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- StarsGabriel ByrneRalph InesonCharles DanceSecret State explores the relationship between a democratically elected government, big business and the banks.
- CreatorChris ChibnallStarsRobert GlenisterJack RothLuke EvansA two-part drama which portrays The Great Train Robbery of 8 August 1963, firstly from the point of view of the robbers and then from the point of view of the police who set out to identify and catch the robbers.
- 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.
- 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.
- CreatorLizzie MickeryStarsTamzin OuthwaiteEmun ElliottMark BonnarDuring a period of high activity on the sun a physicist receives images in his lab that show an event that has yet to happen.
- CreatorSteven MoffatStarsJames NesbittGina BellmanDenis LawsonLondon, 2007. Tom Jackman is the only living descendent of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. He has made a deal with his dark side: a body share. What Mr. Hyde doesn't know is that Tom has a family. There is a wife and two children that he'll do anything to protect from his dark side. With all the resources of modern technology, and the best surveillance hardware, he's determined to keep his dark side in line. He's done a deal with his own devil. What neither of them knows is that an ancient organisation, with limitless wealth and power, is monitoring their every move, and a plan over a century in the making is coming to fruition.
- CreatorAnthony HorowitzStarsJames PurefoyCharlie Creed-MilesSasha BeharA defense barrister is faced with the proposition: what can you do when you have defended the indefensible?
- StarsDougray ScottSophie OkonedoIan HartEx Manchester gangland boss Michael O'Connor, who is now happily settled in rural Ireland, is forced to go back to Manchester when his son Sean is found guilty of the murder of a gang member.
- StarsMyAnna BuringSam ClaflinLindsay DuncanA story about a group of seven London-based students from 1965 to the present day.
- StarsChiwetel EjioforMatthew GoodeJoanna VanderhamSet 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.
- StarsBilly MatthewsDon GiletBen HullThis four-part series tells the interlocking stories of a killing set on a housing estate in London.
- StarsAlex KingstonDean AndrewsShelley ConnA supernatural drama telling the story of three different families living in the same house in 1968, 1987 and the present day, linked by the spirit of the young daughter of the 1960s family, who drowned in mysterious circumstances.
- StarsElaine CassidySally HawkinsImelda StauntonIn Victorian England, Sue, a young thief, participates in a scam to defraud a rich heiress by becoming her maid. Things take an unexpected turn and Sue's plan goes horribly wrong.
- StarsDavid TennantToby KebbellBrid BrennanA junior barrister celebrated for spiriting people out of tight legal corners represents an accused murderer.
- 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.
- CreatorRonan BennettWalter BernsteinStarsPhilip GlenisterThekla ReutenAnna ChancellorWhen lawyer Gina Hawkes hires Harry to find a witness, he unexpectedly revisits his brother's decades-old death, embroiling him in a political conspiracy at the highest levels of British government.
- StarsT.K. CarterKhandi AlexanderSean NelsonChronicles a West Baltimore family living in poverty on the front lines of America's drug war.
- StarsPietro MárioDidier FlamandOlivier ChantreauNicolas Durand Villegaignon's expedition to Brazil in the 1550s and his struggle to create and maintain a colony, called Antarctic France, in Brazil conquered by the Portuguese.
- StarsTom HardyCharlotte RileyAndrew LincolnFoundling Heathcliff is raised by the wealthy Earnshaws in Yorkshire but in later life launches a vendetta against the family.
- CreatorSimon DonaldStarsJames NesbittOrla BradyGoran VisnjicA research submarine beneath the Arctic stumbles upon a terrifying secret with earth-shattering consequences.
- StarsJames NesbittCatherine McCormackRupert GravesConspiracy thriller starring James Nesbitt as a down-on-his-luck journalist who uncovers a dangerous secret.
- StarsRachael StirlingKeeley HawesJodhi MayThe story of Nan Astley who falls in love with three different women on her journey to stardom and happiness in 1887 Victorian England.
- StarsPete PostlethwaiteGeraldine JamesCaroline HayesLen, a former getaway driver, encounters the temptations of all the seven sins while desperately trying to solve personal and family issues, keep his job at his uncle's funeral home, and, most importantly, stay straight.
- StarsWilliam MillerSaffron CoomberKierston WareingBullied at school and feeling neglected at home, Sean decides to run away. He meets another runaway, Molly, who reluctantly agrees to let Sean tag along as she tries to make her way back to her old family home.
- StarsJohn ThawSarah LancashireJoe McFaddenJim Proctor, a middle-aged tycoon, decides to hand over his glass-making company to his young nephew Paul Duggan
- StarsAndrew SimpsonJonathan HardenAdrian DunbarA young man struggles to protect his family and friends from the schemes of his sinister uncle.
- StarsClaire FoyChristian CookeItay TiranA young British girl travels to Palestine, retracing the steps of her grandfather - a British soldier stationed there in the 1940s.
- StarsDavid TennantEmily WatsonJack ShepherdPolitical drama series about a marriage between two politicians, and what happens when the wife's career starts to overshadow her husband's.
- StarsAnna Maxwell MartinDavid MorrisseyPenelope WiltonIn 1930s Yorkshire, a spirited new headmistress brings inspiration and modern ideas to an all girls' school and shakes up the more conservative-minded residents of South Riding.
- StarsPaul GiamattiLaura LinneyJohn DossettThe life of one of the USA's Founding Fathers, its second President, and his role in the nation's first 50 years.
- CreatorBoris StarlingStarsKen StottNeil DudgeonHelen McCroryRed Metcalfe's analytical skills are stretched to the limit as he tries to fathom the workings of the mind of a killer determined to create their own Hell.
