18 Underrated BBC Period Dramas You've Never Heard Of
You know the popular titles—Pride and Prejudice, Downton Abbey, maybe Bleak House. But buried deeper in the BBC vault are dramas most viewers have never even heard of. There are Dickens adaptations better than anything on Masterpiece, Austen stories with more bite than the Hollywood versions, and forgotten novels that got five-hour epics written by Andrew Davies and shot like prestige films. These are the BBC's hidden period gems you were never meant to find. You might also like: 2000s Period Dramas You Forgot Existed • 2000s Period Dramas You Forgot Existed Hidden Edwardian gems you SHOULD watch • Hidden Edwardian gems you SHOULD watch Don't forget to like, subscribe, and hit that bell icon for more TV & movie magic. 0:00 - Intro 0:28 - He Knew He Was Right (2004) 2:16 - The Way We Live Now (2001) 3:50 - Little Dorrit (2008) 5:14 - Our Mutual Friend (1998) 6:57 - Madame Bovary (2000) 8:32 - Martin Chuzzlewit (1994) 10:05 - Middlemarch (1994) 11:28 - Bleak House (2005) 12:38 - Cranford (2007) 13:37 - Emma (1972) 15:32 - Lark Rise to Candleford (2008) 16:47 - Tess of the d'Urbervilles (2008) 18:30 - The Barchester Chronicles (1982) 20:07 - The Mayor of Casterbridge (1978) 21:32 - The Pickwick Papers (1985) 22:30 - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996) 23:34 - Vanity Fair (1998) 25:00 - Wives and Daughters (1999) #perioddramas #costumedramas #historydramas #BBC #BBCperioddramas #BBCshows #ThomasHardy
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