Shogun = excellent historical drama that creates a rich and evocative 16th/17th century Japan that allows you to escape into a rich and plausible world…
Shardlake = Naff soap opera in period clothing with 21st century diversity crammed into Tudor England. I love all my british brothers and sisters of all creeds (truly, i’m not some closeted, aggy racist) but fgs if we’re doing a historical drama set in 16th century England, make it a bit more realistic and stop pumping 21st century politics into every facet of art and culture. All feels a bit gaslighting to drop this and Shogun concurrently. One authentic, reverent of a time and place in history and ensnaring … the other… well, the opposite basically.