
What’s next for period drama?
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Period Drama
I think period drama at the moment is becoming more asort of politically resonant. I was struck recently, i re watched channel fives and boleyn a. They are very, very different works with different aims,. Different sotof stories that they're telling. It's kind of like reinstating this version of the past. A history is a movable thing. Interpretations change. But the period drama can do that in a really, really immediate way for quite a large number of people where they are. To diversify through whatever means, or complicate or, you know, give a different perspective on something that we think we know, that we Think we're comfortable with
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