gkeith_1 Spoilers. Observations. Opinions. Victoria darns socks. She and hubby are lost after thrift tinaway outing. Her benefactors invite them in from the wildnerness plumb in the middle of bum nowhere. The royals are anonymous and pretend to be just regular folks. They have come to Scotland to get away from assassins and other rabble. Just look what happened to the late king and queen of France. Victoria and Albert are visiting a Duke in Scotland, but their host provides boring poetical entertainment. The royals want to bolt, or most certainly vomit (the verb). On the way home back to England, they elude their entourage and run away. They wanted to run away so much. I figured they would fusspoesf in some trees and work on making that next baby. In their rescuers' home, however, maybe that is just what they did, heh-heh. They couldn't keep their hands off each other, anyway, lol.They act all virginal in front of their benefactors, however. The woman teaches Ms. Vicki how to darn socks. Voila! Victoria learned some lovely housewifely skills. She is so proud of her majestic self. Vicki and Albert had been totally lost, clueless and out of their royal element. Hey ham no GPS. They had no helicopters overhead looking for them. They had no cell phones or texting or email. What to do? What to do? What to do?The farmers fed them the first night. By daylight, the fuke's Soldiers had tracked the royals to the cottage, because old dukey boy didn't want the embarrassment of telling England he had lost the queen of Scots and her baby papa. All was well. Meanwhile, we saw the bromance of her two young guys in waiting, hangers-on, or whatever their titles are. These were full kisses on the lips this time. The plot thickens. Stay tuned got Albert trying to breed like rabbits with other women. He may even come down with s raging case of dyphilis, that deadly disease. Maybe his bro Ernst had that right now. I am a degreed historian from the university. I am also an actress, singer, dancer, stage makeup artist and fashion designer. I am a film critic and movie reviewer. I have around 408 reviews on IMDb since 2002.

h-kitchener It seems that most British historical movies nowadays have to be not only historically inaccurate to a great degree but must include the obligatory pederast or similar. It's frustrating for those who actually know something about the period and insulting when you realize how the series creators are attempting to change the historical record. This could have been a much better researched and accurate representation of one of Great Britain's great monarchs andose the era she lived in, but it is but a sad catering to those with little knowledge of history.

Abfabbb Victoria succeeds with lush locations and costumes. My only (tiny) complaint is that the actress playing Victoria is too pretty. I think casting could have found an actress with a face more like the real Victoria. And the second season programming has been slightly different. The Masterpiece series usually start and end with a 2 hour show. The second episode was also two hours and I found it lengthy as it is without commercial interruption. I was then forced to watch it only in an "on demand" format where I can stop and start it to take needed breaks.

studioAT With ITV faced with a 'Downton' shaped hole in their schedules they again decided to turn to the past with this series 'Victoria'.It's well made, and well performed, with a good central performance by former 'Dr Who' companion, Jenna Coleman.It's easy enough viewing, and the perfect show to watch on a late summer's evening.