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Dickensian

  • Category: Period Drama

Drama set within the fictional realms of Charles Dickens's critically acclaimed novels, bringing together some of his most iconic characters as their lives intertwine in 19th-century London

Dickensian is not currently available on demand.

  • Call the Midwife

    Description: Drama set in London's East End during the 1950s, based on the memoirs of Jennifer Worth.; Category: Medical Drama; 23 episodes available.

  • Harlots

    Description: Period drama about a woman struggling to reconcile her roles as mother and brothel owner.; Category: Period Drama; 24 episodes available.

  • Gunpowder

    Description: Historical drama, starring Kit Harington.; Category: Period Drama; 3 episodes available.

  • The Alienist

    Description: Period drama about a reporter, a psychologist and a young woman investigating a killer.; Category: Crime Drama; 18 episodes available.

  • Home Fires

    Description: Drama about a group of Women's Institute members during the Second World War.; Category: Period Drama; 12 episodes available.

  • War and Peace

    Description: Leo Tolstoy's epic story of life, love and loss in nineteenth-century Russia.; Category: Period Drama; 6 episodes available.

  • Agatha and the Truth of Murder

    Description: A woman makes an appeal to Agatha Christie for help in solving the murder of a nurse.; Category: Crime Drama; 1 episode available.

  • Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

    Description: Period drama. Young Agatha Christie travels to Baghdad and gets caught in a web of murder.; Category: Crime Drama; 1 episode available.

  • Lady Chatterley's Lover

    Description: A beautiful young aristocrat embarks on a forbidden affair with a servant.; Category: Period Drama; 1 episode available.

  • The Great Train Robbery

    Description: Drama series based on the most infamous heist in British history.; Category: Period Drama; 4 episodes available.

  • Monsieur Spade

    Description: Clive Owen plays Detective Sam Spade, whose quiet life in France is disrupted by murder.; Category: Crime Drama; 6 episodes available.

  • The Count of Monte Cristo

    Description: Adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic novel, starring Sam Claflin.; Category: Period Drama; 8 episodes available.