Shows like Downton Abbey

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is downton abbey clean/appropriate?

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Early 1900s England..I'd say that makes for clean writing! There's an occasional (2?) "scandal" but you don't see much (someone walks in on a couple but they quickly cover up, embarrassed...)

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I recently watched the very excellent "Wives and Daughters" - another British miniseries. I was completely hooked on it! It's very clean as well - very modest costumes, no kissing, etc (there's mild flirtation and heartache, but nothing explicit).

Gold Member Joined: Jul 25 2011 Posts: 1520

I love LOVE LOVE Downton Abbey, but I generally find period dramas to be sort of boring, and I'm not a Jane Austen fan. Where does that leave me in finding shows with a similar appeal? Smile

It's not really the history that interests me, although it does incidentally, but the writing, the plot, the acting, how refined the characters' personal journeys are, the clothes and THAT CASTLE! I'm entranced.
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North and South, its a four part tv show/movie. You can watch it on Netflix or if you have Amazon prime.
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Posted: Wed, May 09 2012, 5:18 am Post subject: re: shows like Downton Abbey

I just started watching Downton Abbey and cant get enough of it. I absolutely LOVE period dramas and I especially love the time period that this show is in, but are there only two seasons or is there a third? Wherever I look to watch it, it only shows two seasons, but when I read about it, it says that there should be three.

Active Poster Joined: Mar 18 2010 Posts: 55

Only two seasons have aired. The 3rd season will air this fall in England, and poor me in the US has to wait until next January. In England, the 2nd season was aired last fall with the Xmas episode a special add on, airing later on Xmas. In the US the special episode (which some mistakenly called a 3rd season before the real 3rd season was filmed) was shown right at the end of the official second season.

Gold Member Joined: Oct 26 2008 Posts: 1258

Another vote for Mad Men (although it's not particularly clean/kosher).

See if you can find Jeeves and Wooster - it's British period comedy from the same era as Downton Abbey and it's definitely clean. It was on PBS when I was a child. It's hilarious!

Posted: Tue, Oct 02 2012, 3:16 pm Post subject: re: shows like Downton Abbey

third season of downton abbey has started for all who want to know Smile

Posted: Tue, Oct 02 2012, 4:10 pm Post subject: re: shows like Downton Abbey

I literally just finished watching the 3rd episode of season 3.
Started off a bit lame but it's getting better as the season progresses.
I found that was the case with both previous seasons too.

Silver Member Joined: Oct 09 2010 Posts: 700

land girls - also a British film, played in the WW2 era in a small British farm.
1 season on Hulu, the rest 2 I used watchseries

Posted: Wed, Oct 24 2012, 10:06 pm Post subject: re: shows like Downton Abbey

Upstairs, Downstairs from the 70's is terrific! Mad Men is also terrific and totally addicting, but very different . . . . Smile

Posted: Thu, Oct 25 2012, 1:25 am Post subject: Re: re: shows like Downton Abbey

Posted: Thu, Oct 25 2012, 3:56 am Post subject: re: shows like Downton Abbey

the same person who made downton abbey also made a 4 part drama series on the titanic.

Posted: Sun, Dec 30 2012, 8:33 pm Post subject: re: shows like Downton Abbey

toward the end of the comments here, someone posted google links to season three and further down the xmas special.thank me later Cool

http://www.rageagainsttheminiv.....#idc-cover