Regency Rumours/Dr Kayla Jones

The Rumour Mill Podcast

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The Rumour Mill is the sister podcast to Regency Rumours — the YouTube channel where Dr. Kayla Jones makes essay-style videos about period dramas, history, and historical fiction. Same obsession. Looser format. Less essay, more historical yapping. Expect period drama chat, niche show deep dives, history with a healthy side of gossip, and occasional guests like historians, historical fiction writers, and people with actual expertise in how period dramas are made. Also available on all major podcast platforms...watch or listen, whatever works for you.(Youtube Members on the Burners and Yearners...

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Regency Rumours/Dr Kayla Jones

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We NEED to talk about the BBC casting a young, hot Poirot 24.06.2026 32:57

The BBC just announced a brand new Poirot series and if you've been anywhere near period drama social media this week, you know the reactions have been... mixed. Audiences have been understandably wary when the BBC announces another Agatha Christie adaptation. After David Suchet spent 25 years defining Hercule Poirot and putting the bar so high, its hard to see how a new young Poirot could measure...

Is the 1980s officially a period drama era? 12.06.2026 33:22

Is Rivals a period drama? In this podcast essay I argue the 1980s is officially a period drama era and Rivals on Disney Plus is proving it. We're talking 80s fashion, big hair, shoulder pads & Cotswolds scandal, the age gap relationship between Rupert & Taggie, and Jilly Cooper's appetite for forbidden romance. I also get into Golden Girls as my benchmark for 80s fashion that prioritises comfort,...

Did this new adaptation just FIX Mr. Collins from Pride and Prejudice? 09.06.2026 35:01

In this video, I'm making the case that Mr. Collins is the most misread character in the Jane Austen canon. From David Bamber's creepy obsequiousness in the 1995 BBC series, to Tom Hollander's nervous awkwardness in Pride and Prejudice 2005, to Matt Smith's gloriously unhinged energy in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies — every actor has brought something different to this character. But it's the 20...

Welcome to The Rumour Mill 08.06.2026 5:54

Hi there, I’m Dr Kayla Jones, a historian and the person behind Regency Rumours, a YouTube channel where I make long form essay style videos on period dramas, history & historical fiction. Check out Regency Rumours! If you’ve ever finished a costume drama and immediately needed to talk about if its historically accurate, whether there was enough yearning or the look of the costumes, then you’re in...