Series watched in 2023
These are all of the TV series that I have watched in 2023, whether in part or in their entirety, in order of viewing.
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- CreatorPamela AdlonLouis C.K.StarsPamela AdlonMikey MadisonHannah RileyAn actress raises her three daughters while juggling the pressures of working in Hollywood and being a single parent.8⭐ - I watched the full series: 52 episodes across 5 seasons.
- StarsMichael GambonPatrick MalahideJoanne WhalleyTormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations.2⭐ - I watched the full series: 6 episodes across 1 season.
- StarsMatthew MacfadyenSimon GreenallKevin McNallyA British politician fakes his own death.1⭐ - I watched the full series: 3 episodes across 1 season.
- CreatorRuth FowlerStarsMaxine PeakeSusan WokomaRakhee ThakrarWhen new HR Director Maya begins her job at Fly, she tries to shake up the old fashioned lads culture and begins investigating historic cases of misconduct.3⭐ - I watched the full series: 3 episodes across 1 season.
- StarsStephen GrahamAndrew EllisLeanne BestA journalist tries to uncover the plans of a neo-Nazi organization that has been involved in the murder of an MP.6⭐ - I watched the full series: 5 episodes across 1 season.
- CreatorAbi MorganStarsNicola WalkerStephen ManganAnnabel ScholeyThe Defoes, a family of female divorce lawyers, are forced to face their past following the return of their estranged father after a 30-year absence.4⭐ - I watched the full series: 18 episodes across 3 seasons.
- CreatorJohn-Henry ButterworthDavid E. KelleyStarsNicole KidmanMelissa McCarthyMichael ShannonNine stressed city dwellers visit a boutique health-and-wellness resort that promises healing and transformation. The resort's director is a woman on a mission to reinvigorate their tired minds and bodies.5⭐ - I watched the full series to date: 8 episodes across 1 season.
- StarsLauren LyleBarrie HunterAriyon BakareAfter the promotion to Police Scotland's Historic Cases Unit, Karen Pirie reopens the cold case of a murdered barmaid. Her investigation unearths flaws in the original 1995 inquiry.7⭐ - I watched the full series to date: 3 episodes across 1 season. I guess that there will be a second season.
- StarsBen TavassoliSope DirisuRuth MadeleyFive short drama pieces exploring and playing with ideas of identity and perception across five random encounters during one day on the streets of London.3⭐ - I watched the full series: 5 episodes across 1 season.
- CreatorJonathan FisherPaul Matthew ThompsonStarsAdrian DunbarBronagh WaughTerence MaynardRetired Detective Alex Ridley is lured back into service as a consultant detective when his former protégée, Carol Farman, needs help cracking a complex murder case.3⭐ - I watched the full series to date: 4 episodes across 1 season. I guess that there will be a second season.
- StarsRik MayallAdrian EdmondsonNigel PlanerThe crazy and sometimes surreal comedic adventures of four very different students in Thatcher's Britain.2⭐ - I watched the full series: 12 episodes across 2 seasons.
- StarsEmma ThompsonKenneth BranaghCharles KayA British couple living in Romania try to survive as Europe is engulfed in World War II.4⭐ - I watched the full series: 7 episodes across 1 season.
- StarsBob PeckJoe Don BakerCharles KayWhen his daughter Emma is murdered, cop Craven discovers that she was in a GAIA group of activists occupied with exposing Northmoor nuclear waste storage facility for illegal activities.3⭐ - I watched the full series: 6 episodes across 1 season.
- CreatorDaisy HaggardStarsDaisy HaggardGeraldine JamesRichard DurdenAfter 18 years behind bars, Miri Matteson returns home and stumbles back into adult life in the claustrophobic coastal town she once knew in this half-hour comedy series.5⭐ - I watched the full series to date: 12 episodes across 2 seasons. There may be a third season.
- StarsStephen FryHugh LaurieDeborah NortonComedians Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie perform a variety of comedy skits and the occasional musical number.2⭐ - I watched the pilot and the 6 episodes from the first season. There are another 19 episodes across another 3 seasons which I have not watched.
- CreatorRussell LewisStarsJohn SimmRichie CampbellBrad MorrisonDrama following Brighton-based Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, a hard-working police officer who has given his life to the job.3⭐ [2022 - 3⭐] - I have watched the full series to date: I just watched the 3 episodes from the third season and had already watched the 5 episodes from the first and second seasons. I expect there to be a fourth season.
- StarsSophie RundleMartin CompstonDavid HaymanA teenage girl in Glasgow agrees to carry a baby for couple Dan and Emily.4⭐ - I watched the full series to date: 5 episodes across 1 season.
