List RulesVote up the best shows set in the 1920s.
Oh, those Roaring Twenties, offering new heights of fashion and a sense of wild abandon. The best television shows set in the '20s encompass the whole emotional scope of the 1920s - from fancy flappers to the stock market flop of 1929.
Even with WWI past, there was still a lot of life to pick pack up in the 1920s and the best historical dramas touch on the turbulence of the era. Some of the best '20s TV shows are based on organized independent businessmen who were working around the laws of Prohibition, such as Boardwalk Empire; or filling the voids left when the world was changed post-WWI, as in Peaky Blinders or Resistance. Television shows set in the 1920s are also important parts of long, multi-generational dramas that follow a family - including shows such as The Thorn Birds, The Village, and Downton Abbey.
Which of these top TV shows set the 1920s are your favorites? Check out the list below and vote up your choices for the best shows set in the '20s, while voting down others the shows that aren't enjoyable.
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12529Peaky Blinders
Cillian Murphy, Helen McCroryPremiered: 2013
Peaky Blinders (BBC Two, 2013) is a British television action drama created by Steven Knight,... more2
8419Downton Abbey
Hugh Bonneville, Phyllis LoganPremiered: 2010
Downton Abbey (ITV, 2010) is a British historical drama television series created by Julian... more3
7715Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
Essie Davis, Nathan PagePremiered: 2012
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries is an Australian television drama series. It was first... more4
5316Boardwalk Empire
Steve Buscemi, Stephen GrahamPremiered: 2010
Boardwalk Empire (HBO, 2010) is an American period crime drama television series created by... more5
449Babylon Berlin
Volker Bruch, Liv Lisa FriesPremiered: 2018
Babylon Berlin (Netflix, 2018) is a German period drama television series based on the novels... more6
249Cable Girls
Maggie Civantos, Nadia de SantiagoPremiered: 2017
Cable Girls (Netflix, 2017) is a Spanish period drama web television series. In 1928, four... more7
219Houdini
Adrien Brody, Kristen ConnollyPremiered: 2014
Houdini is a two-part, four-hour History channel event miniseries written by Nicholas Meyer... more8
154The Grand
Michael Sheen, Stephen MoyerPremiered: 1997
The Grand is a British television drama series first broadcast on ITV in 1997–1998. It was... more9
209Brideshead Revisited
Jeremy Irons, Laurence OlivierPremiered: 1981
Brideshead Revisited is a 1981 British television serial produced by Granada Television for... more10
2213American Horror Story: Hotel
Kathy Bates, Sarah PaulsonPremiered: 2015
American Horror Story: Hotel is the fifth season of the FX horror anthology television series... more11
166Harley and the Davidsons
Michiel Huisman, Bug HallPremiered: 2016
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121Upstairs, Downstairs
Gordon Jackson, David LangtonPremiered: 1971
Upstairs, Downstairs is a British television drama series originally produced by London... more13
2214Mr Selfridge
Ron Cook, Jeremy PivenPremiered: 2013
Mr Selfridge is a British period television drama series about Harry Gordon Selfridge and his... more14
146The Thorn Birds
Richard Chamberlain, Rachel WardPremiered: 1983
The Thorn Birds is a 1977 best-selling novel by Colleen McCullough, an Australian author. In... more15
1610Margie
Dave Willock, Cynthia PepperPremiered: 1961
Margie is an American television situation comedy starring Cynthia Pepper that was broadcast... more16
138The Forsyte Saga
Damian Lewis, Ioan GruffuddPremiered: 2002
In 2002, the first two books and the first interlude of John Galsworthy's trilogy The Forsyte... more17
105Stories by Rabindranath Tagore
Radhika Apte, Zachary CoffinPremiered: 2015
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127The Village
Maxine Peake, Nico MirallegroPremiered: 2013
The Village is a BBC TV series written by Peter Moffat. The drama is set in a Derbyshire... more19
82Frankie Drake Mysteries
Lauren Lee Smith, Chantel RileyPremiered: 2017
Frankie Drake Mysteries (CBC, 2017) is a Canadian television drama. The show follows the... more20
106Roots: The Next Generations
Marlon Brando, James Earl JonesPremiered: 1979
Roots: The Next Generations is a television miniseries, introduced in 1979, continuing, from... more21
1310The Bund
Chow Yun-Fat, Ray LuiPremiered: 1980
The Bund is a Hong Kong period drama television series first broadcast on TVB in 1980. It is... more22
95Lady Chatterley
Sean Bean, Joely RichardsonPremiered: 1993
Lady Chatterley is a 1993 BBC television serial starring Sean Bean and Joely Richardson. It is... more23
51Paris
Alexei Sayle, Neil MorrisseyPremiered: 1994
Paris is a British sitcom produced by Talkback Productions for Channel 4. It was written... more24
74Rebecca
Jeremy Brett, Joanna DavidPremiered: 1979
Rebecca (BBC One, 1979) is a British television drama miniseries, based on Daphne du Maurier's... more25
22Plotlands
Jade Williams, Amanda AbbingtonPremiered: 1997