101 Films & TV Shows Set In United Kingdom During The 18th Century
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The Beggar's Opera
England The 18th CenturyAdaptation of John Gay's 18th century opera, featuring Laurence Olivier as MacHeath and Hugh Griffith as the Beggar.
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The House in the Square
England The 1950s The 18th CenturyAtomic scientist Peter Standish travels back in time to 1784, an era he has read about in his forefather's diaries. He falls in love with his forefather's cousin Helen but his contemporaries of 1784 are perplexed by his strange talk and the odd knowledge he possess.
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The Lady and the Bandit
England The 18th CenturyRide the Highways in Adventure's Heyday! — Highwayman Dick Turpin rides 200 miles to save his wife from the gallows in 18th-century England.
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The Highwayman
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Treasure Island
England The 18th CenturyPIRATE'S PLUNDER a young cabin boy, a roguish buccaneer... match wits in a swashbuckling adventure! — Enchanted by the idea of locating treasure buried by Captain Flint, Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey and Jim Hawkins charter a sailing voyage to a Caribbean island. Unfortunately, a large number of Flint's old pirate crew are aboard the ship, including Long John Silver.
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Mutiny on the Bunny
England Atlantic Ocean The 18th CenturyMutiny on the Bunny is a Looney Tunes cartoon short starring Bugs Bunny, directed by Friz Freleng and released by Warner Brothers studios in 1950.[1] The cartoon was made in 1948 but not released until 1950. It features Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam as "Shanghai Sam". It is one of three nautical-themed shorts with Sam as a pirate, along with Buccaneer Bunny (1947) and Captain Hareblower (1954). The title is a reference to the film Mutiny on the Bounty.
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The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
England The 1900s The 18th CenturyTwo Tall Tales by the world's top story-tellers in one hilarious All-Cartoon Feature! — The Wind in the Willows: Concise version of Kenneth Grahame's story of the same name. J. Thaddeus Toad, owner of Toad Hall, is prone to fads, such as the newfangled motor car. This desire for the very latest lands him in much trouble with the wrong crowd, and it is up to his friends, Mole, Rat and Badger to save him from himself. - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Retelling of Washington Irving's story set in a tiny New England town. Ichabod Crane, the new schoolmaster, falls for the town beauty, Katrina Van Tassel, and the town Bully Brom Bones decides that he is a little too successful and needs "convincing" that Katrina is not for him.
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The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
England The 18th Century1947 British comedy. The ghosts of two stupid 18th-century officers, who managed to kill themselves when trying to prevent war by kidnapping the Duke of Marlborough, are doomed to haunt a Berkeley Square mansion until the unlikely event of a reigning monarch paying the house a visit. It will take more than 200 years... Based on the novel "No Nightingales", by Caryl Brahms and S.J. Simon.
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Mrs. Fitzherbert
England The 1800s The 1830s The 18th CenturyThe tangled affairs of George, Prince of Wales, leading to his illegal marriage to commoner Mrs. Fitzherbert. Also portrayed is the conflict between the future George IV and his father George III.
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Bedlam
England The 18th CenturyBeauty at the mercy of madmen! — London, 1761. St. Mary's of Bethlehem, a sinister madhouse, is visited by wealthy people who enjoy watching the patients confined there as if they were caged animals. Nell Bowen, one of the visitors, is horrified by the deplorable living conditions of the unfortunate inhabitants of this godforsaken place, better known as Bedlam.
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The Laughing Lady
England The 18th CenturyA musical set during the French Revolution.
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Kitty
England The 18th CenturyShe made a career out of love. — Pickpocket Kitty's life changes when painter Thomas Gainsborough makes her portrait. The artwork gains the attention of Sir Hugh Marcy, who later decides to use her for his benefit.
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The Young Mr. Pitt
England 🇫🇷 France The 1800s The 18th CenturyThis biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of 24.
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Penn of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania England The 18th Century The 17th CenturyPenn of Pennsylvania is a 1941 British historical drama film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Deborah Kerr, Clifford Evans, Dennis Arundell, Henry Oscar, Herbet Lomas and Edward Rigby. The film depicts the life of the Quaker founder of Pennsylvania, William Penn. It portrays his struggle to be granted a colonial charter in London and attracting settlers to his new colony as well as his adoption a radical new approach with regard to the treatment of the Native Americans. It is also known by the alternative title Courageous Mr. Penn.
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The Great Mr Handel
England 🇮🇪 Ireland The 18th CenturyA lavish period drama produced in 1942 by Lord Rank's G.H.W. Productions Ltd.
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That Hamilton Woman
England 🇮🇹 Italy 🇫🇷 France The 1800s The 1810s The 18th CenturyThe Year's Most Exciting Team of Screen Lovers! — The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars.
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Kidnapped
Scotland The 18th CenturyRobert Louis Stevenson's hero David Balfour (Freddie Bartholomew) joins rebel Alan Breck Stewart (Warner Baxter) in 18th-century Scotland.
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John Halifax
England The 18th CenturyAdapted from the novel by Elizabeth Craik it tells the story of John Halifax who, despite humble beginnings, becomes a highly respected local businessman. As partner in a mill he weathers the turbulent economic times of the early 1800s.
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The Great Garrick
England 🇫🇷 France The 18th CenturyHE'S WHAT LOVE IS ALL ABOUT! (Just ask Olivia!) — A British actor insults a French acting group only to fall victim to a prank that might destroy his career.
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Auld Lang Syne
Scotland The 18th CenturyAuld Lang Syne is a 1937 British historical drama film directed by James A. Fitzpatrick. It portrays the life of the eighteenth century Scottish poet Robert Burns.
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Lloyd's of London
England 🇫🇷 France The 1800s The 18th CenturyNorfolk, England, 1770. The nephew of an innkeeper and the son of a reverend maintain a very close friendship until, after living a great adventure, they must separate their paths. The former will head his footsteps to London and bound his destiny to Lloyd's, a thriving insurance company; the latter will eventually become one of the greatest heroes in the history of the British Empire.
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Clive of India
England 🇮🇳 India The 18th CenturySix words from a woman changed the map of Asia! — Fort St. David, Cuddalore, southern India, 1748. While colonial empires battle to seize an enormous territory, rich in spices and precious metals beyond the wildest dreams, and try to gain the favor of the local kings, Robert Clive (1725-1774), a frustrated but talented clerk who works for the East Indian Company and struggles to earn his fortune, makes a bold decision that will change his life forever.
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The Ghost Goes West
Florida Scotland The 1930s The 18th CenturyThe most romantic ghost you've ever seen! — An American businessman's family convinces him to buy a Scottish castle and disassemble it to ship it to America brick by brick, where it will be put it back together. The castle though is not the only part of the deal, with it goes the several-hundred year old ghost who haunts it.
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Hyde Park Corner
England The 1930s The 18th CenturyA dead man's curse on a London party house seems to echo from 1780 to 1936.
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