Top 10 British Period Drama Series

[theemii]

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9. Sense and Sensibility (2008)

7. The Crown (2016 - )

5. Peaky Blinders (2013 - )

3. North & South (2004)

1. Downton Abbey (2010 - 2015)

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what's your favorite period drama (film or series)??

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[of_baron]

jfc, Downton Abbey was such conservative soap opera TRASH, how the fuck could you put it in the top ten let alone as number 1?

Oh, sorry, I guess I mean TOSH.

[komnene]

Yeah every single other period drama on that list is better than Downton Abbey. Downton Abbey is fun (or was, until I ragequit when Lady Sybil died), but it's not a great period drama in their classic form.

[patchsassy]

I watched it to the end but I lost sooooo much interest when Sybil died. She was clearly the best of the daughters.

[zazie_toujours]

i hate it sfm

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[theemii]

10. Cranford (2007 - 2009)
9. Sense and Sensibility (2008)
8. Wolf Hall (2015)
7. The Crown (2016 - )
6. Mr Selfridge (2013 - 2016)
5. Peaky Blinders (2013 - )
4. Jane Eyre (2006)
3. North & South (2004)
2. Pride and Prejudice (1995)
1. Downton Abbey (2010 - 2015)

Honorable Mentions
- Call the Midwife (2012 - )
- Lark Rise to Candleford (2008 - 2011)
- Poldark (2015 - )

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[kindalingers]

New series of Peaky is well worth returning too. They’re back in Small Heath fighting a vendetta against Italian mafia. (Also Cillian gets naked and both the Cole brothers get their tops off.)

[ultrasushi]

cranford was such a cute show! and my fave is call the midwife

[kukamine]

does the virgin queen count bc that was the first drama I saw (and then instantly became a fan of tom hardy at the time *shudders*)
edit: and I became a fan of queen anne-marie duff too!

[nomorefrostbite]

omg yes idk how I forgot about Virgin Queen tbh, it's one of my all time faves! Queen Anne-Marie Duff is an underrated GODDESS.

And tbh Tom Hardy was fine af in it, it can't be denied.

The soundtrack is actually one of my go-to playlists for exam revision and I was listening literally just earlier this afternoon, it's perfection.

[missedith17]

The soundtrack was amazing

[autophanous]

anne-marie is flawless

[justice4harambe]

honestly i love downton abbey. mostly because i watched it as a tradition with my dad every sunday. and maggie smith ofc.

one time my english teacher was like "im old, i watch downton abbey! not like any of you do right??" or something along those lines and my WHOLE class started laughing, and i was just sitting there like "yeah, hehe, that would be crazy right" lmao

[lightredemption]

Downton Abbey is such overrated garbage