Is the BBC cashing in on Bridgerton's sex appeal?

The Nancy Mitford adaptation was ground zero for that Dominic West-Lily James rumour. The Pursuit Of Love's promises a costume drama full of sex and scandal, but how does it compare to Netflix's hit period drama?

The Pursuit Of Love review

Lily James pouts, struts and grumbles in this post-Bridgerton period bonkbuster.

Pursuit Of Love proves we can't get enough of TV toffs

Emily Mortimer's adaptation manages to feel both modern and faithful to the original.

Interview: director Emily Mortimer

In The Pursuit Of Love, Mitford explored shellshock, abuse and xenophobia ... but in a funny way, says director Emily Mortimer.

Our favourite films: About Time

Is there a more perfect title?

Wossy is joined by a duo of singers this week: former American Idol runner-up and now Queen frontman Adam Lambert and Scary Spice herself, Mel B. Comedian Russell Howard provides the laughs, while actor Emily Mortimer chats about her new seafaring horror with Gary Oldman.

The Party review

I have a lot of respect for those who can make a feature film from a very self-contained environment, but The Party is not quite feature length.

The Party sees Sally Potter return with an entertainingly caustic farce about politics, idealism and shifting gender roles in modern Britain. Set around a dinner party to celebrate left-wing politician Janet's (Kristin Scott Thomas) recent promotion to shadow health minister, what follows as her guests arrive has shades of Abigail's Party and all the harmony of an Edward Albee-scripted get-together as secrets and lies are exposed, drugs are consumed and vol-au-vents burn in the kitchen. Shooting in crisp black-and-white, Potter makes great use of her pressure-cooker setting to pit her characters - despondent husband Timothy Spall, sardonic friend Patricia Clarkson, coked-up banker Cillian Murphy, cliché-spouting life-coach Bruno Ganz, radical feminist Cherry Jones and newly pregnant ex-Master Chef contestant Emily Mortimer - against one another. Filmed in the midst of Brexit, The Party doesn't directly reference that calamitous event, but beneath all the barbed comments, cutting put-downs and feverish revelations it does expose how quickly old certainties and decades of partnership can be upended when matters of the heart get out of control.

The Party -- 71 minutes of fun, flickers of seriousness

Family, infidelity and politics are the chief themes of Sally Potter's film.