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The best period drama TV shows

Grand houses, sharp costumes and secrets behind closed doors. Step upstairs and downstairs in Downton Abbey, dance your way through society in Bridgerton, or join the Shelby family in Peaky Blinders. Rich, dramatic and perfect for sinking into on a cold evening with a cup of tea.

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  1. Downton Abbey poster Downton Abbey2010
  2. The Crown poster The Crown2016
  3. Pride and Prejudice poster Pride and Prejudice1995
  4. Bridgerton poster Bridgerton2020
  5. Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story poster Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story2023
  6. Peaky Blinders poster Peaky Blinders2013
  7. Outlander poster Outlander2014
  8. Poldark poster Poldark2015
  9. Call the Midwife poster Call the Midwife2012
  10. Mad Men poster Mad Men2007
  11. North & South poster North & South2004
  12. Wolf Hall poster Wolf Hall2015
  13. The Gilded Age poster The Gilded Age2022
  14. Boardwalk Empire poster Boardwalk Empire2010
  15. Brideshead Revisited poster Brideshead Revisited1981
  16. Shōgun poster Shōgun2024
  17. Roots poster Roots1977
  18. John Adams poster John Adams2008
  19. Anne with an E poster Anne with an E2017
  20. Dickinson poster Dickinson2019
  21. The Great poster The Great2020
  22. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel poster The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel2017
  23. All Creatures Great & Small poster All Creatures Great & Small2020
  24. All Creatures Great and Small poster All Creatures Great and Small1978
  25. Jeeves and Wooster poster Jeeves and Wooster1990
  26. Upstairs, Downstairs poster Upstairs, Downstairs1971
  27. The Jewel in the Crown poster The Jewel in the Crown1984
  28. Bleak House poster Bleak House2005
  29. Little Dorrit poster Little Dorrit2008
  30. Cranford poster Cranford2007
  31. Lark Rise to Candleford poster Lark Rise to Candleford2008
  32. The Forsyte Saga poster The Forsyte Saga2002
  33. Middlemarch poster Middlemarch1994
  34. Wives and Daughters poster Wives and Daughters1999
  35. Jane Eyre poster Jane Eyre2006
  36. Emma poster Emma2009
  37. Sense and Sensibility poster Sense and Sensibility2008
  38. Tess of the D'Urbervilles poster Tess of the D'Urbervilles2008
  39. War and Peace poster War and Peace2016
  40. Les Misérables poster Les Misérables2018
  41. Great Expectations poster Great Expectations2011
  42. Little Women poster Little Women2017
  43. Gentleman Jack poster Gentleman Jack2019
  44. Victoria poster Victoria2016
  45. The Tudors poster The Tudors2007
  46. Versailles poster Versailles2015
  47. Agatha Christie's Poirot poster Agatha Christie's Poirot1989
  48. Endeavour poster Endeavour2013
  49. Foyle's War poster Foyle's War2002
  50. Grantchester poster Grantchester2014
  51. Ripper Street poster Ripper Street2012
  52. Miss Scarlet poster Miss Scarlet2020
  53. The Bletchley Circle poster The Bletchley Circle2012
  54. The Hour poster The Hour2011
  55. The Alienist poster The Alienist2018
  56. The Knick poster The Knick2014
  57. Taboo poster Taboo2017
  58. Rome poster Rome2005
  59. Vikings poster Vikings2013
  60. The Last Kingdom poster The Last Kingdom2015
  61. Deadwood poster Deadwood2004
  62. 1883 poster 18832021
  63. 1923 poster 19232022
  64. Hatfields & McCoys poster Hatfields & McCoys2012
  65. Black Sails poster Black Sails2014
  66. The Musketeers poster The Musketeers2014
  67. Sanditon poster Sanditon2019
  68. The Durrells poster The Durrells2016
  69. The Paradise poster The Paradise2012
  70. Mr Selfridge poster Mr Selfridge2013
  71. House of Guinness poster House of Guinness2025
  72. Belgravia poster Belgravia2020
  73. Harlots poster Harlots2017
  74. Fingersmith poster Fingersmith2005
  75. Alias Grace poster Alias Grace2017
  76. Mildred Pierce poster Mildred Pierce2011
  77. The Buccaneers poster The Buccaneers2023

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