1. Island at War
Island at War is a British television series that tells the story of the German Occupation of the Channel Islands. It primarily focuses on three local families: the upper class Dorrs, the middle class Mahys and the working class Jonases, and four German officers. The fictional island of St. Gregory serves as a stand-in for the real-life islands Jersey and Guernsey, and the story is compiled from the events on both islands.</p><p></p><p>Produced by Granada Television in Manchester, Island at War had an estimated budget of £9,000,000 and was filmed on location in the Isle of Man from August 2003 to October 2003. When the series was shown in the UK, it appeared in six 70-minute episodes.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
2. L'amaro caso della Baronessa di Carini (L'amaro caso della Baronessa di Carini)
Sicily 1812: the first liberal constitution shall put an end to the privileges of the feudal lords. Luca Corbara, sent by the Minister of Finance to control the landed properties, begins to suspect that the current Carini feud is made up of lands usurped more than two centuries before by the lover of the killed Baroness.
It has an average vote of 8.2 on TMDB.
3. La Chambre des dames (La Chambre des dames)
French miniseries based on the novels by Jeanne Bourin.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
4. Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai (ये उन दिनों की बात है)
The story chronicles the adolescent romance between Naina and Sameer. The show explores the magic of first love. Naina a quintessential good girl meets flamboyant Sameer in her school in Ahmedabad. She starts liking him the moment she meets him. But when she watches Sameer hit another boy, she has to tell the truth to the principal of the school. This results in Sameers suspension and his dislike towards Naina. The same is followed by a series of misunderstanding between Sameer and Naina. In order to avenge his insults Sameer takes a bet with his friends that he will make Naina fall in love with him. What starts as a bet ends up in true love for Sameer as Naina cares for him like no one has ever done. When Naina gets to know about the bet, she is heartbroken. Thus, begins Sameers journey of transformation and penance. This show will be a closer exploration of everyday moments that these two shares.
5. The Hardacres
The sweeping rags to riches story of the Hardacres, a working-class family in 1890s Yorkshire who strike it rich and move from a grimy fish dock to a vast estate.
6. Clayhanger
A coming-of-age story set in the 19th century England about Edwin Clayhanger, a young man who wants to be an architect, but it is expected of him to continue the family's printing business which he accepts for the time being.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
7. Room at the Top
Joe leaves working-class, industrial Dufton behind him and takes a job as senior audit clerk at the town hall in affluent Warley. He takes lodgings at the poshest part of the town and starts to make his mark on local society.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
8. Salón de té La Moderna (Salón de té La Moderna)
(Salón de té La Moderna)
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
9. 1915
1915 is a 1982 Australian mini series about two friends who wind up serving in World War One.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
10. Boardwalk Empire
Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition is a place where the rules don't apply. And the man who runs things -- legally and otherwise -- is the town's treasurer, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, who is equal parts politician and gangster.
It has an average vote of 7.977 on TMDB.
11. The Royal
Follows the staff and patients of a Yorkshire cottage hospital in the 60s, embroiled in tangled love lives and bitter power struggles.
It has an average vote of 7.9 on TMDB.
12. The Darling Buds of May
An idyllic picture of 1950's rural England as seen through the lives of the Larkins, a farm family living in Kent. The show revolves around Pa Larkin, a man of a kind and mischievous nature with a penchant for getting into scrapes and talking his way out of them with equal equanimity; and his daughters, as they deal with growing up and discovering the joys and sorrows of young love.
It has an average vote of 7.895 on TMDB.
13. Someone Has to Die (Alguien tiene que morir)
In 1950s Spain, a couple summon their son home from Mexico to introduce him to his fiancée, but are shocked when he returns with a ballerino.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
14. Gibbsville
Gibbsville is an American drama television series starring John Savage and Gig Young that aired on NBC from November 11 to December 30, 1976. The series centered on the activities of two reporters for a newspaper in a small Pennsylvania town in the 1940s.
15. Monsieur Spade
Detective Sam Spade is pulled out of his tranquil retirement in France to investigate a series of brutal murders.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
16. Shabby Tiger
Nick Faunt, a Manchester millionaire's son, leaves home at the height of the Depression to become an artist. When he meets Irish serving girl, a strange love story begins.
17. Glittering Days (東方之珠)
Back in the days when there was no television, people would visit lounges to watch singers perform. Gam Yin is a semi-retired singer who now manages talent and tries to set them up with more places to perform. Unfortunately, fate has brought her in conflict with Ling Fung, a well-known but arrogant singer in Shanghai. Ling Fung hails from a small village and has worked his way up to stardom. His childhood friend Chu Yuk-Lan has had a crush on him since they were young. These characters' lives intertwine when Ling Fung experiences a reverse of fortune and Yuk-Lan quickly achieves fame.
18. Conde Vrolok (Conde Vrolok)
The quiet town of Santa Barbara will meet a new inhabitant, the Count Domingo Vrolok. His arrival will bring a string of strange situations, posing a terrifying menace to the entire community.
It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.
19. Agatha Christie's Poirot
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
It has an average vote of 8.153 on TMDB.
20. Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the Scotland Yard are unable to solve, along with his friend Dr. Watson.
It has an average vote of 8.015 on TMDB.
