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PBS
83
8.2
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73
/117/
94
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94
77
/9/

The Durrells (2016)
In 1935, financially strapped widow Louisa Durrell, whose life has fallen apart, decides to move from England, with her four children (three sons, one daughter), to the island of Corfu, Greece. Once there, the family moves into a dilapidated old house that has no electricity and that is crumbling apart. But life on Corfu is cheap, it's an earthly paradise, and the Durrells proceed to forge their new existence, with all its challenges, adventures, and forming relationships.
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Netflix
80
8.6
/34919/
80
/1259/
75
/246/
81
/21/
cc age 14+

Call the Midwife (2012)
Drama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of London during the 1950s, based on the best-selling memoirs of Jennifer Worth.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
77
8.1
/51753/
78
/1776/
76
/244/
89
/143/
69
70
/77/
cc age 14+

The Gilded Age (2022)
It’s 1882 and the Gilded Age is in full swing when Marian Brook, a young orphaned daughter of a Southern general, moves in with her rigidly conventional aunts in New York City. With the help of Peggy Scott, an African-American woman masquerading as her maid, Marian gets caught up in the dazzling lives of her rich neighbors as she struggles to decide between adhering to the rules or forging her own path.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
76
7.6
/25902/
74
/666/
70
/252/
81
/58/
89
69
/28/
cc age 17+

Mildred Pierce (2011)
Mildred Pierce depicts an overprotective, self-sacrificing mother during the Great Depression who finds herself separated from her husband, opening a restaurant of her own and falling in love with a man, all the while trying to earn her spoiled, narcissistic daughter's love and respect.
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Amazon Prime Video
81
75
8.0
/5103/
74
/182/
75
/48/
92
/13/
94
72
/6/

Man in an Orange Shirt (2017)
A love story in two films charts the very different challenges to happiness for Michael and Thomas in the aftermath of World War 2, and to Adam and Steve in the present day.
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The Roku Channel
81
71
8.5
/8614/
77
/115/
79
/69/
83
/6/
83

Brideshead Revisited (1981)
Agnostic Charles Ryder is seduced by the allure of the Flytes, a wealthy aristocratic family. Although he finds himself at odds with their strong Catholicism, his ties to the family deepen for the decades between the two world wars.
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69
68
6.9
/9455/
70
/420/
68
/117/

World Without End (2012)
Two hundred years after the construction of the great cathedral, the medieval town of Kingsbridge is taken under siege by Queen Isabella. Caris, a visionary young woman, inspires her people to stand up for their rights and revolt against to the most powerful forces of her time, the Church and the Crown.
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PBS
76
68
7.3
/4806/
69
/109/
70
/41/
79
/19/
90
76
/14/

Indian Summers (2015)
Epic drama set in the summer of 1932 where India dreams of independence, but the British are clinging to power. Set against the sweeping grandeur of the Himalayas and tea plantations of Northern India, the drama tells the rich and explosive story of the decline of the British Empire and the birth of modern India, from both sides of the experience. At the heart of the story lie the implications and ramifications of the tangled web of passions, rivalries and clashes that define the lives of those brought together in this summer which will change everything.
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Amazon Prime Video
78
66
8.3
/7078/
77
/199/
74
/43/

A Place To Call Home (2013)
A mysterious woman is perched between the harsh legacy of World War II and the hope of a new life in Australia. A sweeping romantic drama set in 1950s rural Australia following the lives of the Blighs, a wealthy and complicated pastoralist family, who lives in Inverness, NSW.
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71
66
8.0
/7540/
72
/285/
62
/59/

Velvet (2014)
In 1950s Spain, the heir to a fashion house romances a beautiful seamstress who works for the company, despite the objections of his family.
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Britbox Apple TV Channel
78
63
8.4
/4950/
74
/126/
78
/45/

All Creatures Great and Small (1978)
The trials and misadventures of the staff at a country veterinary office in Yorkshire. James Herriot, a young animal surgeon, moves to a small Yorkshire town to begin his first job.
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72
51
7.5
/1866/
72
/198/
70
/47/
3.7
/1141/

