So you ’ve already torn through the later season ofThe Crown , which make it onNetflixin mid - November . You ’ve ascertain and evaluated the performances of the newfangled cast members , including Emma Corrin asPrincess DianaandGillian Andersonas Margaret Thatcher . You ’ve done your Google searches on the events depicted in time of year 4 , include thedisappearance of Thatcher ’s son Mark . You ’ve played back every scenery feature acorgi . What are you go to do now ?
If you ’re looking for something else that ’s diachronic , royal , or just mistily British , give one of these testify a effort . They ’re all uncommitted on a major streaming service and they all boast the same whispered thunderclap and meaningful coup d’oeil that makeThe Crownsuch a restfully devastating — and highly addicting — play .
1.Victoria
LikeThe Crown , Victoriaopens with a young queen regnant ascend the pot after a death in the kinsperson . Only in this type , the queen is 18 - year - sure-enough Alexandrina Victoria , who would find Great Britain and Ireland for an stupefying 63 year . This costume drama has n’t even cover a third of that reign , but it ’s packed with plenty of majestic outrage , real - world political relation , and striking scrubs into its three seasons . There ’s no prescribed give-and-take on when fans can have a bun in the oven the next batch of episodes , but author Daisy Goodwin haspromised“an absolute humdinger ” of a quaternary time of year .
Where to watch it : Amazon Prime
2.The Tudors
Henry VIIIfamously had a problem with commitment . He married six fair sex , more than one of whom he had executed , ready his life prime stuff for a saponaceous drama . Showtime delivered just that withThe Tudors , which aired its final episode in 2010 . The show cover each of Henry ’s marriage and various external social occasion in between , cast now illustrious British actors in some of their former role . Henry Cavill appears in all four season as the Martin Luther King ’s comrade - in - law , Charles Brandon , and Natalie Dormer ( a.k.a . Margaery Tyrell ) dominates the first two season as Henry ’s doom second married woman , Anne Boleyn .
Where to watch it : Netflix
3.Outlander
Take all of the historic intrigue ofThe Crown , add in some fourth dimension locomotion and a lot more sexuality scenes , and you haveOutlander . Based on Diana Gabaldon ’s well - selling Christian Bible series , this Starz original centre on Claire Randall , a nurse living in post - WWII Britain who is send back in time to 1740s Scotland . Her travel do n’t terminate there . Over the course of the show , Claire schmoozes with the French royal court in Paris and gets shipwrecked off the seacoast of the American colonies . She also fall in sexual love with a Highlander named Jamie , even as she attempts to reunify with her husband Frank ( played by Tobias Menzies , The Crown ’s currentPrince Philip ) in the present day .
4.Call The Midwife
Drawing on the diary of a accoucheuse who worked in the East End of London in the 1950s , this BBC show trace untried cleaning lady in aesculapian training as they travel in and out of the homes of expectant Brits . By focusing on a working category neighborhood , Call the Midwifepaints a picture of the London outside Queen Elizabeth ’s palace wall , exploring in finical the stories of mothers in a post - baby boom , pre - prophylactic pill humanity .
5.Upstairs Downstairs
The firstUpstairs , Downstairsaired in the seventies — and when it ended , the tony Bellamy crime syndicate had just been waste by the inventory market crash of 1929 . The reboot ( take down the lack of comma in the statute title ) picks up in 1936 , with one of the original series ' housekeepers serving a new family . Just like the original , it point the very dissimilar lives of the “ upstairs ” patrician and their “ downstairs ” domestic staff , while nodding at current upshot that would ’ve affected them both . A peculiar treat for devotee ofThe Crown : Claire Foy , who played Queen Elizabeth inThe Crown ’s first two seasons , playing the ofttimes misconduct Lady Persephone Towyn .
Where to watch it : BritBox
6.Versailles
Ever wondered what it was like to party in theHall of Mirrors?Versaillestakes you inside the howling French palace of the same name , fictionalizing the life of Louis XIV ( the “ Sun King ” ) and his lawcourt in the mid-1600s . Versaillesisn’t quite ascritically adoredasThe Crownand its cohort — many reviewers have write it off as a slighter historical serial publication — but it ’s got all the requisite melodrama and the jaw - dropping sets we ’ve come to expect from these costume epic .
7.Poldark
When war breaks out between the Brits and American settler , Ross Poldark leave his hometown of Cornwall to oppose for King George III . After eight years of conflict , the lobsterback lose , sending Poldark back across the ocean , where he obtain that everything has change : His father is stagnant , his acres is in ruining , and the lovemaking of his life is engaged to his cousin . This is wherePoldark , the BBC adaptation of Winston Graham ’s eponymic novel , picks up . While Ross Poldark is a fabricated character , the show incorporate circle of real history , from the aftermath of the Revolutionary War to the subsequent revolution in France . Amazon Prime has all five seasons of the series , which ended its run in 2019 .
8.The Borgias
Rodrigo , Cesare , and Lucrezia Borgia were extremely influential nobles in 15th and 16th century Italy . In 1492 , Rodrigo claimed the pontificate and , with it , ascendence of the Roman Catholic Church . That basically meant he and his children ruled the land : as long as Rodrigo was Pope Alexander VI , the Borgias could get anything they want . Showtime dramatized their major power plays , betrayals , and rumored incest over three seasons ofThe Borgias , with Jeremy Irons in the lead role as Rodrigo .
9.Downton Abbey
If you missed out on theDownton Abbeycraze in 2010 , now is the sodding time to catch up . The total series — which concern the upper - crust Crawley family and their many retainer — is uncommitted on Amazon Prime , and the 2019 flick is usable on HBO Max ( or for rent on Prime Video ) . Though the storey is primarily set in the 1910s and 1920s , Maggie Smith’swithering insultsare timeless .
10.Coronation Street
If you want to see the royal stag , you have to check their favourite show — andCoronation Streethas long been bruit to be Queen Elizabeth’spreferred goop . ( Prince Charles is also a fan ; he seem on the show ’s live 2000 extra . ) Airing on ITV since 1960,Coronation Streetfollows several working - stratum families in the fictional town of Weatherfield .
Where to watch it : Hulu , Tubi
This account has been update for 2020 .
