The Crème de La Crème of Period Dramas ? ? ?

Watching the first series of Gentleman Jack....Its fab....
My favourite of all time was
WHEN THE BOAT COMES IN
Loved Robson Green in it..

Not sure where you would find them but North and South is a favourite and also Cranford.

Poldark and the Duchess of Duke street.

If you’re on britbox are you watching the new series of sanditon . If you have seen the first it’s on catch up tv tooo.

I loved the BBC drama Dickensian. It mixed together lots of Dickens stories and blended them into a series. I found it fascinating but unfortunately the BBC took it off after Series one.

The later version of the Forsyte Saga was very enjoyable too. It's the one where Damian Lewis was at his most wicked, and Gina McKee had to suffer being married to him.

Loved lark rise! It made me so happy watching it many years ago.

For those interested in 'Sam' there are episodes available on YouTube (link to episode 1 below), don't know if every episode is there.

I'd never heard of it but apparently it was once the most popular series on TV. Written by John Finch, who wrote Family at War.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K2FCwLCPnk

FannyCornforth

Victoria Hamilton also played the Queen Mother in The Crown

She did...and she also aged Katie in goodbye Mr chips with Martin Clunes....this is a nice thread to come back to this evening...a proper trip down memory lane ?

Played Kathie .... that should read ?

Family at War was on Talking Pictures a while back. I hadn’t seen it since the 70s and it was still enthralling. Barbara Flynn was practically a child at the time and is probably the lone survivor from the cast.

Albertina (I love your name)
I’d forgotten about Dickensian!
That is absolutely brilliant, so clever.
I’ve got the DVD and have watched it a couple of times.
It’s fab to watch at Christmas

I'd forgotten one of my favourites....*Bramwell*. Set in the early 1900s about a lady doctor fighting the establishment and helping the poor. Absolutely wonderful.

I don’t know why they didn’t do another series of Dickensian. I didn’t warm to it at first being a bit of a Dickens traditionalist but then it grew on me.

What about The Mallens - I think it is available on Amazon Prime.

Also, lots of the Catherine Cookson books made into series are on the Drama channel.

I know it isn't an old series but Outlander is supposed to be really good.

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Shows what is currently showing on Drama

Would be helpful to know which channels these are all on!
I’m another who worked all hours- didn’t have time for tv until retirement.
Now enjoying a lot

How can I find Drama please ?

Not quite period but i rewatched “The Lotus Eaters” with Ian Hendrix and Wanda Ventham (mother of Benedict Cumberbatch)… wobbly BBC sets and Rada acting but I loved it. Set in Greece and quite a good story.

Apologies For spellcheck!

Anniebach

How can I find Drama please ?

Annie, I watch it via the UKTVPlay app on Freeview Play which includes Drama, Dave (comedy), Yesterday and a few other channels.

Thank you OakDryad

AreWeThereYet

A taster of the more recent War and Peace with James Norton. Here he is waltzing with the lovely Lily James (Natasha)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeSsQmNRecQ

Oh thank you for that Arewethereyet, I love that scene. Loved the series too and, years ago managed to finish the book ( minus a few battle plans)

MayBee70

Love for Lydia with Mel Martin ( I think).

Oh yes, I’d forgotten. I loved it too and then bought the book. Might read it again. Thanks for the reminder.

PinkCosmos

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Shows what is currently showing on Drama

Oh my goodness, they have A Place to Call Home which puts everything else in the shade! It is absolutely wonderful with the most amazing storylines, costumes, scenery, sets. I believe this is the best thing I have ever watched.

I can recommend 37 Days which has just been added to BritBox about the 37 days of political wrangling which took place between the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and all out war.

Stars Ian McDiarmid as Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey and Tim Piggott-Smith as PM Asquith. I wasn't sure at first. It felt a bit like a history lesson for year eight but twenty minutes in and I was hooked.

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/mar/07/37-days-tv-review