Best historical TV shows?

Asherman · Dec 5, 2016

Downton Abbey.

Linschoten · Dec 5, 2016

My favourite series are Brett's Sherlock Holmes, Hornblower and Sharpe; + Trollope adaptations (esp. the Pallisers and Barchester Chronicles), and the best adaptations of of novels by Dickens, Jane Austen, Elizabeth Gaskell and Henry James. Many Victorian novels, which were published either serially or as capacious three volume works, seem ideally suited for turning into TV series!

Yossarian · Dec 20, 2016

Well my all-time favorite would be HBO's superb "Rome" series that ran for two seasons. It was the best thing I've ever seen on the Roman empire, as it followed the lives of two ordinary Roman soldiers. It began when Caesar crossed the Rubicon. It is available on DVD and I cannot recommend it highly enough for anybody interested in movies from that era.

Also high on my list of historical series would be Lonesome Dove, if I could be allowed to call that a historical series. Based on Larry McMurtry's Pulitzer prize winning novel. It is quite simply the finest Western ever made. Period.

JenniferHJohnstone · Dec 30, 2016

The Tudors is good

mikainen · Dec 30, 2016

Disciple of Sophia said:
#1
Name: Sharpe's Rifles
Rating: Five stars
Setting: 19th century Napoleonic Wars; Spain; France; Britain.
Accuracy: the history was accurate and the antiquities seemed ok.
Acting: Excellent - it stars a young Sean Bean and other fine actors.
Writing: Also excellent.
Eye Candy: Good, but not great, beauties in every show though.
Family Friendliness: completely family friendly

They shoot and slice people with swords. How's that family friendly?

Disciple of Sophia said:
Eye Candy: Excellent, plenty of very beautiful women with a lot of them becoming famous actresses.
Family Friendliness: completely FF, just has some racism mainly in The Hop Sing character - so don't watch with Hans/Chinese.
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Lucky then I don't have Hans/Chinese in my family. Or Saudi-Arabians, I could watch only tv-series with no women at all or wearing robes at least.

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

seekertwo · Jan 2, 2017

mikainen said:
They shoot and slice people with swords. How's that family friendly?

All the people being slaughtered are fully dressed, of course....

HistoricalGeek · Jan 2, 2017

I have so many I love but lately:

She-Wolves for documentaries

Downton Abbey for historical fictionish stuff.

Lord Harry · Mar 12, 2017

Pillars of the Earth, the Borgias, the Medici, and Marco Polo in that order.

Ancientgeezer · Mar 12, 2017

Asherman said:
Downton Abbey.

Is that set in the past?

Dave Evans · Mar 13, 2017

Ancientgeezer said:
Is that set in the past?

It's post Brexit speculative fiction.

Jim Casy · Mar 13, 2017

greendragon said:
PS - Sharpe's was one of my favorite all-time series.

And had one of the best villains I've ever seen. Sgt. Obadiah Hakeswill. Brrr..

Linschoten · Mar 13, 2017

Oh yes, and the prettiest army officer ever in Captain Frederickson.

ayasachan · Mar 13, 2017

Vikings <3

Jim Casy · Mar 15, 2017

Linschoten said:
Oh yes, and the prettiest army officer ever in Captain Frederickson.

The original bionic man

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MughalMuse · Mar 22, 2017

Band of Brothers and sharpe

decehistory · Jul 5, 2017

Disciple of Sophia said:
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#1
Name: Sharpe's Rifles
Rating: Five stars
Setting: 19th century Napoleonic Wars; Spain; France; Britain.
Accuracy: the history was accurate and the antiquities seemed ok.
Acting: Excellent - it stars a young Sean Bean and other fine actors.
Writing: Also excellent.
Eye Candy: Good, but not great, beauties in every show though.
Family Friendliness: completely family friendly.

#2
Name: Have Gun will Travel
Rating: Five star. (is an ancient black and white series)
Setting: The Old West in America
Accuracy: average
Acting: excellent
Writing: excellent
Eye Candy: Excellent, plenty of very beautiful women with a lot of them becoming famous actresses.
Family Friendliness: completely FF, just has some racism mainly in The Hop Sing character - so don't watch with Hans/Chinese.

#3
Name: Poldark (the currently being made one)
Rating: 4 stars
Setting: 18th century Britain (Cornwall)
Accuracy: very accurate
Acting: very good
Writing: very good
Eye Candy: very good and most of the beauties are highly amiable, so you'll love them as well as lust after them.
Family Friendliness: good; but the second season had a .... scene, was fully clothed and she consented after it started,,,but still.

#4
Name: Reign
Rating: 3 stars
Setting: 16th century France; Scotland and England.
Accuracy: lol not at all. The main character is Mary queen of Scots
Acting: good
Writing: good
Eye Candy: good
Family Friendliness: ok; but one episode has a woman masturbating fully clothed to seduce a king, so I would not let small children watch it.

Name: Vikings
Rating: weak 4 stars
Setting: the Viking Age
Accuracy: highly inaccurate both historically and in antiquities
Acting: fair
Writing: very good
Eye Candy: fair
Family Friendliness: marginally FF. has a fair amount of Paganism in it, so likely unacceptable in the United Arab Emirates.

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