What is the best historical costume drama TV series of all time?

By YPB Team

A vote on the best historical costume drama TV series ever made, spanning Tudor England, Regency ballrooms, Downton's servants' hall, and the courts of Versailles and Russia.

Downton Abbey — ranked #11
Downton Abbey
British aristocratic family and servant drama spanning the early 20th century.
The Crown — ranked #22
The Crown
Chronicle of the British royal family from the mid-20th century onward.
Outlander — ranked #33
Outlander
Time-travel romance between a 1940s nurse and an 18th-century Scottish warrior.
Wolf Hall — ranked #44
Wolf Hall
BBC adaptation of Hilary Mantel's novels about Thomas Cromwell in the Tudor court.
Bridgerton — ranked #55
Bridgerton
Regency-era romance among London's high-society families.
The Tudors — ranked #66
The Tudors
Showtime drama dramatizing the reign of King Henry VIII.
Poldark — ranked #77
Poldark
BBC drama following a Cornish landowner after the American Revolutionary War.
Reign — ranked #88
Reign
CW drama dramatizing the early life of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Victoria — ranked #99
Victoria
ITV/PBS drama chronicling the reign of Queen Victoria.
Versailles — ranked #1010
Versailles
French-produced drama about the court of Louis XIV.
Gentleman Jack — ranked #1111
Gentleman Jack
BBC/HBO drama based on the diaries of 19th-century landowner Anne Lister.
Sanditon — ranked #1212
Sanditon
ITV/PBS drama adapting Jane Austen's unfinished final novel.
Belgravia — ranked #1313
Belgravia
ITV drama from Julian Fellowes set among 19th-century London society.
The Great — ranked #1414
The Great
Hulu satirical dramedy loosely based on the rise of Catherine the Great.
Harlots — ranked #1515
Harlots
Drama set among rival brothels in 18th-century London.
Catherine the Great — ranked #1616
Catherine the Great
HBO/Sky miniseries starring Helen Mirren as the Russian empress.

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