The Crème de La Crème of Period Dramas ? ? ?

The older ones I’d watch again would be The Forsyte Saga, & Upstairs Downstairs (used to love watching that with my Grandma) In more recent years, Versailles, Poldark and The Village which were all good.
I remember a period drama called Sam being on in the 70’s with a young Mark McManus, me & my mum used to love that but I’ve never seen it on any re-runs, I would like to watch that again.

Peaky Blinders for great writing, fabulous cinematography and the best acting I've ever seen.

Random question........does anyone remember South Riding?

Wives and daughters, and enjoying everyone else’s recommendations some I’ve not seen and will add to my watchlist.

We recently subscribed to BritBox because we wanted to watch Murder in Provence. Scrolling through the listings I found Blue Murder starring Caroline Quentin and Ian Kelsey, well worth watching. We are presently watching Kavanagh QC starring the lovely John Thaw. I'm going to seek out Lark Rise to Candleford ver the weekend.

Most of those mentioned plus Branwell and the Catherine Cookson novels.

Outlander - amazing.

Watched series 1,2 &3 on Amazon Prime but have had to buy series 4 & 5. About 13 episodes in each series.

Must be excellent for me to have spent money on TV !!!

( It was my husband who put us onto Amazon Prime )

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Crawford was excellent. I also loved Lark Rise to Candleford. It was the Postman for me that made it.

Mark Heap is so good and he never seems to age!

Crawford was excellent. I also loved Lark Rise to Candleford. It was the Postman for me that made it.

I absolutely adore the new version of All Creatures Great and Small, every bit as good as the first one for me. And this from a true Yorkshire lass!

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I haven’t read the whole thread, but I loved Love for Lydia, Tess of the D’Urbervilles (Peter Firth as Angel Clare) and South Riding when I was young. I’m guessing they were on TV in the late 70s. Period drama could be any period really!

We were at a works Christmas do when the last episode of Love for Lydia was on and went home to watch it then returned to the meal. Loved it.

Tenko is also on Britbox.

Period drama is, to me, any production set in a particular historical period characterised by the use of costumes, sets, and props that evoke the era.

Recently, I’ve loved watching the first three series based on Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels beginning with My Brilliant Friend. The two central female characters were born in 1944 and the story begins when they are very young girls in school so in that early post WW2 period, families trying to get by in a region controlled by the Camorra. On Sky or the no contract Now app.

The newer Forsyte Saga is on ITV player I am pretty sure - and it's excellent. Better than the very old one, imo.

Tenko is great - it is 'period' but not maybe what you are thinking of......women's prisoner of war camp.

Another recent one: The Gilded Age. Having watched it, I watched both series of Bridgerton, but Gilded Age had the better ball gowns (in my opinion).

I haven’t read the whole thread, but I loved Love for Lydia, Tess of the D’Urbervilles (Peter Firth as Angel Clare) and South Riding when I was young. I’m guessing they were on TV in the late 70s. Period drama could be any period really!

The Mayor of Casterbridge….Ciaran Hynes is brilliant in it.

Also loved Cranford and Larkrise.
That’s it decided …. I’m going to watch them all again…..thank you
Everything that’s on normal telly is dreadful just now anyway..so many quiz shows and cooking shows it’s unbelievable.
Back to Cranford first I think !

Not sure if it’s classed as a period drama but The Thornbirds is definitely worth binge watching.

I used to love Sam used to be on weekly about a mining community. Anyone else remember it.

A more recent one on Netflix…Bridgerton I thought was superb.

If you like humour, give Tales of Para Handy with Gregor Fisher a go. Unfortunately, you can only watch on dvds from Amazon or Ebay.
I have the set and always go to Para Handy for a laugh.

FannyCornforth

Hello
When I was working, I watched very little TV, indeed hardly any at all.

Now that DH and I am extremely time rich, we have been catching up on the last 20+ years of TV.

We are currently on the final season of ‘Lark Rise to Candleford’, and I cannot believe how much I love it. I am utterly besotted!

(My favourite character is Pearl Pratt; DH’s is Minnie)

I’m feeling very spoiled by Lark Rise; and I’m struggling to think what could possibly be as enjoyable.

So what to watch next?
Any ideas?
What are your favourites?
Doesn’t matter how old, I won’t have seen it. (Unless it’s Downton Abbey or The Crown)

Thank you! x

Isn't it a wonderful prog.
The book 'Lark Rise Over To Candleford' is also worth a read.

Cranford, as mentioned, also worth a watch

That is brilliant I loved it.

To Serve Them All My Days
This is a wonderful series.
It was a while ago but maybe it is streamed somewhere.
If not I may have a dvd copy which you would be welcome to have.

Jewel in the Crown is on Britbox.

Can I suggest “a horseman riding by” by RF Delderfield. Not only a superb set of books but a wonderful, old fashioned, countryside tv series. I watched it when I was isolating during the first lockdown to go in for my first cateract operation.