I watched that BBC movie on BEAU BRUMMELL. I haven't seen anything on BBC-America in quite a while - they have commercials every 10 minutes WITHOUT FAIL. Of course, with the DVR, it's easy to fly through them, but still! Matthew Rhys was wasted as Lord Byron. The chemistry between Rhys and Purefoy was palpable, and much could have been made of that! Instead, we were (once again) forced to use our imaginations.
Still, if it's even close to the truth about those individuals and the Prince of Wales et al, it was a very intriguing moment in history.