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- The Crown. Netflix's "The Crown" has become one of the most acclaimed and awarded TV shows of the 21st century over its four seasons. The series delivers incredibly well produced, written, and acted period drama, and it should be an instant next step for anyone who has fallen in love with "Downton Abbey."
- Cable Girls. Looking for a story set in the same era as "Downton Abbey" but less attached to the whole British thing? Netflix's "Cable Girls" could be perfect.
- Bridgerton. "Downton Abbey" takes pains to be historically accurate and tonally appropriate for its particular era of British history. Netflix's romantic drama "Bridgerton," on the other hand, does not.
- Call the Midwife. BBC One's long-running medical drama "Call the Midwife" is similar in tone and style to "Downton Abbey," but it exchanges the historical estates of the British aristocracy for the modest architecture of London's East End and swaps the World War I era for the 1950s and '60s.
Downton Abbey may be leaving Netflix, but these historical shows are sure to fill the gap.
- ‘The English Game’
- ‘Rebellion’
- ‘Belgravia’
- ‘Upstairs, Downstairs’
- ‘The Restaurant’
- ‘Parade’s End’
- ‘Brideshead Revisited’
- ‘The Forsyte Saga’
Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes is behind this six-episode miniseries about the early days of modern soccer(or as they call it in the U.K., football). Posh players from England’s elite families square off against working-class upstarts who want to put their own mark on the sport. Streaming on Netflix.
Ever wonder what life was like for Tom Branson (Allen Leech) and Lady Sybil (Jessica Brown Findlay) after he whisked her off to Dublin following their marriage? This Irish series offers a glimpse at the complicated political situation in the country at the time, when revolutionaries were fighting for independence from the U.K. Season 1 (available f...
Another show from the mind of Fellowes (it’s based on his 2016 novel), Belgravia follows the intertwined fates of two families living in London’s affluent Belgravia neighborhood in the mid-19th century. As with Downton, class conflict is a theme, with the nouveau riche Trenchards at odds with the aristocratic Bellasis family. Streaming on Epix.
Downton Abbey borrowed a lot from the classic British TV series Upstairs Downstairs. Downton’s producer Gareth Naeme even told Forbes that a chance viewing of the 1970s series led him to think about doing a country house drama. Like the show it inspired, Upstairs, Downstairs concerns an aristocratic family in the first decades of the 20th century a...
This Swedish series about a wealthy, restaurant-owning family in Stockholm has been compared to Downton Abbey. Set in the years following World War II, it focuses on the Löwander family and features cross-class romances and intra-family drama. Streaming on Sundance Now.
Benedict Cumberbatch plays a principled English aristocrat caught between his unfaithful wife (Rebecca Hall) and a free-spirited suffragette (Adelaide Clemens) in the years around World War I. In a review, the New York Times favorably compared Parade’s End to Downton Abbey, saying it was “more clear-eyed” about the realities of the U.K.’s class sys...
Jeremy Irons stars in this classic miniseries about an Oxford student who becomes emotionally entangled with the aristocratic Flyte family, particularly the troubled Sebastian and his sister Julia. (Fun fact: Castle Howard, which stands in for the Brideshead estate in the TV adaptation, also served as the home of the Duke of Hastings in Netflix’s B...
This two-season show, which based on a series of books by John Galsworthy, follows the lives of members of a wealthy family from the 1870s to the 1920s. Several generations of Forsytes must deal with personal dramas and a changing world in the series, which stars Damian Lewis. Streaming on Amazon Prime with a PBS Masterpiece subscription. Check out...
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- 'Bridgerton' (2020-) If the Crawley family made you feel at home, then you should welcome the Bridgerton family into your household. This Netflix original will focus on each of the Bridgerton siblings as they navigate the marriage market during the Regency era and become the talk of the town when they are featured in Lady Whistledown’s pamphlets, which keeps everyone updated on the ravishing gossip.
- 'Outlander' (2014-) If you are intrigued by historical fiction with an epic love story at the center of it all, then Outlander is a recommendation that fits the profile.
- 'Cable Girls' (2017-2020) Raise your hand if Sybil (Jessica Brown Findlay) was a character you cherished on Downton Abbey? Even though Sybil had a short-lived trajectory in the series, she was very invested in the political spectrum and defying the female norms of the time.
- 'Girls From Ipanema' (2019-2020) Similarly, to Cable Girls, Girls from Ipanema features four strong women, each with their own passions and dreams as they unite forces and try to shake away from female expectations during the 60s.
Sep 26, 2021 · Episodes: 8. Average episode length: 58 minutes. Where to watch: UK: Netflix US: Netflix. Best Netflix series. Upstairs Downstairs. The classic 1970s UK series was a huge hit both at home and in the US. The series formula of master and servant tales told in tandem was undoubtedly the inspiration for Downton.
Dec 20, 2021 · Downton Abbey Tv Show Via Netflix. | Reader's Digest. RD.COM Arts & Entertainment 57 Best Shows on Netflix to Watch Right Now. Downton Abbey Tv Show Via Netflix. By Mackenzie...
