Classic & Period Pieces
Be transported back in time through these compelling period drama pieces.
Episode 1—Miss Austen, Series 1
Years after Jane Austen's death, her sister Cassandra must retrieve her long-lost letters.
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Episode 1—Pride and Prejudice
Mrs Bennet is anxious to marry off one of her five daughters to newcomer Mr Bingley.
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To Walk Invisible
The story of the Bronte sisters, who overcame a life of hardship to become great writers.
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Emma
Emma Woodhouse becomes an incorrigible matchmaker, oblivious to the consequences.
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Chapter 1—The Other Bennet Sister, Series 1
Mary Bennet hopes to win her family’s approval at her first ball.
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Episode 1—Jane Eyre
After surviving the regime of a harsh school, orphan Jane Eyre takes a job as a governess.
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Wreckage—Wolf Hall, The Mirror and the Light
Thomas Cromwell steps over the wreckage of Anne's execution to a place by Henry’s side.
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The Worst Winter—Marie Antoinette, Series 2
The queen scandalously elevates Yolande, while a female thief infiltrates the palace.
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Episode 1—Sense and Sensibility (2008)
Dramatisation of Jane Austen's novel. The Dashwoods start a new life in Devonshire.
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Episode 1—Emma
Emma persuades Harriet that she is too good for her suitor, the farmer Robert Martin.
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Jane Eyre
A governess falls in love with her employer, unaware of his terrible secret.
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The Gathering Storm—Outrageous, Series 1
It's 1931 and the Mitford siblings are having a pool party.
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When She Was Bad, She Was Very Very Bad—Dope Girls, Series 1
As WWI ends, a night in a Soho club leaves Kate in trouble. Violet applies to the police.
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Episode 1—Towards Zero, Series 1
After a scandalous divorce, a volatile mix of guests converge on a coastal Devon estate.
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Episode 1—A Very British Scandal, Series 1
Margaret Sweeny meets the dashing (and married) Ian Campbell, future Duke of Argyll.
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Episode 1—Small Island
Andrea Levy's award-winning story of Jamaicans and Londoners during World War II.
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Episode 1—Poldark, Series 1
Cornwall, 1783. Ross Poldark returns from the battlefield to find his father dead.
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Episode 1—Gentleman Jack, Series 1
Anne Lister determines to restore the fortunes of Shibden Hall and find herself a wife.
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What You Want and What You Need—The English, Series 1
A Pawnee scout claiming his birthright and an Englishwoman out for revenge cross paths.
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Episode 1—Lady Chatterley, Series 1
Lady Chatterly, stifled and exhausted by her marriage, takes to walking in the grounds.
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Episode 1—Around the World in 80 Days, Series 1
In 1872, Phileas Fogg bets he can circle the globe in just 80 days.
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The Last Seance—Vienna Blood, Series 1
Inspector Rheinhardt reluctantly asks for junior doctor Max's help in a murder case.
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Episode 1—Wuthering Heights
A social visit becomes a night of terror for Lockwood and nostalgia for Heathcliff.
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Pride and Prejudice
The Bennet daughters react in very different ways to the arrival of their new neighbour.
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