Shows like The Forsytes

These dramas focus on the rigid expectations of inherited status and the complications of domestic life within powerful, interconnected families. They lean into the intersection of personal ambition and societal pressure, often highlighting how sudden shifts in wealth or reputation ripple through generations.

Expect a similar emphasis on the social maneuvering central to the English upper class. Those who enjoyed the specific atmosphere of The Forsytes will find comparable explorations of power and inheritance in the period settings of Bridgerton and the historical social structures depicted in Call the Midwife.