5 UK TV Shows Netflix Should Make Next

5. Period Dramas From Lesser-Known Periods

On its entrance to the UK television arena, Netflix has already made the most stereotypically British period drama it possibly could. So with the Royal Family out of the way, the streaming giant should turn its sights on some lesser-known stories from the past - God knows British history is full of them.

Everyone knows the landmark moments - the Roman invasion, the Battle of Hastings, etc. But there’s some overlooked historical events from these fair Isles that would lend themselves to the binge-TV medium. You could have everything from a Game Of Thrones style epic centring on the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, to more intimate personal stories - for example, what about the tale of Percy Pilcher, a Scottish naval engineer who was a whisker away from beating the Wright brothers in the race for powered flight in the late 19th century?

My own dream show would be something based on the Stuart era, which has been woefully under-represented in film and television. The English Civil War alone is a goldmine of untapped potential. Maybe Netflix would go the House of Cards route and commission a modern adaption of an old BBC series - in this case By The Sword Divided, which followed a family through the civil wars and eventual Restoration of the Monarchy.