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The Duchess of Duke Street (1976)

Summary: Louisa Trotter works her way up from being a skivvy to being the queen of cooks, cook to the King, and owner of the Bentinck Hotel. Her life and happenings among the guests and staff of the hotel make up the 31 episodes.
Release Date: September 04, 1976
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 0 h 50 min
MPAA: TV-PG
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Time-Life Television Productions
Countries: United States, United Kingdom
Language: English
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Bramwell (1995)

Summary: This lavish period drama tells the story of Eleanor Bramwell (Jemma Redgrave), a pioneering female doctor in the late nineteenth century, and the struggles she has with her friends, her colleagues and society.
Release Date: May 22, 1995
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 0 h 54 min
MPAA: TV-MA
Production: Whitby Davison Productions Ltd.
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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The New Adventures of Robin Hood (1997)

Summary: The legendary outlaw and his Merry Men battle evil around Nottingham and Sherwood Forest.
Release Date: January 13, 1997
Genres: Action, Adventure
Runtime: 0 h 54 min
Production: Baltic Ventures International, Dune, M6
Countries: France, United States
Language: English
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Our Friends in the North (1996)

Summary: Drama examining the politics and change across Britain from the Sixties to the Nineties seen through the varying fortunes of four friends.
Release Date: September 30, 1999
Genres: Drama, History
Runtime: 10 h 23 min
MPAA: TV-MA
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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The Grand (1997)

Summary: At the end of World War I, the Bannerman family re-opens the Grand Hotel after a lengthy closure and a costly re-furbishing. The hotel has been in the family for a long time and John Bannerman and his wife Sarah desperately want t...
Release Date: April 04, 1997
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 1 h 00 min
Production: Granada Television
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Enemy at the Door (1978)

Summary: During the Second World War, the inhabitants of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands, try to cope with the German occupation.
Release Date: January 21, 1978
Genres: Drama, War
Runtime: 10 h 50 min
MPAA: TV-14
Production: London Weekend Television (LWT)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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David Copperfield (1999)

Summary: A gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.
Release Date: December 25, 1999
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 3 h 05 min
MPAA: Unrated
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), WGBH
Countries: United Kingdom, United States
Language: English
TV Series budget: $ 4,000,000
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Wives and Daughters (1999)

Summary: The daughter of a country doctor copes with an unwanted stepmother, an impetuous stepsister, burdensome secrets, the town gossips, and the tug on her own heartstrings for a man who thinks of her only as a friend.
Release Date: December 15, 2002
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 5 h 01 min
MPAA: TV-PG
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Dune Films, WGBH
Countries: United Kingdom, United States
Language: English
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Daniel Deronda (2002)

Summary: Set in Victorian London, Gwendolen Harleth is drawn to Daniel Deronda, a selfless and intelligent gentleman of unknown parentage, but her own desperate need for financial security may destroy her chance at happiness.
Release Date: November 23, 2002
Genres: Drama, Romance
Runtime: 3 h 30 min
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), WGBH
Countries: United Kingdom, United States
Language: English
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Jericho (2005)

Summary: Detective Chief Inspector Michael Jericho of Scotland Yard is a respected, uncompromising and forward thinking detective investigating high-profile murders in 1950s London.
Release Date: October 16, 2005
Genres: Crime, Drama
Runtime: 2 h 00 min
MPAA: Not Rated
Production: Granada Television, WGBH
Countries: United States, United Kingdom
Language: English
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Bleak House (2005)

Summary: A suspenseful tale about the injustices of the 19th Century English legal system.
Release Date: January 22, 2006
Genres: Crime, Drama
Runtime: 0 h 30 min
MPAA: TV-PG
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), WGBH, Deep Indigo Productions
Countries: United Kingdom, United States
Language: English
TV Series budget: $ 6,000,000
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Robin Hood (2006)

Summary: After 5 years of fighting in the crusades, Robin returns to England and leads a band of outlaws to outwit the Sheriff of Nottingham.
Release Date: March 03, 2007
Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Runtime: 1 h 00 min
MPAA: TV-PG
Production: Tiger Aspect Productions, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), BBC America
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
TV Series budget: $ 8,000,000
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Birdsong (2012)

Summary: As an English soldier fights in the horrific trenches of northern France, he is haunted by the memories of his forbidden love affair with a French woman.
Release Date: April 22, 2012
Genres: Drama, Romance, War
Runtime: 2 h 45 min
MPAA: Not Rated
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Small Island (2009)

Summary: A gentle Jamaican woman reunited with her husband in post-World War II London encounters both racism and homesickness as she adjusts to her new life.
Release Date: April 18, 2010
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 3 h 00 min
MPAA: TV-MA
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Ruby Films
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Rock & Chips (2010)

Summary: Tells the story of Del Boy's youth, growing up in Peckham in the 1960's.
Release Date: January 24, 2010
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Runtime: 1 h 29 min
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Shazam Productions
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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The Runaway (2010)

Summary: Cathy Connor and Eamonn Docherty are brought up together in the East End. As the daughter of a prostitute, Madge, Cathy's life is difficult, especially when everyone assumes that she will be following in her mother's footsteps. Bu...
Release Date: March 31, 2011
Genre: Crime
Production: Company Pictures
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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The Hour (2011)

Summary: A behind-the-scenes drama and espionage thriller in Cold War-era England that centers on a journalist, a producer, and an anchorman for an investigative news programme.
Release Date: August 17, 2011
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 1 h 00 min
MPAA: TV-14
Production: Kudos Film and Television, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), BBC America
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Upstairs Downstairs (2010)

Summary: A new family and their servants live at the London townhouse at 165 Eaton Place in 1936.
Release Date: February 07, 2011
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 1 h 00 min
MPAA: TV-PG
Production: BBC Cymru Wales, Masterpiece
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Flor Salvaje (2011)

Summary: A young girl loses her mother and brother all in one day. Only to then be abandoned with her three younger sisters by her father. In order to take care of her sisters, she become a prostitute in a club. She makes lifelong friends,...
Release Date: August 02, 2011
Genre: Drama
Production: RTI Televisión, Telemundo Studios
Countries: United States, Colombia
Language: Spanish
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White Heat (2012)

Summary: A story about a group of seven London-based students from 1965 to the present day.
Release Date: March 08, 2012
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 1 h 00 min
MPAA: Not Rated
Production: ITV Studios
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English