A quick round up of some period drama classics:
Sense And Sensibility (2008) was ok, about women's dramas while waiting for marriage in the 19th Century UK. 7/10
Emma (1996) was pretty boring, about women's dramas while waiting for marriage in the 19th Century UK. 5/10
Pride and Prejudice (1995) Was pretty good, notable for a young Colin Firth as Darcy, about women's dramas while waiting for marriage in the 19th Century UK. 8/10
Far from the Madding Crowd (1998) was desperately frustrating, about women's dramas while waiting for marriage in the 19th Century UK. 5/10
Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1998) was desperately frustrating and crap, about women's dramas while waiting for marriage in the 19th Century UK. 3/10
Wuthering Heights (1978) was hard going, about many a psychopath's dramas while waiting for marriage and then mourning death in the 19th Century UK. 5/10
Middlemarch (1994) Was ok, about women's dramas while waiting for marriage in the 19th Century UK. Made very confusing by having two almost identical characters play different roles, leaving one bewildered how many scenes didn't seem to fit together. Oh, right, they were different people. Whoops. 7/10
Cranford (2007) Was excellent. Judi Dench leads an all star cast of old ladies and sundry other people as a small town of gossipy old matrons adapts to the encroaching modernity in the 19th Century. Also has women's dramas while waiting for marriage. 9/10