(#1) Downton Abbey
- Hugh Bonneville, Phyllis Logan, Elizabeth McGovern
(#2) Outlander
- Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Tobias Menzies
(#3) Mad Men
- Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser
(#4) The Crown
- Claire Foy, Matt Smith, Vanessa Kirby, Eileen Atkins, Jeremy Northam, Victoria Hamilton, Alex Jennings, Lia Williams, Ben Miles, Greg Wise, Jared Harris, John Lithgow, Anton Lesser, Matthew Goode
(#5) Pride and Prejudice
- Colin Firth, Lucy Davis, Alison Steadman, Jennifer Ehle, Emilia Fox, Victoria Hamilton, Anna Chancellor, Crispin Bonham-Carter, David Bamber, Anthony Calf, Adrian Lukis, Julia Sawalha, Benjamin Whitrow, Joanna David, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Susannah Harker, Tim Wylton, Lucy Briers, Lucy Robinson, Lucy Scott, Nadia Chambers, Polly Maberly
(#6) Peaky Blinders
- Cillian Murphy, Helen McCrory, Paul Anderson, Sam Neill, Annabelle Wallis, Sophie Rundle, Joe Cole, Tom Hardy, Adrien Brody, Aidan Gillen, Charlotte Riley, Finn Cole, Natasha O'Keeffe, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Kate Phillips, Noah Taylor, Paddy Considine, Alexander Siddig, Iddo Goldberg, Gaite Jansen, Charlie Murphy, Jack Rowan
(#7) The Tudors
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Henry Cavill, Anthony Brophy
(#8) Poldark
- Aidan Turner, Eleanor Tomlinson
2nd Adaptation of Poldark starring Aidan Turner and premiered in 2015
(#9) Poldark
- Judy Geeson, Ralph Bates, Angharad Rees, Nicola Wheeler, Mary Wimbush, Clive Francis, Robin Ellis, Jill Townsend
(#10) North & South
- Richard Armitage, Sinéad Cusack, Daniela Denby-Ashe, Jo Joyner, William Houston, Lesley Manville, Tim Pigott-Smith, Brendan Coyle, John Light, Pauline Quirke, Anna Maxwell Martin
(#11) Chernobyl
- Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Emily Watson
(#12) Anne with an E
- Amybeth McNulty, Geraldine James, R.H. Thomson, Lucas Jade Zumann, Dalila Bela
(#13) Victoria
- Jenna Coleman, Tom Hughes, Peter Bowles, Catherine Flemming, Daniela Holtz, Nell Hudson, Ferdinand Kingsley, Tommy Knight, Nigel Lindsay, Eve Myles, David Oakes, Paul Rhys, Adrian Schiller, Peter Firth, Alex Jennings, Rufus Sewell, Bebe Cave, Margaret Clunie, Tilly Steele, Leo Suter, Jordan Waller, Anna Wilson-Jones, Diana Rigg
(#14) M*A*S*H
- Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, Loretta Swi
(#15) Boardwalk Empire
- Steve Buscemi, Stephen Graham, Vincent Piazza
(#16) Reign
- Adelaide Kane, Megan Follows, Torrance Coombs
(#17) The Wonder Years
- Fred Savage, Dan Lauria, Daniel Stern
(#18) Ripper Street
- Matthew Macfadyen, Jerome Flynn, Adam Rothenberg
(#19) Black Sails
- Jessica Parker Kennedy, Toby Stephens, Hannah New
(#20) Murdoch Mysteries
- Lisa Ray, Paul Rhys, Georgina Reilly, Hélène Joy, Yannick Bisson, Thomas Craig, Kit Lang, Lachlan Murdoch, Jonathan Watton, Jonny Harris
(#21) Spartacus: Blood and Sand
- Eric McIntire, Daniel Spink, Matthew Felker
(#22) Roots
- LeVar Burton, Olivia Cole, Robert Reed
(#23) Call The Midwife
- Jessica Raine, Miranda Hart, Laura Main, Jenny Agutter, Pam Ferris, Judy Parfitt, Helen George, Bryony Hannah
(#24) Deadwood
- Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, Molly Parker
(#25) The English Game
- Edward Holcroft, Kevin Guthrie, Charlotte Hope
(#26) Harlots
- Samantha Morton, Jessica Brown Findlay, Lesley Manville
