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- StarsEmma FryerTom BennettAndrew BrookeThe antics of the dysfunctional staff of Sutton branch of a mobile phone retailer.
- StarsChiwetel EjioforChristopher EcclestonKierston WareingChristopher Eccleston and Chiwetel Ejiofor star in this intricate conspiracy thriller set in a world of blurred morality, inhabited by conflicted characters on both sides of the law.
- StarsSteven MackintoshWarren BrownNicola WalkerThe story of three employees of a security depot who plan and execute a multi-million pound cash heist.
- StarsJo WoodcockCharlie Creed-MilesKaya ScodelarioFive different improvised stories exploring the reality of love in the modern world.
- StarsAnna FrielDaniel MaysLorraine AshbourneReleased from prison after serving 10 years for murder, Eddie tries to adjust to life outside with the help of his probation officer, Paula.
- StarsChris RamseyKimberley NixonLisa McGrillisSet in the town of Hebburn in Tyne and Wear, this series follows the Pearson family, Joe, Pauline and their son Jack, who has secretly married a middle-class Jewish girl, Sarah, on a drunken binge in Las Vegas.
- StarsSharon HorganJennifer SaundersAisling BeaHelen Stephens is wrongly sentenced to 12 years in prison for murdering her boss Eric Bridges, the managing director of Entirely Tiles. Although she is sure that it will only be a matter of time before this mistake is rectified, everyone around her seems to be conspiring to keep her behind bars. Her lawyer Tony is incompetent, her sister Laura wants her flat, and fiancé Justin--her alibi--has disappeared. Her colleague Henry seems to be the only one willing to help, but he has an ulterior motive.
- DirectorLouise OsmondStarsJan VokesHoward DaviesBrian 'Daisy' VokesAn inspirational true story of a group of friends from a working men's club who decide to take on the elite 'sport of kings' and breed themselves a racehorse
- CreatorLarry BrodyJanis HendlerJames J. McNamaraStarsKen OlandtLarry B. ScottPatrick MacneeIn the year 2020, an astronaut becomes a vigilante when he returns from a mission to learn his cop brother's been murdered.
- StarsDonal McCannSue JohnstonSharon DuceFrank Cody runs a struggling business and hopes that a new order from America will enable him to recover. When this fails he commits arson in order to make a fraudulent insurance claim, with disastrous consequences.
- CreatorJames WoodTom HollanderStarsTom HollanderOlivia ColmanSteve EvetsThe misadventures of an Anglican vicar, his wife, and a small but odd group of parishioners in London.
- StarsGenevieve BarrDouglas HenshallDervla KirwanAn eighteen-year-old struggling to integrate into a hearing world following cochlear implantation witnesses the murder of a police officer. The subsequent investigation unravels a net of police corruption.
- CreatorPaul SmithStarsDawn FrenchPaul Mark ElliottSoo DrouetDawn French stars in this dark and twisted comedy series, in which she plays a different character embroiled in murder, in each hilarious episode.
- StarsRobbie ColtraneAmanda HaleBel PowleyA thriller that tells a traumatic murder story through the eyes of three central characters: Carrie the daughter of the murdered woman, Douglas Hain the detective in charge of the investigation, and Sally the murder victim.
- CreatorJ.C. WilsherStarsNeil PearsonTom GeorgesonSiobhan RedmondBritish police drama following the team at the Complaints Investigation Bureau - the unit that polices the police.
- StarsHelen BaxendaleAnnette CrosbieStruan RodgerCordelia Gray is the reluctant owner of a ramshackle investigation agency following the suicide of her boss. Watching over her as she hunts down clues in the murky and sinister world of crime, is her straight-laced and intuitive office assistant Edith Sparshott.
- CreatorJimmy McGovernStarsOrla BradyEwen BremnerMyAnna BuringBritish convicts have been sent to Australia as punishment for their crimes. As they try to live their new lives, they have to live with the new rules. The soldiers also have to adjust.
- CreatorPeter MoffatStarsDavid RyallMaxine PeakeJohn SimmFollows the residents of one English village across the 20th century and their turbulent lives.
- StarsCaroline BlakistonMary HealeyGillian LewisThe series follows a ruthless 19th century Northumberland Squire, Thomas Mallen, and the tumultuous lives of his multiple illegitimate children distinguishable by a white streak in their hair.
- StarsLee InglebyEmma CunniffeJuliet StevensonA young girl mysteriously vanishes from her English village home. 45 years later, a journalist's attempts to make a documentary on the case threaten to shatter the lives of all involved.
