16th Century
TV shows and films set in the 16th Century
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- CreatorMichael HirstStarsJonathan Rhys MeyersHenry CavillAnthony BrophyEpic series reveals the scandalous life of a young king whose affairs and obsession with producing a male heir changed marriage, the church, and the world.
- CreatorLaurie McCarthyStephanie SenguptaStarsAdelaide KaneMegan FollowsCelina SindenMary, Queen of Scots, faces political and sexual intrigue in the treacherous world of the French court.
- StarsRowan AtkinsonTony RobinsonTim McInnernyIn the Tudor court of Elizabeth I, Lord Edmund Blackadder strives to win Her Majesty's favour while attempting to avoid a grisly fate should he offend her.
- StarsJodie Turner-SmithKris HitchenThalissa TeixeiraThe final months of Boleyn's life, her struggle with Tudor England's patriarchal society, her desire to secure a future for her daughter, Elizabeth, and the brutal reality of her failure to provide Henry with a male heir.
- StarsAaryan HarnotSherlyn ChopraAnnu KapoorIn a kingdom dominated by men, it is the ultimate battle of the sexes to win the war being waged against gender equality. Every character is grey and they must fight for what they believe is right in order to survive in Paurashpur.
- StarsHalit ErgençNur FettahogluSelim BayraktarFrom 1520, follows Suleiman the Magnificent and his relatives from his great conquests to the "Battle of Szigetvár".
- StarsJodie ComerRebecca BensonJacob Collins-LevyBased on the Philippa Gregory book of the same name, the story of Elizabeth of York, the White Queen's daughter, and her marriage to the Lancaster victor, Henry VII.
- StarsMark RylanceDamian LewisClaire FoyAfter the downfall of Cardinal Wolsey, his secretary, Thomas Cromwell, finds himself amongst the treachery and intrigue of King Henry VIII's court and soon becomes a close advisor to the King, a role fraught with danger.
- CreatorEmma FrostMatthew GrahamStarsLaura CarmichaelAaron CobhamCharlotte HopeSpanish princess Catherine of Aragon navigates the royal lineage of England with an eye on the throne.
- StarsHelen MirrenToby JonesHugh DancyMini-series about the the public and private lives of the later years of Queen Elizabeth I.
- CreatorJustin HaytheStarsSamantha MortonRaza JaffreyAmrita AchariaSeries based on Leonie Frieda's book "Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France."
- CreatorAbhimanyu SinghStarsAditi Rao HydariDharmendraNaseeruddin ShahFollows the dark side of the story of the Mughal empire and its emperors.
- StarsLee Yeong-aeHong Ri-naJi Jin-heeA series based on a real person in Korean history, Suh, Jang-geum.
- CreatorFrank SpotnitzSteve ThompsonStarsAidan TurnerMatilda De AngelisFreddie HighmoreThe series recounts Leonardo da Vinci's extraordinary life through the works that made him famous, through the stories hidden within those works, revealing little by little the inner torment of a man obsessed with attaining perfection.
- CreatorBen EltonStarsDavid MitchellGemma WhelanRob RouseSatirical Blackadderesque sitcom about how friends, family, historical circumstances, and his arch-rival Robert Greene, who first coined the derogatory term "upstart crow", influenced William Shakespeare to write his famous plays.
- CreatorAnya ReissStarsAlicia von RittbergJohn HeffernanOliver ZetterströmElizabeth Tudor, an orphaned teenager who becomes embroiled in the political and sexual politics of the English court on her journey to secure the crown.
- StarsAnne-Marie DuffSienna GuilloryIan HartFrom teenage princess to accomplished queen, torn between duty and personal longing, the reign of Elizabeth I is exposed in this lavish drama filmed against a backdrop of some of Great Britain's most beautiful houses and landscapes.
- StarsEngin Altan DüzyatanUlas Tuna AstepeCaner TopcuTRT's historical drama, based on the life of "Barbaros" Hayreddin Pasha and his brothers. The series tells the adventures of Ishak, Oruc, Hizir, and Ilyas fighting high tides and the secrets of the seas in pursuit of the holy secret.
- CreatorRafael CobosAlberto RodríguezStarsPablo MolineroPatricia López ArnaizSergio CastellanosA series of murders take place in 16th-century Seville, where the plague has taken hold; a condemned man faces the Inquisition as he attempts to save the son of a friend by speaking out.
- CreatorCraig PearceStarsLaurie DavidsonOlivia DeJongeEwen BremnerA drama about the lost years of young William Shakespeare after his arrival to London in 1589--when theatre was like rock'n'roll, and a young man with a dream changed the world with his words.
- StarsGlenda JacksonRonald HinesRobert HardyWhen Elizabeth Tudor comes to the throne, her (male) advisers know she has to marry. Doesn't she? Thus starts a decades-long political/matrimonial game, during an age of high passions and high achievement.
- CreatorMiguel Menéndez de ZubillagaStarsÁlvaro MorteRodrigo SantoroNiccolò SenniFerdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastián Elcano's epic voyage around the world after they set sail from Spain 500 years ago.
- CreatorHeather MitchellStarsGrant BowlerWade BriggsTorrance CoombsThe famous story of Romeo and Juliet, chronicling the betrayal, plot, and unfortunate romances of the Montagues and Capulets as a result of the tragic fate of the young lovers. Based on the book by Melinda Taub.
- StarsKeith MichellAnthony QuaylePatrick TroughtonA six-episode dramatization of Henry VIII's relationships with each of his six wives. Each episode is devoted to one wife, and is a complete play in itself.
- CreatorJulián de TaviraMaría JaénAmaya MuruzábalStarsÓscar JaenadaIshbel BautistaMichel BrownThe Spanish "Conquistador" Hernán Cortés arrives on the shores of what today is México and faces both local demons and those who've sailed with him.