent but this one's already occupied by Pen's finger lickin' good crumb and the final shred of Colin's sanity.

In this emergency Weekly Crumb, we'll be sprinting outside palaces with Colin, wiping the tears away from a distressed Enchanted Pen and squinting very hard at blurry pieces of paper. The more things change, eh?

Get the carriage cleaning crew at the ready, Footman John. Things are about to get rocky.

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SPOILER WARNING: This episode is based entirely on newly released promo but involves discussion of fan theories and possible spoilers, including potential script excerpts.

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Show Notes

First For Women: Interview with Nicola Coughlan

TV Line: Interview with Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton (Part 1, via Twitter)

⁠TV Line: Interview with Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton (Part 2, via Twitter)⁠

Reddit: Theories about Episode 4 script

Reddit: Main new teaser

Reddit: Hand injury clip

Reddit: Tent and market clips

Reddit: Osterley Colin at Full Moon Ball clip

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Pritt Sticks at the ready, dear listeners. It's the morning after the night before and we've got a lot on our breakfast plates.

In the last of our book reread episodes, we'll be sneaking an extremely dishevelled Penelope back to Mayfair, hastily moving up the dates of a small but magical wedding and taking a quick trip to some oddly brown Highlands.

And as our beloved newly-weds find themselves in a rather sticky situation, we'll be stopping by The National Archives to enquire just how many cows one tiny blackmail plot can get you.

Worry not, dear listeners. Because just when it seems all has come unstuck, we have a feeling one assuredly, fervently, loudly tack-tic might just swoop in to save the day.

Did somebody say My Wife?

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SPOILER DISCUSSION: 10:05 - 30:16 [S3E1 and S3E4 spoilers]

SPOILER FREE DISCUSSION: 30:17 onwards

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SPOILER WARNING - Reddit: Interview with Nicola Coughlan [SPOILERS for Episode 4]

Reddit: New playlist confirmations

Instagram: New Season 3 banner

Instagram: New Season 3 poster

Instagram: Cities announced for Season 3 world tour

The National Archives Currency Converter

Available Internationally: Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn (Pikatus, ISBN: 978-0349429458)

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Get up, dear listeners. We're taking you to church.

In our third reread episode, we'll be chasing hired hacks down Fleet Street, contemplating the logistics of carriage-based activities and indelicately faceplanting onto the streets of Mayfair.

We'll also be turning up bright and early to the Tuesday Featherington family meeting, fetching watercolours with Felicity and staring out of rainy windows with a plate of smoked salmon sandwiches.

And as a triumphant engagement ball turns sour, we'll be rummaging in the drawers for candles and moments of realisation.

Because, dear listeners, this was Penelope and this was love. But be warned: this kitten has claws and she's not afraid to use them.

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Show Notes

Change.org: Petition to change the S3 poster and tie in cover of Romancing Mister Bridgerton

⁠Time Out: Bridgerton in Bowral⁠

Vanity Fair: Interview with Jess Brownell

YouTube: Cast reading The Duke and I [Source of Luke Newton's "don't" clip]

Twitter: Nana_Banana_Art fanart of church scene

Available Internationally: Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn (Pikatus, ISBN: 978-0349429458)

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Pack your bandages and earplugs – curtain’s up on the most melodious event of the season. Mozart, stand down. Lou Bega’s got this one under control.

In the second of our read-along episodes, we’ll be making puddles with Colin, taking First Aid lessons from Penelope and dipping our thermometers in half-hour old bath water.

Ahead of the weekend, we’ll be spending an unremarkable day sampling lemonade, squinting at inkstains and getting a little too excited on Mount Street.

She kissed him on a Friday, dear listeners. And it was glorious. (And probably tasted like cheese.)

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Show Notes

Available Internationally: Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn (Pikatus, ISBN: 978-0349429458)

YouTube: Bridgerton Season 3 trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4JYAx5rNRA

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Up, up, up and away, dearest listeners! It’s time to soar into the S3 trailer heavens at long last.

As our ship docks back in London, we’re trading sea for air as we float above Mayfair alongside an extraordinary balloon, a winged god and a sleepy-but-sturdy Bridgerton.

We’ll be enjoying splendid weather with Lord Wilding, laughing in the library with Blue Pen and attempting a little archaeological excavation of a broken Grecian column.

And as our leading man pulls the Uno Reverse card from the chaotic deck of romance tropes, we’ll be keeping our lanterns close-by as a tiny flame finally takes flight.

Rejoice, dear Polin fans. The lights are on and Colin Bridgerton’s home.

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Show Notes

YouTube: Bridgerton Season 3 trailer

Vanity Fair: Article about Cressida and Eloise

Shondaland: Season 3 trailer article + 7 new stills

History of Balloons: Montgolfier Brothers - The Montgolfière-style Hot Air Balloon

WikiArt: Le ravissement de Psyche, William-Adolphe Bouguerau (1895)

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Hold onto your hats, dance cards and wallflowers, dearest listeners.

It's time to discuss the Season 3 promo that has wrought such chaos into our lives that even Book Colin would blush.

We'll be taking a trip to Hyde Park for a startling encounter on a blanket, having our dance cards filled by a hands-on Vegetarian and swooning over the long-awaited appearance of Enchanted Pen.

And if you're missing our dear thirdborn Bridgerton, then worry not. It seems a Wallflower's shoulder has finally defrosted thanks to the trailing hand of a much-loved pirate.

Hold on tight, Polinators. The Social Season is almost upon us and a splendid plan is underway. Show Notes

Instagram: Bridgerton promo with Penelope and Debling (ft. cast reactions)

Instagram: New Season 3 Penelope and Debling stills

TikTok: @WhatABarbPod What will be Colin’s “hobby” in Season 3? [Boating Cartoon]

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She fell in love first. He fell into a mud puddle harder.

Join us for the first of our read-along episodes as we celebrate the 200th anniversary of Book Polin’s love story!

We’ll be taking a fatefully muddy ride through Hyde Park, uniting in the glee of matchmaking mamas everywhere and putting up the wet floor signs to mop up a rather concerning blob of Chantilly cream.

And as those April showers sprinkle their way across London, we’ll be taking our black parasols for a bittersweet trip across Berkeley Square as we head for afternoon tea with a very special Lilac Pen.

Orange Trees of Mayfair, watch your pots: Colin Bridgerton is back in town.

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Show Notes

Available Internationally: Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn (Pikatus, ISBN: 978-0349429458)

Instagram: Nicola Coughlan on CBS Mornings (ft. Lilac Pen and Colin): https://www.instagram.com/p/C5Y-eSeO2Fw/

Available Internationally: Inside Bridgerton by Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers (Simon & Schuster, ISBN: 978-1668001073)

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