TV series
The Story of the Costume Drama
2008 · 1 season
A gentle, nostalgic stroll through television history, full of clips and fond reminiscences that inform without ever demanding much effort.
- Created by
- Ali Lynch, Jason Beresford
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Keeley Hawes
- Overview
- ITV3 investigates how the costume drama genre has evolved over the decades - from The Forsyte Saga to Upstairs, Downstairs, Brideshead Revisited to Lost in Austen. Get closer to the drama with interviews with the stars and the people behind-the-camera, from the writers to the location managers.
- How it feels
- Measured and easy to follow.
- About
- Art, media, class, identity
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Ali Lynch, Jason Beresford
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Keeley Hawes