- StarsNigel HaversBernard HeptonRosemary LeachA drama series set in 1930s Britain, detailing the exploits of Ralph Gorse, a conman, seducer and murderer.
- CreatorKenny McBainStarsChristine KavanaghIan McNeiceZoë WanamakerThe investigation of Paul Vandervent into the mysterious death of his father brings further discord among two feuding families tied together in business and marriage, living under the same roof.
- DirectorNorman StoneStarsBob PeckJanet McTeerGeraldine SomervilleIn the 1830's in northern England, Riah Millican, a widow with three children, takes a job as housekeeper to a reclusive former teacher, Percival Miller. Miller makes Riah the gift of a black velvet gown, and even educates her children. But when Riah discovers the reason behind Miller's gifts, she vows to leave his house, but Miller has a hold on her, even after his death, when he leaves his house to her on the condition that she never marry. Riah's daughter, Biddy, grows up and becomes a laundress in a large house where her education keeps her from fitting in and makes her a target. But it also catches the eye of a son of the house, and with Miller's legacies, Biddy may yet find her way to happiness.
- CreatorDavid AllisonStarsDean AndrewsChanel CresswellTristan GemmillWhen a man is accused of murdering his partner, his only defence is claiming it was a case of assisted suicide. But was it really an act of love or a cold blooded murder?
- CreatorAshley PharoahStarsRicky TomlinsonDenise WelchZara DawsonThis series follows Faith and Brian Addis as they work to keep open their holiday home "Phyllishayes" - a roomy farmhouse in Devon offering memorable holidays for children who may never have experienced the countryside in their lives.
- StarsRoss KempSophie OkonedoJeff NuttallA sharp barrister teams up with a strong-minded solicitor - and former lover - to take on shocking and controversial battles with the British legal system.
- CreatorRobert JonesStarsConor MullenStanley TownsendLorraine PilkingtonBeautiful rural Ireland. Elegant racehorses. Money. Family. A David and Goliath family drama pitting brilliant, but near bankrupt, young trainer Aidan against mega rich neighbour Mr. Carrick. Into Aidan's life comes a young horse, spoilt and dangerous; and a teenage boy who drops the bombshell that he is Aidan's son. The horse and the son turn the troubled Aidan's life around. But Mr. Carrick's beautiful wife, Yolanda, threatens to turn it upside down.
- 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.
- StarsAmanda RootNicholas McGaugheyGwenyth PettyCity lawyer Rachel Mortimer takes a job as coroner in rural Wales.
- CreatorFred BarronStarsNicholas LyndhurstCelia ImrieRyan SampsonThe daily lives of Jimmy, his two kids and his mother in law whilst his wife is in Africa.
- CreatorReg WatsonStarsStefan DennisAlan FletcherJackie WoodburneAustralian soap opera exploring the lives and relationships of the residents of Ramsay Street in a suburb of Melbourne called Erinsborough.
- CreatorGeoffrey AtherdenStarsGeoff MorrellZoe CaridesJohn ClaytonThe series is set around the fictional Arcadia Waters Council near Sydney, and was primarily a satirical look at the machinations of local government.
- CreatorDavid NobbsStarsJean SmartTimothy BusfieldRichard MulliganReggie Potter is tired of his life, especially his boss CJ and his job at Funtime Ice Cream, so he pretends to kill himself. He then dons elaborate outfits to spy on his family and eventually remarry his "widow" Elizabeth.
- StarsJames BolamPeter BowlesChristopher StrauliA rather naive, middle-class man is admitted to a hospital ward and finds that he is sharing it with a working-class layabout and an upper-class hypochondriac. All three of them cause headaches for the hospital staff.
- CreatorSally WainwrightStarsJane HorrocksSteven MackintoshJodhi MayThe story follows Mrs Ros Pritchard, a successful manager of a supermarket. When a couple of politicians make a spectacle of themselves outside her shop, Ros decides to stand for election herself.
- CreatorTony JordanStarsSean McKenzieIan AspinallDave HillThe everyday public and private lives of the detectives, policemen and policewomen who work at the inner-city Christmas Street police station in Manchester.
- StarsMichael IronsideRoy DupuisMichel ForgetCharacterized as being among the largest outlaw biker gangs in the world, The Triple Sixer's unrivaled presence and strength stretches from Halifax to Vancouver, with one important exception- Ontario. The richest market in the country.
- StarsJohn AldertonPauline CollinsJames BerwickCharming British comedy series starring real-life spouses Pauline Collins and John Alderton as Clara and C.D., reflecting on how they met and fell in love. Each show begins with a short dialogue, followed by the story. Clara is sweetly eccentric; each show ends with her saying "No, Honestly!"