Arde Madrid (2018)
Madrid, 1961. Ana Mari is single, lame, Francoist and instructor of the Sección Femenina. By order of the dictator Franco, she must go to work as a maid to Ava Gardner's house and spy on her, pretending to be married to Manolo, a hustler who will become the driver of the American actress.
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77
49
8.2
/6304/
77
/79/
74
/22/

The Restaurant (2017)
Monday May 7, 1945 – the Second World War finally comes to an end and a new, brighter future beckons. In the midst of central Stockholm celebrations, two strangers come together with a quick kiss, parting company immediately after. Upper-class girl Nina and kitchen hand Calle don’t yet know that their brief encounter will come to have tumultuous consequences.
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73
47
7.6
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70
/70/
74
/42/
3.7
/1146/

Ku'damm 56 – Rebel with a Cause (2016)
At the Berlin dance school "Galant," worlds collide and the struggle between prudishness and emancipation is carried out. The proprietor of the dance school, Caterina Schöllack, has three daughters whom she orders to integrate into this hierarchically structured society. Two of her daughters seem to abide by their mother's wish. Only Monika, the middle daughter, rejects the given path and discovers rock 'n' roll for herself.
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80
45
8.5
/2110/
77
/44/
80
/37/

The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom (2007)
Individual freedom is the dream of our age. It's what our leaders promise to give us, it defines how we think of ourselves and, repeatedly, we have gone to war to impose freedom around the world. But if you step back and look at what freedom actually means for us today, it's a strange and limited kind of freedom.
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Amazon Prime Video
72
44
6.4
/1060/
64
/53/
60
/27/
100

Moonshine (2021)
The Finley-Cullens are a dysfunctional family of adult half-siblings battling to take control over the family business - a ramshackle summer resort on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, one septic tank away from bankruptcy and with a dark family secret at its core.
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Britbox Apple TV Channel
78
39
8.6
/2546/
74
/38/
74
/22/

Our Friends in the North (1996)
An epic tale of a changing Britain over four decades, seen through the eyes of four friends.
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38
7.2
/1549/
62
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69
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50
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South Riding (2011)
The lives and loves of a 1930s Yorkshire town explored in a passionate tale of politics in small places. South Riding charts the story of Sarah Burton's homecoming to Yorkshire in 1934 after twenty years teaching in London and the Empire. After a fiery interview with a conservative interview panel, outspoken Sarah takes up her first headmistress-ship at Kiplington High School for Girls, determined to demonstrate to her new pupils that the future is theirs for the taking.
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72
33
7.6
/3684/
70
/28/
71
/12/

Yeşilçam (2021)
Showcasing Turkey of the 1960s, while it follows a film producer who will tell the story of survival in Yesilcam as he experiences the golden age of Turkish cinema.
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73
30
7.7
/1501/
69
/30/
73
/25/
3.6
/845/

Ku'damm 59 (2018)
The further life of the protagonist Caterina Schöllack and her three daughters will be traced, who fight in the restrictive period of the 1950s for emancipation and the realization of their own dreams. Monika, Helga and Eva have grown up and each seeks their way to find their way in the rigid society of the late 1950s. Monika and Freddy have a career in show business, and mother Caterina acts as a manager. Meanwhile, Helga works hard to be the perfect housewife and mother for Monika's daughter Dorli. Eva, however, quarrels with her life as a professor's wife.
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30
7.2
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66
/85/
57
/22/

The Velvet Collection (2017)
It is the year 1967. After five happy years of marriage in New York with Alberto and their young son, Anna Ribera returns to Spain to take her project Velvet to the next level. She and Alberto had been managing all things Velvet from across the ocean and, together with their best friends and partners, had made a name for Velvet as the number one address in the world of fashion and innovation. Now they decide to take the next step and turn their reputation into a franchise, first at home, then abroad. The first step is opening shop in the other great Spanish city, Barcelona, on its world famous promenade, the Passeig de Gracia. There, the second Velvet Fashion Store is about to open its gates, managed by Ana's good friend Clara who had made it up the career ladder from seamstress to directorial assistant in the Madrid Velvet years.
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65
29
6.5
/1141/
67
/81/
65
/26/

