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Robin Hood (2025 TV series)
Robin Hood is a 2025 MGM+ action-adventure series starring Jack Patten as Robin and Lauren McQueen as Marian, retelling the outlaw's origin in Norman-ruled England.
Roots: The Next Generations
Roots: The Next Generations (Roots II) is a 1979 ABC seven-part miniseries continuing Alex Haley's family saga from 1882 to the 1960s, starring James Earl Jones as Haley and Marlon Brando as George Lincoln Rockwell, based on the last seven chapters of Haley's novel.
Sanditon (TV series)
Sanditon (2019–2023) is Andrew Davies's ITV/PBS Masterpiece drama adapting Jane Austen's unfinished 11-chapter final novel, starring Rose Williams, Theo James, Anne Reid, and Kris Marshall; cancelled after season 1, revived by fan petition, and concluded in 2023.
Self Made (miniseries)
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker is a four-part Netflix 2020 limited series starring Octavia Spencer as haircare pioneer Madam C.J. Walker, based on A'Lelia Bundles' biography On Her Own Ground, directed by Kasi Lemmons and DeMane Davis.
Sharpe (TV series)
Sharpe is a British television series of Napoleonic-era adventure films produced for ITV from 1993 to 2008, starring Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe, the hero of Bernard Cornwell's historical novels.
The Artful Dodger (2023 TV series)
The Artful Dodger is an Australian Disney+/Hulu series (2023) continuing Dickens's Oliver Twist: Jack Dawkins, now a surgeon in 1850s Port Victory, is pulled back into crime by Fagin while romancing Lady Belle Fox. Eight-episode seasons; third and final season announced 2026.
The Buccaneers (2023 TV series)
The Buccaneers is an Apple TV+ period drama (2023) created by Katherine Jakeways, adapted from Edith Wharton's unfinished final novel; American heiresses seek husbands in 1870s London; three seasons, renewed 2025.
The Forsytes
The Forsytes: Mammoth Screen/MASTERPIECE PBS and Channel 5 reimagining of Galsworthy's Forsyte novels by Debbie Horsfield; six 1887-set episodes; seasons two and three follow, distinct from the 1967 BBC and 2002 Forsyte Saga serials.
The Frankenstein Chronicles
The Frankenstein Chronicles: British two-season period detective drama (2015–2017, ITV Encore, Netflix) created by Benjamin Ross and Barry Langford, starring Sean Bean as Inspector John Marlott investigating re-animation experiments in 1827 London.
The Hardacres
The Hardacres is a British six-part Channel 5 period drama (2024) from Playground, based on C.L. Skelton's Hardacre Saga novels, following a working-class 1890s Yorkshire family from fish dock to country estate; series 2 aired in 2026, with BritBox holding North American rights.
The Hollow Crown (TV series)
The Hollow Crown is a BBC Two series of filmed Shakespeare history plays: 2012's Richard II, Henry IV Parts 1-2, and Henry V, and 2016's The Wars of the Roses (Henry VI, Richard III), produced by Neal Street for the Cultural Olympiad.
The Interpreter of Silence
The Interpreter of Silence (Deutsches Haus) is a 2023 German Disney+/Hulu five-part miniseries by Annette Hess, based on her 2018 novel, about interpreter Eva Bruhns at the 1963 Frankfurt Auschwitz trial.
The Last Tycoon (TV series)
The Last Tycoon (TV series) is a 2017 Amazon Prime Video drama adapting F. Scott Fitzgerald's unfinished novel, starring Matt Bomer as Monroe Stahr and Kelsey Grammer as Pat Brady; nine episodes, canceled after one season.
The Leopard (2025 TV series)
The Leopard (Il Gattopardo) is a 2025 six-episode Netflix Italian-language limited series adapting Lampedusa's 1958 novel, directed mainly by Tom Shankland, starring Kim Rossi Stuart, Benedetta Porcaroli, Deva Cassel, and Saul Nanni, set in 1860s Sicily during Italian unification.