- StarsMargaret TyzackThorley WaltersHelen MirrenA poor and homely spinster, who feels she's been walked on all her life, teams up with a scheming courtesan to wreak elaborate revenge on her rich and handsome relatives.
- CreatorSue TeddernStarsAntonia ThomasGreg WiseWarren BrownA six-episode mini-series which follows the lives of four army wives in the UK.
- StarsAdrian LukisClare HigginsIngrid HafnerTwo boys Michael and Joe become friends when Joe arrives at St. George's school in England as a refugee student. Both are Jewish but one has grown up in a middle class English home, while the other has grown up under the spectre of the growing Nazi movemement. Their friendship lasts beyond school when both find careers in film. When they both fall for the same girl they must decide if she is worth destroying their friendship over.
- StarsHugo SpeerNeil DudgeonCal MacAninchA true party animal whose life is one long round of pleasure, pints and pulling women, Radge isn't exactly the role model his 12-year-old son Ryan needs. When things go wrong at Ryan's school, Radge is forced to reassess their relationship, and come to terms with something he has kept from his son.
- CreatorChris ChibnallStéphane KaminkaStarsSimon AbkarianConstance DolléBéatrice DalleA French remake of the British crime drama Broadchurch, set in Corsica.
- StarsGwyneth KeyworthKevin McNallyAndy NymanTopical comedy set within the E.U. Referendum campaign, following both camps along with political aides who serve Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. A spin-off of the 2015 comedy series "Ballot Monkeys."
- CreatorJack ThorneStarsYasmin PaigeJordan StephensBilly HowleWhen the body of a local teenager was found behind the wheel of a tractor, the isolated villagers and their friends were forced to open up their world.
- CreatorRay BurdisStarsIain GlenSusannah HarkerJesse BirdsallThe story follows Carl Galton, an ambitious leader of an outlaw gang, who wants to expand his criminal empire.
- StarsIain GlenSharon SmallRobert GreenhalghSports reporter (and widower/single-dad) Stuart Morrison's paper is in financial trouble, and hotshot businesswoman Cara Rossi's been assigned to make it profitable. Cara, eager to escape London after a disastrous affair with her boss, is still reluctant to take the assignment, as she left Glasgow for greener pastures and would once again be in the bosom of her overbearing Italian family. When she and Stuart meet, have a one-night stand, part, and then meet again in their business personas, will the relationship last and flower? Or will Cara's business plan and Stuart's memories of his wife, Siobhan, keep them apart?
- CreatorMatthew GrahamAshley PharoahStarsHugh BonnevilleJulie GrahamAdrian LesterEnglish archaeology professor 'Dolly' Parton's team handles high-profile finds. Often those prove relevant in the present, as such as symbol for a cause. The team runs personal danger, on top of their messy love - and other personal lives.
- CreatorGwen BagniPaul DubovStarsAnne FrancisJohn EricsonBruceAfter her father's death, Honey West takes over his high-tech private-detective firm, assisted by rugged Sam Bolt--and her pet ocelot Bruce.
- CreatorGerard GlaisterAllan PriorStarsJan HarveyStephen YardleyGlyn OwenTom Howard is made redundant from his job as a senior aircraft designer and decides to invest his skill, time and redundancy money in a run-down local boat-building yard. The decision puts a great strain on his marriage.
- StarsMorven ChristieVicky McClureRichard RankinA woman about to begin her maternity leave from work begins to suspect that her replacement is plotting to take over her life.
- StarsStuart OrganGwyneth PowellLee CornesThe long running television series of the Grange Hill Comprehensive School, and the children's everyday lives.
- StarsXaris MillerMatthew VennellMartin JacobsEugenie Sandler is just your typical 15-year-old girl, until a deep dark secret unravels; that she is a private detective which must uncover a mystery involving her father's disappearance as well as her real-life mother's identity.
- StarsAdrian Lewis MorganJan PearsonMatthew ChambersThe daily lives of staff at a Birmingham medical practice, including their often-dramatic involvements with their patients.
- StarsKarl HowmanMike WallingJackie LyeJacko is a house painter who "appreciates" women. He sees the best in each one of them and they in turn, like him. Will he find true love? Will he settle down as he gets older?
- CreatorPaul MendelsonStarsAnton RodgersFrances WhitePaul VenablesAlec Callendar, a Pinner solicitor, meets and falls in love with Zoe Angel, a woman half his age: their relationship, as well as the ups and downs of Alec's office mates: his secretaries, Hilary and Miss Flood, and Alec's son, Jamie.
