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This TV series focuses on the Shelby family, whose many brothers and sisters, cousins and uncles, make up the fiercest gang of all, the "Peaky Blinders". Named for their practice of sewing razor blades into the peaks of their caps, the Peaky Blinders make their money from off-track betting, protection and robbery.

Downton Abbey is an ITV drama set in 1912 about the Crawley household. It is written by Julian Fellowes and stars Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville, and Elizabeth McGovern.

Follows Maxine Simmons in her efforts to secure her seat at America's most exclusive table: Palm Beach high society.

Britain is in the grip of a chilling recession... falling wages, rising prices, civil unrest - only the bankers are smiling. It's 1783 and Ross Poldark (Aidan Turner) returns from the American War of Independence to his beloved Cornwall to find his world in ruins: his father dead, the family mine long since closed, his house wrecked and his sweetheart pledged to marry his cousin. But Ross finds that hope and love can be found when you are least expecting it in the wild but beautiful Cornish landscape.

A 19th century period drama, which explores the world of writer Emily Dickinson as she begins her career.

A young and optimistic period piece covering several narratives from 1940s Hollywood.

The drama will explore the thrilling story of one of the greatest gambles of Benjamin Franklin's career. At age 70, without any diplomatic training, Franklin convinced France - an absolute monarchy - to underwrite America's experiment in democracy. By virtue of his fame, charisma and ingenuity, Franklin outmaneuvered British spies, French informers and hostile colleagues, all while engineering the Franco-American alliance of 1778 and the final peace treaty with England of l783. The eight-year French mission stands as Franklin's most vital service to his country, without which America would not have won the Revolution.

Based on Georgia Hunter's bestseller about a Jewish family separated at the start of WWII yet determined to reunite.

Set in 1880s Ireland in the Victorian era heyday of 'postmortem photography' the six-episode period drama follows a renowned memorial photographer as he investigates the murders of his recently deceased subjects.

A present-day car accident mysteriously sends a detective back to the 1970s. An American remake of the BBC series.

The series explores the all-powerful reign, and fall from grace, of the inimitable Noele Gordon, TV legend and Queen of the Midlands, the darling of the establishment until it turned on her and betrayed her.

This steamy British series offers a look into the lives of history's deadliest, sexiest and most iconic monarchs.

The story takes place at the end of the 1940s in Galicia, where a sassy upper-class girl with a taste for mystery, Marina Quiroga, together with her butler Hector, sets out to hunt down the serial killer who has been stalking the city for months.

A mini-series that tracks the ascent of master magician Harry Houdini from desperate poverty to worldwide fame.

On the air since 1971, in its early days the show consisted entirely of British drama productions, more than half of them from the BBC. Since the year 2000, some classic productions from the American Collection have also been included, but the bulk of the show still comes from the UK.

Jeeves and Wooster is the story of Bertie Wooster, a member of the idle rich in pre-World War II England, and Jeeves, his valet.

Stockport,1990. Wannabe business guru Martin Parker has a perfect life and a flash car. But wife Diane and mistress Kath could put a spanner in the works.

Styles may change but murder lasts forever. In A Crime to Remember, the series looks back into the past and reveals the intricacies of real-life murders of the 50's and 60's. Each story is told by someone who knew the victim and reporters comment on how the murder and investigation impacted society at the time. With each episode learn what the "bad old days" were like and re-live the past.

Dramatisation of the Enid Blyton Novels. The series is based on the girls' boarding school Benenden School that Blyton's daughter attended, and that relocated during the war to the Cornish seaside.

Lee Yool is the Crown Prince, but he suddenly disappears. He comes back to the palace one hundred days later. What happened to the Crown Prince for the past one hundred days? Meanwhile, Hong Shim is smart and runs the first private detective agency in Joseon.

Westside takes the West family's large and loyal fan-base on a journey back to where it all began. You don't need to have seen Outrageous Fortune to appreciate Westside - but if you liked its predecessor, you'll love this... Head back to the days of disco where the infamous Ted and Rita West are starting out on their life of serious crime. With Ted recently released from jail, it's business as usual for the Wests; cracking safes, planning heists and raising their wayward son, Wolf. The rich folklore of the West family is combined with real events from arguably the greatest era of economic and social change, exploring the fates and fortunes of a nation alongside Ted and Rita's epic battles and ever tempestuous marriage. This is where the Wests began to build their outrageous fortune.

It's 1853, and two ratbag sisters from Sydney travel to the Australian Gold Rush in search of their own treasure: newly rich idiots.

Young DCI Ricciardi investigates crimes in Naples in the 1930s. He never laughs and his heart beats for two women: a simply young girl and a beautiful and rich widow.

Comedy drama series following the Kennedy family, living on a Stevenage housing estate in the 1970s.

Unfortunately this is no longer updated on thetvdb.com or on tvmaze.com (where we get schedules from). Masterpiece is aired as three different series. Initially, "Masterpiece Classic" aired in the winter and early spring, Masterpiece Mystery! in the late spring and summer, and Masterpiece Contemporary in the fall. In later seasons, particularly after an increase in funding for WGBH and Masterpiece, the scheduling became more random. Currently, all three programs air at any time throughout the year, and on nearly half the Sundays, two episodes from two different miniseries will air on the same night.