Abstract
This thesis guides readers to consider how black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) individuals are both narratively and stylistically formally represented in season one of the 2020 Netflix series Bridgerton. Bridgerton falls in an intertextual cluster with the Jane Austen Regency era screen adaptation genre, and this analysis therefore also considers Bridgerton’s formal representation in the context of Austen adaptation conventions. This practical thesis combines a theoretical section, in which Bridgerton’s hybrid casting practices and narrative form are considered, and a 27-minute-long video essay, in which Bridgerton’s stylistic form is considered. Consideration and analysis of these elements individually and later in combination find that Bridgerton succeeds in affording agency and value to numerous BAME perspectives, while also utilizing and falling within numerous Austen conventions and modern casting practices. While Bridgerton neglects in some instances to afford agency and value to certain BAME perspectives, these instances instead inspire readers to reflect on such representations and affordances of agency and critically consider future Austen screen adaptations with an eye for culturally and racially conscious representation within the genre.