Really Good British TV Series and Miniseries
I really love British television and here is a list of British TV series and miniseries I really like.
Period drama is a personal favorite (as you may notice).
Note: I only list series I've seen.
Period drama is a personal favorite (as you may notice).
Note: I only list series I've seen.
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- CreatorJulian FellowesStarsHugh BonnevillePhyllis LoganElizabeth McGovernA chronicle of the lives of the British aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the early twentieth century.ITV - A period drama series
- CreatorToby WhithouseStarsLenora CrichlowRussell ToveyAidan TurnerA werewolf, a vampire, and a ghost try to live together and get along.BBC - A supernatural drama series
- StarsHermione NorrisMartin ClunesPaul McGannA mother suspects that her son could be the killer of a recently found dead girl, and becomes caught in a torturous dilemma of whether to denounce him, or protect him and hide the act.ITV - A two-part drama miniseries
- StarsAnna Maxwell MartinCarey MulliganDenis LawsonA suspenseful tale about the injustices of the 19th Century English legal system.BBC - A fifteen-part period drama miniseries
- CreatorHeidi ThomasStarsVanessa RedgraveLaura MainJenny AgutterChronicles the lives of a group of midwives living in East London in the late 1950s to late 1960s.BBC - A period drama series
- StarsRomola GaraiMichael GambonJonny Lee MillerEmma Woodhouse, a wealthy young woman living in the early 19th century, whose misplaced confidence in her matchmaking abilities occasions several romantic misadventures, which leads her into deeper meanings of love and lifeBBC - A four-part period drama miniseries
- StarsDouglas BoothJack RothRay WinstoneThe orphan Pip becomes a gentleman when his life is transformed by a mystery benefactor.BBC - A three-part period drama miniseries
- StarsJodhi MayLorraine BurroughsHolli DempseyFollows two women who were accused as teens of killing a school teacher.ITV - A three-part drama miniseries
- CreatorDominic MitchellStarsLuke NewberryHarriet CainsMarie CritchleyFour years after the Rising, the government starts to rehabilitate the Undead for reentry into society, including teenager Kieren Walker, who returns to his small Lancashire village to face a hostile reception, as well as his own demons.BBC - A supernatural drama series
- CreatorRoland MooreStarsBecci GemmellSusan CooksonMark BentonFollow the lives, loves and highs and lows of four members of the Women's Land Army who are working at the Hoxley Estate during World War II.BBC - A period drama series
- StarsHelen McCroryCallum TurnerSean GallagherThe forbidden love between a middle-aged family woman and a callow youth working in the same hotel.ITV - A three-part romantic drama miniseries
- StarsDakota Blue RichardsSophie ThompsonKris MarshallA tragic death in 1944 sends ghostly ripples down the years ensuring that the truth will eventually surface, whatever the cost.ITV - A five-part supernatural drama miniseries
- StarsMatthew MacfadyenClaire FoyTom CourtenayThe Dorrits are a family whose life revolves around the Marshalsea, a debtor's prison. Amy Dorrit's kind nature brings the family into contact with a wide swath of English society, from the poorest to the richest, and back again.BBC - A fourteen-part period drama miniseries
- StarsJo WoodcockCharlie Creed-MilesKaya ScodelarioFive different improvised stories exploring the reality of love in the modern world.ITV - A three-part drama miniseries
- StarsJemima RooperMorven ChristieAlex KingstonAmanda, an ardent Jane Austen fan, lives in present day London with her boyfriend Michael, until she finds she's swapped places with Austen's fictional creation Elizabeth Bennet.ITV - A four-part miniseries
- StarsAlex KingstonDean AndrewsShelley ConnA supernatural drama telling the story of three different families living in the same house in 1968, 1987 and the present day, linked by the spirit of the young daughter of the 1960s family, who drowned in mysterious circumstances.ITV - A five-part supernatural drama miniseries
- CreatorHoward OvermanStarsNathan Stewart-JarrettJoe GilgunIwan RheonA group of young offenders doing community service gets struck by lightning during a storm and start to develop superpowers.E4 - A science fiction comedy-drama series
- CreatorAndrew DaviesKate BrookeStarsRon CookJeremy PivenTom Goodman-HillCenters on the real-life story of the flamboyant and visionary American founder of Selfridge's, London's department store.ITV - A period drama series
