The Edwardians

The Edwardians was a BBC drama series of 8 biographical films about famous........any guesses?........right! Edwardians, of course. If you're not in the UK you might wonder just what these Edwardians were. It was the period of British history from around 1901 to 1910 (or 1912 or 1914 depending on your point of view).
Some of these episodes made it across the Atlantic onto PBS back in the early days of Masterpiece Theatre. With 8 different casts a lot of familiar faces turn up in these.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068527/