What a Barb! A Polin Podcast

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Episode 51 - What a Return to the Wilderness! [Podcast Update] Jul 02, 2024

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Willkommen back to the wilderness weeks, dearest listeners.

As the promo sun begins to set across the plains of Polin, we set up camp amongst the tumbleweed and cacti to decide the future of the podcast in a post-Season 3 world.

With the vast expanse of time ahead of us, we also chat about an edible Bridgerton House, a flying stack of Whistledowns and the greatest mystery of our time: where is Sophie Beckett?

So grab your marshmallow, join us by the fire and settle yourself in: we’re giving it up to the toasts of Mayfair and we’re in it for the long haul.

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Collider: Bridgerton Season 4 Casting Details

Los Angeles Times: S4 Set in Fall

Episode 50 - What a Way with Words! [Season 3 Part 2 Reaction] Jun 21, 2024

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(The alliteration is a little overdone, we admit.)

Dearest Gentle listener, you may think we have been enjoying a much-needed respite from discussing Season 3 Part 2.

Alas, we have instead spent the week on the sofa, awake with thoughts of planned entrapments, secret dealings and sad rainbow fish.

Not to worry, we are back. The tree of Tu-doom may still be shaking in the Polin winds but we are on hand to raise a toast to no-longer-nameless judgy mamas, the music licensing gods and the succubus of the first water.

So grab the last chocolate macaron and lie down. This most anticipated love story is finally complete and we're skipping to the final chapter.

ad|invite With thanks to ApplauseStore for inviting us to the Bridgerton Season 3 Part 2 Premiere in London on Wednesday 12 June. ApplauseStore® is the award-winning, one-stop-shop for free, official television and radio audience tickets for thousands of the very best music, comedy, chat, sitcom and entertainment shows produced at many different studios and locations all around the world.

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Episode 49 – Oh, Crumbs! What a Block 4 Part 2 [S3E7 & E8 Speculation Part 2] Jun 12, 2024

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It's the final crumbdown.

As we prepare to hang up our archaeology tools for the last time, we take one more walk down crumbs memory lane during the fabled, long-awaited, highly-unanticipated Block 4 Part 2.

Yes, the Prodigal Block has returned at last as we sweep up the few remaining crumbs from Season 3 filming and lock in our final predictions for Episode 7 and 8 with mere hours to spare. We'll be scattering blue and yellow confetti in celebration of some very special nuptials, pondering the future with Eloise on the garden swings and stopping by the kitchens for a salaciously instructive installment of Baking with Legumes.

So join us as we wave goodbye to the years of waiting, reminisce over fandom days gone by and strain our eyesights one final time on this hallowed Part 2 eve.

Were they blurry? Yes, but they were our blurs. And they're about to get their happily ever after.

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Vogue: Interview with Nicola Coughlan

Mirror: Queen Charlotte’s Pomeranians

Daily Telegraph: Interview with Julia Quinn

Cat Quinn: Interview with Production Designer Alison Gartshore

InStyle: How Bridgerton Costumes Were Made

Recipe: Mary Peaches’ Iced Lemon Pound Cake

Episode 48 - What a Brie-gency Hero! [Season 3 Part 2 Trailer Reaction] Jun 06, 2024

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Out, damned inkspot! out, we say!

Fluff up those pillows and get comfy on the sofa. The Part 2 trailer has arrived and it looks like we're in for a rough night.

But there's no time to dwell. With all eyes on the upcoming blurry nuptials, we're busy confessing our love in churches, hiding our secrets in drawing rooms and taking a late night carriage ride for an impromptu rendezvous.

We'll also be helping Colin rearrange furniture and popping the kettle on for the most tragic cup of tea since...uh, Colin's previous most tragic cup of tea.

The yellow sheets have officially been unpacked; Pen's made her bed and now she's gonna lie in it.

* SPOILER TIMESTAMP

We discuss everything seen in the trailer for part 2. Main spoiler not from the trailer is at 57:58 - 59:13

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YouTube: Bridgerton Season 3 Part 2 Trailer

L'Beaute Homme: Interview with Luke Newton @mgnbee28 on Twitter/X: Albion Finch Drabble

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Episode 47 - What a Race Against Time! [Season 3 Part 2 Teaser Trailer Reaction & Speculation] May 30, 2024

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Tick tock on the clock, but the bounty don't stop, no...

