{"id":51404,"date":"2024-05-14T14:31:59","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T12:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2040185"},"modified":"2024-05-14T15:49:54","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T13:49:54","slug":"bridgertons-nicola-coughlan-and-luke-newton-are-this-weeks-radio-times-cover-stars","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/bridgertons-nicola-coughlan-and-luke-newton-are-this-weeks-radio-times-cover-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridgerton\u2019s Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton are this week\u2019s Radio Times cover stars"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Penelope and Colin stars on six-packs, sex scenes and why women are the secret to the show\u2019s success. <\/p>

By Shem Law\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 14 May 2024 at 12:31 PM<\/p>

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Bridgerton, Netflix\u2019s remarkable reinvention of the costume drama, arrived on our screens on Christmas Day in 2020 and, with its colour-blind casting and uninhibited attitude to sex, it took the UK (and the world) by storm.<\/p>\n

Now in its third season, we talk to the two leads, Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton, who play Penelope Featherington and Colin Bridgerton. Coughlan tells us about the bumpy road to fame and the choreography of sex scenes, while Newton recalls the hard work he did in the gym to create his character\u2019s buff new look. It isn\u2019t Jane Austen, but it is great fun.<\/p>\n

Also in the new issue of Radio Times magazine<\/strong>, we celebrate the Aria Awards, aka the Oscars of audio, which took place at the Theatre Royal in London last week with the great and the good of radio and podcasts in attendance. We feature some of the winners on the night, including the coveted Radio Times<\/strong> Moment of the Year award that so many of you voted for and the tributes that were paid to radio legends Steve Wright and Annie Nightingale.<\/p>\n

One highlight of the evening was when former rugby league player \u2013 and motor neuron disease campaigner \u2013 Rob Burrow came on stage to accept the awards for Best New Podcast and Creative Innovation. As the cheers rang round the grand old Georgian theatre, I couldn\u2019t help thinking that Lady Whistledown would have approved.<\/p>\n

The new issue of Radio Times magazine is out now \u2013\u00a0subscribe to\u00a0Radio Times\u00a0<\/strong>here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Also in this week\u2019s Radio Times:<\/strong><\/h2>\n