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In blockbuster Britain, the BBC is being left behind

2 October 2021

9:00 AM

2 October 2021

9:00 AM

There’s a great revival under way in the British TV and film industry, but it’s not the BBC that’s behind it. Netflix is normally secretive about its figures but this week published a list of its most popular shows and top of the pile is Bridgerton, which imagines Regency London as a racially mixed society.

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