Victoria

The performance of Rufus Sewel as Lord Melbourne is outstanding. I think this role will do for him what Mr Darcy did for Colin Firth.

Welcome back Lenchen.

If he was that good looking why didn't Victoria marry him then? Don't you think that Jenna Coleman is too pretty for Victoria?

The performance of Rufus Sewell as Lord Melbourne is outstanding. I think this role will do for him what Mr Darcy did for Colin Firth.

Welcome back Lenchen.

If he was that good looking why didn't Victoria marry him then? Don't you think that Jenna Coleman is too pretty for Victoria?

 

Write your comments here...Victoria couldn't have married a 'commoner'. Rufus Sewell is more handsome than Lord Melbourne and yes Jenna Coleman is much too pretty for Victoria but looks count for everything on telly.

How are you enjoying the series? Is it up to scratch?

More attractive when she was young so Jenna Colman perhaps is not that far off the mark.

David

Most of us were. 

contraception left a lot to be desired in Victorian times, although it was cheap

Of course before the widespread use of photos, one was reliant on the interpretation of the artist. The only portrait we could probably rely on is Cromwell, "warts and all".

More attractive when she was young so Jenna Colman perhaps is not that far off the mark.

David

But how sure are you that the portrait is an near/exact likeness of her? What age would you say she was in this portrait, certainly not 19 as she is in the programme.

I think Blackadder's description of her in that Christmas special was probably pretty accurate.......

How do we know and how important is it? We can only work with what we have. There are numerous pictures of the young Victoria but of course they are not photos. I was taken by the similarities between the real thing and Jenna. As a keen photographer I should perhaps also point out that when you see a photo in the press it might not be an exact original likeness by the time its been Photoshopped!!!

David