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- Bleak House (2005) - Available On Hulu. Charles Dickens was known for his gritty tales of life spent in Victorian London, but nowhere are the depths of depravity and the heights of ambition revealed so candidly than in Bleak House, BBC's 2005 adaptation of his famous novel starring Gillian Anderson (The X-Files, Hannibal), and Charles Dance (Game of Thrones).
- Persuasion (1995) - Available To Purchase On Prime Video. Before Ciaran Hinds gave tour-de-force performances in Game of Thrones and The Terror, he played the dashing Wentworth to Amanda Root's Anne, two star-crossed lovers torn apart by the brutal rules of British society.
- Pride And Prejudice (1995) - Available On Hulu, HBO Max, And BritBox. Pride and Prejudice may be the most renowned of Jane Austen's novels, but the 1995 BBC adaptation is the most renowned version on the big or small screen.
- North And South (2004) - Available On BritBox And Hoopla. When the daughter of a middle-class clergyman leaves her comfortable life in the South of England for the industrial North, she doesn't expect to find anything alluring among its smokestacks and cotton mills.
Jan 20, 2021 · All the period dramas arriving in 2021. From Anne Boleyn to Julian Fellowes's The Gilded Age. By Naomi Gordon Updated: 20 January 2021. Following our guide to Netflix's best hidden gems, upcoming ...
Alamy. (Credit: Alamy) Far from being a comforting vision of the past, the best period drama reclaims history for now. That's because these clear-eyed series are rooted in the real world, argues ...
Jun 21, 2021 · The Pursuit of Love is another must-see BBC1 period drama. The star-studded series, set in the 1920s and 1930s, follows the lives of spirited Linda Radlett (Downton Abbey 's Lily James) and her more reserved cousin and best friend Fanny Logan (Emily Beecham) as they come of age and dream of meeting their perfect man.
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- Bridgerton, 2020 - ongoing. (Liam Daniel/Netflix/PA) PA Media. With its second season pulling in a whopping 620 million viewing hours in under a month back in spring, Bridgerton has long since taken the title of the world’s most popular period drama.
- Persuasion, 2022. Nick Wall/Netflix. So people hated it, some people loved it. This Netflix adaption of Persuasion has a dreamy cast Dakota Johnson playing Anne Elliot, Cosmo Jarvis playing Captain Frederick Wentworth, Henry Golding playing Mr. William Elliot and had acclaimed stage director Carrie Cracknell behind the camera.
- The Essex Serpent, 2022. In 1893, released by his death from her abusive husband, young widow Cora Seaborne (Claire Danes) moves to a small village in Essex to look into reports of a mythical creature known as the Essex Serpent, which is spooking the locals.
- The Personal History of David Copperfield, 2019. The sweetest, brightest, happiest adaption of a Dickens that there ever was, nothing could be a better distraction from that fourth Unprecedented Times news bulletin you received this morning.
Aug 2, 2024 · Fellow Travelers. Bridgerton 's Jonathan Bailey steps into the leading man limelight once again in this touching, queer period drama. Beginning in the 1950s, Hawkins Fuller (Matt Bomer) and ...
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Dec 23, 2021 · From gut-wrenching dramas to cozy historicals, long-running mysteries that sought to reinvent themselves, and buzzy new period dramas with a decidedly modern edge, there was truly something for everyone in the world of British television this year. Here are our picks for the ten best British series to air in 2021.
