Not enough people have looked close enough at Mr Selfridge. It is high brow entertainment right up there with the best of the British drama pieces like Doc Martin and reminiscent of the very best of them all, Downton Abbey. (What it has in common with DA is the time and place: World War I, England, and the slow decline of the aristocracy.)Harry Selfridge brings excitement to his plan to shake up the staid English retail shopping business by getting all the famous people, lords, and ladies to pass through his store. He takes on the aristocratic classes who want to destroy him and is helped by Lady Locksley, a wife of one of he Lords who is out to get him. She is perfectly cast with an aristocratic sneer. She is a clever manipulator who becomes a close friend to Harry and key strategic planer plug bringing in the most important clientele.Each episode brings new business challenges that pits Harry against old English tradition, the need for profits and cash, and even people who want to swindle him. Harry inspires leadership and followers. He is always confident and smiling. When action is needed he doubles advertising and cuts prices, brings in sexy fashion models, and actresses. Running through the narrative are the multiple loves and dalliances and marriages and friendships between the store's staff. Those are led by Mr Grove and Mr Crabb, buttoned down traditional men, who head up the administration and the adorable Kitty whose red hair and come hither smile the men will like. And there is Monsier Leuclerc who is the artistic leader for the shop window displays.Every episode is exciting. This is definitely ripe fodder for Netflix binge watching.

I only started watching the show after discovering Jeremy Piven is starring, and now that i have finished the 3rd series i can gladly say that i have not been disappointed. This show takes us on a journey on which we discover where the London Selfridge stores came from, but there's much more to it than Jeremy Piven going to London and setting up shop, this is a show that many people can relate to, with the everyday decisions of not just Mr. Selfridge but also his staff and family. The show inspires us to remember that no star is too far to reach. Throughout the 3 seasons we watch Mr. Selfridge and how he does his best to maintain a fair balance between his family and his work, we also see the extraordinary events of the time such as the development of planes and improvements of cars as well as looking at how the first world war affected everyday regular working people and what they had to do in order to help their country. Now that the 3rd series has come to an end, i simply cannot wait to see what's next for Mr. Selfridge.Im so pleased that i gave this show a chance, and i very strongly recommend you do too.

No, this is not an exaggeration, this show is a 10. It's got everything: fascinating characters, beautiful imagery, enthralling storyline, and it gets better and better and better as the seasons go. The way it deals with time and with the details of events that happened between episodes and seasons is artful.There's not one unnecessary character in the series, and everyone plays an amazing part in the tapestry that is the story of a man's vision and how it changed everything.Jeremy Piven is incredible at this. One can't help but admire the quasi- fairytale-like qualities he gives to the character. I'm not afraid to say I'm in love with his humanity and expression of respect to the memory of Harry Gordon Selfridge.I could go on, but anything I say here pales in comparison to how wonderful the show is. I hope it carries its weight so masterfully as its done from season one. I can't wait to see more.I'm also afraid to report I've violated the edge of my seat. It will be missed.

How can it be that we have moved from pre suffragette to 1920's London and yet the actors haven't aged a day? I love the London store and this should have been a really enthralling series but it lacked authenticity to the point of being ludicrous and now we have another series of the same...with all the doings, comings and goings, surely one frown line wouldn't have gone amiss from the makeup department? I also thought the dialogue stilted and contrived and the narrative itself sounded second-hand,a thrift shop sort of series where the actors are primed and primped and off they go...has anyone actually been realistically served in this shop since the series began? I've looked but not seen one purchase and how sad as Selfridges has such lovely things...No, its a boo-boo. The American accent and drawling on and on about the woes of being rich are just too trite and contrived for me. There seems to be only one layer of narrative here with no layering whatsoever. I will not be watching another series of this.