- StarsKeith MichellAnthony QuaylePatrick TroughtonA six-episode dramatization of Henry VIII's relationships with each of his six wives. Each episode is devoted to one wife, and is a complete play in itself.5⭐ - I watched the full series: 6 episodes across 1 season.
- StarsLesley ManvilleIsla JohnstonThomasin McKenzieUrsula Todd dies one night in 1910 before she can draw her first breath. On that same night in 1910, Ursula is born and survives.8⭐ - I watched the full series to date: 4 episodes across 1 season.
- StarsGlenda JacksonRonald HinesRobert HardyWhen Elizabeth Tudor comes to the throne, her (male) advisers know she has to marry. Doesn't she? Thus starts a decades-long political/matrimonial game, during an age of high passions and high achievement.5⭐ - I watched the full series: 6 episodes across 1 season.
- CreatorDaragh CarvilleRichard ClarkStarsDaniel RyanErin ShanagherAndrew DowbigginPolice in the Morecambe Bay area in Lancashire investigate missing persons and suspicious deaths.3⭐ - I watched the 6 episodes of season 4, having previously watched the 18 episodes from seasons 1, 2, and 3.
- StarsTony DoyleGer RyanSusan LynchIn 1950s Ireland, the Moran daughters find it difficult to separate from their despot father and live their own lives.7⭐ - I watched the full series: 4 episodes across 1 season.
- StarsDaniel RadcliffeTrevor EvePauline QuirkeA gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.7⭐ - I watched the full series: 2 episodes across 1 season.
- CreatorJ.T. RogersStarsAnsel ElgortKen WatanabeRachel KellerA Western journalist working for a publication in Tokyo takes on one of the city's most powerful crime bosses.8⭐ - I watched the full series to date: 8 episodes across 1 season. A second season has been confirmed.
- CreatorSally WainwrightStarsSuranne JonesSophie RundleGemma WhelanA dramatization of the life of lesbian trailblazer, voracious learner, and cryptic diarist Anne Lister.8⭐ - I watched the full series to date: 16 episodes across 2 seasons. There may be a third season.
- StarsMichael PalinCharles McKeownBarbara NewThis show is a collection of tales that make for "ripping good" television. Sir Michael Palin played a different lead character in each yarn.4⭐ - I watched the full series: 9 episodes across 2 seasons.
- DirectorTristram PowellStarsJohn NettletonPat HeywoodEdward Rawle-HicksSeventeen-year-old Richard and his parents take their annual seaside holiday in a guesthouse on England's east coast in the 1950s. Julia, a teenage girl holidaying with her parents in a nearby guesthouse, catches Richard's eye, but her Dutch friend Anna is intent on causing trouble.2⭐ - I only watched episode 5 of season 3. This is an anthology series with standalone episodes.
- StarsLucy PearmanAnna Calder-MarshallHarry PeacockA normal girl trapped in a mundane and claustrophobic life as her grandmother's only carer starts to develop mysterious and unexplainable powers.7⭐ - I watched the full series to date: the pilot.
- A young gay man (Brian Cox) comes out to his middle-class parents, which has repercussions for his father who has long since been trying to repress his own sexuality.2⭐ - I only watched episode 4 of season 8. This is an anthology series with standalone episodes.
- DirectorGavin MillarStarsVictoria WoodJulie WaltersCelia ImrieTwo long-separated sisters are brought together by a family-reunion TV show. At first they don't get on, but then they warm to each other and find common purpose avoiding the press and finding the third person in their lives' stories.6⭐ - I only watched episode 3 of season 6. This is an anthology series with standalone episodes.
- StarsJoe McFaddenBill PatersonPeter CapaldiAn adaption of Iain Banks' dark novel, whose central character is a young Scots history student.6⭐ - I watched the full series: 4 episodes across 1 season.
- StarsJason WatkinsAneurin BarnardPoppy GilbertA local fisherman determined to keep his family together.1⭐ - I watched the full series to date: 4 episodes across 1 season. I hope that there will not be second season.
- StarsSophie CooksonJames NortonEllie BamberStory of Christine Keeler, who found herself at the heart of a political sex scandal that rocked British government in the 1960s.2⭐ - I watched the full series: 6 episodes across 1 season.
- StarsAmbreen RaziaAllan MustafaTom DavisComedy crime caper set in London in the early 1980s, following a gang of hopeless small time crooks who through their own stupidity and poor judgement find themselves embroiled in one of the biggest gold heists in history.3⭐ [2022 - 3⭐] - I have watched the full series to date: I just watched the 6 episodes from the second season and had already watched the 6 episodes from the first season. I expect there to be a third season.
