Period television series

Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo

Series Age rating: 15 Year: 2011 IMDB Rating: 7.8

In early 1972, Ita Buttrose and Kerry Packer got together to create a magazine that became one of the most dramatic sensations in Australian publishing history. CLEO Magazine - begun in a "fit of piqu...

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Raffles

Series Age rating: 7 Year: 1977 IMDB Rating: 7.8

Raffles was a 1977 television adaptation of the A. J. Raffles stories by Ernest William Hornung. The series was produced by Yorkshire Television and written by Philip Mackie. The episodes were largely...

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Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

Series Age rating: 4 Year: 1974 IMDB Rating: 7.8

Lee Remick stars as Jennie Jerome, born in the United States in 1845, who eventually became Lady Randolph Churchill, and gave birth to Sir Winston Churchill in this seven-part, seven-hour biographical...

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Agatha Christie's Marple

Series Age rating: 10 Year: 2004 IMDB Rating: 7.8

The adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and relatives in other villages, Miss Marple often stumble...

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Miss Scarlet and the Duke

Series Age rating: 11 Year: 2020 IMDB Rating: 7.7

When 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 partner... step forward a detect...

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The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling

Series Age rating: 11 Year: 1997 IMDB Rating: 7.7

Adaptation of the classic novel by Henry Fielding chronicling the life, loves and adventures of the charming Tom.

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The Irish R.M.

Series Age rating: 7 Year: 1983 IMDB Rating: 7.7

The Irish R.M. refers to a series of books by the Anglo-Irish novelists Somerville and Ross, and the television comedy-drama series based on them. They are set in turn of the 20th century west of Irel...

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Sanditon

Series Age rating: 13 Year: 2019 IMDB Rating: 7.7

The spirited and impulsive Charlotte Heywood moves from her rural home to Sanditon, a fishing village attempting to reinvent itself as a seaside resort.

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Doctor Finlay

Series Age rating: 13 Year: 1993 IMDB Rating: 7.6

Following his service in World War II, Doctor Finlay returns to the practice at Arden House. This is at a time when the National Health Service is about to be instituted.

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