50 Of The Best Romantic Period Drama TV Series Of All Time To Watch

Romance. Period Drama. A binge-able TV show. The perfect combination.

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If you’ve yet to embrace the joy of binging period romance dramas, you’re in for a treat. We’ve rounded up 50 of the best historical romance TV series of all time.

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From popular romantic period TV shows like Downton Abbey to underrated series you should put on your watchlist, these choices include heart-thumping romances for you to swoon over.

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A PLACE TO CALL HOME (2013-2018)

A mysterious woman begins a new life in a small Australian town, becoming entangled with a wealthy and influential family. 01. Credit: Acorn TV/ Seven Productions Learn more

CALL THE MIDWIFE (2012)

02. Call the Midwife follows the lives of midwives and an order of nursing nuns from the 1950s to the 1960s. Photo: BBC/PBS/Neal Street Productions Learn more

DOWNTON ABBEY (2010-2015)

03. A lavish period drama series – follows the lives of the Crawley family and their servants at an English estate from the Edwardian Era to the 1920s. Photo: ITV/Carnival Films/WGBH Learn more

DR. QUINN, MEDICINE WOMAN (1993-1998)

04. Dr. Michaela Quinn leaves her upper-class life in Boston to become a town doctor in Colorado. There she creates a new family and finds love. Photo: CBS Productions Learn more

DRACULA (2013-2014)

05. The mysterious Dracula (played by Jonathan Rhys Meyers) arrives in London intent on revenge, only to fall in love with a woman who resembles his deceased wife. Photo: NBC Universal Television Learn more

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