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Bridgerton Season 5 Arrives 2027 with First Same-Gender Lead

5/15/2026

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Netflix announced Bridgerton season five will debut in 2027, be filmed in the United Kingdom, and break the series’ two-year release cycle.
Showrunner Jess Brownell confirmed the season will feature Bridgerton’s first same-gender central love story, starring Hannah Dodd as Lady Francesca and Masali Baduza as Michaela Stirling.
The plot, set two years after John Stirling’s death, adapts Julia Quinn’s gender-swapped novel “When He Was Wicked.”

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Netflix announced Bridgerton season five will debut in 2027, be filmed in the United Kingdom, and break the series’ two-year release cycle.
Showrunner Jess Brownell confirmed the season will feature Bridgerton’s first same-gender central love story, starring Hannah Dodd as Lady Francesca and Masali Baduza as Michaela Stirling.
The plot, set two years after John Stirling’s death, adapts Julia Quinn’s gender-swapped novel “When He Was Wicked.”