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  • 46 titles
  • Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle in Pride and Prejudice (1995)

    1. Pride and Prejudice

    19956 epsTV-PGTV Mini Series
    8.8 (98K)
    While the arrival of wealthy gentlemen sends her marriage-minded mother into a frenzy, willful and opinionated Elizabeth Bennet matches wits with haughty Mr. Darcy.
    StarsColin FirthJennifer EhleSusannah Harker
  • Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville, Brendan Coyle, Joanne Froggatt, Penelope Wilton, Allen Leech, Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael, Lily James, Fifi Hart, and Oliver Barker in Downton Abbey (2010)

    2. Downton Abbey

    2010–201552 epsTV-PGTV Series
    8.7 (235K)
    A chronicle of the lives of the British aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the early twentieth century.
    CreatorJulian FellowesStarsHugh BonnevillePhyllis LoganElizabeth McGovern
  • David Suchet in Poirot (1989)

    3. Poirot

    1989–201370 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.6 (56K)
    Hercule Poirot, a famous Belgian detective, who has an impeccable knack for getting embroiled in a mystery, solves crimes along with Captain Hastings and Scotland Yard Chief Inspector James Japp.
    StarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPhilip Jackson
  • Geraldine McEwan and Julia McKenzie in Marple (2004)

    4. Marple

    2004–201323 epsTV-14TV Series
    7.9 (12K)
    An elderly spinster living in the village of St. Mary Mead helps her friends and relatives solve mysterious murders.
    StarsGeraldine McEwanJulia McKenzieStephen Churchett
  • Upstairs Downstairs (2010)

    5. Upstairs Downstairs

    2010–20129 epsTV-PGTV Series
    7.4 (7.1K)
    A new family and their servants live at the London townhouse at 165 Eaton Place in 1936.
    CreatorHeidi ThomasStarsKeeley HawesEd StoppardAdrian Scarborough
  • George Blagden in Versailles (2015)

    6. Versailles

    2015–201830 epsTV-MATV Series
    7.9 (20K)
    In 1667, 28-year-old all-powerful king of France, Louis XIV, decides to build the greatest palace in the world - Versailles. But drained budget, affairs and political intrigues complicate things.
    CreatorsSimon MirrenDavid WolstencroftStarsGeorge BlagdenAlexander VlahosTygh Runyan
  • Cillian Murphy in Peaky Blinders (2013)

    7. Peaky Blinders

    2013–202236 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.7 (714K)
    A gangster family epic set in 1900s England, centering on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby.
    CreatorSteven KnightStarsCillian MurphyPaul AndersonSophie Rundle
  • Bryony Hannah, Helen George, and Jessica Raine in Call the Midwife (2012)

    8. Call the Midwife

    2012– 126 epsTV-PGTV Series
    8.6 (34K)
    Chronicles the lives of a group of midwives living in East London in the late 1950s to early 1970s.
    CreatorHeidi ThomasStarsVanessa RedgraveLaura MainJenny Agutter
  • Travis Fimmel in Vikings (2013)

    9. Vikings

    2013–202093 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.5 (618K)
    Vikings transports us to the brutal and mysterious world of Ragnar Lothbrok, a Viking warrior and farmer who yearns to explore--and raid--the distant shores across the ocean.
    CreatorMichael HirstStarsKatheryn WinnickGustaf SkarsgårdAlexander Ludwig
  • Gillian Anderson, Charles Dance, Denis Lawson, Anna Maxwell Martin, and Carey Mulligan in Bleak House (2005)

    10. Bleak House

    200515 epsTV-PGTV Mini Series
    8.3 (11K)
    A suspenseful tale about the injustices of the 19th Century English legal system.
    StarsAnna Maxwell MartinCarey MulliganDenis Lawson
  • Richard Armitage and Daniela Denby-Ashe in North & South (2004)

    11. North & South

    20044 epsTV-PGTV Mini Series
    8.5 (37K)
    North and South is a four-part adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's love story of Margaret Hale, a middle-class southerner who is forced to move to the northern town of Milton.
    StarsDaniela Denby-AsheRichard ArmitageTim Pigott-Smith
  • Roger Allam and Shaun Evans in Endeavour (2012)

    12. Endeavour

    2012–202336 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.6 (36K)
    Set from 1965 into the 1970s, the show follows Endeavour Morse in his early years as a police constable. Working alongside his senior partner DI Fred Thursday, Morse engages in a number of investigations around Oxford.
    StarsShaun EvansRoger AllamJames Bradshaw
  • Eddie Marsan and Bertie Carvel in Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2015)

