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HBO Max Amazon Channel
90
9.3
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90
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86
/7338/
4.6
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95
/102/
97
82
/27/
cc age 16+

Chernobyl (2019)
The true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history: the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.
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Britbox Apple TV Channel
87
8.5
/23270/
82
/1218/
80
/254/
100
/50/
91

Inside No. 9 (2014)
An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.
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Disney Plus
86
IMDb 61
8.6
/259585/
84
/12231/
82
/1787/
96
/145/
89
84
/65/
cc age 14+

Star Wars: Andor (2022)
In an era filled with danger, deception and intrigue, Cassian Andor will discover the difference he can make in the struggle against the tyrannical Galactic Empire. He embarks on a path that is destined to turn him into a rebel hero.
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Amazon Prime Video
83
8.0
/43260/
84
/2681/
79
/513/
85
/29/
89

Blackadder (1983)
Black Adder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders throughout British history, from the muck of the Middle Ages to the frontline of the First World War.
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80
8.2
/17567/
81
/488/
79
/140/

The Young Ones (1982)
The misadventures of four lunatic students who live in a shared student house. There's Rick, the overblown political one addicted to Cliff Richard, Vyvyan the experimental scientific one/part-time anarchist, Neil the worried hippy, and Mike the ladies' man (at least he is in his mind).
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Amazon Prime Video
86
80
8.2
/11400/
75
/195/
78
/75/
3.8
/1889/
100
/10/
100
81
/9/

Little Dorrit (2008)
Amy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who is a long term inmate of Marshalsea debtors' prison in London. Amy and her family's world is transformed when her employer's son, Arthur Clennam, returns from overseas to solve his family's mysterious legacy and discovers that their lives are interlinked.
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AMC+
79
7.6
/23845/
74
/942/
72
/179/
3.8
/10876/
90
/20/
92
75
/7/

Des (2020)
The story of one of the most infamous cases in UK criminal history, that of serial killer Dennis Nilsen. Told through the prism of three men, the series explores the personal and professional consequences of coming into contact with a man like Nilsen.
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79
8.5
/261065/
86
/19537/
76
/3243/
90
/424/
64
77
/54/
cc age 11+

Doctor Who (2005)
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.
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PBS
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78
7.8
/10303/
76
/418/
73
/130/
3.7
/3391/
88
/40/
80

Les Misérables (2018)
France, 1815. Jean Valjean, a common thief, is released from prison after having lived a hell in life for 19 years, but a small mistake puts the law again on his trail. Ruthless Inspector Javert pursues him thorough years, driven by a twisted sense of justice, while Valjean reforms himself, thrives and dedicates his life to good deeds. In 1832, while the revolution ravages the streets of Paris, Valjean and Javert cross their paths for the last time.
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Hoopla
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78
8.6
/20556/
80
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79
/101/
78
/4/
cc age 13+

Foyle's War (2002)
As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940. Later series sees the retired detective working as an MI5 agent operating in the aftermath of the war.
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Britbox Apple TV Channel
78
8.2
/23852/
78
/636/
74
/164/

Vera (2011)
A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.
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The CW
77
IMDb 99
7.9
/43378/
77
/809/
75
/336/

Midsomer Murders (1997)
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.
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Hoopla
72
7.8
/31969/
77
/1218/
74
/299/
60
/6/

Death in Paradise (2011)
A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint-Marie.
poster
71
7.7
/17765/
74
/649/
69
/110/
69
/52/
79
60
/26/
cc age 14+

Mr Selfridge (2013)
Mr. Selfridge recounts the real life story of the flamboyant and visionary American founder of Selfridge's, London's lavish department store. Set in 1909 London, when women were reveling in a new sense of freedom and modernity, it follows Harry Gordon Selfridge ('Mile a Minute Harry'), a man with a mission to make shopping as thrilling as sex. Pioneering and reckless, with an almost manic energy, Harry created a theater of retail where any topic or trend that was new, exciting, entertaining - or just eccentric - was showcased.
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78
69
7.6
/2021/
72
/186/
65
/10/
3.6
/383/
100
/5/

I Fought the Law (2025)
Ann Ming is distraught when her 22-year-old daughter Julie goes missing. The police suggest that Julie must have fled to London to reunite with Julie's estranged husband, but Ann knows that Julie would never leave 5-year-old Kevin behind.
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Netflix
69
IMDb 37
7.9
/613401/
77
/25278/
79
/6433/
75
/230/
46
63
/77/
cc age 17+

The Witcher (2019)
Geralt of Rivia, a mutated monster-hunter for hire, journeys toward his destiny in a turbulent world where people often prove more wicked than beasts.
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Amazon Prime Video
80
65
7.3
/3035/
68
/139/
71
/25/
3.7
/1057/
100
/7/
90