Luna Park (2021)
In 1960s Rome, a meeting between a free-spirited young woman who grew up in her family's circus and a girl of wealthy descent leads to secrets, intrigue, and unexpected loves.
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Britbox Apple TV Channel
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28
7.2
/785/
67
/23/
56
/12/
42
/12/
60
/5/
cc age 14+

White Heat (2012)
In 1965, seven students meet and, despite being an assorted mix of people, become friends while they share a flat together in London. As time passes, their lives intertwine with each other as they feel the impact of political developments and the outbreak of war and disease.
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73
24
8.3
/1671/
57
/19/
80
/12/

The Duchess of Duke Street (1976)
Set in London between 1900 and 1925, the story follows Louisa Leyton/Trotter, the eponymous "Duchess", who works her way up from servant to renowned cook to proprietress of the upper-class Bentinck Hotel in Duke Street, St. James's.
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Britbox Apple TV Channel
70
24
8.1
/1832/
65
/31/
64
/11/

The House of Eliott (1991)
Two sisters who set up a London fashion house for society of the early 1920s.
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Amazon Prime Video
64
23
7.1
/1050/
66
/72/
56
/19/

The Vineyard (2021)
Mauro Larrea and Soledad Montalvo are two strangers whose destinies cross in the second half of the 19th century, leading to their lives changing forever. A history of glories and defeats, of silver mines, family intrigues, vineyards, wineries, and fascinating cities whose splendor faded over time.
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67
22
7.6
/1663/
73
/33/
53
/13/
cc age 14+

Love Child (2014)
The lives of staff at the fictional Kings Cross Hospital and the wild streets of Darlinghurst in the 1960s. Joan Miller is a smart and sophisticated midwife who returns home from London to take a job at the Kings Cross Hospital. Dr Patrick McNaughton is a charismatic head of obstetrics at Kings Cross Hospital. Frances Bolton is the tough matron who also controls the running of Stanton House, a home for unwed pregnant young women.
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64
16
6.9
/854/
65
/17/
60
/16/

Our Miracle Years (2020)
In a politically, morally and economically destroyed country, three sisters of an industrialist family in post-war Germany reinvent themselves and set the course for their future.
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Amazon Prime Video
66
15
7.9
/700/
65
/29/
56
/14/
3.6
/265/

Queers. (2017)
A series of eight monologues set in the same pub over many years of gay history in response to the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act.
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69
13
7.2
/326/
71
/45/
65
/12/

El Caso: crónica de sucesos (2016)
Madrid, 1966. Jesus Exposito is a lone wolf, a former policeman who has done himself and has a thorny past. It is one of the most veteran reporters Case, where he arrived a rookie journalist Clara Lopez-Doriga, a good girl, and cosmopolitan university eager to take on the world.
poster
70
12
6.9
/367/
70
/12/
72
/12/

The Lady with the Black Veil (2015)
Clara is a young and noblewoman with a free and rebellious spirit who was separated from her twin brother and forced into an arranged marriage. Despite this, she falls in love with her husband and fights to win his love. Clara however, falls victim to her aunt’s and cousin’s conspiracies, as they are determined to steal her inheritance.
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10
5.3
/181/
63
/12/
59
/14/

Acacias 38 (2015)
Acacias 38, the address of a stately apartment building where our stories unfold, is set in 1899 and tells the story of a group of maids and the bourgeois families they serve, in a single block in a distinguished neighborhood of a large Spanish city. Two worlds colliding in a universe of crossed lives.
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?
10
/1/
100
/1/

Redemption Song (1991)
Jamaican-born Stuart Hall looks at the history of the Caribbean islands through interviews with modern inhabitants.
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?
8.7
/14/
45
/2/

Windrush (1998)
Windrush is a 4-part series of one hour television documentaries originally broadcast on BBC2 in 1998 to mark the 50th anniversary of the arrival in Britain of the Empire Windrush, the ship which brought the first wave of post-war West Indian immigrants.
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?
6.9
/25/
40
/1/

