Bridgerton season 4 is Regency fantasy escapism at its best

Bridgerton S4, Vol 1 ★★★★

Where to find it: Netflix

First aired: January 28, 2026

Who’s in it: Luke Thompson, Claudia Jessie, Yerin Ha, Ruth Gemmell, Golda Rosheuvel, Julie Andrews (voice), Polly Walker, Hannah Dodd

Who made it: Chris Van Dusen (creator, show-runner, executive producer), Jess Brownell (show-runner); Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers, Julie Ann Robinson (executive producers)

Based on the Bridgerton series of novels by Julia Quinn

Season time commitment: 8 x 54-73-minute episodes

Dear gentle reader, it is with no small measure of anticipation that one sharpens one’s quill to report on the return of a most scandalous enterprise. Netflix’s Bridgerton, that bejewelled juggernaut of Regency fantasy, has unfurled the first half of its fourth season (volume one, four episodes reviewed here), with the remaining instalment to arrive fashionably late on February 26.

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