Life After Life (2022)
If you could live your life time and again, would you ever get it right? Ursula dies and is reborn, living through turbulent times - but what is it she needs to stay alive for?
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Amazon Prime Video
70
62
7.0
/17680/
69
/231/
71
/816/
3.1
/8488/

The Odyssey (1997)
In this adaptation of Homer's timeless epic, Armand Assante stars as Odysseus, the warrior King of the mythical island of Ithaca, who must endure a decade long quest to reach home after the Trojan war, overcoming savage monsters, powerful forces of nature, and seductive nymphs, and he must outsmart them all, with all the guile and intellect he can muster.
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72
61
7.8
/5733/
75
/143/
70
/59/
3.5
/3328/
67
/7/

Casanova (2005)
Castle Dux, Bohemia, 1798. Casanova, now a penniless librarian in his seventies, tells Edith, a young kitchen maid in the castle, his remarkable life story, and about falling in love with Henriette.
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Hoopla
75
59
7.9
/6905/
75
/140/
71
/42/

Waking the Dead (2001)
A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.
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57
7.3
/2225/
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/91/
72
/12/
3.6
/409/
69
/13/

The Hack (2025)
Set between 2002 and 2012, the drama deftly interweaves two real life stories, the uncovering of phone hacking at the News of the World, and running parallel, the investigation into the unsolved murder of private investigator Daniel Morgan.
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8.5
/5077/
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/63/
74
/40/
4.1
/1656/

The Singing Detective (1986)
Tormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations.
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73
54
7.5
/3573/
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/101/
73
/368/
3.6
/5134/

The Diary of Anne Frank (2009)
Five-part adaptation of Anne Frank's famous wartime diaries in which a young teenager and her family go into hiding from the Nazis in wartime Amsterdam.
poster
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50
8.0
/967/
82
/248/
81
/34/

Doctor Who Confidential (2005)
Doctor Who Confidential is a documentary to complement the revival of the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Each episode was broadcast on BBC Three on Saturdays, immediately after the broadcast of the weekly television episode on BBC One. The running time of the first two series was 30 minutes, being extended to 45 minutes in the third. BBC Three also broadcast a cut-down edition of the programme, lasting 15 minutes, shown after the repeats on Sundays and Fridays and after the weekday evening repeats of earlier seasons.
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Amazon Prime Video
66
49
6.3
/1765/
63
/156/
60
/43/
3.3
/273/
78
/9/

The City and the City (2018)
When the body of a foreign student is discovered in the streets of the down-at-heel city of Besźel, it’s just another day’s work for Inspector Tyador Borlú of the Extreme Crime Squad. But he uncovers evidence that the murdered girl came from Ul Qoma, a city that shares a dangerous and volatile relationship with Besźel, and this case will challenge everything Borlú holds dear.
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47
6.7
/4512/
70
/52/
67
/43/

The Bill (1984)
The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.
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Amazon Prime Video
64
32
6.9
/2672/
57
/38/
67
/21/

Bergerac (1981)
Jim Bergerac is a detective sergeant in The Foreigners Office who likes to do things his own way. While dealing with his own personal demons Bergerac has a knack of finding trouble, and sometimes causing it.
poster
70
27
7.4
/1725/
69
/34/
67
/19/

The Detectives (1993)
The absurd adventures of two defective detectives, who - despite unbelievable incompetence - somehow manage to solve their cases (or be nearby when the cases are solved) and retain their jobs.
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Amazon Prime Video
69
25
7.6
/2224/
62
/15/
71
/12/
3.5
/336/

The Lost Prince (2003)
The life of Prince John, youngest child of Britain's King George V and Queen Mary, who died at the age of 13 in 1919.
poster
67
25
6.9
/1774/
58
/23/
76
/16/

He Knew He Was Right (2004)
An adaptation of the novel of the same name which follows the breakdown of a young couple's marriage, due to the husband's insecurity and jealousy.
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60
23
6.8
/1212/
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/32/
59
/24/
3.3
/218/

The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2012)
Choirmaster John Jasper is obsessed with his nephew's fiancé. Will he take his opportunity to get rid of Edwin Drood?
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Britbox Apple TV Channel
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22
7.8
/1266/
60
/22/
71
/15/

Maigret (1992)
Based on the novels by Georges Simenon, Michael Gambon plays the eponymous detective from the Sûreté in this 1992 revival of the 1960s BBC drama series. Maigret is an intuitutive detective, who investigates his cases by watching and listening, getting to know everyone on his list of suspects until someone makes a slip or breaks down and confesses.
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Hoopla
75
20
8.3
/1320/
71
/46/
74
/8/
cc age 15+