- CreatorGrace Ofori-AttahStarsNiamh AlgarHelen BehanJordan KouaméWhen the respected Dr. Lucinda Edwards loses an opioid overdose patient, she faces an investigation probing into her conduct that night.1⭐ - I watched the full series to date: 5 episodes across 1 season.
- CreatorBridget ChristieStarsBridget ChristieMonica DolanSusan LynchSharp comedy series following 50 year old Linda as she goes through the menopause.6⭐ - I watched the full series to date: 6 episodes across 1 season. I expect that there will be a second season.
- StarsRobert CarlyleMichael StewartCraig MoncurSet on an Edinburgh council estate in the bleak 1980's rising drug dealer Jo-Jo McCann is hellbent on gaining money and power at all costs.3⭐ - I watched the full series: 4 episodes across 1 season.
- CreatorDaniel BrocklehurstStarsWarren BrownFaye MarsayMichelle KeeganA group of Brits leave post-war Britain in 1956 to embark on an adventure. The Roberts family tries to make the best of their situation, but life at the shelter tests them, but they're not the only ones avoiding the truth.3⭐ - I watched the full series to date: 6 episodes across 1 season. I expect that there will be a second season.
- StarsIain De CaesteckerDaniel PortmanJatinder Singh RandhawaFollows Gabe, an ordinary man who works as an emergency call handler for the Scottish Ambulance Service in Glasgow. One day he receives a desperate call from a woman who seems to know him.4⭐ - I watched the full series: 3 episodes across 1 season.
- StarsTamzin MerchantTom WlaschihaPatricia AllisonJoyce is happy with her life, but everything is upset when an accident requires a blood transfusion and she wakes up with memories which are not hers.3⭐ - I watched the full series: 2 episodes across 1 season.
- StarsSean BeanNicola WalkerHenry Lloyd-HughesFollows Ian and Emma, a married couple, who deal with the ups and downs of their 30-year long marriage.2⭐ - I watched the full series: 4 episodes across 1 season.
- StarsNaveen AndrewsBrenda BlethynRoshan SethKarim's mother is English and his father is Indian. Therefore Karim has some problems with life in British society which is becoming more and more racist and intolerant; he experiences this especially when he pursues acting.3⭐ - I watched the full series: 4 episodes across 1 season.
- CreatorFrances PolettiStarsVicky McClureJohnny HarrisDorothy AtkinsonA grieving mother develops a relationship with the man she believes murdered her daughter.5⭐ - I watched the full series: 4 episodes across 1 season.
- CreatorAbby AjayiStarsDeborah AyorindeSarah NilesCJ BeckfordStephen Richards has built a cosmetics empire, but when he suffers a stroke, his family's secrets and lies rise to the surface and the future of his multi-million-pound company is at stake.1⭐ - I watched the full series to date: 6 episodes across 1 season. I expect that there will be a second season.
- CreatorSam BoydStarsAnna KendrickZoë ChaoPeter VackAnna Kendrick stars in a fresh take on a romantic comedy anthology series about the journey from first love to lasting6⭐ - I watched the full series to date: I rewatched the 10 episodes of the first season and watched the 10 episodes of the second season.
- StarsVivien HeilbronVictor CarinDerek AndersChris Guthrie lives with her family on a bleak farm in North East Scotland at the beginning of the 20th century. On her mother's death, she assumes the managing of the farm with her father and her older brother, but the men fall out, leaving Chris and her father to manage it alone. When her father dies, she considers abandoning the farm, but decides to carry on alone. She marries a young farmer, Ewan Tavendale, they have a baby, they are happy for the first time, then the First World War breaks out, Ewan enlists and dies in France, and Chris is left once again to carry on with the farm.4⭐ - I watched the full series: 6 episodes across 1 season.
- StarsNick FrostVincent KartheiserEmma PiersonJohn Self is good at making money, he's due to make a hell of a lot more. The only trouble is... he's better at spending it.2⭐ - I watched the full series: 2 episodes across 1 season.
- StarsGemma WhelanEmmett J ScanlanTahirah SharifAfter a long-serving cop and a teenage girl fall to their deaths from a London tower block, Detective Sarah Collins investigates the dark heart of policing.7⭐ - I watched the full series to date: I rewatched the 3 episodes of the first season and watched the 4 episodes of the second season. I expect that there will be a third season.
- StarsGuy PearceDamian LewisAnna Maxwell MartinIn England in 1963, Nicholas Elliott works for MI6 but is left in turmoil when he learns his close friend and colleague Kim Philby had been secretly working as a double agent for the KGB and has defected to the Soviet Union.7⭐ - I watched the full series: 6 episodes across 1 season.
