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#3875630 - 12/12/13 04:56 PM
Historical drama shows
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There are several historical drama tv shows I haven't seen and I was wondering if any of you would recommend them? The ones I'm curious about are, The Borgias The Tudors Boardwalk Empire Horatio Hornblower Sharpe Don't bother recommending "Rome" since I already own the bluray set and have seen it several times. I'm a dyed in the wool fan.  Edit: I forgot to clarify that I'm only talking about recurring tv shows and not tv miniseries like Band of Brothers.
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#3875639 - 12/12/13 05:09 PM
Re: Historical drama shows
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I loved "Hornblower". Great stuff.
The Sharpes movies are OK, similar to Hornblower except from a land warfare perspective. I didn't enjoy it as much as Hornblower though.
I liked the first season of Boardwalk Empire, but couldn't finish the 2nd. Lost me about halfway through.
Haven't seen the others.
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#3875645 - 12/12/13 05:14 PM
Re: Historical drama shows
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Downton Abbey!!  The Jedi Master
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#3875657 - 12/12/13 05:28 PM
Re: Historical drama shows
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Downton Abbey!! The Jedi Master I wonder what the female/male ratio is like for that show's audience?
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#3875663 - 12/12/13 05:33 PM
Re: Historical drama shows
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The Hornblower movies are great and I really like Sean Bean so I enjoyed the Sharpe movies also
Deadwood is good and I have not watched it yet but Vikings gets good buzz
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#3875720 - 12/12/13 06:50 PM
Re: Historical drama shows
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Vikings is good, even if 90% of the stuff in it way out in the left field with regards to accuracy. I love Sharpe, but it is a show that is made on a shoestring budget, and it shows at times... Borgias, great for a peek into the era of machiavellan intrigue at the papal house. You said no mini-series, but I will defy you and mention two which are related and well worth watching: Pillars of the Earth World Without End Both based on the books by Ken Follett, send in the early english medieval age.
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#3875728 - 12/12/13 07:03 PM
Re: Historical drama shows
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The White Queen was 10 episodes and very good in my opinion.
You didn't mention, but are you watching Game of Thrones?
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#3875782 - 12/12/13 08:15 PM
Re: Historical drama shows
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From the Earth to the Moon was a great one, but it was a limited run as well.
Would Spartacus count as historical??
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#3875854 - 12/12/13 09:58 PM
Re: Historical drama shows
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From the Earth to the Moon was a great one, but it was a limited run as well.
Would Spartacus count as historical??
The Jedi Master No, Spartacus would count as soft core porn with lots of blood.
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#3875882 - 12/12/13 10:35 PM
Re: Historical drama shows
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Downton Abbey - A period drama.
I thought every period was a drama !!
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#3875888 - 12/12/13 10:49 PM
Re: Historical drama shows
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From the Earth to the Moon was a great one, but it was a limited run as well.
Would Spartacus count as historical??
The Jedi Master No, Spartacus would count as soft core porn with lots of blood. In other words: AWESOME. At least the first season and a half, but watch in reverse order. How about Deadwood? I know they took some liberties, but still a great Western based on a real town and people.
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#3875898 - 12/12/13 10:57 PM
Re: Historical drama shows
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I love the Borgias. My favourite TV show of the last couple of years. Irons is brilliant in it, Absolutely fantastic. As far as I'm concerned, it's the logical successor to Rome.
May I also suggest I, Claudius if you haven't seen it? One of my favourite TV shows of all time.
What else? You guys get Ripper Street over there yet? Don't know if BBC America has broadcast it. That's another great show. Just finishing it's second series here but unfortunately (and completely bizarrely) getting axed, which is a shame because the writing, the acting and the sets are all top notch. Set in Whitechappel in the aftermath of the Jack the Ripper killings. Some great - and slightly unusual - stories. I thought it was going to be a pretty average BBC costume drama when it started, but it's been anything but.
Boardwalk Empire is good as well. However, and entirely IMO, the first season is pretty dire. It was bad enough that I almost gave up on it. I'm glad I did, it really picked up in the second season and hasn't looked back since.
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#3875926 - 12/13/13 12:04 AM
Re: Historical drama shows
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Russian Ark intrigues me . . . done in one take. But it is not a TV drama.
Rome is still on my short list because of Panzermeyer's recommendations. Wish I had an historic recommendation of my own, but I have been out of the TV loop for too long.
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