Ep. 2: Amazing Grace

Welcome back for our second episode! Below, find a few links to further information and/or stuff we think is interesting.

*Hang out a bit with the Clapham Sect here, courtesy of the U.K. National Portrait Gallery.

*Get your copy of Olaudah Equiano’s personal story, or learn more about Hannah More. You can also explore more about Equiano’s entire life at Equiano’s World.

*The Georgian Papers Project has more about the Duke of Clarence’s (later William IV’s) views on slavery.

*Read Fortune Magazine’s recent article on the Zong insurance case, as well as a New Yorker piece on the interesting ties that Jane Austen and her family had to Olaudah Equiano and Lord Mansfield.

*Check out a (partial) list of the films that have used St. Bartholomew the Great as a location. (You’ll be seeing some of these titles again!)

Thanks for listening! We’re working on developing our schedule into the new year, so if you have a favorite you’d like us to watch and review, leave a comment here or email us at costumedramarewind@gmail.com.

Season 3, Episode 5: Tainted Love Double Feature – "The Other Boleyn Girl" (2003) AND (2008) – Costume Drama Rewind

Tainted love never dies – we review the BBC tv movie version of Philippa Gregory's "The Other Boleyn Girl" from 2003 and the 2008 American movie. Which is worse? Hard to say.

1. Season 3, Episode 5: Tainted Love Double Feature – "The Other Boleyn Girl" (2003) AND (2008) 30:27
2. Season 3, Episode 4: "Titanic" (1997) 34:36
3. Season 3, Episode 3: "Sleepy Hollow" (1999) 19:45
4. Season 3, Episode 2: "Operation Mincemeat" (2021) 23:15
5. Season 3, Episode 1: "Gladiator" (2000) 17:11