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- CreatorPaul RutmanStarsHenry Lloyd-HughesJemima WestJulie WaltersDrama set in 1932 during the final years of British colonial rule in India.
- CreatorSimon BlockStarsClare CalbraithBrian FletcherSamantha BondA drama following a group of inspirational women in a rural Cheshire community during World War II.
- CreatorDebbie HorsfieldStarsAidan TurnerEleanor TomlinsonJack FarthingRoss Poldark returns home after the American Revolutionary War and rebuilds his life with a new business venture, making new enemies and finding a new love where he least expects it.
- CreatorJimmy McGovernStarsOrla BradyEwen BremnerMyAnna BuringBritish convicts have been sent to Australia as punishment for their crimes. As they try to live their new lives, they have to live with the new rules. The soldiers also have to adjust.
- CreatorPeter BowkerFranny MoyleStarsSamuel BarnettSam CraneJosie FarmiloePeriod drama set in London about the rise of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
- StarsMark RylanceDamian LewisClaire FoyAfter the downfall of Cardinal Wolsey, his secretary, Thomas Cromwell, finds himself amongst the treachery and intrigue of King Henry VIII's court and soon becomes a close advisor to the King, a role fraught with danger.
- StarsBertie CarvelEddie MarsanMarc WarrenIn an alternate history, during the time of real life Napoleonic Wars, two men of destiny, the gifted recluse Mr. Norrell and daring spellcasting novice Jonathan Strange, use magic to help England.
- StarsOliver Jackson-CohenSarah SnookLachy HulmeIn 1806, William Thornhill is sentenced to New South Wales for life where he is drawn into a terrifying conflict that will leave a bloody and indelible stain.
- StarsAlexander DreymonEliza ButterworthArnas FedaraviciusAs Alfred the Great defends his kingdom from Norse invaders, Uhtred--born a Saxon but raised by Vikings--seeks to claim his ancestral birthright.
- CreatorJames DormerStarsKieran BewJoanne WhalleyEd SpeleersHeroic legend Beowulf gallops through the epic and mythical Shieldlands, to his childhood home of Herot, hoping to set right past wrongs.
- CreatorKurt SutterStarsLee JonesKatey SagalFlora Spencer-LonghurstIn the early 14th century, several oppressed Welsh commoners unite to take revenge on the ruthless nobility.
- CreatorRichard WarlowStarsMatthew MacfadyenAdam RothenbergMyAnna BuringThe streets of Whitechapel are the haunt of Detective Inspector Edmund Reid and his team of officers, who aim to maintain law and order in a place once terrorized by Jack the Ripper.
- StarsJames NortonEve BestRupert Penry-JonesAn intimate and emotional drama for BBC Two about the revolutionary Bloomsbury group.
- StarsGeorgia FloodAntonia PrebbleLaura BrentThe true stories of extraordinary young women who witness the brutality and heroism of war and rise to meet the challenge.
- CreatorJohn FayStarsKerrie HayesCiaran GriffithsBarbara MartenThe hard labour of cotton mill workers and the abuse they endure.
- StarsPatrick GibsonJack LowdenHubert BurtonAn epic historical drama spanning the five years of the First World War, as seen through the eyes of two ordinary young soldiers.
- CreatorGerard GlaisterStarsBernard HeptonAngela RichardsClifford RoseDuring World War II, a Belgian resistance movement called Lifeline, based in Brussels, organises the return of Allied airmen who have been shot down by the Luftwaffe to the United Kingdom.
- StarsAlfred BurkeBernard HorsfallAntonia PembertonDuring the Second World War, the inhabitants of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands, try to cope with the German occupation.
- StarsFrancesca AnnisCatherine FellerPeggy Ann WoodSeen on Masterpiece Theatre, starring Francesca Annis in an award-winning performance, Lillie vividly captures the complex woman who became one of the most notorious and respected figures of the Victorian era.
- CreatorEileen AtkinsJean MarshStarsStella GonetLouise LombardAden GillettTwo sisters in 1920s London work to achieve success in the dressmaking business.
- StarsDouglas HodgeJuliet AubreyTrevyn McDowellMiddlemarch is a story of provincial life on the brink of momentous change and a deeply moving saga about a group of people striving to give meaning and value to their lives during the Industrial Revolution.
- StarsSusan HampshirePhilip LathamBarbara MurrayBeginning with the forced marriage of Glencora (Susan Hampshire), the lives of the friends and children of this couple are the subject of study. The backdrop is the House of Commons in England as we watch the comings and goings and loves and tragedies of the powerful and not-so-powerful.
- StarsDavid SuchetMatthew MacfadyenCillian MurphyAugustus Melmotte is a European-born city financier whose background is as mysterious as his business. Only weeks after his arrival in London, he announced a new venture and promises instant fortune.
- DirectorRichard LaxtonStarsDakota FanningGreg WiseTom SturridgeA look at the scandalous love triangle between Victorian art critic John Ruskin (Greg Wise), his teenage bride Euphemia "Effie" Gray (Dakota Fanning), and Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais (Tom Sturridge).
- DirectorJames KentStarsAlicia VikanderKit HaringtonTaron EgertonA British woman recalls coming of age during World War I - a story of young love, the futility of war, and how to make sense of the darkest times.