Keyword: period drama

A Young Doctor's Notebook

7.8

2012

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In the early 20th century, a young doctor arrives in a small Russian village around the time of the Russian Revolution to work in the local hospital.

Middlemarch

7.2

1994

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Middlemarch is a story of provincial life on the brink of momentous change and a deeply moving saga about a group of people striving to give meaning and value to their lives during the Industrial Revolution.

The Halcyon

7.4

2017

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The story of a bustling and glamorous five star hotel at the center of London society and a world at war.

Fanny Hill

6.6

2007

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Orphaned by smallpox, young Lancashire country lady Fanny Hill cheerfully accepts her friend Esther Daviess offer to join the London working girls with Mrs. Brown, a madam who recruits her as charmingly fresh enough to wait, in-living, on gentlemen. The first night, her room- and bed-mate Phoebe starts her sexual education, next she revels in being fitted her first-ever fancy frock. Her first client, Mr. Crofts, is neither naive nor attractive, rather a paying old rapist who isnt satisfied. Then the party scene, where men are younger and more charming. Handsome merchants son Charles Standing declares love at first sight and offers to take Fanny away. After a few heavenly days of young love, they intend to demands Sirs blessing for their marriage, but as the ogre actually was her unsatisfied customer, Charles is made to choose between her and his future and leaves for colonial India. Being destitute, Fanny accepts becoming the kept woman of Mr. H., an earls wealthy brother, in a fine London home with domestic staff, but since she wont give her heart he finally bangs her maid - Fanny seduces as revenge her footman William. Both are dismissed. Fanny goes to Mrs. Coles hat-shop, only to find its a front for an upper-class whorehouse, a place where fathers even bring their sons to shed virginity with a virgin girl, a part Fanny plays well even though it breaks young Percys heart. When she arrogantly scorns Mr. H, he has the whorehouse closed down; Fanny barely escapes, but without a dime. Alone on the street, her single act of kindness wins her a sick old rich mans favor, graduating from guest over house maid to companion and sole heir when he dies a few months later. Just then Charles returns...

Mercy Street

7.5

2016

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Follows the lives of two volunteer nurses on opposing sides of the Civil War - New England abolitionist Mary Phinney and Confederate supporter Emma Green.

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

8.4

1970

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A six-episode dramatization of Henry VIIIs relationships with each of his six wives. Each episode is devoted to one wife, and is a complete play in itself.

Sense and Sensibility

7.4

2008

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The sisters Eleanor and Marianne Dashwood try to find love and security in the 1800s. These two sisters coudnt be more different. Where Eleanor is calm and always acts proper Marianne is passionate and usally forgets herself.

The Lost Pirate Kingdom

6.1

2021

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The real-life pirates of the Caribbean violently plunder the worlds riches and form a surprisingly egalitarian republic in this documentary series.

Lady Chatterley

6.8

1993

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A young womans husband returns wounded after the First World War. Facing a life with a husband now incapable of sexual activity she begins an affair with the groundskeeper.

The New Adventures of Robin Hood

5.9

1997

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The legendary outlaw and his Merry Men battle evil around Nottingham and Sherwood Forest.

Jane Eyre

8.2

1983

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A young governess falls in love with her mysterious employer, but a terrible secret puts their happiness at risk.

Garrow's Law

8.2

2009

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Garrows Law is the true tale of William Garrow, who acted as counsel for the accused, introducing the concept of innocent until proved guilty at Londons Old Bailey.

One Desire

6.1

1955

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The \one desire\ of ex-gambler Clint Saunders and bar woman Tacey Cromwell is to escape their shady former lives and settle down to respectability. With Clints younger brother and an orphaned girl in tow, the couple moves to a Colorado mining town where their love is tested by Judith Watrous, daughter of the town banker, who has her sights on Clint.

Love's Twisting Path

5.1

2018

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A love story torn by swords... In Kyoto in the last days of Edo Period, the bloody conflict continues between local feudal domains, who aim to overthrow the Tokugawa Shogunate, and the Shoguns police and city patrol. Tajuro Kiyokawa, once the master of the sword but now a depraved samurai who left his domain putting aside his past ambition, barely makes ends meet. Toyo, a woman who runs a tavern next door, feels affection for Tajuro who guards her place from nasty customers, but he never realizes Toyos feeling... One day, Kazuma, a half-sibling of Tajuro, came to Kyoto to count on his brother. Kazuma has always looked him up and believed that Tajuro left the domain to pursue his ambition to conquer the shogunate. The city patrol finally finds Tajuro, the one marked as a subversive, and attacks him. What fate awaits for Tajuro, Toyo and Kazuma after a battle staking their lives...?

The Adventures of Nick Carter

6.9

1972

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Detective discovers that a colleagues death is tied into the disappearance of a wealthy playboys wife.

The Eternal Feminine

7

2017

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Rosario Castellanos is an introverted university student who doesnt seem to belong to her time. In the early 1950s in Mexico City, she is fighting to have voice heard in a society run by men. She is about to become one of the biggest female writers in Mexican literature, but her tumultuous love story with Ricardo Guerra will manifest her fragility and contradictions. At the peak of her career and her marriage, she will ignite a discussion that will mark a turning point in her life.

Richard the Lionheart: Rebellion

2.5

2015

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The heartless war of King Henry II against his sons.

Eighteen Springs

7

1997

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In 1930s Shanghai, a young office girl falls in love with a factory worker in the same company.

Blue Gold: American Jeans

6.8

2014

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Tracing the history of blue jeans around the globe.

Northern Borders

6.1

2013

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Northern Borders tells the story of ten year-old Austen Kittredge who is sent by his father to live on his grandparents Vermont farm, where he experiences wild adventures and uncovers long-festering family secrets. Its 1956 and Austen experiences the farm as a place full of eccentric people, especially his stubborn grandparents whose thorny marriage is known as the Forty Years War. Initially feeling stuck in this fractured household, young Austen plans a quick exit but ends up stranded with no choice but to navigate and endure. A humorous and sometimes startling coming-of-age-story, Northern Borders evokes Vermonts wildness, its sublime beauty, a haunted past, and an aura of enchantment.

Draupadi Unleashed

4.9

2019

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The story of a young woman, in 1930s British India, seeking an identity of her own against an arranged marriage and the manipulations of a powerful guru. Bringing to life the struggles of 3 generations of women in a male dominated society.

Summer of '67

4.8

2018

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Two sisters live in the shadow of their mothers suicide, struggling to live their lives and protect their loved ones in the face of the Vietnam war.

The House

5.5

2016

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Two German soldiers have taken a Norwegian soldier as prisoner, on one of the coldest Scandinavian winter nights, during WW2. They are thankful when they find a lonely house out in the wilderness, but the house is not that cozy after all.

Florence Nightingale

5.1

2008

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Reflective drama of pioneering nurse, writer and noted statistician Florence Nightingale