Looking for similar shows

Amarante

Tue, Apr 12 2022, 4:14 pm

The BBC has a load of historical dramas.

I am currently watching the second season of Sanditon which is on PBS. It is an adaption of an unfinished Jane Austen novel.

You would probably enjoy The Age of Innocence which is an excellent adaptation of the Edith Wharton novel - The Guilded Age is a pale imitation of her superlative books.

Upstairs Downstairs - the original is probably very dated but they did an updated version a few years ago which was fun.

Raj Quartet is brilliant - it is older. The books are very long but good if you enjoy reading historical fiction.

Masterpiece Theater has some excellent historical versions - you can go through this list

https://www.pastemagazine.com/.....mmers

I enjoyed these

Indian Summer
Mr. Selfridge
The Paradise
Forstye Saga - there are several versions
Poldark - different era but I know several people who are hooked on them
Cranford is not among the very rich but a wonderful series set in a small isolated English village in the 1840's

ETA Julia Fellowes directed and wrote Gosford Park which is a 2001 movie set in a country house. On a more somber note The Remains of The Day is a brilliant movie about the emotional life of a butler in an English country house - the book won the Novel Prize and is worth reading if you enjoy literary fiction.

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amother

Lemonchiffon

Tue, Apr 12 2022, 4:19 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Any other shows similar to bridgerton, downtown abbey and the guided age?

Outlander?
Historical fiction, but not really about class like the other 3 shows you mentioned.
Also upstairs downstairs, and reign, and maybe also the crown
Funny, cuz the 3 shows you mentioned are my favorites too😁

amother

Tue, Apr 12 2022, 4:22 pm

amother [ Lemonchiffon ] wrote:

I watched reign but got bored after a while. Didn’t love it as much as these.

Amarante

Tue, Apr 12 2022, 4:23 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Where can you watch sandition besides pbs?

You can subscribe to the Masterpiece Channel on amazon. It is free for a week and then $5.99 and you could binge for a month or so to your heart's content on these kinds of shows.

amother

Tue, Apr 12 2022, 4:26 pm

Amarante wrote:

The BBC has a load of historical dramas.

I am currently watching the second season of Sanditon which is on PBS. It is an adaption of an unfinished Jane Austen novel.

You would probably enjoy The Age of Innocence which is an excellent adaptation of the Edith Wharton novel - The Guilded Age is a pale imitation of her superlative books.

Upstairs Downstairs - the original is probably very dated but they did an updated version a few years ago which was fun.

Rag Quartet is brilliant - it is older. The books are very long but good if you enjoy reading historical fiction.

Masterpiece Theater has some excellent historical versions - you can go through this list

https://www.pastemagazine.com/.....mmers

I enjoyed these

Indian Summer
Mr. Selfridge
The Paradise
Forstye Saga - there are several versions
Poldark - different era but I know several people who are hooked on them
Cranford is not among the very rich but a wonderful series set in a small isolated English village in the 1840's

Thanks so much will check out all of these

BetsyTacy

Tue, Apr 12 2022, 7:16 pm

Just putting in a plug for Poldark. It takes place from 1781 to the first decade of the 19th century but it has the Upstairs Downstairs, Downtown Abbey aspect of the lives of the rich and the poor. It has also made me fall in love with Cornwall-the scenic shots are amazing.