British television series are prime candidates for binge-watching by those who indulge in this wide-spread guilty pleasure. Recently, PBS has been showing the classic Jewel in the Crown, a 14-episode award-winning drama about the waning days of British rule in India. If you want to read the books it was based on, check out the library's copy of Paul Scott's The Raj Quartet.
Also proving popular is this new mini-series based Winston Graham's historical family saga in twelve books published between 1951 and 2002. These novels of Cornwall take place from 1783 to 1820. Check out this link if you like to read before viewing: Ross Poldark
Grantchester: Masterpiece Mystery presented the first season of this story about a country vicar leading a quiet life in Grantchester until one of his parishioners dies under suspicious circumstances. The series is based on James Runcie's Grantchester Mysteries (1-4).
The first of the Grantchester Mysteries is:
Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death
Wolf Hall
This mini-series about Henry VIII , Thomas Cromwell, and Anne Boleyn is based on two books by Hilary Mantel: Wolf Hall and Bringing Up the Bodies.
Coming October 2015: Keep an eye out for the new 8-part series based on the books of Bernard Cornwell. The first book in the Saxon Tales is The Last Kingdom, in case you want to get ready to be dropped into ninth century Great Britain.
Also proving popular is this new mini-series based Winston Graham's historical family saga in twelve books published between 1951 and 2002. These novels of Cornwall take place from 1783 to 1820. Check out this link if you like to read before viewing: Ross Poldark
Grantchester: Masterpiece Mystery presented the first season of this story about a country vicar leading a quiet life in Grantchester until one of his parishioners dies under suspicious circumstances. The series is based on James Runcie's Grantchester Mysteries (1-4).
The first of the Grantchester Mysteries is:
Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death
Wolf Hall
This mini-series about Henry VIII , Thomas Cromwell, and Anne Boleyn is based on two books by Hilary Mantel: Wolf Hall and Bringing Up the Bodies.
Coming October 2015: Keep an eye out for the new 8-part series based on the books of Bernard Cornwell. The first book in the Saxon Tales is The Last Kingdom, in case you want to get ready to be dropped into ninth century Great Britain.
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