Work of art set in, or reminiscent of, an earlier time period.
1I want to do theatre and I want to do period drama.
2You can't even call it a period drama; too little has changed.
3And also the glossy period drama on the BBC, first broadcast last week.
4An unusual police drama set in the 1970s, but that's still period drama.
5Somebody has made a period drama that doesn't care about period.
6BBC1's period drama Lark Rise to Candleford also saw its audience dip this week.
7Good to see that Hollywood can still stand and deliver a fine period drama.
8I never felt I'd fit in for a period drama at all, Scodelario said.
9Everything looks as cosy as a period drama, except this is a geography lesson.
10There's a lot more stuff to unearth in period drama.
11The subject matter strays widely from traditional programs: Middle East period drama or romantic soaps.
12The British period drama "An Education" was named best foreign film.
13Not that I'm complaining: the pleasure of watching period drama is pointing out its shortcomings.
14It's like period drama Jeopardy, allowing us to believe we are smarter than we are.
15It has become almost a truism of conventional criticism that this period drama is anachronistic.
16Upstairs Downstairs was ITV's first hugely successful period drama.
Translations for period drama