Tell me your favourite period drama

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I have a rare day off with no kids coming up soon and I want to spend it on the sofa immersed in period dramas.

Which ones do you love?

North and South!

Ahhh, Mr Thornton...

North and South!

Ahhh, Mr Thornton...

haha, got so excited I posted twice it seems

Upstairs Downstairs. The original one, not the recent continuation.

Brideshead, the original ITV series. Without a doubt.

I've just finished bingeing Downton Abbey. As a sci-fi, crime, supernatural TV watcher it was something I didn't think I'd watch but it was really good. I thoroughly recommend it.

I look forward to other folks recommendations as well :-)

House of Eliott

Thanks. I might check out Downton Abbey - I’ve never seen it.

I’ve just watched the 1995 Pride and Prejudice TV series with Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth. It’s excellent, can’t fault it!

Downtown Abbey is fantastic. Definitely one to watch if you haven't seen it.

I also really like Victoria.

First series of Downton is good.

Are we allowing films? Persuasion with Ciaran Hinds and Amanda Root is just perfect.

Definitely allowing films. Also love Jane Austen!

Dowton Abbey, Call the Midwife, Victoria, The Crown. I love period dramas!

North and South here too 😊

The original Upstairs, Downstairs and I enjoyed the BBC ‘s continuation as well, far superior to Downton imho in storyline and performances.

Cranford is wonderful , fab cast and a lovely mix of sadness and happiness in every episode.

I loved Home Fires; excellent cast of mainly actresses , strong story lines and timely when shown. I was angry and disappointed when itv cancelled it. What a cliffhanger to leave the viewers with.

Definitely North and South and the Ciaran Hinds Persuasion . Rewatch them both regularly.

Lark Rise To Candleford was great.
Another vote for Downton too

So pleased to see all this Gaskell love.

Wives and Daughters is also a superb adaptation, in addition to the Gaskell and Austen already mentioned.

Bleak House, Lark Rise, also very good.

Which period, though? I, Claudius is excellent, but that's more a hiding-behind-the-sofa job than snuggling up on it...

There was a very good Doctor Thorne with Tom Hollander.

@CassandrasCastle

haha, got so excited I posted twice it seems

And who can blame you.

Home Fires was great. I really liked George Gently ... the characters & colours and costumes (& green china!) were lovely.

Grand Hotel. It's Spanish with subtitles. Frankly, it's a bit silly (cartoon villain-ish hotel owner, staff member who comes to work there to solve the mystery of his missing sister, owner's daughter who he falls in love with) but if you just suspend reality and enjoy the costumes and the sets and the improbable situations, it's really entertaining.

I'd say the Jennifer Ehrle p and p.
Also the more recent Vanity Fair with Olivia Cooke.

North and South definitely.

Sally Hawkins version of Persuasion.

How about Sharpe, with Sean Bean?