North & South

Series Similar to North & South

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

1. War & Peace

   2016 · Drama, Romance, History · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem, also on BBC One.

   In a new adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's timeless novel, three young people experience life, love and loss against the epic backdrop of Russia's wars with Napoleon.

2. Les Misérables

   2018 · Drama, Romance, History · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, also on BBC One.

   Based on Victor Hugo's XIX century classic, Les Misérables will go back to the original novel and delve deep into the many layers of Hugo's story, revelling in Jean Valjean and Javert's cat-and-mouse relationship, against the epic backdrop of France at a time of civil unrest. With a striking intensity and relevance to us today, the novel is testimony to the struggles of France's underclass and how far they must go to survive. The six part television adaptation of the renowned book will vividly and faithfully bring to life the vibrant and engaging characters, the spectacular and authentic imagery and, above all, the incredible yet accessible story that was Hugo's lifework.

3. Pride and Prejudice

   1995 · Drama, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance 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.

4. Poldark

   2015 · Drama, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, highly rated (8.3), also on BBC One.

   Britain is in the grip of a chilling recession... falling wages, rising prices, civil unrest - only the bankers are smiling. It's 1783 and Ross Poldark returns from the American War of Independence to his beloved Cornwall to find his world in ruins: his father dead, the family mine long since closed, his house wrecked and his sweetheart pledged to marry his cousin. But Ross finds that hope and love can be found when you are least expecting it in the wild but beautiful Cornish landscape.

5. Indian Summers

   2015 · Drama, Romance · ended

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

   Set against the sweeping grandeur of the Himalayas and tea plantations of Northern India, the drama tells the rich and explosive story of the decline of the British Empire and the birth of modern India, from both sides of the experience. But at the heart of the story lie the implications and ramifications of the tangled web of passions, rivalries and clashes that define the lives of those brought together in this summer which will change everything.

6. All the Light We Cannot See

   2023 · Drama, Romance, War · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile.

   In the final days of WWII, the paths of a blind French girl and a German soldier collide. 

7. Sense and Sensibility

   2008 · Drama, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance 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.

8. The Pillars of the Earth

   2010 · Drama, Romance, History · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile.

   The Pillars of the Earth is a sweeping epic of good and evil, treachery and intrigue, violence and beauty. This sensuous, spirited and passionate story is set against a backdrop of war, religious strife and power struggles which tears lives and families apart. In that time, there rises a magnificent Cathedral in Kingsbridge.

9. Single Father

   2010 · Drama, Romance · ended

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

   When Dave's wife dies unexpectedly, he is forced to try to raise his four children on his own. He begins to question his own judgment when he begins to fall in love with his wife's best friend, Sarah.

10. What's Wrong with Secretary Kim

    2018 · Drama, Romance · ended

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

    Lee Young's family runs a large firm in which Lee Young Joon works as vice-president. He is known to be rich, smart and handsome, but is known to be very arrogant. His secretary Kim Mi So, who works for them for many years, makes a decision which shocks him...