Firth/Ehle Pride and Prejudice: Would be on my list.
Thompson/Winslet Sense and Sensibility: Would be on my list. One thing I loved about this version was little slices of life including a steam engine and horse poop.
Recent version of Emma: On my to watch list.
The Crown: No bonnets so me don't watch.
Lark Rise to Candleford: Seen snippets but seems a bit overrated to be on this list.
Call the Midwife: No bonnets so me don't watch.
Gentleman Jack: Good gawd...like I would have any interest in some lesbo blood blue Tory.
Downton Abbey: Never watched an episode so shame on me.
Wilson/Stephens Jane Eyre: Oh yes. This is the best version I have ever seen.
The Darling Buds of May: First time I have ever heard of this. No bonnets me don't watch.
Tomlinson/Turner Poldark: Not a huge fan of the 18th century setting but that is just a matter of taste.
Atonement: No bonnets me don't watch.
A Room with a View: On to watch list.
Gillian Anderson Bleak House: Would be on my list. What a wonderful full dissection of Victorian society.
Redmayne/Atherton Tess of the D’Urbervilles: On my to watch list. I did see the Roman Polanski version
Macfayden/Foy Little Dorrit: Recently watched via Amazon Prime. Really puts one through the emotional ringer with amazing acting.
The Forsyte Saga: Watched bits and pieces.
The Favorite: Nope. Not a fan of early 18th century setting.
Island at War, which was a dramatization of the Nazi Occupation of The Channel Islands, was a good series.
I remember watching the original “The Forsyte Saga” back in the late 1960’s and early 70’s and enjoyed it. I saw bits and pieces of “Upstairs, Downstairs” in the same era, but not enough to get a sense of the story line. “Downton Abbey” grew on me and I’ve enjoyed it. Currently, to include watching the ‘bingethon’ on TV right now, is the excellent “Outlander.”
I also recall enjoying “The First Churchills” of now 50 years ago and the DVD of it is on my Christmas list. Also from the long past is “The Wives of Henry the VIII,” which I ought to buy so as to watch it in color because I had a black and white TV back when it originally aired.
Early Poldark episodes were good, but it got lazy. Lark Rise to Candleford is quirky and cute, but again got lazy toward the end. Cranford was good to the last drop.
They forgot that fabulous documentary, Blackadder Goes Forth...
Sense and Sensibility, Ang Lee version with Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet and Alan Rickman. It is visually GORGEOUS and the romantic, dramatic musical score is perfection. This S&S version is my number one favorite of all time.
Persuasion, BBC version with Sally Hawkins and Rupert-Penry Jones. Ms. Hawkins’ hair was just AWFUL, but she’s a wonderful actress and this was a very romantic story.
I actually like S&S and Persuasion much better than Pride and Prejudice.