    13. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

    20157 epsTV Mini Series
    8.0 (15K)
    In an alternate history, during the time of real life Napoleonic Wars, two men of destiny, the gifted recluse Mr. Norrell and daring spellcasting novice Jonathan Strange, use magic to help England.
    StarsBertie CarvelEddie MarsanMarc Warren
  • Stephen Rea, Peter Firth, Anton Lesser, Bethany Muir, and Wilson Mbomio in Dickensian (2015)

    14. Dickensian

    2015–201620 epsTV-PGTV Series
    7.7 (4.4K)
    Drama set within the fictional realms of Charles Dickens critically acclaimed novels, bringing together some of his most iconic characters as their lives intertwine in 19th century London.
    StarsTuppence MiddletonSophie RundleAlexandra Moen
  • Elizaveta Boyarskaya in Anna Karenina (2017)

    15. Anna Karenina

    20178 epsTV Series
    6.6 (292)
    Based on the iconic Russian novel of the same name.
    StarsElizaveta BoyarskayaMaksim MatveevKirill Grebenshchikov
  • Victoria (2016)

    16. Victoria

    2016–201925 epsTV-PGTV Series
    8.2 (33K)
    The early life of Queen Victoria, from her ascension to the throne at the tender age of 18 to her courtship and marriage to Prince Albert.
    CreatorDaisy GoodwinStarsJenna ColemanAdrian SchillerTommy Knight
  • Desperate Romantics (2009)

    17. Desperate Romantics

    20096 epsTV Mini Series
    7.4 (2.1K)
    Period drama set in London about the rise of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
    CreatorsPeter BowkerFranny MoyleStarsSamuel BarnettSam CraneJosie Farmiloe
  • James D'Arcy, Diana Kent, and Sophia Myles in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (2001)

    18. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

    20013h 20mTV Movie
    7.5 (1.2K)
    A young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-hearted, grasping uncle.
    DirectorStephen WhittakerStarsJohn DallimoreJames D'ArcySophia Myles
  • Janet McTeer, Hattie Morahan, and Charity Wakefield in Sense & Sensibility (2008)

    19. Sense & Sensibility

    20083 epsTV-14TV Mini Series
    8.0 (14K)
    In 1800s England, sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood try to find love and security. The two could not be more different: Eleanor is calm and decorous; Marianne is passionate and heedless.
    StarsDominic CooperCharity WakefieldHattie Morahan
  • Emma (2009)

    20. Emma

    20094 epsTV-PGTV Mini Series
    8.1 (19K)
    Emma Woodhouse is a wealthy young woman living in the early 19th century, whose misplaced confidence in her matchmaking abilities occasions several romantic misadventures, which leads her into deeper meanings of love and life.
    StarsRomola GaraiMichael GambonJonny Lee Miller
  • The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2012)

    21. The Mystery of Edwin Drood

    20122 epsTV Mini Series
    6.7 (1.2K)
    An exploration of Charles Dicken's unfinished work in which the mystery of the murder of Edwin Drood is examined.
    StarsMatthew RhysFreddie FoxTamzin Merchant
  • Rebecca Hall, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Adelaide Clemens in Parade's End (2012)

    22. Parade's End

    20125 epsTV-MATV Mini Series
    7.4 (11K)
    Revolves around a love triangle between a conservative English aristocrat, his mean socialite wife and a young suffragette.
    StarsBenedict CumberbatchRebecca HallRoger Allam
  • Legend of the Seeker (2008)

    23. Legend of the Seeker

    2008–201044 epsTV-14TV Series
    7.6 (37K)
    After the mysterious murder of his father, a son's search for answers begins a momentous fight against tyranny.
    CreatorsStephen TolkinKenneth BillerStarsCraig HornerBridget ReganBruce Spence
  • Lily James in War & Peace (2016)

    24. War & Peace

    20166 epsTV-14TV Mini Series
    8.1 (28K)
    As the Russian conflict with Napoleon reaches its peak, five aristocratic families face the possibility of their lives being changed forever.
    StarsPaul DanoJames NortonLily James
  • Sonya Cassidy and Joanna Vanderham in The Paradise (2012)

    25. The Paradise

    2012–201316 epsTV-PGTV Series
    7.7 (13K)
    The story of a young woman who works in a department store and gets caught up in the charms of the modern world.
    CreatorsBill GallagherSarah BartonSarah BrownStarsJoanna VanderhamEmun ElliottStephen Wight

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