Garrow's Law (2009)
The true tale of pioneering 18th century barrister William Garrow, who acted as counsel for the accused, introducing the concept of 'innocent until proved guilty' at London's Old Bailey.
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Britbox Apple TV Channel
59
12
7.8
/1186/
63
/18/
36
/5/

Bramwell (1995)
The story of Eleanor Bramwell , a pioneering female doctor in the late nineteenth century, and the struggles she has with her friends, her colleagues and society. Determined to take the medical profession out of the dark ages, her strongly held opinions often draw her into conflict with the chief surgeon, a man keener on tradition than he is on progress.
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79
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8.1
/6453/
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/148/
77
/31/
3.8
/1593/

Hornblower (1998)
Set during the 18th century Napoleonic Wars, Horatio Hornblower, a young and shy midshipman, rises through the ranks to become an admiral.
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68
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68
/116/
67
/8/

Red Riding (2009)
Red Riding is a British crime drama limited series written by Tony Grisoni, based on the book series of the same name by David Peace. Comprised of the novels 1974 (1999), 1977 (2000), 1980 (2001), and 1983 (2002), with the first, third, and fourth of these became three feature-length television episodes, Red Riding 1974, Red Riding 1980 and Red Riding 1983. Three epic tales of murder, corruption and obsession. Utilising recurring characters and events, the Red Riding Trilogy recounts three series of gruesome crimes over a turbulent decade in Northern England.
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62
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7.6
/152/
10
/4/
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/1/

Will Shakespeare (1978)
Will Shakespeare, also known as Life of Shakespeare and William Shakespeare: His Life & Times, was a 1978 historical drama series created and written by John Mortimer. Broadcast in six parts, the series is a dramatisation of the life and times of the great poet William Shakespeare played by Tim Curry, and was co-produced by Lew Grade's ATV and RAI and distributed internationally by ITC. The two production companies had collaborated successfully before on Jesus of Nazareth the previous year.
poster
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7.0
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/5/
60
/1/

The Chief (1990)
The Chief is a British crime drama transmitted on ITV from 20 April 1990 to 16 June 1995. Produced by Anglia Television, it centred on the politics at the top of a typical English police force in its continual battle to solve the problems the times, in this case the fictional Eastland of East Anglia.
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8.1
/83/
42
/7/
60
/6/

BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)
The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and produced by BBC Television. It was transmitted in the UK from 3 December 1978 to 27 April 1985 and spanned seven series. Development of the series began in 1975 when Messina saw that Glamis Castle would make a perfect location for an adaptation of Shakespeare's play As You Like It. On returning to London, he envisioned an entire series devoted exclusively to the dramatic works of Shakespeare. After encountering numerous problems trying to produce the series, Messina eventually pitched the idea to the BBC’s departmental heads and the series was greenlighted. The series as a whole received generally negative reviews from critics.
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70
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8.3
/503/
61
/21/
67
/8/

Seven Wonders of the Industrial World (2003)
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World is a 7-part British documentary/docudrama television miniseries that originally aired from 4 September 2003 to 16 October 2003 on BBC. The programme examines seven engineering feats that occurred during the Industrial Revolution.
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Amazon Prime Video
62
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7.7
/933/
44
/10/
70
/1/

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling (1997)
Adaptation of the classic novel by Henry Fielding chronicling the life, loves and adventures of the charming Tom.
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6.0
/214/
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/14/
51
/7/

Personal Affairs (2009)
Personal Affairs was a 2009 British television drama-comedy series, broadcast on BBC Three. It starred Annabel Scholey, Laura Aikman, Maimie McCoy and Ruth Negga as four City of London Personal Assistants looking for their lost friend Grace Darling.
poster
61
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7.3
/138/
47
/7/
64
/5/

10 Days to War (2008)
A series of short dramas about the countdown to war in Iraq.
poster
64
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8.2
/678/
48
/13/
63
/6/

Funland (2005)
Funland is a comedy thriller serial, produced by the BBC, about a detective who arrives in Blackpool to find the killer of his mother with only the flimsiest of clues to go on. It was first screened from 23 October 2005 to 7 November 2005, on the digital channel BBC Three. Created by Jeremy Dyson and Simon Ashdown, the series consists of a fifty-minute opening episode followed by ten half-hour installments.
poster
53
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6.5
/371/
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/12/
42
/7/

Girls On Top (1985)
Four girls share a flat together in London. Having nothing in common aside from their gender, they barely manage to co-exist.


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