Best Period Series or Miniseries

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How on earth, in four pages, has Mad Men not appeared. Lots of good suggestions here, but Mad Men is perfection in terms of capturing an era.

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Anonymous wrote:The Forsythe Saga.

I couldn’t stand The Forsyte Saga for some reason. Couldn’t finish it, which is extremely rare for me.

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And now for something completely different...

Somewhat historically incorrect but beautiful to look at with some period correct details (like Bridgerton)

Rookie Historian Goo Hae-ryung https://g.co/kgs/4vxHa2E

It's on Netflix.

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Anonymous wrote:Victoria…made Rufus Sewell a s*x symbol

Amen, sister!

Why no season 4. Love me some Ernst.

Ah, this reminds me. I had issues with "Victoria" but not with Ernst or Albert. Especially Ernst.

And Lord M!

Season 4 where are you?

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Poldark- great villain beautiful scenery handsome lead

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Anonymous wrote:Poldark- great villain beautiful scenery handsome lead

HOW could I not have mentioned this one! Beautifully filmed, well acted by an excellent cast and good story. (Let us note--we're referring to the recent version, not the one from the 1970s)

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The Way We Live Now.

You might need to resort to DVD to find it but I'll check--if it streams anywhere I'll come back.

It's not a romance though it definitely has romance in it. It's based on the Anthony Trollope novel and is a scathing social and economic critique that still rings horribly true now. We have learned nothing, it seems, and "the way we live now" hasn't really changed much!

That might not make it sound like swoony period-costume-drama fun, but it is definitely tart and acidic fun, and brilliantly written and acted. Cast includes the incomparable David Suchet (from Poirot), Matthew MacFadyen (Succession and so many more), Shirley Henderson (if you've watched British dramas or Harry Potter films, you know her) and this very young actor with cheekbones for miles, Cillian Murphy, before he was Cillian Murphy.

Yes! Also Topsy-Turvy about Gilbert and Sullivan creating The Mikado!!

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Boardwalk Empire

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The Way We Live Now.

You might need to resort to DVD to find it but I'll check--if it streams anywhere I'll come back.

It's not a romance though it definitely has romance in it. It's based on the Anthony Trollope novel and is a scathing social and economic critique that still rings horribly true now. We have learned nothing, it seems, and "the way we live now" hasn't really changed much!

That might not make it sound like swoony period-costume-drama fun, but it is definitely tart and acidic fun, and brilliantly written and acted. Cast includes the incomparable David Suchet (from Poirot), Matthew MacFadyen (Succession and so many more), Shirley Henderson (if you've watched British dramas or Harry Potter films, you know her) and this very young actor with cheekbones for miles, Cillian Murphy, before he was Cillian Murphy.

Yes! Also Topsy-Turvy about Gilbert and Sullivan creating The Mikado!!

I posted above about The Way We Live Now, and YES to Topsy Turvy as well! It was an eye-opener -- apparently its true about some Victorians being deliciously hedonistic in private...!

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The Buccaneers. The 2023 version isn't much like the Wharton novels, but if you're in it for the costumes and castles this will do nicely.

Am trying to work my way through The Great, about Catherine the Great, but am not feeling it yet. It's too cute?

Yes to North and South, Pride and Prejudice with Firth and Ehle, Poldark (google the lead stripping off his shirt in everything he does), and some of the others here.

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Anonymous wrote:The 6 part series of Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth as Darcy produced in 1995. Best adaptation by far IMHO!

Sanditon, based on Austen's last unfinished novel, recently on PBS was fun.

I've also enjoyed the Gilded Age on HBO. Julian Fellows (Downton Abbey) wrote it.

Clicked on this thread just to post the 1995 Colin firth pride and prejudice mini series. I watch it once every few years! The sexual tension between Colin Firth and the actress playing Elizabeth is palpable. No other adaptation comes close!

Poor Jennifer Ehle, all that talent and she’s not even a household name.

If you
If you like Jennifer Ehle, there’s a rather unknown but really good movie with her in it called The River King. It came out in 2005. I remember I loved it and had never heard of it before.

She's been a working actress forever (Contagion, 50 Shades). She's one that I often recognize the face but don't put two-and-two together.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000383/

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I’m enjoying Monsieur Spade. Set in France in the 1960s, it’s a post-Maltese Falcon Sam Spade story. Gorgeous setting, great costumes, fabulous cars.

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Anonymous wrote:Boardwalk Empire

Agree. Incredible period look and feel (1920s gangland Atlantic City). I would add the note for others here, that it's not for everyone--pretty explicit sex and intense violence. More than we usually watch. But the acting was so great and the stories so compelling, it all worked and was in context. Damn, there were some shocker moments. And a lot of fantastic 1920s costuming on both men and women!

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Agree with Downton Abbey, Belgravia, etc. Add to that Boardwalk Empire and Rome.

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