To Watch: Mini-Series
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- StarsGuy PearceAndy SerkisStephen GrahamIn Steven Knight's gothic adaptation of Charles Dickens' iconic ghost story, Ebenezer Scrooge experiences a dark night of the soul - past, present and future.
- StarsSiân PhillipsAlun ArmstrongBen Daniels18th-century England and Ireland viewed through the eyes of four beautiful high-born sisters - Caroline, Emily, Louisa, and Sarah Lennox, great-granddaughters of a king, daughters of a cabinet minister, and wives of politicians and peers.
- StarsMartin ClunesArsher AliCharles EdwardsSir Arthur Conan Doyle recaptures his zest for life by pursuing and challenging a notorious miscarriage of justice.
- 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.
- StarsHugh GrantBen WhishawAlex JenningsBritish Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe is accused of conspiracy to murder his gay ex-lover and forced to stand trial in 1979.
- StarsPhilip GlenisterTamsin GreigHarriet WalterFollows events when the emerging nouveau riche, including the Trenchard family, rub shoulders with London's established upper classes and when secrets from the past threaten to emerge.
- CreatorHelen EdmundsonStarsBenjamin WainwrightHarriet SlaterToby Regbo25 years after the events of the previous show, scandals continue to plague this family.
- StarsSophie RundleAngela GriffinSharon RooneyIn the early 1980s the lives of four ordinary women, their husbands, mothers, families, and community are turned around when they become Ann Summers party plan saleswomen.
- StarsHelen MirrenJason ClarkeGina McKeeThe life and times of the woman who reformed the Russian empire.
- StarsKatherine KellyMolly WindsorTom Goodman-HillCentered around a dangerous relationship between university professor Leah and her student, Rose. After a series of events take place, things escalate between the two leading to fatal consequences.
- StarsConnie NielsenChristopher EcclestonTom TaylorJo Harding is a woman who has a perfect life with her partner until a fall erases an entire year from her memory. As she struggles to piece events together, Jo discovers that her life was in fact far from perfect.
- StarsCarey MulliganNathaniel Martello-WhiteHayley SquiresInvestigating the murder of a pizza delivery man, a London detective uncovers a tangled conspiracy involving drug dealers, smugglers and spies.
- StarsKeeley HawesLee InglebyNoah LeggottAfter a shooting, Jo's family vacations turns into turmoil.
- StarsMichael KitchenSarah MilesDavid ThewlisDrama based on the true story of a solicitor who in 1922 found himself at the centre of one of Britain's most notorious murder trials.
- StarsBabou CeesayJill HalfpennyRudi DharmalingamThe family of an abused child accepts hush money from a famous filmmaker to remain silent.
- StarsMatthew RhysAnn SkellyJamie DornanAn epic tale of love, betrayal, deception, and revenge set in the Irish countryside in 1885.
- Set in Ancient Egypt, a young woman suspects her priest father may be tied up in the death of a concubine.
- StarsNiamh AlgarEddie MarsanHarry TreadawayFollows the true story of a controversial honeytrap at the heart of the 1992 police investigation into the murder of a young mother in London.
- StarsToby JonesClaire RushbrookDanny KirraneA coach driver and single father navigates the post-Brexit world surrounding his seaside enclave.
- CreatorPatrick HarbinsonStarsBrooke HaynesHelen McCrorySam SwainsburyEmma Banville (Helen McCrory), a human rights lawyer known for defending lost causes, sets out to prove the innocence of Kevin Russell (Sam Swainsbury), who was convicted for the murder of a school girl fourteen years earlier.
- StarsAdam KotzJuliet AubreyNatalie PressBased on the personal testimonies of many of those most closely involved, "Five Daughters" recounts the final weeks in the lives of the five young women murdered in Ipswich in 2006.
- StarsSheridan SmithLeanne BestStephen MerchantA true-crime drama. Four young gay men are murdered in similar circumstances between 2014 and 2015 in the Barking area of London.
- CreatorMindy KalingMatt WarburtonStarsNathalie EmmanuelNikesh PatelRebecca RittenhouseTelevision adaptation of the romantic comedy film 'Four Weddings and a Funeral'.
