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Quelle horreur: Versailles returns to BBC Two for season two

21 Apr 17 – 31 May 17, 9:30 PM – 10:30 PM

Season two of Versailles, the truly terrible period drama about Louis XIV, arrives on BBC Two later this month

By Helena Kealey on 6/4/2017

Versailles, BBC Two
Versailles, BBC Two
Quelle horreur: Versailles returns to BBC Two for season two Quelle horreur: Versailles returns to BBC Two for season two Helena Kealey
Technically speaking, Versailles is a period drama – in so much as there is drama, and it is set in a period. But a nonsensical, meandering script and a cast of colourless characters means that Versailles is only a period drama in the same way as dressing toddlers up and filming them on a phone is a period drama. And given the choice, we know which we'd rather watch.


For those who didn't see it (which should have been all of us), season one of Versailles followed some over-sexed men in wigs talking dirty to wolves in a forest, fighting over velvet shoes and rolling around in orange juice (read our review of season one). And now it's back on BBC Two.



Described by some, who have surely never seen the programme, as a 'sumptuous' drama depicting the 'decadent and turbulent reign of Louis XIV', Versailles is meant to tell the the tale of the Sun King (aka English actor George Blagden) as he battles with his court.


This season, we're promised a high-profile poisoning (sadly not of the writer) and the consequent highly coveted vacancy in the King's court. A heavily pregnant Madame de Montespan (another Brit, Anna Brewster) is on a rampage causing trouble and Louis' brother, the widower Philippe (Wales's own Alexander Vlahos) 'cannot be allowed to remain single'. Meanwhile, Philippe's exiled lover Chevalier (Canadian Evan Williams) has returned home, which almost sounds like a conflict of interest, but no doubt they'll find a way to make it dull.


Louis XIV's reign was an opulent, fascinating period in European history. But trust us when we say season one managed to take all this promising raw material and give us nothing in the way of tension, intrigue or, frankly, even vague interest. We don't hold out many hopes for season two.


Versailles season two on BBC Two, Friday 21 April 9:30pm


What Quelle horreur: Versailles returns to BBC Two for season two
Where BBC2 | MAP
When 21 Apr 17 – 31 May 17, 9:30 PM – 10:30 PM
Price £n/a
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