Thanks so much everyone for your replies. I finally watched it, and quite enjoyed it. I still prefer the movie, but this is enjoyable too, though the characterization of both Victoria and Albert are very different. I just adore Friend and Blunt, but Coleman and Hughes are endearing too. I preferred the way the pre-wedding relationship was portrayed in the movie- in the series, you can hardly understand why they liked each other apart from the basic, chemical attraction, but since then, I like the way the relationship has evolved. By the mere fact that this is longer and thus goes into more detail, means you get more to enjoy and dissect.
And how differently Melbourne is portrayed in the two! Quite disconcerting tbh- I couldn't get over the age difference between the two! But I guess we don't really know what happened behind the scenes- so the writers can take what creative license they want in this case.
On a shallow note, I'm so glad V is pretty and Albert isn't balding! I've seen the old BBC miniseries too, and that was much more realistic in this regard!
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