TOdo you want to see one historical TV series? Here you are 15 titles which could satisfy your thirst for knowledge and to delve deeper into facts that happened in the past.
Dominate
on Sky and NOW
A historical tale about the life of Livia Drusilla, wife of the Roman Emperor Augustus. In ancient Rome between civil wars and in the shadow of the Republic.
The name of the Rose
on RaiPlay
Umberto Eco’s novel divided into 8 episodes which tell the story of the medieval fresco of the Franciscan friar William of Baskerville and his young novice.
The Doctors
on RaiPlay, Prime Video
Renaissance Florence, the palace intrigues and conspiracies of the Medici family. A historical drama, a grandiloquent fresco with a large budget.
The Tudors
on Prime, Timvision
The reign of Henry VIII in 16th century England and the problems of progeny of a passionate and cruel king. A drama series.
The Empress
on Netflix
A historical series like its protagonist, the Empress Sissi. The story of his life set in the mid-nineteenth century is decidedly less fictionalized.
Brigands
on Netflix
The series describes in a fictionalized form Southern Italy in the mid-nineteenth century and the phenomenon of brigandage. The wild landscapes and costumes are splendid.
The Lions of Sicily
on Disney+
An Italian production with an international scope, based on the novel by Stefania Auci, tells the true exploits of the Florio dynasty.
The Gilded Age
on Sky and NOW
Class struggle in New York between the wealthy descendants of the Mayflower pilgrims and the nouveau riche of the late nineteenth century. At the turn of two centuries.
The Alienist
on Netflix
In the footsteps of a serial killer in late nineteenth-century New York. A long series of ferocious crimes, whose victims are teenage males who prostitute themselves.
Downton Abbey
on Sky and NOW, Prime Video
The queen of historical dramas, Downton Abbey is a perfect reconstruction of the habits and customs of the Anglo-Saxon early twentieth century.
The law of Lidia Poët
on Netflix
The true story of Lidia Poët from Turin, Italy’s first lawyer. Net of poetic license, she is one of the most feminist and modern characters.
Mindhunter
on Netflix
It is not only a perfect drama produced by David Fincher inserted into a historical fact but it is among the series most missed by fans.
The Deuce – the way to porn
on Sky and NOW
Once again New York, its multifaceted history and the spectacular drama of the birth of pornographic cinema as we know it today.
The Americans
on Disney+, Prime Video
The Cold War, the former Soviet Union, Reagan’s America are the backdrop to this drama series starring two KGB agents.
1992,1993,1994
on Sky and NOW
Born from an idea by Stefano Accorsi, it is a series that explores a little-explored phase of Italian history, that of Tangentopoli.
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