- CreatorPhoebe Waller-BridgeStarsPhoebe Waller-BridgeJonathan BaileyJulie DrayA comedy series following the lives of six 20- and 30-somethings living together as property guardians of a large, disused hospital.
- StarsSinéad KeenanBrían F. O'ByrneMatthew DevlinThe true story of the 2007 murder of Rhys Jones in Liverpool. The story of the aftermath and police investigation.
- CreatorBrian ClemensStarsGordon JacksonMartin ShawLewis CollinsBodie and Doyle, senior agents of the British intelligence service CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their handler George Cowley fight terrorism and similar high-level crimes.
- StarsYootha JoyceBrian MurphyNorman EshleyGeorge and Mildred Roper have just moved into a middle-class neighborhood.
- 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.
- CreatorKate AshfieldTracey MaloneStarsRomola GaraiDaniel MaysLara PeakeA haunting exploration of the mind of Sam, a teenager who's on the verge of acting out hidden psychopathic desires.
- CreatorHarry DriverVince PowellStarsSidney JamesDiana CouplandRobin StewartSid and Jean struggle to understand their teen kids' progressive ways. The couple lives in London with protest-loving son Mike and trendy daughter Sally.
- StarsPaul NicholasJan FrancisSylvia KayA bittersweet sitcom about a couple who meet again five years after he jilted her at the altar.
- DirectorAndy De EmmonyStarsDavid TennantSarah ParishHarry TreadawayAlan and Tricia Hamilton are blissfully happy. One day their perfect life is torn apart when Alan steps in front of a passing car. He's left with a brain injury that completely transforms his personality.
- CreatorHarlan CobenStarsO-T FagbenleTom CullenHannah ArtertonA mystery series created by author Harlan Coben. Jesse, a five-year-old boy, goes missing. Twenty years later, his DNA shows up at a crime scene.
- StarsWarren MitchellCarmel McSharryArthur EnglishAlf and Else are getting old, Rita's left home, Else's confined to a wheelchair. Alf must now do battle with the Social Security system.
- CreatorHal McElroyTony MorphettJohn HugginsonStarsBrett PartridgePeter BensleyToni ScanlanBeneath its surface exists a playground for the murky underworld, pollution hazards, the remnants of huge drug hauls, and a graveyard of bodies from years of suicides, accidents and murders. That's the world of the WATER RATS.
- CreatorMaurice GranLaurence MarksStarsLinda RobsonLesley JosephPauline QuirkeComedy series following the lives of sisters Tracey and Sharon who are left to fend for themselves after their husbands are arrested for armed robbery.
- StarsPatrick MalahideStephen DillanePippa HaywoodNick Thorne, a successful businessman whose company markets games, is pulled by his former partner Magnus into a game which appears far too real - The One Game.
- CreatorRichard FegenAndrew NorrissStarsChris BarrieHarriet ThorpeMichael BurnsGordon Brittas is the manager of the Whitbury-Newtown Leisure Centre. Despite his good intentions, everything seems to go wrong when he's around, despite the best efforts of the center staff and his long-suffering wife, Helen.
- DirectorRichard EyreStarsEmma ThompsonStanley TucciReena LalbihariAs her marriage crumbles, a judge must decide a case involving a teenage boy who is refusing a blood transfusion on religious principle.
- DirectorPete TravisStarsBrooke HaynesJack HollingtonRebecca CallardCould child murderer Kevin Russell be innocent? Lawyer Emma Banville is going to find out. What will her investigations uncover? Could there be some conspiracy in play? Or is he guilty after all?
- DirectorPete TravisStarsBrooke HaynesJack HollingtonRebecca CallardCould child murderer Kevin Russell be innocent? Lawyer Emma Banville is going to find out. What will her investigations uncover? Could there be some conspiracy in play? Or is he guilty after all?
- DirectorPete TravisStarsBrooke HaynesJack HollingtonRebecca CallardCould child murderer Kevin Russell be innocent? Lawyer Emma Banville is going to find out. What will her investigations uncover? Could there be some conspiracy in play? Or is he guilty after all?
- CreatorRichard PriceSteven ZaillianStarsRiz AhmedJohn TurturroBill CampAfter a night of partying with a woman he picked up, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.
- StarsJoanna VanderhamJohn LynchJulie GrahamA horrific murder rocks the lives of two families living side-by-side in isolated rural Scotland.