- StarsAnne-Marie DuffRichard RankinJohnny HarrisFormer Greater Manchester Police officer Claire Church's peaceful existence in the Western Isles is shattered when four bodies linked to her previous investigations are unearthed.
- StarsRebecca GibneyClaudia KarvanMavournee HazelForensic psychiatrist Jane Halifax after 20 years returns to her old job helping the police. This time to help find a sniper that's on the loose before it's too late.
- StarsJodhi MayLorraine BurroughsHolli DempseyFollows two women who were accused as teens of killing a school teacher.
- StarsRuth WilsonToby StephensLorraine AshbourneA young governess falls in love with her brooding and complex master. However, his dark past may destroy their relationship forever.
- 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.
- StarsAidan GillenSam SpruellSophie OkonedoMayday in a small town steeped in pagan traditions where the crowning of the May Queen is the highlight of the day until suddenly she goes missing.
- StarsDavid JonssonMathew BayntonNimra BuchaFollows Luke Fitzwilliam, as he finds himself on the trail of a serial killer after meeting Miss Pinkerton on a train to London. Now Fitzwilliam has to find the killer before any more blood will be shed.
- 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.
- 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.
- StarsBenedict CumberbatchRebecca HallRoger AllamRevolves around a love triangle between a conservative English aristocrat, his mean socialite wife and a young suffragette.
- StarsJessica RaineDavid WalliamsJames FleetAgatha Christie's crime-fighting duo, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, solve mysteries and search for enemy spies in 1950s Britain.
- 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."
- CreatorMike BartlettStarsCharlotte RileyPriyanga BurfordAl WeaverPress is set in the world of newspapers - its past riven by hacking scandals, its present at the mercy of the digital age and the 24 hour news cycle, its future uncertain.
- StarsGabriel ByrneBrian GleesonNick DunningA chief pathologist in the Dublin city morgue investigates sudden death victims in the 1950s.
- StarsHenry ProctorOisín StackJessie WallaceMarried couple Kat and Alfie Moon relocate from the London-based Walford to the remote Irish seaside town of Redwater in a quest to find Luke, Kat's long-lost son, who was given up for adoption to a foster family 32 years ago.
- StarsHugh LaurieHelen McCroryOlivia VinallPolitician Peter Laurence's private life is falling apart. Shamelessly untroubled by guilt or remorse, he seeks to further his own agenda while others plot to bring him down. Can he outrun his own secrets to win the ultimate prize?
- StarsCeline BuckensJoseph PayneKerr LoganDrama series following high profile murder cases through the eyes of the police, the public and the courts.
- StarsDavid TennantMillie InnesSuranne JonesAfter his wife Rita's fatal car accident, Dave tries to raise his four children, helped by Rita's best friend Sarah. Things get complicated when mourning gives way to romantic feelings, while his kids remain sincere priority.
- StarsScott ArthurSion Alun DaviesKeith AllenThree murders - unsolved but never forgotten. Thirty years on, can DCI Bethall find the serial killer who terrorised 1970s Port Talbot?
- CreatorChips HardyTom HardySteven KnightStarsTom HardyDavid HaymanJonathan PryceAdventurer James Keziah Delaney returns to London during the War of 1812 to rebuild his late father's shipping empire. However, both the government and his biggest competitor want his inheritance at any cost--even murder.
- StarsSilas CarsonJoe HurstMichael GambonThe citizens of the small British town of Pagford fight for the spot on the parish council after Barry Fairbrother dies.
- StarsJason WatkinsAneurin BarnardPoppy GilbertA local fisherman determined to keep his family together.
- StarsJenna ColemanEwen LeslieAsher KeddieA young woman crumbles after her baby disappears. Though the public is quick to place blame, the truth proves to be more complex.
- CreatorJulian FellowesStarsEdward HolcroftKevin GuthrieCharlotte HopeThe story of the invention of football and how it quickly rose to become the world's most popular game by crossing class divides.
- 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.
