Keyword: period drama

Colditz

6.7

2005

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While WWII Allied officer Jack Rose is held prisoner in Germanys notorious Colditz Castle, he recruits a band of fellow escape artists in the ultimate break-out only to discover that the greatest betrayal awaits him on safe ground.

Our Mutual Friend

8

1998

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Intertwining tales of love, greed, and secret identities in Charles Dickenss 1860s London.

Death and Nightingales

6.4

2018

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An epic tale of love, betrayal, deception, and revenge set in the Irish countryside in 1885.

Love of My Life

6.8

2024

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Mariana and Joaquin tackle issues like racial discrimination to tell an epic legend of forbidden love.

Quirke

6.9

2014

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A chief pathologist in the Dublin city morgue investigates sudden death victims in the 1950s.

A Passionate Woman

6.5

2010

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Leeds, 1950s, Betty (Billie Piper) is a married mother whose life is changed forever after falling hopelessly in love with her charismatic neighbour, \Craze\ (Theo James). Feeling trapped inside her conventional marriage, she abandons herself to a passion she never before dared believe possible. She finally finds the courage to leave her husband Donald (Joe Armstrong) after receiving a letter from Craze, asking her to meet him at a particular place in order to finally be together. Betty sends a reply to him, telling him that she will indeed meet him there. Unfortunately, his pregnant wife Moira (Kelly Harrison) gets the letter before he does, discovering his intentions to leave her for another woman. After such discovery, full of anger and jealousy, she takes Crazes gun and shoots him at the fairground where hes working. When Betty finds out Craze is dead, she is devastated, having no other choice but carry on with her life with Donald.\n\n30 years later, as Bettys (Sue Johnson) beloved sons wedding day approaches, the far-reaching consequences of this long buried past come crashing into Bettys world, forcing her, at last, to confront some painful but important truths.

Ridley Road

5

2021

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When Vivien Epstein follows her lover into danger and he is caught between life and death, Vivien finds herself going undercover with the fascists, not only for him but for the sake of her country.

Arthur & George

7.1

2015

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle recaptures his zest for life by pursuing and challenging a notorious miscarriage of justice.

Dancing on the Edge

7.4

2013

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Set in the 1930s, a black Jazz band rises in fame and popularity while becoming entangled in an intricate web of intrigue, mystery and suspense with the elite of London society.

The Prisoner of Beauty

9.3

2025

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Xiao Qiao weds Shao Wei despite rivalries. Wary at first, they learn to accept quirks, tackle drama through teamwork, forging an unlikely partnership amid chaos.

A Dream of Splendor

6.9

2022

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The story set in Song Dynasty focuses on a woman called Zhao Paner who struggles making a living in the world of men.