As our carriage pulls up outside Bridgerton House, it's time to carefully adjust our dresses and head inside to face the music (3/4 is far sweeter) as we react to the Season 3 Part 2 teaser trailer.

While we wait for Pen to hurry up and tell Colin a tiny piece of information, we decide to kill a little time by taking a trip across town to pull down dust sheets and corsets alike.

And as the hunt for Lady Whistledown finally gets underway, we’ll be dancing at a flowery ball, squinting at some dodgy printing and pulling out our cow-culators to figure out just how much the Monarchy has been impacted by the cost-of-living crisis.

Time to make haste, Penelope. The clock on the mantlepiece is ticking and midnight is fast approaching.

And if all else fails? Well, there’s nothing quite like the good old art of the swoon.

SPOILER INFORMATION

This episode was compiled using the Season 3 Part 2 teaser trailer, behind-the-scenes footage from Shondaland and stills released by Netflix Latin America. No unverified rumours or spoilers are shared or discussed in this episode beyond the hosts' own speculation.

Spoilers from the Netflix Latin America reel will be preceded by a short spoiler warning. Listeners can skip ahead 30 seconds if they wish to avoid these brief spoilers from Episodes 5 and 6.

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Episode 46 - What a Way to Gallop Along! [Season 3 Part 1 Reaction] May 22, 2024

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We have not been able to sleep. Not been able to eat. We can barely speak these days. Our entire thoughts consumed by Polin.

Okay, so that speaking bit is a lie. Because, old friends (and very good acquaintances), it’s time to leave the drawing-room window, clear our bottle-weary heads and battle it out over Season 3 Part 1.

We’ll be slipping into studies to caress a pirate’s coat, sprawling ourselves over the yellow sheets of a very Pensive man and following a redhead into *checks notes* tents, gardens, ballrooms, trees, carriages and uh, you get the idea.

And as our oldest friends face crushing-by-slow-moving basket on a picnic blanket and crushing-by-fast-moving-friendzoning under a willow tree, we finally get the long-awaited answer as to which Mayfair family will have that carriage cleaning bill dropping on their doorstep.

Thank God for Great Aunt Petunia, eh?

ad|invite With thanks to Priority from O2 for inviting us to an exclusive reward screening of Bridgerton Season 3 Episode 1 “Out of the Shadows”

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Episode 45 - What a Coming Week! [Season 3 Part 1 Q&A] May 15, 2024

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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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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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Episode 44 - What a Conspicuous Ribbon! [Season 3 Part 1 Timeline Speculation] May 13, 2024

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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.)

Spoiler Timestamps

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

52:05-52:18 – Episode 2 spoilers

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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 Weekly Crumb - Issue #7: What an Eagerly Awaited Visit [First Kiss Reaction and Promo Discussion] May 09, 2024

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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.

Spoiler Information

Full episode discusses recent promo with details of characters, storylines and scenes from both Part 1 and Part 2. We will flag anything we feel is a specific spoiler or are detailed descriptions of unreleased scenes.

Spoiler Timestamps

03:38 - 04:00: Carriage scene spoilers

04:00 - 16:25: General discussion of released Shondaland video with new Part 1 clips (specific spoilers listed below)

11:45 - 12:50: Episode 1 spoilers

13:00 - 14:13: Discussion of released Episode 2 clip from Shondaland video

16:53 - 17:35: Discussion of Part 2 filming leaks

25:00 - 29:20: First kiss spoilers

29:20 - 29:50: Carriage scene spoilers

35:10 - 37:42: LW reveal timeline speculation

39:15 - 43:00: Major casting spoiler

43:00 - 44:30: Marcus Anderson character spoilers

51:00 - 52:45: Veg recapping spoilers

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Clips and additional links can be found in our 'May Promo' highlights on Instagram

YouTube: Bonnie Laufer interview with Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton

YouTube: DC Film Girl interview with cast

YouTube: PayorWait interview with cast

YouTube: Netflix New Looks of Season 3 video [ft. new clips from Part 1]

YouTube: Malditos Nerds interview with cast

YouTube: Blackfilmandtv interview with cast

ABC News: Article with Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton interview

Shondaland: Meet the (New) Men of the Ton article

Cosmopolitan: Article with Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton interview

Instagram: What a Barb! New footage breakdown

Instagram: What a Barb! New promo links

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The Weekly Crumb - Issue #6: What a Remarkable Shade of Yearning [New Promo & Carriage Teaser Speculation] May 03, 2024

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"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.

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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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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