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Featuring stand-alone dramas -- sharp, suspenseful, satirical tales that explore techno-paranoia -- "Black Mirror" is a contemporary reworking of "The Twilight Zone" with stories that tap into the collective unease about the modern world.

Chronicles the lives of a group of midwives living in East London in the late 1950s to early 1970s.

A team of exceptional forensic pathologists and scientists investigate heinous crimes and use their skills to catch the people responsible.

In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who, for decades, has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole, agrees to care for a factory worker's daughter. The decision changes their lives forever.

Spanning four tumultuous decades during The Troubles in Northern Ireland.

Stephen Hawking gets unprecedented success in the field of physics despite being diagnosed with motor neuron disease at the age of 21. He defeats awful odds as his first wife Jane aids him loyally.

A love story loosely inspired by the lives of Danish artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda's marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili's groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.

A gang of Victorian women find themselves with unusual abilities, relentless enemies, and a mission that might change the world.

Dramatizing one of the most infamously notorious serial killer cases, the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper, between 1975 and 1981. The search involved over a thousand officers and changed the way the British police worked forever.

From the bitter quest of the Queen of Longtrellis, to two mysterious sisters who provoke the passion of a king, to the King of Highhills obsessed with a giant Flea, these tales are inspired by the fairytales by Giambattista Basile.

A dramatization of the life of lesbian trailblazer, voracious learner, and cryptic diarist Anne Lister.

14th-century knights transport a suspected witch to a monastery, where monks deduce that her powers could be the source of the Black Plague.

"Documentary Now!" parodies the current obsession with documentaries. Season one features six different stories and stylistic approaches paying tribute to the doc format.

A comedic look at the trials and tribulations of parenthood.

Cases of hard-working Parisian detective Chief Inspector Jules Maigret.

Told from Igor's perspective, we see the troubled young assistant's dark origins, his redemptive friendship with the young medical student Viktor Von Frankenstein, and become eyewitnesses to the emergence of how Frankenstein became the man - and the legend - we know today.

A drama following a group of inspirational women in a rural Cheshire community during World War II.

J.M.W. Turner, an unconventional British painter, goes down memory lane and recalls his romantic relationship with a seaside landlady and the various accolades he received for his works of art.

The everyday lives of the doctors, nurses, and patients who find themselves, for various reasons, in the wards of the frenetic cardiac unit of the fictional Holby City General Hospital.

The story of Joan Stanley, who was exposed as the K.G.B.'s longest-serving British spy.

When five prostitutes are found dead in their community, residents of London Road in Ipswich, Suffolk come together to process the events and revitalize the community.

Three suburban English families' lives intertwine with tragic consequences.

Set 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.

A set of ten 11-minute shorts from Baby Cow Productions. Shot in mock documentary style, each follows a set of characters.

The Royal National Theatre celebrates 50 years of excellent theatre, with extracts of some of the best plays of the last five decades, peformed by the countries best performers.