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1. Shetland (2013– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A local police team investigate crimes within the close knit island community of Shetland.
Stars: Alison O'Donnell, Steven Robertson, Douglas Henshall, Lewis Howden
Votes: 25,928
2. Poldark (2015–2019)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance
Ross 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.
Stars: Aidan Turner, Eleanor Tomlinson, Jack Farthing, Beatie Edney
Votes: 36,137
3. Out of Darkness (2022)
R | 88 min | Horror, Thriller
In the Old Stone Age, a disparate gang of early humans band together in search of a new land. But when they suspect a malevolent, mystical being is hunting them down, the clan are forced to confront a danger they never envisioned.
Director: Andrew Cumming | Stars: Iola Evans, Arno Lüning, Rosebud Melarkey, Tyrell Mhlanga
Votes: 3,829
4. Jonathan Creek (1997–2016)
TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Jonathan Creek, a magician with a natural ability for solving puzzles, works from his home in a converted windmill. He uses his abilities to solve impossible crimes and mysterious murders.
Stars: Alan Davies, Caroline Quentin, Stuart Milligan, Julia Sawalha
Votes: 9,015
5. Still Game (2002–2019)
TV-14 | 29 min | Comedy
Cult Scottish comedy about the lives of two OAP's Jack and Victor and their views on how it used to be in the old days and how bad it is now in the fictional area of Craiglang, Glasgow.
Stars: Ford Kiernan, Greg Hemphill, Paul Riley, Mark Cox
Votes: 9,292
6. Clique (2017–2018)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Thriller
When Georgia gets drawn into an elite university clique of alpha girls, her friend Holly becomes alarmed by her changing, erratic behaviour, and feels compelled to join - only to find this seductive world is deeply corrupted.
Stars: Synnove Karlsen, Sophia Brown, Rachel Hurd-Wood, David Monteath
Votes: 3,343
7. Case Histories (2011–2013)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Former soldier and policeman Jackson Brodie becomes a private investigator.
Stars: Jason Isaacs, Amanda Abbington, Zawe Ashton, Millie Innes
Votes: 4,858
8. Rebus (2000–2004)
TV-PG | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Set in Edinburgh, the mercurial Detective Inspector John Rebus's investigations lead him through the city's ancient beauty and into its more sinister quarters.
Stars: Ken Stott, Claire Price, Jennifer Black, Gregor Gillespie
Votes: 2,248
9. The UnXplained (2019– )
TV-14 | Documentary
The show will explore the facts behind the world's most fascinating, strange and inexplicable mysteries.
Stars: William Shatner, Michio Kaku, Jonathan Young, Tok Thompson
Votes: 1,878
10. Chasing Shadows (I) (2014)
45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A missing persons unit investigate serial killers who target the impressionable and vulnerable.
Stars: Reece Shearsmith, Alex Kingston, Adjoa Andoh, Noel Clarke
Votes: 3,150
11. Hunted (2012)
TV-MA | 59 min | Action, Drama
Meet Sam. A spy. A hunter. And herself hunted by an enemy more ruthless and determined than any she's ever known.
Stars: Melissa George, Adam Rayner, Patrick Malahide, Morven Christie
Votes: 9,412
12. Stone of Destiny (2008)
PG | 96 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
The story of Ian Hamilton, a dedicated nationalist who reignited Scottish national pride in the 1950s with his daring raid on the heart of England to bring the Stone of Scone back to Scotland.
Director: Charles Martin Smith | Stars: Charlie Cox, Kate Mara, Stephen McCole, Ciaron Kelly
Votes: 4,381
13. River City (2002– )
30 min | Drama, Family
Drama series set in a close-knit Glasgow community.
Stars: Sally Howitt, Stephen Purdon, Frank Gallagher, Jordan Young
Votes: 296
14. The Honorable Woman (2014)
58 min | Drama, Thriller
Centers on Nessa Stein, a woman who inherits her father's arms business and finds herself in an international maelstrom as she continues to promote the reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians.
Stars: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Stephen Rea, Lubna Azabal, Katherine Parkinson
Votes: 11,561
15. Rosamunde Pilcher (1993– )
90 min | Drama, Romance
A series of television movies based on the works of Rosamunde Pilcher, a popular British writer of romance novels and short stories.
Stars: Stuart Davidson, Colin Matthews, Alexander-Klaus Stecher, Patrik Fichte
Votes: 283
16. The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (2011–2014)
386 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
"The Suspicions of Mr Whicher" premiered in 2011 and starred Paddy Considine as Jonathan 'Jack' Whicher, a detective leading the investigation into a notorious child murder in the 1860s. ... See full summary »
Stars: Paddy Considine, Tim Pigott-Smith, William Beck, Nancy Carroll
Votes: 972
17. Close to the Enemy (2016)
59 min | Drama
A British intelligence officer has to ensure that a captured German scientist helps the British develop jet aircraft.
