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The 25 best period dramas to stream now
Mar 7, 2025
While there's lots on offer on Netflix and Amazon Prime, there's one genre we just can't resist and that's the ever-popular period dramas. Here in the UK, it's something of a major national export and the world is now on board with our best work. When it comes to truly canonical works, there's the BBC's classic Pride & Prejudice as well as the 2005 film with Keira Knightley. There are newer pleasures to enjoy in the form of The Great via Channel 4 and Bridgerton, and old favourites such as Brideshead Revisited. We may have watched it enough times to be able to recite most of it by heart, but there are also some lesser-known options to luxuriate in, from Nancy Mitford's rakish tales of 1930s society to gritty industrial romance in North & South. And we have to say, there are some of TV's loveliest interiors on view (we're thinking of you, Downton Abbey). Scroll down to see our top picks...
The best period dramas to stream
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