period drama

noun

1. a drama set in a particular historical period

Example Sentences

I think the worst thing you can do to the past is turn it into period drama—as much as I like Downton Abbey.

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But Pejic is now taking on his most foreign role yet: as "Radu," in the Turkish period drama Fatih.

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Interestingly, NBC has its own 1960s-set period drama with Playboy.

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Longtime viewers will recall that the original aired on ITV, now the home to period drama rival Downton Abbey.

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Starring Damian Lewis and Gina McKee, it's a sumptuous and lush period drama about thwarted desire and the chains of matrimony.

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