Stars: Jim Sturgess, Lucy Ward, Charlotte Riley, August Diehl
Votes: 1,309
18. Ambassadors (2013)
Comedy, Drama
The adventures and politics of a British ambassador to a fictitious Asian country called Tajbekistan.
Stars: David Mitchell, Robert Webb, Susan Lynch, Amara Karan
Votes: 1,930
19. Long Lost Family (2011– )
TV-PG | Reality-TV
This series helps people reunite with long-lost family members. Investigators pick up the search when the trail has gone cold.
Stars: Davina McCall, Nicky Campbell, Peter Arundel, Elsie Brockbank
Votes: 258
20. Killing Jesus (2015 TV Movie)
Unrated | 132 min | Biography, Drama, History
A TV Movie chronicling the life of Jesus of Nazareth.
Director: Christopher Menaul | Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Vernon Dobtcheff, Eoin Macken, Rufus Sewell
Votes: 2,107
21. Sea of Souls (2004–2007)
120 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A group of faculty and staff at a Glasgow university studies the paranormal.
Stars: Bill Paterson, Dawn Steele, Iain Robertson, Louise Irwin
Votes: 477
22. Horizon (I) (1964– )
50 min | Documentary
British documentary series that covers a variety of subjects in science and philosophy.
Stars: Paul Vaughan, Jack Fortune, Dilly Barlow, Colin Riach
Votes: 1,149
23. Tommy's Honour (2016)
PG | 112 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
In every generation, a torch passes from father to son. And that timeless dynamic is the beating heart of Tommy's Honour - an intimate, powerfully moving tale of the real-life founders of the modern game of golf.
Director: Jason Connery | Stars: Benjamin Wainwright, Peter Mullan, Jack Lowden, Peter Ferdinando
Votes: 1,379 | Gross: $0.56M
24. Fifth Gear Recharged (2021– )
60 min | Reality-TV
A new version of the long-running British motoring programme, now with a focus on electric cars.
Stars: Jason Plato, Vicki Butler-Henderson, Karun Chandhok, Jimmy de Ville
Votes: 58
25. Take Me Out (I) (2010–2019)
Game-Show
This dating-based game-show sees a contestant come face-to-face with thirty women and attempt to impress enough of them so they can choose one to go on a date with to the "Isle of Fernando's".
Stars: Paddy McGuinness, Brian Blessed, Bianca Maria, Maria Kouka
Votes: 395
26. This September (2010– )
Drama
The trials and tribulations of a Scottish Laird, his family with all their wealth, secrets, and heartbreak.
Stars: Rebecca Night, Charles Dance, Susanna Simon, Eleonore Weisgerber
Votes: 131
27. The Other Wife (2012– )
180 min | Romance
Two part drama about a wife who finds out her husband has another wife and child after he is killed in a plane crash.
Stars: Rupert Everett, Natalia Wörner, John Hannah, Melia Kreiling
Votes: 226
28. Festival (I) (2005)
Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Drama
August in Edinburgh sees the population of the grand, historic Scottish capital swell with actors, directors, street performers, comedians, media high flyers and audience.
Director: Annie Griffin | Stars: Kevin Masson, Lyndsey Marshal, Paddy Bonner, Selina Cadell
Votes: 906
29. SunTrap (2015)
30 min | Comedy
Set on a fictional Spanish island, Woody follows the fortunes of one of the UK's best undercover reporters. Woody (Novak) is forced to go on the run from the British authorities after being... See full summary »
Stars: Kayvan Novak, Bradley Walsh, Emma Pierson, Jamie Demetriou
Votes: 524
30. Songs of Praise (1961– )
35 min | Music
Long-running religious programme broadcasting church services and in particular the singing of Christian hymns from a different place of worship each week. Also featuring interviews and news segments of interest to the Christian community.
Stars: Aled Jones, Kate Bottley, Katherine Jenkins, Pam Rhodes
Votes: 133
31. 16 Years of Alcohol (2003)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama
16 years of alcohol is about a skinhead named Frankie; his violent childhood, alcoholism and his love for Ska.
Director: Richard Jobson | Stars: Kevin McKidd, Laura Fraser, Susan Lynch, Stuart Sinclair Blyth
Votes: 1,744 | Gross: $0.01M
32. Seven Wonders of the Industrial World (2003)
TV-PG | 50 min | Documentary, Drama, History
Drama-documentary series which describes some of the key technological achievements of the industrial age.
Stars: Robert Lindsay, Ron Cook, John Walters, Michael Carter
Votes: 478
33. Almost Heaven (2006)
Drama
A Canadian television director is hired to salvage an international fishing show in Scotland. The only hitch: his ex-wife is the host. What he finds in Scotland is love in the form of a ... See full summary »
Director: Shel Piercy | Stars: Julie Cox, Donal Logue, Alisa Cox, Christopher Fairbank
Votes: 218
34. Talking to the Dead (2013– )
Crime
Rookie inspector Fiona Griffiths has a brilliant mind - and a secret history of mental illness called Cotard's Syndrome that has left her with a deep and peculiar empathy for the dead.
