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Really gonna miss these sweeping horseback shots (Photo: Courtesy of Mammoth Screen)

Gerry Durrell (Milo Parker) (Credit: Courtesy of Sid Gentle Films 2019)

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Hailee Steinfeld in "Dickinson" (Photo: Apple TV)

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A battle detail from the Bayeux Tapestry. Public Domain.

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Back in Cornwall, Ross and Demelza still have problems. (Photo: Courtesy of Mammoth Screen)

Callum Woodhouse as Leslie Durrell in "The Durrells in Corfu" (Photo Credit: Courtesy of Joss Barratt for Sid Gentle Films & MASTERPIECE)

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The women of "The Spanish Princess" (Photo: Starz)

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper. Hallie Rubenhold

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Lucy Inglis

Why We Should Embrace Historical Drama Casting That Looks Like America (and the U.K.)

5/10/2019

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in History by Janet Mullany

David Oyelowo. Photograph: BBC/Lookout Point/Laurence Cendrowicz

A look at the impact of color-blind casting for actors and viewers, and how it can reflect history.