A Farm Through Time (2022)
Historian Ruth Goodman guides farming brothers Rob and Dave Nicholson on a trip back in time to learn what life on the farm was like in three historic periods and how old agricultural methods have shaped modern farms.
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?
7.1
/16/
40
/2/

Saved by a Stranger (2021)
Anita Rani explores the experiences of 2 people thrown together by a major event in modern history who have since become separated. The series follows them as they try to find the individual who helped them.
poster
?
7.2
/22/
56
/3/
80
/1/

Masters of the Pacific Coast: The Tribes of the American Northwest (2016)
Dr Jago Cooper explores the extraordinary and resilient culture of the American Northwest, revealing one the most inspiring stories in human history.
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?
10
/2/

A Hundred Years of Us (2011)
N/A
poster
?
7.8
/17/
35
/2/

Britain in Focus: A Photographic History (2017)
Eamonn McCabe celebrates Britain's greatest photographers, sees how science allowed their art to develop, and explores how they have captured the changing lives of the country.
poster
?
5.9
/35/
40
/2/
60
/1/

Utopia: In Search of the Dream (2017)
Art Historian Professor Richard Clay explores visions of utopia examining what they reveal about some of our deepest hopes, dreams and fears about the future.
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Amazon Prime Video
56
?
7.5
/485/
41
/6/
53
/6/

Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky (2005)
A story of unrequited love set in 1930s London, against the backdrop of grimy streets and public houses.
poster
69
?
7.1
/292/
63
/12/
73
/5/

Aenne Burda - Die Wirtschaftswunderfrau (2018)
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poster
48
?
6.9
/458/
25
/2/
50
/2/

Systrar 1968 (2018)
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poster
38
?
6.7
/188/
10
/1/

Haabet (2018)
The year is 1899. The young girl Marie Jensen lives at an orphanage with her two younger siblings Karl and Sofie. Their father is a sailor and has not been home for years. He was last seen in Norway but everybody is convinced he was lost at sea – except Marie. One morning the beautiful freighter ‘Hope’ comes to town with Skipper Andersen and his wife Mrs. Agnete on board. To Marie’s distress, they adopt Karl and Sofie, and Marie now faces being left alone. But quickly she comes up with a plan. At night, she cuts her long hair and disguises herself as a boy, adopts the name of Martin and signs on as a deck boy on ‘’Hope’. The ship takes Marie and her siblings on an eventful journey from the coast of Denmark to Norway and Iceland. A journey full of secrets, friendship, love and adventure – all in the hope of finding her father and reuniting her family. 'Finding Home' is a story about a young girl’s fight to break free of the path that society has destined for her and instead becoming a strong and independent woman.
poster
79
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7.9
/230/
76
/11/
84
/5/
cc age 10+

The Victorian Slum (2016)
In the heart of the modern East End of London, a Victorian slum has been recreated and a group of 21st-century people are moving in. Michael Mosley joins them to tell the extraordinary story of how the Victorian East End changed our attitude to poverty forever.
poster
65
?
8.3
/243/
70
/16/
42
/4/

A House Through Time (2018)
David Olusoga tells the story of those who lived in one house, from the time it was built until now. Searching through city archives, scouring records, and tracking down their living descendants, presenter David Olusoga tells the untold stories of the people who once lived in the house and gains a unique insight into the making of modern Britain.
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The Roku Channel
?
8.2
/58/
55
/4/

How the Victorians Built Britain (2018)
This series travels the length and breadth of Britain to find out how the Victorians built Britain. It uncovers the incredible and surprising stories behind iconic landmarks; discovers the hidden heroes behind the epic constructions; and finds out how the incredible advances made by the Victorians forged the world we live in today.
poster
53
?
7.4
/354/
60
/18/
27
/3/

La Señora (2008)
In the 1920s Victoria and Ángel fall in love in a small town, northern Spain. They are two people both from a different social class, she is the daughter of a wealthy businessman and he comes from a poor family. They are so in love but social norms and circumstances of the era force them to break up. Several years later, they meet again, Victoria as a powerful businesswoman and Ángel as a priest.


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