- StarsJasper CarrottRobert PowellGeorge SewellIn the never ending, high tech war against crime, Detective Constables Bob Louis and David Briggs are the Scud missiles of the police arsenal of intuition, hunches and inspired guesses... all of them hopelessly wrong.
- CreatorTed WillisStarsAnthony NewlandsDaniel MoynihanJohn PhillipsBritish courtroom drama set in France, concerning the trials of murderers who commit crimes of passion.
- CreatorIan Kennedy MartinStarsDavid EllisonNoel CollinsStephanie TurnerInspector Jean Darblay is assigned to Hartley, Lancashire. Initially facing scepticism from sergeants Joe Beck and George Parrish, she gradually earns their respect and admiration as their new female boss at the police station.
- StarsBen ChandlerBrigit ForsythVictoria LambertThree children investigate strange goings-on in their school and protect it from such threats as a computer scientist with dreams of world domination and a mysterious group of archaeologists hoping to bring about the end of the century.
- CreatorPaul AbbottKay MellorStarsJanette BeverleyRita MayCarol HarveyThis British children's drama series, set in the children's ward of the fictitious South Park Hospital, tells the stories of the young patients and the staff present there.
- StarsGriff Rhys JonesJoanna PageJason HughesMax Vivaldi has always believed that he owns the town of Swansea, thanks to an ancient ancestral document that hangs on his wall. But instead of commanding respect, it's made him a laughing stock. Max discovers he's been right all along
- StarsPaul McGannJemma RedgraveMick FordDrama series about a successful employment lawyer with family problems.
- StarsJemma RedgraveJames RemarPiter MarekA team of American and British counter-terrorists are tasked with stopping a terrorist cell who's operating on a global level.
- CreatorPeter LearmouthStarsNichola McAuliffeDuncan PrestonMarji CampiSheila Sabatini is a brilliant surgeon, but her sharp tongue gets her into trouble with fellow consultant surgeons George Hope-Wynne and Neil Copeland. They think she's a "ghastly woman", mainly because she likes to unearth their lazy and hypocritical behavior at every opportunity. However, her best friend Joyce and her anesthetist Jonathan Haslam thinks she's marvelous. Can she make it in the hospital's old boy network, keep her relationship with her teenage son at least semi-functional at the same time as sorting out how she feels about Jonathan?
- StarsImelda StauntonMike GradyTessa Peake-JonesSchoolteacher Izzy Comyn (Imelda Staunton) searches and searches for romance, but the right man never seems to come along. Not helping matters is Izzy's habit of playing fast and loose with the truth whenever she finds herself in a jam.
- DirectorBasil ColemanStarsPenelope KeithRobert FlemyngThorley WaltersThe wife of a Foreign Office diplomat discovers a body in the drawing-room of her house in Kent.
- StarsJames WarwickCelia ImrieMaurice RoëvesA lonely Scottish island is stalked by a brutal killer who may be from another world...
- StarsIan HolmTessa Peake-JonesTrudie StylerWhen an ancient bell is discovered at the bottom of a lake near a nunnery, it creates all kinds of problems for people in the area.
- StarsSarah SmartDaniel LapaineAnn MitchellStruggling to find a job in her northern home town, Jane is convinced that she is ugly, boring, and completely useless. But after one blazing row with her parents too many, Jane decides to move to London, where she finds sex, adventure, friendship and fun driving a red London bus
- StarsSaskia ReevesRichard LinternAmanda AbbingtonEscaping with her children from her abusive husband, Chloe Marsh acquires a plot of land on a rural site where the residents construct their own basic houses.
- StarsMartin ShawKatie McEwenConnor McIntyreThe hectic everyday lives of the doctors and nurses running the accident and emergency department of St. Victor's, a large and busy city hospital.
- StarsJason IsaacsElizabeth RiderCaleb LloydFormer soldiers in Britain's elite Parachute Regiment struggle to come to terms with civilian life after leaving the army.
- CreatorTim KringGideon RaffStarsJason IsaacsAnne HecheOri PfefferPeter, an FBI agent stationed in Jerusalem who, while investigating a murder of a young female archaeologist, uncovers a conspiracy 2000 years in the making.
- StarsJohn DuttineGavan O'HerlihyTim WoodwardThe police are drawn into the financial world of the City as they investigate the murder of a merchant banker.
- StarsAlex JenningsJoss AcklandIan BannenFour-part drama about a writer recruited into espionage work by British intelligence during the First World War. Based on the writings of Somerset Maugham.
- StarsJoe CaffreyDearbhla MolloyIan EmbletonIn industrial Tyneside during World War I, life for the McQueen family is turned upside down when daughter Bridget comes home with a black husband.