I like the ones made in the 1970s that include:
The Onedin Line
Fall of Eagles (Jean Luc Picard playing Lenin)
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (Lee Remick in leading role)
The First Churchills (the first series on Masterpiece Theatre)
The Duchess of Duke Street
Elizabeth R (Glenda Jackson in lead role)
“Countdown to War”, with Gandalf, playing Hitler, is an excellent show, with what went on behind the scenes in the days for Nazi Germany invaded Poland in 1939.