01 An aristocratic family and their servants navigate a rapidly changing early 20th-century England.
10 Best Period Romance TV Series
By Vlad Zakh · August 25, 2026
Bridgerton and Poldark show two budgets working the same formula, glossy Regency spectacle against a windswept Cornish coast, and Outlander splits the difference by adding time travel. Downton Abbey is an ensemble where the romances carry as much weight as the estate, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story is more restrained and emotionally devastating than the parent series, and Belgravia builds a quieter romance on secrets and class. Reign gives the young Mary, Queen of Scots a stylised treatment. The Tudors, Victoria and Sanditon round out the list.
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02 A Bridgerton spinoff that's more restrained and more emotionally devastating than the parent show.
03 A quieter Regency-era romance built on secrets and social class.
04 A stylised, romance-forward take on the young Mary, Queen of Scots.
05 Henry VIII's court turned into a genuinely soapy, romance-driven historical drama.
06 A young Queen Victoria navigates power, marriage and the constraints of the crown.
07 An unfinished Jane Austen novel expanded into a full romantic period drama.
08 A former soldier returning to Cornwall to rebuild his family's fortune and reputation.
09 Time-travel romance with real historical stakes and a decade-plus of momentum.
10 A glossy, gossip-fuelled Regency romance following London's marriage-market elite.
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