The White Queen

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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.

this is great

the king is jeremy irons son

was that it?!

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

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!

Loved it!

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

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

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

Thank you wizard for the storyline fill in :)

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 :)

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

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

Fantastic!

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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