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Period Drama

Sense and Sensibility (1971)

Two sisters experience the delicate dance of love, honour and heartbreak. A Jane Austen classic starring Joanna David and Ciaran Madden.

Series 1: 1. Farewell to Norland (45 mins)

Marie Antoinette

An innocent queen, whose fate will set a country alight. From the writer of The Favourite

Slave. Rebel. Legend. Stanley Kubrick's star-studded, multi-Oscar-winning masterpiece

On Chesil Beach

A different time. A different love. A tempestuous tale of marriage, stars Saoirse Ronan

No grander Caesar, no greater cast. Hollywood's acclaimed adaption of Shakespeare’s play

Kate Winslet stars. Dreams, desire and danger in a stark retelling of Thomas Hardy's tale

The Gallows Pole

A true story of resistance. Shane Meadows' gripping tale of a revolutionary crime

The much-acclaimed adaptation of a classic novel, in an England about to change forever

A Cock and Bull Story

Because everyone loves an accurate period piece. Chaotic comedy starring Steve Coogan

A Western epic of revenge, love and power, starring Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer

David Tennant and Patrick Stewart star in the RSC's sumptuous, award-winning production

Life is hard. Chris and her son confront wealth and poverty of a nation built before them

With Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson in a timeless but deeply resonant adaptation