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VICTORIA ON MASTERPIECE
January 15, 2017  | By David Bianculli

PBS, 9:00 p.m. ET

 

SERIES PREMIERE: Jenna Coleman, who impressed me very much when she played the companion on Doctor Who from 2012 to 2015, gets a role here that befits the talent she displayed on that long-running cult series. Here, she plays Queen Victoria, starting from the day the teenager became queen of England in 1837. This first season follows her first three years as Queen – and even if you don’t think of this as an unofficial companion series to Netflix’s The Crown, about Queen Elizabeth II, it’s something you should seek out and watch. Check local listings. For a full review and additional insight into Victoria, the monarch, see David Hinckley's All Along the Watchtower.

 
 
 
 
 
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