- StarsCiara BaxendaleDan CohenJodie ComerSet in the mid-90s at the height of Cool Britannia, a drama based on real diaries takes an honest look at teenage life through the eyes of funny, music-mad RaeE4 - A comedy-drama series
- StarsDaniela Denby-AsheRichard ArmitageTim Pigott-SmithNorth and South is a four-part adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's love story of Margaret Hale, a middle-class southerner who is forced to move to the northern town of Milton.BBC - A four-part period drama miniseries
- CreatorChris ReddyStarsSean VereyScarlett Alice JohnsonYasmin PaigeA girl from a middle-class family gets drunk one night, sleeps with a younger working-class boy, and gets pregnant.BBC - A comedy series
- DirectorEdward HallStarsMichelle DockeryMichael Peter WillisCharlotte RamplingA young woman finds out that her mother worked as a spy for the British Secret Service during World War II and has been on the run ever since.BBC - A two-part drama miniseries
- CreatorJamie BrittainBryan ElsleyStarsKaya ScodelarioNicholas HoultJoe DempsieThe story of a group of British teens who are trying to grow up and find love and happiness despite questionable parenting and teachers who would rather be friends (and lovers) than authority figures.E4 - A teen drama series
- CreatorJohnny CappsJulian JonesJake MichieStarsJohn HurtColin MorganBradley JamesThese are the brand new adventures of Merlin, the legendary sorcerer as a young man, when he was just a servant to young Prince Arthur on the royal court of Camelot, who has soon become his best friend, and turned Arthur into a great king and a legend.BBC - A fantasy-adventure drama series
- CreatorRussell T. DaviesStarsJohn BarrowmanEve MylesKai OwenThe members of the Torchwood Institute, a secret organization founded by the British Crown, fight to protect the Earth from extraterrestrial and supernatural threats.BBC - A science fiction drama series and a Doctor Who spin-off
- CreatorHeidi ThomasStarsKeeley HawesEd StoppardAdrian ScarboroughA new family and their servants live at the London townhouse at 165 Eaton Place in 1936.BBC - A period drama series
- CreatorPeter MoffatStarsDavid RyallMaxine PeakeJohn SimmFollows the residents of one English village across the 20th century and their turbulent lives.BBC - A period drama series
- CreatorBill GallagherSarah BartonSarah BrownStarsJoanna VanderhamEmun ElliottStephen WightThe story of a young woman who works in a department store and gets caught up in the charms of the modern world.BBC - A period drama series
- StarsKate AshfieldGeoffrey BretonRon CookDuring World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.BBC - A five-part drama miniseries
- StarsEddie RedmayneClémence PoésyMatthew GoodeAs an English soldier fights in the horrific trenches of northern France, he is haunted by the memories of his forbidden love affair with a French woman.BBC - A two-part drama miniseries
- StarsAlexander ArnoldDavid BamberClaudie BlakleyA young couple move into an apartment only to find the body of a young woman that had been missing for 2 years but never registered as missing which leads to a deeper investigation into what actually happened.BBC - A four-part drama miniseries
- StarsMiranda HartPatricia HodgeTom EllisSocially inept Miranda always gets into awkward situations; working in her joke shop with best friend Stevie, being hounded by her pushy mother, and around her crush Gary.BBC - A sitcom series
- StarsDan StevensTim McInnernyHayley AtwellA young man becomes attached to a family that's not his own, and casts himself into the life of plentiful riches and gay love affairs for which he seems destined.BBC - A three-part drama miniseries
- CreatorDanny RobinsDan TetsellStarsKeith-Lee CastleClare ThomasSimon LuddersA young vampire trying to fit in as a normal boy in a normal society.BBC - A teen horror drama series
- CreatorMark GatissSteven MoffatStarsBenedict CumberbatchMartin FreemanUna StubbsThe quirky spin on Conan Doyle's iconic sleuth pitches him as a "high-functioning sociopath" in modern-day London. Assisting him in his investigations: Afghanistan War vet John Watson, who's introduced to Holmes by a mutual acquaintance.BBC - A crime drama series
- StarsChiwetel EjioforMatthew GoodeJoanna VanderhamSet in the 1930s, a black Jazz band rises in fame and popularity while becoming entangled in an intricate web of intrigue, mystery and suspense with the elite of London society.BBC - A five-part period drama miniseries
- CreatorPeter GrimsdalePaul UnwinStarsCatherine SteadmanZoe BoyleShaun DingwallA TV series set in early 1960s England and centered around the doctors and nurses in a gynecology ward.ITV - A period drama series. Sadly only one season.
