By Lacy Baugher for Drama on August 3rd, 2016

The First Full Trailer for ‘Victoria’ is Gorgeous

The clothes are clearly going to be a major star of "Victoria". (Photo: Courtesy of ITV Plc for MASTERPIECE)

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ITV has released the first full trailer for its splashy upcoming period drama Victoria, to what is undoubtedly the delight of costume drama fans everywhere.

 Doctor Who’s Jenna Coleman stars as the titular queen, in her first major role since departing the TARDIS last year. And if this clip is anything to go by – it seems like it’s probably going to turn out to be a pretty smart career move for her, because Victoria looks great. 

The eight-episode series follows Victoria’s early life, from her ascension to the throne at the young age of 18, through to her courtship and marriage to Prince Albert. And it’s highly likely that the show’s creative team is already plotting how to continue this series through the rest of Victoria’s multi-decade reign, in future seasons. She was on the throne for 63 years, after all.

The drama’s massive cast features such heavy hitters as Rufus Sewell, Eve Myles, Peter Firth, Tom Hughes, Paul Rhys, Catherine Flemming and lots more.

The new trailer shows Victoria learning of the King's death and being confronted with the daunting prospect of becoming Queen. It also features what looks to be a headed confrontation between Victoria and her first Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, and a sort of running reference to Victoria’s diminutive stature – she was only 4’11”!

Watch for yourselves below, straight from the official ITV Twitter account: 

She was every inch a Queen…

Victoria, our major new drama. Coming to @ITV soon. #VictoriaITVhttps://t.co/MfnEZjHWsE

— ITV (@ITV) July 29, 2016

 

Victoria will bow this Fall on ITV in the UK, and will premiere in America in January 2017, inheriting the timeslot once dominated by another popular British period drama – Downton Abbey.

What do you think of the Victoria trailer? Let us know your thoughts in the comments. 

By Lacy Baugher for Drama on August 3rd, 2016
Lacy Baugher

Lacy's love of British TV is embarrassingly extensive, but primarily centers around evangelizing all things Doctor Who, and watching as many period dramas as possible.

Digital media type by day, she also has a fairly useless degree in British medieval literature, and dearly loves to talk about dream poetry, liminality, and the medieval religious vision. (Sadly, that opportunity presents itself very infrequently.) York apologist, Ninth Doctor enthusiast, and unabashed Ravenclaw. Say hi on Threads or Blue Sky at @LacyMB. 

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