Cranford

Series Similar to Cranford

If you enjoyed Cranford, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. Lark Rise to Candleford

   2008 · Drama · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama profile, hidden gem, also on BBC One.

   Adaptation of Flora Thompson's memoir of her Oxfordshire childhood, set in the small hamlet of Lark Rise and the wealthier neighbouring market town, Candleford, at the end of the 19th Century.

2. Doctor Thorne

   2016 · Drama · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama profile.

   Doctor Thorne tells the story of the penniless Mary Thorne, who grows up with her rich aunt/cousins at Greshamsbury Park estate.

3. All Creatures Great and Small

   2020 · Drama · returning

   Recommended for similar Drama profile, highly rated (8.1).

   All Creatures Great and Small chronicles the adventures of a young country veterinarian.

4. Sense and Sensibility

   2008 · Drama, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama profile, hidden gem, also on BBC One.

   Widow Dashwood and her three unmarried daughters, Elinor, Marianne and Margaret, inherit only a tiny allowance. So they move out of their grand Sussex home to a more modest cottage in Devonshire. There, the prevailing ambition is to find suitable husbands for the girls. With help from wealthy neighbor Sir John Middleton, suitors for Elinor and Marianne are soon found, but not landed. They include dashing Willoughby, future vicar Edward Ferrars and retired colonial gentleman Colonel Brandon.

5. State of Play

   2003 · Drama · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama profile, highly rated (8), also on BBC One.

   The serial begins with the murder of a young man, in what appears to be a drug-related killing, and the apparently coincidental death of Sonia Baker, the young researcher for MP Stephen Collins (Morrissey). As the deaths are investigated by journalist Cal McCaffrey of The Herald (Simm) and his colleagues (including Kelly Macdonald as Della Smith and Bill Nighy as editor Cameron Foster) it appears that not only were the deaths connected, but that a conspiracy links them with oil industry-backed corruption of high-ranking British government ministers.

6. Pride and Prejudice

   1995 · Drama, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama profile, highly rated (8), also on BBC One.

   Re-live the romance and drama of Andrew Davies' lavish adaptation, starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle.

7. The Promise

   2011 · Drama · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

   Claire Foy and Christian Cooke star in Peter Kosminsky's four-part drama serial. Eighteen-year-old Erin sets out on an emotional journey when she retraces her grandfather's footsteps.

8. Jack & Bobby

   2004 · Drama · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama profile, highly rated (8).

   If "greatness is thrust upon us," as Winston Churchill once said, then it stands to reason that those who are destined for greatness are rarely aware of it. Take Jack and Bobby McCallister for example: two bright young brothers growing up under the watchful eye of their eccentric single mother Grace McCallister. Grace's personality is a force of nature destined to shape both of these young men's lives and secure one a place in the history books - as President of the United States.

9. Capital

   2015 · Drama · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama profile, hidden gem, also on BBC One.

   On one day, the people of one South London street all receive an anonymous postcard with the simple message 'we want what you have'. Its unsettling ripples affect every corner of the community.

10. The Newsroom

    2012 · Drama · ended

    Recommended for similar Drama profile, highly rated (8.4).

    The Newsroom follows the members of a cable news team on their quixotic mission to do the news well in the face of a fickle audience, corporate mandates and tangled personal relationships.