- StarsAndrew EllisAndrew ShimChanel CresswellShaun has just finished his final exams and he realizes he is no longer a kid. It's mid 80's England, and the gang are back, looking for a laugh, a job and something that resembles a future.Channel 4 - A four-part drama miniseries and a spin-off from the film "This Is England" (2006).
- StarsAndrew EllisAndrew ShimChanel CresswellChristmas 1988. Soulmates Woody and Lol find themselves in exile from each other and the gang. Trying to understand the definition 'growing up', Shaun begins a course at College, that quickly takes a wrong turn.Channel 4 - A three-part drama miniseries and a sequel to "This Is England '86".
- StarsHermione NorrisOona ChaplinRichard RankinDuring the First World War, Kitty Trevelyan tries to put the past troubles behind her as she joins two other girls to volunteer at one of the busy war hospitals in northern France.BBC - A period drama series. Sadly only one season.
- StarsMatthew McNultyMaxine PeakeJenna ColemanAn adaption of John Braine's novel.BBC - A two-part drama miniseries
- StarsLee InglebyLiz WhiteAnne ReidA drama series about the family who founded Chester Zoo in the 1930s.BBC - A six-part drama miniseries
- CreatorDebbie MoonStarsGabrielle GreenLeona VaughanShorelle HepkinMaddy Smith and her family are the only wolfbloods in Stoneybridge, which is a well-kept secret. They lead a peaceful life until Rhydian, a wolfblood, arrives and triggers chaos.BBC - A teen supernatural drama series
- CreatorIain HollandsStarsSamuel RobertsonJohn DagleishKristen GutoskieThree British students decided to spend their summer in an American summer camp and make a large impression on fellow camp workers and the campers.E4 - A comedy-drama series
- StarsBenedict CumberbatchRebecca HallRoger AllamRevolves around a love triangle between a conservative English aristocrat, his mean socialite wife and a young suffragette.BBC - A five-part drama miniseries
- StarsBrendan CoyleLesley SharpSteve Edge'Starlings' follows the lives of a typical working-class family who live in Derbyshire. Granddad has recently moved in, following an incident at the old folks' home. Rather than see him unhappy, Terry and his kind-hearted wife Jan decide to move his father into their already-crammed family home.Sky 1 - A comedy-drama series
- CreatorAdrian HodgesStarsJulie GrahamMax BeesleyPaterson JosephAn unknown virus pandemic kills more than 90% of the world's population. Those immune must strive to survive and overcome the difficulties of this new world order, hoping that the virus will not mutate.BBC - A science fiction drama series
- StarsVincent FranklinJulie HesmondhalghJames MurrayModern gay life in Manchester.Channel 4 - A drama series
- CreatorRussell T. DaviesStarsFisayo AkinadeFreddie FoxVincent FranklinCelebrate love without labels; join eight different couples on their journey of love, heartbreak, sex, and drama.E4 - A drama series and sister series to Channel 4's Cucumber.
