HOLLYWOOD SPY'S GUIDE THROUGH ALL THE NEW PERIOD SET SHOWS OF 2023: FROM WILD WEST, 18TH CENTURY ENGLAND, 15TH CENTURY BELGRADE, PARIS, HAWAII AND TUDOR COURT TO IMPERIAL RUSSIA AND NAUTILUS

 2023 PERIOD SET SERIES 

THE ULTIMATE LIST IS HERE

Well, it is not especially ultimate as, unlike 2022 that gave us quite a lot of shows on queens and empresses, freshly launched 2023 looks rather bleak when it comes to our favourite period set genre. Out of the returning shows we

Django should start very soon on Sky

can expect new seasons of Valhalla, Wheel of Time, Serpent Queen, Sisi, Empress, Gilded Age, Domina and Sanditon, but here are the new ones: Sky should finally launch its wild west set adventure DJANGO starring Matthias Schoenaerts as the legendary gunslinger searching for his daughter. FX might finally bring us the new adaptation of SHOGUN sometime this year starring Cosmo Jarvis as the 17th century sailor who becomes a samurai. Hiroyuki Sanada and Tadanobu Asano also star. BBC will probably give us GALLOWS POLE set in the 18th century industrial revolution in Yorkshire, and possibly TEN POUND POMS with Michelle Keegan in which a group of Brits leave post-

A sneaky spy peek into Ten Pound Poms set

war Britain in 1956 to embark on an adventure in Australia. Amazon Prime Video has already set cast for MY LADY JANE which brings the history of the saddest queen of England ever - she ruled just a few weeks. Dominic Cooper stars.

WHAT TO EXPECT FROM ITV?

British channel ITV and their newly launched streamer ITVX are to bring us TOM JONES series which will also air on PBS Masterpiece this spring starring Solly McLeod as the titular hero of the four part picaresque

Tom Jones will have just four episodes this spring

story about young man's complicated journey to find real love in the 18th century England. We might also get to see Iain De Caestercker as King Arthur in THE WINTER KING in which a former warrior now turned monk, tells the story of how Arthur became the lord of war despite the illegitimacy of his throne.

2023 OFFER FROM NETFLIX

Netflix does not really have much in offer from the genre. February should bring us Italian series THE LAW ACCORDING TO LIDIA POET with Matilda de Angelis. Forbidden from practicing law, a woman prepares an appeal to overturn the court's decision in this true 19th century story of Lidia Poët, Italy's first female lawyer. Poe's THE FALL OF THE HOUSE

Lidia Poet will start this February on Netflix

OF USHER should also arrive to the streamer sometime this year starring Bruce Greenwood, Zach Gilford, Mark Hamil and Carla Gugino.

 

  FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE

Beside the new season of Catherine the Great series, this time titled VELIKAYA: THE GOLDEN AGE in which Liza Boyarska takes over the

Liza Boyarskaya is new Catherine the Great in Velikaya

role of the Russian empress in the later years of her rule,  we will also see Catherine the Great, this time played by Irina Pegova, in THE IMPERIAL

Irina Pegova is Catherine in The Imperial Vaccination

VACCINATION about the time when Catherine had to make her people accept the first flu vaccines by taking it first herself. That one will air on Russia 1 broadcaster sometime this year.

APPLE TO LEAD THE GENRE

Surprisingly enough, Apple TV Plus will probably dominate the genre this year. They have THE BUCCANEERS set in the 1870s when a bunch of rich American girls are trying to find a posh English husband during

First look at The Buccaneers TV series set

the London debutante season. They should also show us THE NEW LOOK in which Ben Mendelhson and Juliette Binoche play Dior and Coco Chanel in the story that explores the rise of fashion designer Christian Dior, as

Ben Mendehlson as Dior in The New Look

he dethrones Coco Chanel and helps return spirit and life to the world with his iconic imprint of beauty and influence. Hugo Becker, John Malkovich and

Masters of the Air continues Band of Brothers anthology

Emily Mortimer also star. It is possibly that we will also finally see MASTERS OF THE AIR which follows the American bombers during the

Jason Momoa will be Chief of War

WW2 with Callum Turner and Austen Butler in the lead roles. Jason Momoa is, meanwhile, bringing CHIEF OF WAR about the historical struggle for power on his islands of Hawaii. 

  WHAT IS DISNEY PREPARING

We are also not used to getting costume drama from Disney Plus, but this year they are bringing us THE BALLAD OF RENEGADE NELL about an 18th century female renegade who will cross paths with Queen Anne and play

Shazad Latif as captain Nemo in Nautilus

a role in the power struggles that were being played out over the European battlefields. We might also see Shazad Latif as Captain Nemo in

The Lions of Sicily first look at the sets

NAUTILUS epic TV seafaring adventure and also the adaptation of THE LIONS OF SICILY which follows the 19th century Florio family which turned a small shop in Sicily into a flourish business activity that became an

Balenciaga might be scraped due to the recent scandal

economic empire! Disney should also give us BALENCIAGA series about the famous Spanish designer and fashion legend it if hasn't been cancelled due to the recent scandal.

RISE OF THE RAVEN

Now, I am not sure this one will be done for airing this year, but it might: RISE OF THE RAVEN is this year's most expensive epic series from Central Europe done for Hungarian TV2, Austrian ORF and our dear Beta Film. Based on Bán Mór’s bestselling novels, the ten part series follows Hungarian warrior Janos Hunyadi, who defeated the Ottoman army in 1456 at the Battle of Belgrade, halting its march across Europe. Set among the scandals, political power plays and court intrigues of medieval Europe, the $30 million series is nevertheless a human story at heart, with Gellért L. Kádár playing Hunyadi, and Vivien Rujder as his life partner, Elizabeth Szilagyi. Laurence Rupp, Murathan Muslu and Rade Sherbedgia also star.