If I like... costume dramas etc what else should I watch?

[TheWomanTheyCallJayne]

So I'm watching Poldark and the musketeers etc and I've watched all the usual Austen's and Bronte's as well as things like Robin Hood and Merlin.
What might I have missed?
Any ideas welcome though I have watched a lot so can't think to list them all now.
Tia

The Tudors?

Wolf hall?

Watched both. Though the Tudors was pretty shoddy
Thanks though

I'm not sure if you mean recent series or if you're talking box sets. If you're thinking of dvds, how about The Barchester Chronicles? Or The Pallisers, maybe. Both quite old but they repeated The Pallisers on BBC2 last year in the afternoons and I thoroughly enjoyed seeing it again.

Or one of the (many) Dickens adaptations. Bleak House and Little Dorrit were both enjoyable.

House of Eliott - bloody LOVED that :)

The Devil's Whore

ALso the BBC adapted Edith Wharton's The Buccaneers about 20 years ago. That was great.

Yes, I second the Buccaneers.
That was brilliant. Must hunt it down to rewatch actually. Thanks for the reminder northernlurker!

The Forsyte Saga with Damian Lewis - absolutely brilliant.

Thank you. I've seen a few of these, Forsyte etc but there are others I haven't such as the buccaneers. Will get onto it. May keep me out of trouble for a bit

LadyGlen- either... both. I don't mind older stuff. I don't mind cheesy like merlin or tender like Forsyte. I've just caught up with outlander which is a bit of both tbh

Have you seen North and South?

Yes. More than once I wonder why

Not a period drama as such but Mad Men, set in 1960s New York has a similar immersive quality, the costumes and sets are amazingly accurate and the storylines are very compelling.

If you're up for watching something subtitled, the Spanish series Grand Hotel was quite entertaining. All a bit ludicrous, but beautiful costumes, and very atmospheric, and just generally entertaining.

I was going to say North and South!

A fabulous DVD called BrightStar, about Keats' life when he lived in Hampstead with his girlfriend who was his neighbour , I have never seen such a beautiful and emotionally intelligent film. Especially because it's fairly recent.

They're also repeating Upstairs Downstairs on gold on TV ?? i'm not sure which station sorry.

My vote goes to 'The Duchess of Duke St' tis fab

Some wonderful person has uploaded ALL the series on You Tube and even though they were made in the mid 70's they are still really entertaining with good stories.

Yes I liked TDODS too. The Hardy books are all dramatised on telly or wherever, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Tess of D'Urbervilles etc. they're depressing imo but good if you like that sort of thing.

Oh, I hated Bright Star!

How about North and South, the original one, set in the American Civil War and starring Patrick Swayze? Mind you, I haven't watched it since it originally aired in the 80s so no idea how it's aged

And in a similar vein - Robin of Sherwood starring Michael Praed?

Did you watch 'The White Queen' 'twas fabulous?

Cramford.

I loved Cranford. I love all of Elizabeth Gaskell's books!

Weirdly last night I came across a repeat of Lillie ,the life of Lillie Langtry, on ITV Encore which is brilliant with Francesca Annis, some of the acting is a bit stilted, the costumes are brill though and basically it is good.

Yay more ideas. I've nearly finished the Bucanneers (the later one) and have the house of eliot lined up next to go.
I loved bright star
Not seen the White queen or a few of the others so thank you

Well out of that lot I think I would have run off with Greg Wise too
And what was with the kissing. Robertarailwaychildren was practically inhaling him
Took a while to get into but was worth watching