- CreatorJesse ArmstrongSam BainStarsZawe AshtonGreg McHughKimberley NixonA comedy that follows a group of six students about to embark on the most exciting period of their lives so far, university.Channel 4 - A comedy-drama series
- CreatorKay MellorStarsKatherine ParkinsonHermione NorrisChristine BottomleyDrama series about a group of expectant parents who bond at pre-natal classes and the lives of the couples leading up to the births.BBC - A drama series
- CreatorDaniel BrocklehurstJim PoyserStarsDavid MorrisseyClaudie BlakleyIan HartTaxi driver Vince McKee finds his life taking an unexpected turn after he accepts an offer to drive for a criminal gang.BBC - A three-part drama miniseries
- CreatorTony GroundsStarsMichelle KeeganSean WardBen AldridgeDrama following the extraordinary adventures of female medics in the British Army.BBC - A drama series
- StarsFinn ElliotGreg WiseHattie MorahanA young boy struggles to fit into the life of a post-war English village after witnessing the death of his mother.BBC - A two-part drama miniseries
- CreatorDebbie HorsfieldStarsAidan TurnerEleanor TomlinsonJack FarthingRoss Poldark returns home after the American Revolutionary War and rebuilds his life with a new business venture, making new enemies and finding a new love where he least expects it.BBC - A period drama series
- StarsLyra Mae ThomasChanel CresswellVicky McClureThe year is 1990, the rave scene has just entered England. The sound of the Stone roses lurks toward Shaun and the gang. This means that Woody and Lol are living in a domestic bliss, they are happy again. But this year will see huge changes in everyone. This is the year 1990. This is England.Channel 4 - A four-part drama miniseries and a sequel to "This Is England '88". The end of the "This Is England-saga".
- CreatorTom Rob SmithStarsBen WhishawEdward HolcroftJim BroadbentA chance romance between two men from very different worlds, one from the headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Service, the other from a world of clubbing and youthful excess, leads into mystery after one of them is found murdered.BBC - A five-part drama miniseries
- StarsHarry RichardsonTom HollanderStefanie MartiniPenniless Mary Thorne grows up with her uncle, Doctor Thorne, and develops a friendship with the family at the nearby Greshamsbury Park estate.ITV - A three-part period drama miniseries
- CreatorDaisy GoodwinStarsJenna ColemanAdrian SchillerTommy KnightThe early life of Queen Victoria, from her ascension to the throne at the tender age of 18 to her courtship and marriage to Prince Albert.ITV - A period drama series
- CreatorPeter MorganStarsClaire FoyOlivia ColmanImelda StauntonFollows the political rivalries and romances of Queen Elizabeth II's reign and the events that shaped Britain for the second half of the 20th century.Netflix - A drama series
- CreatorSimon BlockStarsClare CalbraithBrian FletcherSamantha BondA drama following a group of inspirational women in a rural Cheshire community during World War II.ITV - A period drama series
- StarsJulian MorrisVanessa RedgraveOliver Jackson-CohenTales of love across two films highlighting the very different challenges that face the couples, With Michael and Thomas just after WWII, and Adam and Steve in the present day.
- StarsPaul DanoJames NortonLily JamesAs the Russian conflict with Napoleon reaches its peak, five aristocratic families face the possibility of their lives being changed forever.
- StarsJessica BardenAlex LawtherSteve OramJames is 17 and is pretty sure he is a psychopath. Alyssa, also 17, is the cool and moody new girl at school. The pair make a connection and she persuades him to embark on a road trip in search of her real father.Channel 4 /All 4 - A dark comedy-drama series
- CreatorTom EdgeStarsJohnny FlynnAntonia ThomasDaniel IngsAfter finding out he has an STD, Dylan must get back in touch with every girl he has ever had sex with to let them know the bad news.