Stars: Sophie Rundle, Russell Tovey, Mark Lewis Jones, Lois Winstone
Votes: 72
35. Animal (2005)
Not Rated | 103 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
Thomas Nielsen (Andreas Wilson), a brilliant young geneticist, has focused too much on his research and is in danger of being fired. In order to prove the validity of this work, he needs a human subject.
Director: Rose Bosch | Stars: Andreas Wilson, Emma Griffiths Malin, Diogo Infante, Ed Stoppard
Votes: 629
36. Missing (2006 TV Movie)
140 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young homeless girl is suspected of being a gruesome serial killer
Director: Ian Madden | Stars: Dean Andrews, Michael Attwell, Elizabeth Berrington, David Bowles
Votes: 181
37. This Is MY House (2021–2022)
59 min | Game-Show
Four people walk into a home and say, "This Is MY House". The catch, only one of them is telling the truth.
Stars: Judi Love, Richard Madeley, Sophie Willan, Stacey Dooley
Votes: 128
38. Rockface (2002–2003)
50 min | Drama
Drama about the members of a Scottish mountain rescue team both on and off the hills.
Stars: Clive Russell, Brendan Coyle, Cal MacAninch, Richard Graham
Votes: 90
39. I Escaped to the Country (2017– )
45 min | Reality-TV
Series celebrating the house-buying success stories of people who went on to purchase a rural property they were introduced to on their original Escape to the Country journey.
Stars: Sonali Shah, Jonnie Irwin, Alistair Appleton, Jules Hudson
Votes: 7
40. Happy Hollidays (2009– )
30 min | Comedy
Sitcom set on a precarious caravan campsite which strives to represent the best of the great British holiday - less palm trees and pina coladas and more puggymachines and lukewarm pints.
Stars: Ford Kiernan, Gavin Mitchell, Anthony Bowers, Kathleen McDermott
Votes: 39
41. The Dinosaur Hunters (2002 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 120 min | Biography, Drama
One man who kept asking questions was Gideon Mantell, the amateur paleontologist who, in the early 19th century, fought to get the British scientific establishment to accept Britain had ... See full summary »
Director: Andrew Piddington | Stars: Henry Ian Cusick, Paul Brightwell, Michelle Bunyan, Alan Cox
Votes: 47
42. No Holds Bard (2009 TV Movie)
59 min | Comedy
Comedy mockumentary following the ups and downs of five participants in the annual Burns poetry recital competition.
Director: Brian Kelly | Stars: Tony Curran, Ron Donachie, Vincent Franklin, Laura Fraser
Votes: 29
43. The Big Painting Challenge (2015– )
65 min | Reality-TV
Una Stubbs and Richard Bacon lead a nationwide search for Britain's best amateur artist.
Stars: Mariella Frostrup, Richard Coles, Diana Ali, Pascal Anson
Votes: 39
44. Conspiracies... (2004– )
Documentary
Unravelling the conspiracy theories behind some of the world's biggest stories. Getting to meet the people who passionately believe the theories and finding out what drives them.
Stars: Simon Reeve, Danny Wallace, Barbara G. Grant, Bruce Beveridge
Votes: 38
45. The Ticking Man (2003)
85 min | Crime, Thriller
In the remote west coast of Scotland, a drug dealer double-crosses and kills a drug trafficker who imports drugs for him. The dealer is arrested and learns that the murder was witnessed by ... See full summary »
Director: Steven Lewis Simpson | Stars: Alan McCafferty, Ian Hanmore, James Bryce, Margo Croan
Votes: 97
46. Into the Wild with Gordon Buchanan (2016–2017)
60 min | Adventure
Scottish BAFTA nominated documentary series. Gordon Buchanan takes some of Britian's best-loved household names on a wildlife adventure where they get up close and personal with some of the UK's most iconic species.
Stars: Dermot O'Leary, Sara Cox, Ed Byrne, Gordon Buchanan
48. Raging (2007 TV Movie)
Comedy
Director: Brian Kelly | Stars: Tom Bennett, Elizabeth Bower, Fergus Craig, Hannah Jane Fox
49. Loved, Alone (2003)
15 min | Drama, Short
When a young woman returns home to Scotland from California her attempt to rekindle a romance with her childhood sweetheart turns dark when they are stalked on the streets of Edinburgh by a mysterious masked figure.
Director: Indra Bhose | Stars: Beth Winslet, Alexis Conran, Allison McKenzie, Roger Winslet
Votes: 23
50. Cry for Bobo (2002)
10 min | Short
Frantic knockabout tragedy ensues when Bobo is sent to clown prison for committing a daring but silly crime. Can he escape in time to prevent his family from bringing shame on all clowndom?
Director: David Cairns | Stars: James Bryce, Niall Greig Fulton, Mark McDonnell, Steven McNicoll
Votes: 66