Victorian Era

Archive reviews of period dramas set in the Victorian era (1820 – 1901). We’ve complied them on this page for easy access and browsing. Enjoy. See our period drama archives ‘landing page’ for other eras.

American Friends (1991)
An Ideal Husband (1999)
The Aeronauts (Amazon Prime)
Bleak House (2005 miniseries)
The Buccaneers (BBC Miniseries)
The Buccaneers, Series One (2024, Apple TV)

Cinderella (2015)
The Conspirator
Cowboys and Aliens (2011)
Cranford
Cranford: Return to Cranford
David Copperfield (2000) •
Dickensian (2016)
Doctor Thorne (2016)
The English Game (Netflix Limited Series)
Enola Holmes
Enola Holmes 2
Far From the Madding Crowd (2015)
The Forsyte Saga (2002), Series One
The Gilded Age, Series One
Going Postal (2010 ITV Miniseries)
The Greatest Showman (2017)
Great Expectations (2011 ITV television miniseries)
Great Expectations (2012)
Houdini and Doyle, Season One | Episodes 1-4 (2016)
The Illusionist

Jane Eyre (2011)
Jane Eyre (2006)
Jericho (ITV)
Lark Rise to Candleford, Series One
Lark Rise to Candleford, Series Two
The Legend of Tarzan
The Legend of Zorro
Little Women (2017, BBC Miniseries)
The Making of a Lady (2013)
Martin Chuzzlewit (1994)
The Mask of Zorro
Mercy Street, Season One “Pilot” (2016)
Miss Scarlet and the Duke, Series One
Miss Scarlet and the Duke, Series Two
Miss Scarlet and the Duke, Series Three
Miss Scarlet and the Duke, Series Four
Murdoch Mysteries, Season One •
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2011)
North & South (2004) BBC Miniseries
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)
OZ: The Great and Powerful
The Paradise: Series One, Episode One
The Paradise, Series One
The Paradise, Series Two
The Prestige
The Ruby in the Smoke

Sally Lockhart: The Ruby in the Smoke
Sally Lockhart: The Shadow in the North
The Secret of Moonacre •
The Shadow in the North
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Sherlock Holmes, A Game of Shadows (2011)
Stardust
Stonehearst Asylum
Under the Greenwood Tree

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