- CreatorLiz HannahPatrick MacmanusStarsElle FanningChloë SevignyCara BuonoInspired by the true story of Michelle Carter's unprecedented "texting-suicide" case. Explores Carter's relationship with Conrad Roy III and the events that led to his death and, later, her conviction of involuntary manslaughter.6⭐ - I watched the full series: 8 episodes across 1 season.
- StarsChristopher EcclestonMark StrongGina McKeeDrama examining the politics and change across Britain from the Sixties to the Nineties seen through the varying fortunes of four friends.8⭐ - I watched the full series: 9 episodes across 1 season.
- StarsKeeley HawesLee InglebyNoah LeggottAfter a shooting, Jo's family vacations turns into turmoil.2⭐ - I watched the full series: 3 episodes across 1 season.
- CreatorRohan DicksonStarsKim EngelbrechtIain GlenAnna-Mart van der MerweIn 1994 in South Africa, the daughter of a multiracial couple is kidnapped. She escapes and, as an adult, becomes a detective. Reyka Gama uses her skills to raise her child and solve mysteries.2⭐ - I watched the full series to date: 8 episodes across 1 season. A second season has been announced.
- CreatorLena WaitheStarsJojo T. GibbsChristina ElmoreGabrielle GrahamHattie, Marie, and Nia are all navigating life in their twenties in L.A. Juggling budding careers and uncertain love lives, the three take on the daunting tasks ahead of them one step at a time, and with each other.9⭐ - I watched the full series to date: 18 episodes across 2 seasons.
- StarsDavid TennantStanley TucciDolly WellsA prisoner on death row in the US and a woman trapped in a cellar under an English vicarage, cross paths in the most unexpected way.8⭐ - I watched the full series to date: 4 episodes across 1 season.
- DirectorPaul SeedStarsJames EllisKenneth BranaghBrid BrennanThis play, set in 1977, is about rank, responsibilities and relationships within a Belfast family.7⭐ - I watched episode 16 of season 12, which was the first episode of a trilogy alongside episode 17 of season 13 and episode 2 of season 14. This is an anthology series with standalone episodes. I rated the trilogy as a pack.
- DirectorPaul SeedStarsKenneth BranaghBrid BrennanTracey LynchIt's 1978, a year on from when we last saw the Martin family, and Ma has died. So, everything erupts again when Norman returns from England for the funeral.7⭐ - I watched episode 17 of season 13, which was the second episode of a trilogy alongside episode 16 of season 12 and episode 2 of season 14. This is an anthology series with standalone episodes. I rated the trilogy as a pack.
- DirectorPaul SeedStarsJames EllisKenneth BranaghBrid BrennanNorman comes storming into the family home with his new lady friend. But has she managed to achieve the impossible by mellowing the big man?7⭐ - I watched episode 2 of season 14, which was the third episode of a trilogy alongside episode 16 of season 12 and episode 17 of season 13. This is an anthology series with standalone episodes. I rated the trilogy as a pack.
- StarsMark BonnarMargarita LevievaRichard PepperDetermined detectives work to prove who was responsible for the death of Alexander Litvinenko, in one of the most complex and dangerous investigations in the history of the Metropolitan Police.8⭐ - I watched the full series: 4 episodes across 1 season.
- CreatorRob WilliamsStarsNina SosanyaJamie-Lee O'DonnellLaura CheckleyDrama series revealing the uncensored, shocking and often darkly funny reality of life as a prison officer in a 21st century British male prison.2⭐ [2022 - 2⭐] - I have watched the full series to date: I just watched the 6 episodes from the second season and had already watched the 6 episodes from the first season. I expect there to be a third season.
- StarsMark RylanceDamian LewisClaire FoyAfter the downfall of Cardinal Wolsey, his secretary, Thomas Cromwell, finds himself amongst the treachery and intrigue of King Henry VIII's court and soon becomes a close advisor to the King, a role fraught with danger.10⭐ - I watched the full series to date: 6 episodes across 1 season. A second season has been announced.
- CreatorPete McTigheStarsRakie AyolaLaura FraserJulie HesmondhalghDrama series telling stories of the secrets people keep and how far someone would go to protect those that they love.4⭐ - I watched the full series to date: I rewatched the 6 episodes of the first season and watched the 6 episodes of the second season.
- CreatorSteve ThompsonStarsMatthew BeardJuergen MaurerAmelia BullmoreMax Liebermann, a medical student and protegé of Sigmund Freud, helps Detective Rheinhardt in the investigation of a series of disturbing murders around 1900s Vienna.5⭐ - I watched the full series to date: I rewatched the 6 episodes of the first and second season and watched the 3 episodes of the third season.
