Hornblower

TV Series · 7.8 / 10 · 7 Oct 1998 · English

Set during the 18th century Napoleonic Wars, Horatio Hornblower, a young and shy midshipman, rises through the ranks to become an admiral.

The Musketeers

TV Series · 7.1 / 10 · 19 Jan 2014 · English

Set in 17th century Paris, musketeers Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan are members of an elite band of soldiers who fight for what is just. They are heroes in the truest and most abiding sense – men that can be trusted and believed in to do the right thing, regardless of personal risk.

Downton Abbey

TV Series · 8.1 / 10 · 26 Sept 2010 · English

A chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era—with great events in history having an effect on their lives and on the British social hierarchy.

Sanditon

TV Series · 7.6 / 10 · 25 Aug 2019 · English

The spirited and impulsive Charlotte Heywood moves from her rural home to Sanditon, a fishing village attempting to reinvent itself as a seaside resort.

A Gentleman in Moscow

TV Series · 6.7 / 10 · 29 Mar 2024 · English

Count Alexander Rostov finds himself going from riches to rags following the Russian revolution. A Soviet tribunal banishes him to the attic room of an opulent hotel, where, oblivious to the world outside, he discovers the true value of friendship, family and love.

Upstairs, Downstairs

TV Series · 7.8 / 10 · 10 Oct 1971 · English

Upstairs: the wealthy, aristocratic Bellamys. Downstairs: their loyal and lively servants. For nearly 30 years, they share a fashionable townhouse at 165 Eaton Place in London’s posh Belgravia neighborhood, surviving social change, political upheaval, scandals, and the horrors of the First World War.

Brideshead Revisited

TV Series · 7.8 / 10 · 12 Oct 1981 · English

Agnostic Charles Ryder is seduced by the allure of the Flytes, a wealthy aristocratic family. Although he finds himself at odds with their strong Catholicism, his ties to the family deepen for the decades between the two world wars.

Lady Chatterley

TV Series · 6.3 / 10 · 6 Jun 1993 · English

After a crippling injury leaves her husband impotent, Lady Chatterly is torn between her love for her husband and her physical desires. With her husband's consent, she seeks out other means of fulfilling her needs.

Around the World in 80 Days

TV Series · 7.3 / 10 · 5 Dec 2021 · English

Following an outrageous bet, Fogg and his valet, Passepartout, take on the legendary journey of circumnavigating the globe in just 80 days, swiftly joined by aspiring journalist Abigail Fix, who seizes the chance to report on this extraordinary story.

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

TV Series · 7.5 / 10 · 14 Sept 2008 · English

The story of Tess Durbeyfield, a low-born country girl whose family find they have noble connections.

Offspring

TV Series · 6.9 / 10 · 22 Aug 2010 · English

An exuberant drama set in Melbourne's Fitzroy, centering on Nina Proudman and her struggle to deal with her fabulously messy family, her hunt for a decent love life and her tendency to overthink and fly off into fantasy.

North & South

TV Series · 8.1 / 10 · 14 Nov 2004 · English

Margaret Hale is a southerner from a country vicarage newly settled in the industrial northern town of Milton. In the shock of her move, she misjudges charismatic cotton mill-owner John Thornton, whose strength of purpose and passion are a match for her own pride and willfulness. When the workers of Milton call a strike, Margaret takes their side, and the two are brought into deeper conflict. As events spiral out of control, Margaret - to her surprise - begins to fall in love with Thornton...