8 British TV Shows That Will Fill That Downton Abbey-Shaped Hole In Your Heart

These will help you out before you begin rewatching all three seasons of Downton Abbey for the seventh time. Pace yourself, you don't want to ruin what pleasure it has brought you!

1. Sherlock

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Without only six 90 minute episodes available, you'll scream when you've watched them all, but your brain will hurt in a good way. And you can easily watch every episode a gazillion times.

2. Doctor Who

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Start with 2005 and fall in love, marching forward and backward in time while discovering how much sci fi can fill that hole in your heart.

3. Merlin

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Trust that you'll like Merlin way more than you'll ever admit to.

4. Call the Midwife

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Midwives, 1950s East End London, bicycles. It's way more intense than it sounds.

5. Doc Martin

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Irritatingly abrasive Doctor (not a time traveler!) makes you wait and wait and wait for the fleeting glimpses of his emotional side.

6. Little Dorrit

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Little Dorrit is your heroine and you discover how good Dickens can be.

7. Bleak House

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And then you realize how good another Dickens can be.

8. Upstairs Downstairs

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Beautiful AND there's upstairs/downstairs drama. The original one is tolerable for the first couple of seasons, but then skip to this prettier, more modern version.