- CreatorMike BartlettStarsRachael StirlingVictoria HamiltonPeter DavisonGail, Belle, David, and Hannah all encounter new and disruptive influences in their lives, kicking off interweaving stories set in a house in Manchester, England, UK, divided into four flats.3⭐ - I watched the full series: 6 episodes across 1 season.
- StarsStanley BakerSiân PhillipsNerys HughesThe mini-series is set in South Wales during the reign of Queen Victoria. It tells the story of the Morgans, a respectable mining family of the South Wales Valleys, through the eyes of one of the sons, Huw Morgan.8⭐ - I watched the full series: 6 episodes across 1 season.
- DirectorPhilip SavilleStarsRon SilverHart BochnerImogen StubbsIn Hollywood during the 1950's, screenwriter Asa Kaufman reflects on his Communist associations and knows that he will soon be forced to testify before committees investigating "Un-American" activities. He can no longer find employment in Hollywood anyway, so decides to flee to England and get work there writing children's TV. Soon after arriving, he hears that his best friend since childhood, actor Clifford Byrne, has committed suicide. Asa is sure that this is related to the witch-hunts, and has to find out exactly what the relation is.3⭐ - I only watched episode 4 of season 7. This is an anthology series with standalone episodes.
- StarsIan RichardsonSusannah HarkerMiles AndersonThe schemes of a ruthlessly ambitious British politician who will stop at nothing to get to the top.8⭐ - I watched the full miniseries: 4 episodes across 1 season. This was the first part of a trilogy of miniseries.
- StarsCeline BuckensTom MisonJanet MontgomeryTasha has the perfect house, a loving husband and a beautiful little girl. Her life could be perfect if it wasn't for Jen, her husband's ex-wife who just won't leave them alone.1⭐ - I watched the full series: 4 episodes across 1 season.
- StarsVinette RobinsonMontserrat LombardLenny HenrySpeeches from a Caribbean family over the course of four generations. They reveal the hopes and dreams throughout time from the arrived Windrush generation to their descendants.7⭐ - I watched the full series: 8 episodes across 1 season.
- StarsVinette RobinsonKevin McKiddNalini ChettyFollows police detective Chris and his wife, former undercover officer Michelle, whose teenage daughter goes missing.7⭐ - I watched the full series to date: 4 episodes across 1 season.
- CreatorRicky GervaisStephen MerchantStarsRicky GervaisMartin FreemanMackenzie CrookThe story of an office that faces closure when the company decides to downsize its branches. A documentary film crew follow staff and the manager David Brent as they continue their daily lives.4⭐ - I watched the full series: 14 episodes across 3 seasons.
- StarsSamuel AdewunmiBadria TimimiYetunde OduwoleA young man stands accused of murder. The evidence is overwhelming. But at his trial, this man tells an extraordinary story.8⭐ - I watched the full series: 4 episodes across 1 season.
- StarsXimena RomoEdwarda GurrolaIlse SalasIn a seeming paradise, 32 beauty queens arrive for three-months of grooming before competing to become Miss Mexico.8⭐ - I watched the full series to date: 8 episodes across 1 season. A second season has been announced.
- StarsVictoria WoodThelma BarlowAndrew DunnComedy about the workers in a factory canteen.5⭐ - I watched the full series: 16 episodes across 2 seasons.
- StarsTom BurkeHolliday GraingerKerr LoganWar veteran turned private detective Cormoran Strike solves brutal murders with the help of his trusted partner Robin Ellacott.7⭐ - I watched the full series to date: I rewatched the 11 episodes of the first four seasons and watched the 4 episodes of the fifth season.
- StarsGugu Mbatha-RawDavid OyelowoJessica PlummerA woman falls for an architect and gets an eerie premonition about his house, when she finds out that another woman died there.3⭐ - I watched the full series: 4 episodes across 1 season.
- CreatorGaby HullStarsEve MylesBabou CeesayHermione CorfieldA gripping twist on a classic cat-and-mouse story, this British drama series explores the intoxication of sexual attraction and the dangerous power of emotional manipulation as two conflicted detectives track down a pair of deadly killers.7⭐ - I watched the full series to date: 6 episodes across 1 season. A second season has been announced.
- CreatorAnya ReissStarsAlicia von RittbergJohn HeffernanOliver ZetterströmElizabeth Tudor, an orphaned teenager who becomes embroiled in the political and sexual politics of the English court on her journey to secure the crown.8⭐ - I watched the full series to date: 8 episodes across 1 season.