10. The Bastard Executioner

The Bastard Executioner is a TV mini-series starring Lee Jones, Katey Sagal, and Flora Spencer-Longhurst. In the early 14th century, several oppressed Welsh commoners unite to take revenge on the ruthless nobility.
9. The Last Kingdom

The Last Kingdom is a TV series starring Alexander Dreymon, Eliza Butterworth, and Ian Hart. As Alfred the Great defends his kingdom from Norse invaders, Uhtred – born a Saxon but raised by Vikings – seeks to claim his ancestral…
8. Tut

Tut is a TV mini-series starring Ben Kingsley, Avan Jogia, and Sibylla Deen. A mini-series concentrating on the youngest Pharaoh to rule Ancient Egypt.
7. The Frankenstein Chronicles

The Frankenstein Chronicles is a TV series starring Sean Bean, Richie Campbell, and Tom Ward. Inspector John Marlott investigates a series of crimes in 19th Century London, which may have been committed by a scientist intent on…
6. Versailles

Versailles is a TV series starring George Blagden, Alexander Vlahos, and Tygh Runyan. In 1667, 28-year-old all-powerful king of France, Louis XIV, decides to build the greatest palace in the world – Versailles. But drained budget,…
5. Poldark

Poldark is a TV series starring Aidan Turner, Eleanor Tomlinson, and Jack Farthing. Ross Poldark returns home after American Revolutionary War and rebuilds his life with a new business venture, making new enemies and finding a new…
4. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is a TV mini-series starring Bertie Carvel, Eddie Marsan, and Marc Warren. In an alternate history, during the time of real life Napoleonic Wars, two men of destiny, the gifted recluse Mr. Norrell and…
3. Kampen om tungtvannet

Kampen om tungtvannet is a TV mini-series starring Andreas Döhler, Robert Hunger-Bühler, and Marc Ben Puch. The story behind Hitler’s plan of Germany getting the atomic bomb during WW2, and the heavy water sabotages in Rjukan,…
2. Wolf Hall

Wolf Hall is a TV mini-series starring Mark Rylance, Damian Lewis, and Claire Foy. After the downfall of Cardinal Wolsey, his secretary, Thomas Cromwell, finds himself amongst the treachery and intrigue of King Henry VIII’s court…
1. Show Me a Hero

Show Me a Hero is a TV mini-series starring Oscar Isaac, Carla Quevedo, and Peter Riegert. Yonkers Mayor Nick Wasicsko takes office in 1987 and has to deal with the serious subject of the building of public housing in the white,…