Black Sails looks very "pirate'sy" anything other then brawls and fights? I need more.

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Anonymous wrote:Last Kingdom
Vikings
Outlander
Versailles
Downton Abbey
Poldark
Tudors
Black Sails
Mr. Sunshine-Korean period drama

Black Sails is super fun!

The trailer seems promising..

Anonymous wrote:Anyone remembers Jewels series by Danielle Steele, I am not a fan of her stories by default but
this was on TV at some point when I was "tinny" and remember it was mesmerizing. fairy tale..

If the Netflix or Amazon would bring it, I would watch it.

Here is very boring and unjust trailer that does not come close to the charm of the series:

Sarah Thompson, an American visiting England, meets and marries William Whitfield, the Duke of Whitfield. They settle in a chateau in France and begin a family. World War II interrupts their happiness and alters their future. After the war, the family helps war survivors by buying their jewelry and eventually opens a jewelry store, which rapidly becomes a success. But conflicts abound as new generations arise and forces from both outside and within threaten the store and the family.

Book:
Jewels debuted at #1 on the New York Times Best Seller list and remained in that spot for four weeks.[1][2] It was a paperback bestseller as well,

TV Series:
Jewels was adapted by Shelley List and Jonathan Estrin into a 1992 NBC television miniseries starring Annette O'Toole as Sarah and Anthony Andrews as William. Directed by Roger Young, the miniseries premiered on NBC on October 18, 1992.[5] It was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV and Andrews was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV. Composer Patrick Williams won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Special for Part I.

Anyone remembers Jewels series by Danielle Steele, I am not a fan of her stories by default but
this was on TV at some point when I was "tinny" and remember it was mesmerizing. fairy tale..

If the Netflix or Amazon would bring it, I would watch it.

Here is very boring and unjust trailer that does not come close to the charm of the series:


Sarah Thompson, an American visiting England, meets and marries William Whitfield, the Duke of Whitfield. They settle in a chateau in France and begin a family. World War II interrupts their happiness and alters their future. After the war, the family helps war survivors by buying their jewelry and eventually opens a jewelry store, which rapidly becomes a success. But conflicts abound as new generations arise and forces from both outside and within threaten the store and the family.

Anonymous wrote:Old school Masterpiece Theater that I watched in high school/college

Brideshead Revisited - https://www.amazon.com/Brideshead-Revisited/dp/B00366PJII

Lillie - https://www.amazon.com/Emilie/dp/B07CSKCW3K/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=lillie&qid=1616528451&s=instant-video&sr=1-1

Edward the King - https://www.amazon.com/The-Boy/dp/B007C1MT22/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3FQ08ZE38GAK6&dchild=1&keywords=edward+the+king&qid=1616528492&s=instant-video&sprefix=edward+the+%2Cinstant-video%2C162&sr=1-1

I, Claudius - https://www.amazon.com/A-Touch-of-Murder/dp/B007PYEXL6/ref=sr_1_1?crid=YU8D8X38KCH4&dchild=1&keywords=i+claudius&qid=1616528547&s=instant-video&sprefix=i+clau%2Cinstant-video%2C166&sr=1-1

The Jewel in the Crown - https://www.amazon.com/The-Jewel-in-the-Crown/dp/B00QXDGJSA

I saw I Claudius when I was a kid, my parents got it on DVD I think and I sneaked up and watched it..
it was pretty good but I remember the sets were dry and studio like. But the whole thing was really good.
I always loved ancient history and this was remarkable piece of it. Darek Jacoby rocked.

Anonymous wrote:Last Kingdom
Vikings
Outlander
Versailles
Downton Abbey
Poldark
Tudors
Black Sails
Mr. Sunshine-Korean period drama

Black Sails is super fun!

Binged the Forsyte Saga, it was good. Interesting to watch the fashions evolve over the 50 or so years. Found it a little silly that most of the main actors never aged though. But it is worth the watch. Damian Lewis is always nice to look at, although his character is just awful in this.

For news and recommendations on period dramas I really like the site Willow and Thatch, https://www.willowandthatch.com/

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I just wondered into the uncharted for me land of PBS website. While I watch then on TV since.. forever, I never visited their site or at least long ago not to count

Apparently this is a GOLD Mine for titles to watch.. there are masterpieces that are not known to me and that promise some heavy potential.


https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/shows/

All Creatures Great and Small

Arthur & George

Atlantic Crossing

Baptiste

Beecham House

Breathless

Churchill's Secret

Dark Angel

Death Comes to Pemberley

Downton Abbey

Elizabeth Is Missing

Endeavour

Flesh and Blood

Grantchester

Hercule Poirot

Home Fires

Howards End

Indian Summers

Inspector Lewis

King Charles III

Les Misérables

Little Women

Magpie Murders

Man in an Orange Shirt

Miss Marple

Miss Scarlet & The Duke

Mr. Selfridge

Mrs. Wilson

My Mother and Other Strangers

Poldark

Press

Prime Suspect: Tennison

Ridley Road

Roadkill

Sanditon

Sherlock

Silk

The Chaperone

The Child in Time

The Collection

The Durrells in Corfu

The Lady Vanishes

The Long Song

The Miniaturist

The Paradise

The Unseen Alistair Cooke

To Walk Invisible The Brontë Sisters

Unforgotten

Van der Valk

Victoria

Wallander

What the Durrells Did Next

Wolf Hall

World on Fire

Worricker

Anyone seen any of these on this list? Thoughts:

I’ve seen:

All Creatures Great and Small- 2021 version - it was sweet

Beecham House - fair

Downton Abbey - good

Elizabeth Is Missing - good

Howards End - very good

Les Misérables - excellent

Mrs. Wilson - good

Poldark - good, but the later seasons more mediocre

Sanditon - good

The Chaperone - fair to good

The Long Song - excellent

The Miniaturist - good

My thoughts:
All Creatures Great and Small- I’ve only seen the 2021 version. Think it’s very sweet.