- StarsDamian LewisRupert GravesGina McKeeChronicles the lives of three generations of the upper-middle-class British family, the Forsytes, from the 1870s to 1920.
- 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.
- CreatorGiula SandlerStarsShirley HendersonIan Lloyd AndersonLisa Dwyer HoggThe series follows a single mother named Claudia who lacks a close relationship with her son and is desperate for some connection. When a local child goes missing, she sees her opportunity to get involved.
- StarsAngela BainJoe BlakemoreSonya CassidyFollows the police operation in 2010 to apprehend fugitive Raoul Moat. He went to Northumberland after killing one person and wounding two others.
- StarsRufus SewellRupert GravesCharlie Creed-MilesThe chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his ten-year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return.
- StarsJack DeamKris HitchenLee InglebyA desperate cat and mouse hunt ensues when Yorkshire is being haunted by a serial killer.
- StarsSophie RundleKatie LeungMartin CompstonA teenage girl in Glasgow agrees to carry a baby for couple Dan and Emily.
- StarsSteve CooganMark StanleyMark Lewis JonesThe story of Jimmy Savile's life from his working-class roots, to his rise to TV stardom as a BBC presenter, and his later years when he managed to keep his reign of sexual abuse concealed until after his death in 2011.
- StarsRafe SpallAnne-Marie DuffAnnabel ScholeyThree episode, fact based drama from the BBC, about the 2018 Novichok poisoning crisis in the city of Salisbury.
- CreatorSarah PhelpsStarsConor MacNeillÉanna HardwickeAdrian RawlinsFollows the deaths of Peter Farquhar and Ann Moore-Martin in the village of Maids Moreton, Buckinghamshire, and the extraordinary events that unfolded in the following years.
- StarsMonica DolanEddie MarsanMark StanleyFour-part drama based on the extraordinary story of how prison officer John Darwin faked his own death to claim life insurance and avoid bankruptcy - unbeknownst to his two sons.
- 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.
- 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.
- StarsSara GregoryTrinity BardenGeorgia TennantDI Tom Thorne's only key to catching a serial killer is a survivor unable to move or communicate.
- CreatorClara SalamanStarsEmily WatsonDenise GoughThalissa TeixeiraA forensic psychiatrist must assess a woman accused of a heinous crime who claims she can't remember a thing.
- StarsMax IronsJonathan ArisSam NeillThe remarkable story of the chance meeting that transformed penniless, ostracised archaeologist Howard Carter into a household name following his discovery of the tomb of the boy-king, Tutankhamun.
- StarsSuranne JonesEmily BeechamMatthew McNultyA young woman imprisoned for murdering two police officers is released from prison after 15 years. All she wants now is to find her younger sister.
- CreatorKristen DunphyStarsRudi DharmalingamMandy McElhinneyGeraldine HakewillGifted psychiatric nurse Nik Katira is the most stable person at Wakefield mental health unit in the Blue Mountains of Australia. As his own sanity suddenly starts to slip, he finds himself questioning the line between reality and madness.
- StarsMyAnna BuringSam ClaflinLindsay DuncanA story about a group of seven London-based students from 1965 to the present day.
- CreatorMichaeley O'BrienSarah SmithStarsRebecca GibneyPeter O'BrienMatt NableSydney homicide detective Eve Winter (Rebecca Gibney) solves tough, high profile cases with cool intelligence, fighting bureaucracts, criminals and plenty of advances - unwanted and wanted - to catch her prey.
- CreatorFrances PolettiStarsVicky McClureJohnny HarrisDorothy AtkinsonA grieving mother develops a relationship with the man she believes murdered her daughter.
- 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.
- StarsMatt BerryFreddie FoxSusan WokomaDetective Inspector Rabbit, a dedicated, tough, thick, and oft-inebriated Victorian copper, sleuths his way across London with his two young partners: a doofy rookie and a brilliant Black policewoman no one ever believes.
- CreatorJamie DavisStarsHarry LawteySophia BrownAndi OshoA romantic comedy drama about finding love when you least expect it. Three people experience tragedies they feel they will never overcome. Can they find hope and love again in the future, or will the past always hold them back?