(#27) The Twilight Zone
- Bruce Willis, Charles Aidman, Robin Ward
(#28) Belgravia
- Alice Eve, Philip Glenister, Tamsin Greig
(#29) Lonesome Dove
- Diane Lane, Robert Duvall, Steve Buscemi, Tommy Lee Jones, Anjelica Huston, Danny Glover, Chris Cooper, Ricky Schroder, Glenne Headly, Robert Urich, William Sanderson, Frederic Forrest, D. B. Sweeney, Barry Corbin, Timothy Scott
(#30) Little House on the Prairie
(#31) Hell on Wheels
- Anson Mount, Colm Meaney, Robin McLeavy
(#32) Wolf Hall
- Mark Rylance, Damian Lewis, Claire Foy, Bernard Hill, Anton Lesser, Mark Gatiss, Mathieu Amalric, Joanne Whalley, Jonathan Pryce
(#33) Doctor Who
- Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant, Matt Smith, Peter Capaldi, Jodie Whittaker, Billie Piper, John Barrowman, Bruno Langley, Noel Clarke, Karen Gillan, James Corden, Jenna Coleman, Matt Lucas, Pearl Mackie, Bradley Walsh, Mandip Gill, Tosin Cole
(#34) Cranford
- Judi Dench, Imelda Staunton, Eileen Atkins, Kimberley Nixon, Francesca Annis, Philip Glenister, Simon Woods, Lesley Manville, Julia McKenzie, Alex Jennings, Andrew Buchan, Barbara Flynn, Adrian Scarborough, Greg Wise, Julia Sawalha, John Bowe, Joseph McFadden, Finty Williams, Alex Etel, Emma Fielding, Dean Lennox Kelly, Lisa Dillon, Selina Griffiths
(#35) The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
- Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Leo G. Carroll
(#36) The Americans
- Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Maximiliano Hernández, Holly Taylor, Keidrich Sellati, Noah Emmerich, Annet Mahendru, Susan Misner, Alison Wright, Lev Gorn, Costa Ronin, Richard Thomas, Dylan Baker, Brandon J. Dirden
(#37) Freaks and Geeks
- Linda Cardellini, John Francis Daley, James Franco
(#38) Happy Days
- Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Marion Ross
(#39) Rome
- Kevin McKidd, Ray Stevenson, Polly Walker
(#40) Jamestown
- Naomi Battrick, Max Beesley, Claire Cox
(#41) That '70s Show
- Topher Grace, Laura Prepon, Mila Kunis
(#42) The Waltons
- Jon Walmsley, Mary Beth McDonough, Eric Scott
(#43) Death Comes to Pemberley
- Matthew Rhys, Anna Maxwell Martin, Matthew Goode
(#44) The Borgias
- Jeremy Irons, François Arnaud, Holliday Grainger
(#45) Mr. Selfridge
(#46) Blackadder
- Rowan Atkinson, Brian Blessed, Elspet Gray
(#47) Perry Mason
- Matthew Rhys, Tatiana Maslany, John Lithgow
(#48) The Great
- Elle Fanning, Nicholas Hoult, Michael Odin Cartwright
(#49) Little House on the Prairie
- Cameron Bancroft, Erin Cottrell, Kyle Chavarria
(#50) Star Trek: The Original Series
- William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley
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Whether it's a TV show or a movie, the outstanding period piece drama has many charms. Just turn on the TV and these period piece shows will lead the audience back to a specific historical period. The costumes, the history, the sumptuous storylines are all worthy of more attention. Where do you want to time travel first? Each of these TV shows explores different eras in history through the eyes of kings, queens, and ordinary people.
The possibilities of the period piece TV shows are endless. For example, Downton Abbey is completely fictitious, but it speaks truths about that eras. The random tool lists 95 of the best period piece TV shows.
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