Best Period Drama Series you’ve seen?

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Gentleman Jack
Peaky Blinders

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Anonymous wrote:Agree with Mr. Sunshine. So gorgeous, so moving.

We just finished “Sweet Home” tonight, and I just read that the two shows are from the same guy. VERY different subject matter (Sweet Home was about people turning into monsters), but the Mr Sunshine reviews look great and my husband’s big on historical dramas. We’ll have to check it out!

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Babylon Berlin

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Anonymous wrote:The Americans

Yes, this. Perfect except it was not filmed in DC and it shows.

And so were 1,000 other shows. Why is this comment necessary? https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2018/10/23/why-dont-stories-set-washington-d-c-actually-film-there/1736816002/

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The Americans is probably my favorite drama series of all time. It is just so good.

Downtown Abbey is good but toward the end it gets off track. The season when they’re in WWI is amazing though.

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Anonymous wrote:Poldark.

I just found this on Amazon Prime and I’m surprised how good it is.

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Bolivar.

Amazing landscapes of South America, fabulous fast paced and you learn everything about independence from Spain.
It pulls you in about half of the first episode.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree with Mr. Sunshine. So gorgeous, so moving.

We just finished “Sweet Home” tonight, and I just read that the two shows are from the same guy. VERY different subject matter (Sweet Home was about people turning into monsters), but the Mr Sunshine reviews look great and my husband’s big on historical dramas. We’ll have to check it out!

I’m the PP who first mentioned Mr. Sunshine. It’s beautiful and devastating. And if you’re still interested in something else from the same Joseon period, a lighter show called Rookie Historian-Goo Hae-ryung is really good too. It’s a drama with more of a comedic edge, but the story is engrossing. Believe me, after Mr. Sunshine, you’ll definitely want something a little lighter to watch!

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Anonymous wrote:Endeavour

This.

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Anonymous wrote:The Americans

Yes, this. Perfect except it was not filmed in DC and it shows.

Haha yes- they didn't even try. I think there was a chase scene in the first season where they were rattling off all these streets in Takoma/Silver Spring, where I was living at the time, and it was so funny how un-Takoma it looked. Great show overall and I doubt anyone outside the DMV really knew the difference but it always drove me a bit crazy!

Yeah, but they captured the feeling of what it was like to live here in the '80s. And, those characters and their story stays with you. DH and I still wonder about them from time to time -- and we would definitely watch an Americans: Next Gen to find out where Paige and Henry are now. (We have our theories . . . )

DP. How so? How did they capture that feeling?

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Anonymous wrote:Bolivar.

Amazing landscapes of South America, fabulous fast paced and you learn everything about independence from Spain.
It pulls you in about half of the first episode.

Thanks for this recommendation. I've never heard of it and will definitely check it out.

Adding votes for The Americans and Band of Brothers (we watched the latter after watching Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's Vietnam documentary -- fascinating and heartbreaking to see these two juxtaposed).

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Boardwalk Empire

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Medici on Netflix!!

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Anonymous wrote:Bolivar.

Amazing landscapes of South America, fabulous fast paced and you learn everything about independence from Spain.
It pulls you in about half of the first episode.

Thanks for this recommendation. I've never heard of it and will definitely check it out.

Adding votes for The Americans and Band of Brothers (we watched the latter after watching Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's Vietnam documentary -- fascinating and heartbreaking to see these two juxtaposed).

Thanks for this recommendation. I’m disappointed by how many period pieces are based in Europe or North America.

Bolivar and Mr. Sunshine sound fascinating.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree with Mr. Sunshine. So gorgeous, so moving.

We just finished “Sweet Home” tonight, and I just read that the two shows are from the same guy. VERY different subject matter (Sweet Home was about people turning into monsters), but the Mr Sunshine reviews look great and my husband’s big on historical dramas. We’ll have to check it out!

I’m the PP who first mentioned Mr. Sunshine. It’s beautiful and devastating. And if you’re still interested in something else from the same Joseon period, a lighter show called Rookie Historian-Goo Hae-ryung is really good too. It’s a drama with more of a comedic edge, but the story is engrossing. Believe me, after Mr. Sunshine, you’ll definitely want something a little lighter to watch!

Top PP here. Mr. Sunshine deals with the beginning of the Japanese occupation of Korea, so obviously it deals with tragic events. Even so, it's not a relentless, heavy slog. There are many wonderful, light, funny, charming scenes.

Just don't want anyone to be dissuaded from watching because they think it'll be a total downer.