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Are they not making British Empire shows?
by hcho 6y ago
Are they not making British Empire shows?
- dijit 6y agoIf they are then I haven’t heard of them. Outside of monarchy specific things which operate in the same time period (but certainly are not the focus)
- garmaine 6y agohttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311113/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311113/
- phaemon 6y agoThe series "The Last Kingdom" is based on the books by Bernard Cornwell. He also wrote the "Sharpe" books, which were adapted to several TV films (starring Sean Bean). They're set around the Napoleonic Wars, with some of them in India.
- alexgmcm 6y agoHornblower is decent as well.
- arethuza 6y agoThere have been loads of TV series made in the UK set in India, Kenya and other parts of the Empire. Funnily enough they tend to avoid mentioning the brutality of the British in dealing with the locals e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mau_Mau_Uprising https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mau_Mau_Uprising For some reason these shows aren't quite as popular as they used to be...
- marcus_holmes 6y agoI would watch the shit out of a TV show that really told the story of the British Raj, in all its racist, bloodthirsty, brutal "glory".
- DyslexicAtheist 6y agoperhaps Indian arts can tell that story. it's not like they lack experience with making film. I'd be surprised if there isn't anything?
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