The White Queen

[ShadeofViolet]

Anyone else ridiculously excited?

I know Philippa Gregory's books tend to be a bit Barbara Cartland in places, and I hope the BBC havent increased it, but I still cannot wait to watch it.

[piratecat]

this is great

[saintmerryweather]

the king is jeremy irons son

[KvassInTheNight]

was that it?!

[KnockMeDown]

I really enjoyed that - will definitely be watching next week!

[Horsemad]

Well, not sure about the language, sounds a bit modern but I've never read any of the books so maybe I'm being picky?

Love the king, verrrry cute!

[ShipwreckedAndComatose]

Loved it!

(But got stupidly obsessed with what appeared to be zips in her dresses too!)

[littlemissnormal]

Is also based on The Kingmakers Daughter which is about Anne Neville, Warwicks daughter who marries Edwards brother Richard and becomes Queen herself.

[Cherrypie32]

A touch of Eddie Redmayne about the King I thought. Perfect for Sunday night and I'm not one for period drama usually.

[KvassInTheNight]

Thank you wizard for the storyline fill in :)

[SirBoobAlot]

Well they translating the characters reasonably well from the books, I think... Which again seem to be reasonably accurate to what we know factually.

This should be good :)

[littlemissnormal]

I thought Jacquetta, Elizabeth and Warwick especially had been well cast.

[SirBoobAlot]

Was incredibly impressed with the casting of Jacquetta. She's perfect!

[FullOfChoc]

Fantastic!

[pardonmytits]

Ooh will need to catch this on iPlayer at some point. I'm really not Philipa Gregory's biggest fan but I love the period it covers and watch anything about it. Plus, it has James Frain in it, who is just great.

[Ragwort]

Bored senseless after the first 20 mins - fell asleep - I did record it, is it worth watching?

[DuchessofMalfi]

Signing into this thread to add my comment. Gorgeous. Max Irons phwoarr!!!!!

[chicaguapa]

I hope there's more Warwick in the next episode. I like a good baddie! I've read the books and thought it was a good episode and a promising start.

[DorisIsWaiting]

I watched this expectingh to turn it off within a couple of minutes but I loved it!

The casting seemed great, and lots of female focus rather than the men which is quite refreshing.

[BadRoly]

I'm another fan who wasn't disappointed (except by the zipping up bit - perhaps kings have very nimble and speedy fingers though?!)

[Sleepyfergus]

I really enjoyed it, and the King is verrrrrrrrry easy on the eye!

[Wetwood656]

Tbf the king had had lots of practice with dresses so was probably very quick

[Ellenora5]

I enjoyed it, looking forward to next week, nice to have something decent to watch on a Sunday.

[NotQuitePerfect]

Speaking of the Irons family acting dynasty - The Borgias final series starts on Sky Atlantic tonight. Anyone going to watch?

Loved The White Queen, btw.

[HairpinsAndLacquer]

It was good, and gosh he's good looking!

Is the lady playing Elizabeth actually English? Once or twice she sounded a bit like a Norwegian friend of mine, accent-wise. She has gorgeous hair.

[Sunnymeg]

I enjoyed it, but DH was bored. I hope they crack on with the narrative in the next episode, that might interest him more.