Shows like Desperate Romantics
Six-part drama series set in and among the alleys, galleries and flesh-houses of 19th-century industrial London, following the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, a vagabond group of English painters, poets and critics.
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The Buccaneers
Series · 2023 · also dramaA group of fun-loving American girls burst onto the scene in tightly corseted 1870s London, kicking off an Anglo-American culture clash. Sent to secure husbands and statu...
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The Essex Serpent
Series · 2022 · also dramaLondon widow Cora Seaborne moves to Essex to investigate reports of a mythical serpent. She forms a surprising bond of science and skepticism with the local vicar—but whe...
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Harlots
Series · 2017 · also dramaBrothel owner, Margaret Wells, struggles to raise her daughters in London during the 18th century.
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Howards End
Series · 2017 · also dramaThe social and class divisions in early 20th century England through the intersection of three families - the wealthy Wilcoxes, the gentle and idealistic Schlegels and th...
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The White Princess
Series · 2017 · also dramaThe story of Elizabeth of York, the White Queen's daughter, and her marriage to the Lancaster victor, Henry VII. Based on the Philippa Gregory book of the same name.
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The Frankenstein Chronicles
Series · 2015 · also dramaInspector John Marlott investigates a series of crimes in 19th century London, which may have been committed by a scientist intent on re-animating the dead.
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Miss Scarlet
Series · 2020 · also dramaWhen Eliza Scarlet's father dies, he leaves her penniless, but she resolves to continue his detective agency. To operate in a male-dominated world, though, she needs a pa...
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The Hollow Crown
Series · 2012 · also dramaA series of British television films featuring William Shakespeare's History Plays.
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The Crimson Petal and the White
Series · 2011 · also dramaFollow Sugar into the underbelly of Victorian London seething with vitality, sexuality, ambition and emotion.
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Dancing on the Edge
Series · 2013 · also dramaAn explosive 1930s drama following a jazz band in London at a time of huge change.
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