The Narrow Road to the Deep North (miniseries)
The Narrow Road to the Deep North (2025) is a five-part Australian Prime Video/BBC miniseries by Justin Kurzel and Shaun Grant, adapting Richard Flanagan's Booker-winning novel about surgeon Dorrigo Evans (Jacob Elordi, Ciarán Hinds), a WWII POW on the Thai-Burma Railway.
The Other Bennet Sister
The Other Bennet Sister is a 2026 BBC One and BritBox period drama adapted from Janice Hadlow's 2020 novel, retelling Pride and Prejudice from overlooked middle sister Mary Bennet's perspective, starring Ella Bruccoleri, with a three-part Christmas special greenlit.
The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin
The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin is a 2026 American historical fantasy series for DailyWire+, adapted from Stephen R. Lawhead's novels Taliesin and Merlin, directed by Jeremy Boreing, set in post-Roman Britain.
The Plot Against America (miniseries)
The Plot Against America is HBO's 2020 six-episode limited series by David Simon and Ed Burns adapting Philip Roth's novel about a Lindbergh presidency, fascism, and a Newark Jewish family, the Levins.
The War of the Worlds (British TV series)
The War of the Worlds (British TV series): 2019 BBC One three-part miniseries adapting H.G. Wells's novel in its original Edwardian setting, written by Peter Harness, directed by Craig Viveiros, starring Rafe Spall and Eleanor Tomlinson; distinct from the 2019 Fox/Canal+ contemporary series.
The Winds of War (miniseries)
The Winds of War (miniseries): 1983 ABC 18-hour, $40 million adaptation of Herman Wouk's WWII novel, produced and directed by Dan Curtis, starring Robert Mitchum, Ali MacGraw, and Jan-Michael Vincent; averaged a 38.6 rating, second only to Roots, and won 3 Emmys.
Transatlantic (TV series)
Transatlantic is a 2023 Netflix seven-part limited series by Anna Winger and Daniel Hendler, set in 1940-41 Marseille and inspired by Julie Orringer's The Flight Portfolio and the true Varian Fry, Mary Jayne Gold, and Emergency Rescue Committee rescue story.
Treasure Island (2026 TV series)
Treasure Island (2026 TV series), also known as Die Schatzinsel, is a six-part MGM+/Paramount+ adventure drama adapting Stevenson's 1883 novel, created by Robert Murphy, starring David Oyelowo as Long John Silver and Hayley Atwell as Bess Hawkins, premiering October 11, 2026.
Trespasses (TV series)
Trespasses is a four-part Channel 4 drama adapted by Ailbhe Keogan from Louise Kennedy's novel, starring Lola Petticrew, Tom Cullen, and Gillian Anderson; a forbidden 1975 Troubles-era romance aired in the UK on 9 November 2025 and on PBS from 20 September 2026.
War & Peace (2016 TV series)
War & Peace (2016 TV series): six-part BBC One British-American adaptation of Tolstoy's novel, written by Andrew Davies, directed by Tom Harper, starring Paul Dano, Lily James and James Norton, averaging 7.2 million UK viewers.
Washington Black (TV series)
Washington Black is an eight-episode Hulu limited series premiered July 23, 2025, adapted from Esi Edugyan's Booker-shortlisted 2018 novel. Created by Selwyn Seyfu Hinds, it stars Ernest Kingsley Jr., Tom Ellis, and Sterling K. Brown, following an enslaved Barbados boy's globe-spanning 1830s adventure.
We Were the Lucky Ones
We Were the Lucky Ones: Georgia Hunter's 2017 debut novel (and 2024 Hulu limited series) about the Kurc family of Radom, Poland, whose two parents, five siblings, and spouses all survived the Holocaust after being scattered from Siberia to Brazil.
West Side Story
West Side Story: 1957 Broadway musical adapting Romeo and Juliet to Manhattan gang rivalry between the Jets and Puerto Rican Sharks; music by Bernstein, lyrics by Sondheim, book by Laurents, choreographed by Robbins; landmark 1961 Oscar-winning film and 2021 Spielberg remake.
Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light
Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light is the BBC's six-part 2024 drama adapting the final novel of Hilary Mantel's Cromwell trilogy, with Mark Rylance and Damian Lewis, written by Peter Straughan and directed by Peter Kosminsky.