Greatest Historical Periods to Set a TV Series

The Top Ten

1 1950s

Father Brown, Grantchester and Call the Midwife are all accurate depictions of 1950s culture. All three are of course British.

2 1920s

Peaky Blinders, Downton Abbey

3 Late 18th Century

4 Victorian Era

Victoria, Ripper Street

5 World War 2

Band of Brothers, The Pacific, Generation War etc.

6 Viking Era

Currently enjoying two shows from this period. The Last Kingdom and Vikings.

7 1930s

8 Golden Age of Piracy

9 Regency Era

War & Peace, Pride & Prejudice

10 1970s

The Contenders

11 1980s

12 1960s

13 Ancient Alexandria

14 The Ottoman Empire

15 The Roman Empire

This kind of T.V. shows are also very famous. I mean shows like Rome, Spartacus.

16 The Salem Witch Trials

17 Renaissance Italy

18 Elizabethan Era

19 1990s

20 Ancient Greece

I would enjoy a series about this historical period.

21 Russian Revolution

22 French Revolution

23 Greek Civil War

24 Byzantine Empire

25 Greek War of Independence 1821

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