History

Series and docu-series revisit the great periods (all periods) of our history. This page includes dystopic series !

Alexander / Netflix / A beautiful docu-series focused on the period of the first part of the conquests (Persia and Egypt).
Rome / Amazon / Two soldiers in Cesar’s elite legion, two lifes torn between family and politics
Those about to die / Amazon / Rome, 79 AD. The people are hungry, the emperor give them gladiators and horse races

Marco Polo / Netflix / from 1270 to 1272, the first years of the famous explorer at the court of the great Kubilai Khan, in China
Shardlake / Disney+ / Lord Cromwell sends a disabled man to lead a double investigation in a rich catholic monastery
Shogun / Disney+ / Japan, XVIIth century. In a country divided by feuds between clans, foreign nations try to gain influence
Vikings / Amazon & Netflix / A powerful action series with numerous and complex characters. Beautiful and strong !
+ spin-off Vikings Valhala : 100 years later, in England, Denmark, Swede, Norway, Russia and Babylone : also very good
The last kingdom / Netflix / At the end of IXth century, Saxons resist to Danes (vikings) invasions. England will be born from this fight.
My lady Jane / Amazon / In a uchronic England, Jane Grey becomes Queen of a nation divided between “normal” humans and metamorphic ones

Renegade Nell / Disney+ / Uchrony, fantastic / England, 18th century. Helped by a pixie, a young woman fights for justice.
Poldark / Cornwall, 1783. A captain comes back after the war of independance. He is noble, without money. But he will find love and new fights.
Bridgerton / Netflix / Not exactly uchronic, but a reinvented Regency : romances and rumors at the court.
The Empress / Neflix / From 1854, the fate of the famous “Sisi”, empress Elizabeth of Austria. A romantic series, faithful to historical reality
The law according to Lidia Poët / Netflix / Italy, 1883. Based on the true story of the first female advocate, investigating crime in the serie.
The English game / Netflix / At the end of 19th century, workers’ teams begin to play football against aristocrats. How can the game be fair?

Woman at war / Netflix / France, 1914, on the border with Germany. Four women struggle to heal the wounded and protect their families
Peaky Blinders / Netflix / Birmingham, 1920. A ruthless gypsy family takes control of all the city’s trafficking. Beautiful and pwoerful !
Downton Abbey / Netflix / Great Britain, 1920. Dramas and joys in a noble family and its household. A classic (very classic)
Miss Fisher’s murder mysteries / Amazon / Sydney, the late 1920’s. A bold and glamorous young woman decides to become a private detective.
WWII : All the light we cannot see / Netflix / Saint-Malo, August 1944. A German soldier defies his orders to save a French young woman
WWII, sort of – uchrony / Amazon / The man in the high castle : in an alternative reality, the nazis and the Japanese have won the war.
Tapie / France, between 1960 and 1995. The rise and fall of the very charismatic businessman Bernard Tapie