Beecham House- mediocre at best, but would have watched a second season.

Breathless- good

Dark Angel- good, but dark

Death Comes to Pemberley- I wanted to love this, but as an Austen fan I absolutely hated it.

Downton Abbey- Excellent. One of my favorites

Elizabeth Is Missing- very good

Endeavour- excellent. I had seen and really liked Inspector Morse and Inspector Lewis before starting.

Grantchester- Excellent!

Hercule Poirot- Absolute Gold Standard for mystery adaptation.

Howards End- poor. Stick with the Emma Thompson/Helena Bonham Carter film version

Indian Summers- good, but not great.

Inspector Lewis- wonderful! See Endeavor. Stands alone from Inspector Morse, but a bonus if you’ve watched that too.

Les Misérables-excellent

Little Women- not good. Stick with the film version

Miss Marple - great, but without the amazing extra charm of David Suchet’s Poirot. Also disliked how they took some stand alone or Tommy and Tupence Books and mixed them into Miss Marple

Miss Scarlet & The Duke- really, really hard to get through.

Mr. Selfridge- good

Mrs. Wilson- very good

Poldark- Excellent. one of my favorites

Sanditon- wish they would make a second season!!! Hard to swallow as an Austen fan, but if you ignore that it started off as her last, unfinished novel and just got into the story it was pretty good. Main characters lacked chemistry though.

Sherlock- excellent

The Chaperone- meh

The Durrells in Corfu- one of the absolutely best shows!

The Long Song-excellent

The Miniaturist- ok, but not great. Story felt incomplete.

The Paradise- excellent. Season 1 stronger than season 2.

The Unseen Alistair Cooke- more of a documentary than drama. It was informative.

To Walk Invisible The Brontë Sisters- not bad

Victoria- very, very good

What the Durrells Did Next- also a documentary. Worth watching after seeing the show.

Wolf Hall- absolute top notch

World on Fire- very good. Looking forward to season 2.


I’m surprised some of the shows that are frequently aired on PBS on TV aren’t on this list like Lark Rise to Candleford, Cranford and A Place to Call Home. The first is a little too slow for me, but LOVED the later two.

Damian Lewis so sexy yum

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Forsythe Saga with Damian Lewis

This is fantastic

Agree

Where can you stream it?

Free on Amazon Prime..

BTW.. do you remember very likable actor playing of Peter Townsend in The Crown? He is also in The Forsythes.

Anonymous wrote:




I just wondered into the uncharted for me land of PBS website. While I watch then on TV since.. forever, I never visited their site or at least long ago not to count

Apparently this is a GOLD Mine for titles to watch.. there are masterpieces that are not known to me and that promise some heavy potential.


https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/shows/

All Creatures Great and Small

Arthur & George

Atlantic Crossing

Baptiste

Beecham House

Breathless

Churchill's Secret

Dark Angel

Death Comes to Pemberley

Downton Abbey

Elizabeth Is Missing

Endeavour

Flesh and Blood

Grantchester

Hercule Poirot

Home Fires

Howards End

Indian Summers

Inspector Lewis

King Charles III

Les Misérables

Little Women

Magpie Murders

Man in an Orange Shirt

Miss Marple

Miss Scarlet & The Duke

Mr. Selfridge

Mrs. Wilson

My Mother and Other Strangers

Poldark

Press

Prime Suspect: Tennison

Ridley Road

Roadkill

Sanditon

Sherlock

Silk

The Chaperone

The Child in Time

The Collection

The Durrells in Corfu

The Lady Vanishes

The Long Song

The Miniaturist

The Paradise

The Unseen Alistair Cooke

To Walk Invisible The Brontë Sisters

Unforgotten

Van der Valk

Victoria

Wallander

What the Durrells Did Next

Wolf Hall

World on Fire

Worricker

Anyone seen any of these on this list? Thoughts:

I’ve seen:

All Creatures Great and Small- 2021 version - it was sweet

Beecham House - fair

Downton Abbey - good

Elizabeth Is Missing - good

Howards End - very good

Les Misérables - excellent

Mrs. Wilson - good

Poldark - good, but the later seasons more mediocre

Sanditon - good

The Chaperone - fair to good

The Long Song - excellent

The Miniaturist - good

The Astronaut's Wives Club

Forsyte Saga was on the PBS Masterpiece subscription channel (I got it through Amazon)

Old school Masterpiece Theater that I watched in high school/college

Brideshead Revisited - https://www.amazon.com/Brideshead-Revisited/dp/B00366PJII

Lillie - https://www.amazon.com/Emilie/dp/B07CSKCW3K/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=lillie&qid=1616528451&s=instant-video&sr=1-1

Edward the King - https://www.amazon.com/The-Boy/dp/B007C1MT22/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3FQ08ZE38GAK6&dchild=1&keywords=edward+the+king&qid=1616528492&s=instant-video&sprefix=edward+the+%2Cinstant-video%2C162&sr=1-1

I, Claudius - https://www.amazon.com/A-Touch-of-Murder/dp/B007PYEXL6/ref=sr_1_1?crid=YU8D8X38KCH4&dchild=1&keywords=i+claudius&qid=1616528547&s=instant-video&sprefix=i+clau%2Cinstant-video%2C166&sr=1-1

The Jewel in the Crown - https://www.amazon.com/The-Jewel-in-the-Crown/dp/B00QXDGJSA