gimme some good non-violent dramas please

[Blue Jam]

Succession does have a bit where

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Logan punches Roman so hard he causes him to lose a back tooth

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but it isn't too graphic. There is also a bit where the cause of a bad smell in the house is discovered and it turns out to be

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a bag of dead raccoons which had been stuffed up a chimney by a disgruntled builder

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and you might want to look away at that point if you're squeamish about

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maggots

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otherwise, knock yourself out.

Undone (on Amazon Prime) is another good one. One character

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cuts their wrists

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in a flashback but it isn't graphic and the blood is animated so it's not too gory either. There is a (MASSIVE SPOILER):

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murder-suicide, but it involves a car being driven off a cliff and you don't see the impact or the dead bodies

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so that's not gory either.

[Blue Jam]

Very handy resource for any squeamish peeps:

https://www.doesthedogdie.com/

[Poobum]

What about good period dramas? Helen Mirren's Catherine the Great is quite good. I can't remember Versailles being overly violent, though their is abuse stuff. I liked the 2016 War and Peace adaption as well.

[Blue Jam]

What about good period dramas?

I don't think the OP likes blood.

[Neville Chamberlain]

Borgen. Watching the new series Power & Glory now - it's bloody great!

[checkoutgirl]

The Monocled Mutineer, four parter with Paul McGann from 1986. Set in WWI so there might be a bit of violence but it's more about the soldiers trying to avoid violence.

Upstairs Downstairs is supposed to be good, haven't gotten around to watching it yet.

[Elderly Sumo Prophecy]

It's my wife who can't stand violence in media by the way, not me! I LOVE the stuff, honestly! ^{This is actually totally true. Anyone who knows me can vouch for my love of ridiculously grizzly italo horror films.}

Thanks for all the suggestions! We've nearly finished Better Call Saul now (couple episodes to go before we hit the mid season break, I have to pause it after a violent scene and describe what happened haha) so will be eager to find something else to dive into.

Jesus Christ. Tell her to man up.

[The Mollusk]

Jesus Christ. Tell her to man up.

I did and she beat me up :(

[phantom_power]

What about good period dramas? Helen Mirren's Catherine the Great is quite good. I can't remember Versailles being overly violent, though their is abuse stuff. I liked the 2016 War and Peace adaption as well.

The Great is very good with Nicolas Holt and one of the Fannings (Elle?)

[beanheadmcginty]

I've got one word for you: Lovejoy

[Mister Six]

Succession does have a bit where

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Logan punches Roman so hard he causes him to lose a back tooth

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but it isn't too graphic. There is also a bit where the cause of a bad smell in the house is discovered and it turns out to be

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a bag of dead raccoons which had been stuffed up a chimney by a disgruntled builder

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and you might want to look away at that point if you're squeamish about

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maggots

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otherwise, knock yourself out.

There's also a bit in that same season where a bloke jumps into a swimming pool and knocks his front teeth out, and you see him staggering about, moaning into a bloody towel a bit later.

[superthunderstingcar]

Get The Sandbaggers watched. Sure it's about MI6 and spies and that, but it's a low-budget 1970s series so most of the time it concentrates on the office politics back in London ("men shouting in rooms"). And yet it manages to make that every bit as thrilling as the missions themselves.

[Fonz]

Borgen seconded

[Dex Sawash]

If you like Mad Men then I reckon you would enjoy For All Mankind, just beginning its third series.

It may be important to not know ahead of time that this is an

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alternate history show which is revealed to great effect at end of first episode

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So avoid spoilers or reviews until after watching the first episode.

People do get hurt/dead in this though.

[notjosh]

[For all Mankind]

People do get hurt/dead in this though.

Yeah, there are some extremely sad deaths in it, though I can only think of one example of violence. I wouldn't call it squeam-inducing though.

[Elderly Sumo Prophecy]

Gimme gimme gimme some non-violent dramas
Won't somebody help me chase the shadows away

[Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth]

The Great is very good with Nicolas Holt and one of the Fannings (Elle?)

It certainly lives up to its title. It is a bit violent though.

[phantom_power]

It certainly lives up to its title. It is a bit violent though.

It is but it is generally quite cartoonish. I have only seen the first 5 or 6 episodes though so it might get more violent after that