33 TV Shows Like Downton Abbey
33 Shows Like "Downton Abbey" to Watch When You Miss the Crawleys
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Set in 1800s Delhi, this period drama could be thought of as an India-based Downton, but with significantly more attention paid to colonialism and the other unsavoury elements of the British Empire. A wealthy British man settles in Delhi, bringing a mysterious past with him, only to find that the society he left behind has followed him, and the society he's fled to is just as prickly, intriguing, and dangerous. Just like Downton, the working-class characters get plenty of time in the spotlight alongside the wealthy elites, but unlike Downton, the stakes are a lot higher among the dangerous conspiracies and ambitions of the East India Company.