12 of the best period dramas of all time
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1Downton AbbeyOne of the most popular period dramas of all time, Downton Abbey has been a huge success in both the UK and in the US. The series, which first launched in 2010, follows the aristocratic lives of the Crawley family between 1912 and 1926. To date, it's the most watched television show on both ITV and PBS, and subsequently became the most successful British costume drama series since the 1981 television serial of Brideshead Revisited.
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