- StarsDakota Blue RichardsSophie ThompsonKris MarshallA tragic death in 1944 sends ghostly ripples down the years ensuring that the truth will eventually surface, whatever the cost.
- CreatorCaleb RansonStarsIain De CaesteckerAmy MansonBen Lloyd-HughesThe university days of the vet, James Herriot, set in 1933 Glasgow, Scotland.
- StarsReece ShearsmithKate FleetwoodJames LaurensonA three-part drama based on the crimes of convicted murderer Malcolm Webster.
- StarsToby StephensLaurence FoxRiz AhmedA single mum strapped for cash, Louise gets a promotion at her London bank, but at an unexpected cost. She quickly learns that the price of her promotion is entry into a criminal underworld she didn't know existed. She becomes involved with shady people trying to pull off a scam and she isn't quite sure who to trust.
- CreatorDeclan CroghanOliver FramptonStarsHayley AtwellRichard CoyleJulian Lewis JonesA rookie cop is obsessed with tracking down the killer of a 15-year-old girl, who she hunts over the course of 28 years.
- StarsOliver DimsdaleChristina ColeLaura FraserLouis Trevelyan's refusal to trust his wife Emily destroys their marriage.
- StarsDarren BoydTamsin GreigKatherine KellyLives are torn apart and relationships fractured forever when a four-year-old boy goes missing during a neighbourhood barbecue.
- StarsMatthew McNultyMaxine PeakeJenna ColemanAn adaption of John Braine's novel.
- StarsAndrew ScottAisling BeaCharlotte RileyThe mysterious murder of two parents brings their son back to the Town to reconnect with his family and old friends while trying to discover who murdered his parents.
- StarsRufus SewellCaterina MurinoStanley TownsendDetective Aurelio Zen brings justice to modern-day Italy.
- StarsWarren MitchellJonathan Rhys MeyersCelia ImrieA villain threatens the rise of a new earl in an ancient kingdom.
- CreatorLeslie BohemStarsDakota FanningMatt FrewerEmily BerglThree families experience alien abductions over a period of five decades.
- StarsDavid SuchetMatthew MacfadyenCillian MurphyAugustus Melmotte is a European-born city financier whose background is as mysterious as his business. Only weeks after his arrival in London, he announced a new venture and promises instant fortune.
- StarsAnne-Marie DuffSienna GuilloryIan HartFrom teenage princess to accomplished queen, torn between duty and personal longing, the reign of Elizabeth I is exposed in this lavish drama filmed against a backdrop of some of Great Britain's most beautiful houses and landscapes.
- StarsEdgar RamírezAlexander ScheerFadi Abi SamraThe story of Venezuelan revolutionary Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raided the 1975 OPEC meeting.
- CreatorPaul AbbottStarsJohn SimmJim BroadbentOlivia ColmanA father and son story, with a thriller motor. It explores a mystery from the past with a brutal and shocking revelation.
- StarsSteven MackintoshWarren BrownNicola WalkerThe story of three employees of a security depot who plan and execute a multi-million pound cash heist.
- StarsLen CariouMaury ChaykinLuke KirbyBoston based Kernwell Industries is an American defense contractor. One of those contracts is to deploy 3,000 peacekeepers to the International Peacekeeping Coalition's work in the Balkans. Because of the near epidemic problem of sex trafficking of young Balkan women, Kernwell has decided to support the charity, Worldwide Federation Against Forced Migration. Kernwell's head of charities is Madeleine Harlsburg, the wife of the company's CEO, Tom Harlsburg. Although it does not have a pristine reputation as a good social corporate citizen, Kernwell hits a bigger public relations problem when it is learned that one of those 3,000 peacekeepers was caught trying to buy the services of a teen-aged prostitute in Sarajevo. Although not named to the media, that person is Sergeant Callum Tate, who swears he was trying to save that woman. In reality, Tate has evidence of a larger conspiracy of sex trafficking. Regardless of the truth or falsehood of accusations, some within Kernwell will do whatever they require to protect their organization's brand. Meanwhile, the Moldovan Visinescu sisters - Lena and Vara - believe they are moving to London with Vara's boyfriend Alexi to lead a better life to be able to send money back to support their mother and Lena's infant son. However, they soon learn that Alexi has instead sold them into a white slavery ring. Speak For Freedom, a London-based non-profit organization, works in many areas including monitoring sex trafficking in order to assist authorities in stopping it. Daniel Appleton, one of its employees, gets involved in trying to save the Visinescus.
- StarsJohn HannahJemma RedgraveAnthony CalfAn amnesiac might be a key figure in Detective Mackenzie Stone's search for his own wife, who disappeared five years ago.
- StarsJohn HurtTom FeltonJessica Brown FindlayFollows two women in two different eras both in search of the Holy Grail.
- StarsJoseph M. MarshallIrene BedardGil BirminghamTales from the American West in the 19th century, told from the perspective of two families, one of white settlers and one of Native Americans.
- StarsSuranne JonesTom EllisDouglas HenshallA year after their son goes missing, a family moves to Crickley Hall. When supernatural events begin to take place, Eve feels the house is somehow connected to her lost son.
- StarsIan McShaneMatthew MacfadyenEddie RedmayneSet against a backdrop of war, religious strife and power struggles which tears lives and families apart.
- StarsBenedict CumberbatchRebecca HallRoger AllamRevolves around a love triangle between a conservative English aristocrat, his mean socialite wife and a young suffragette.
- StarsAneurin BarnardRebecca FergusonAmanda HaleThree different, yet equally relentless women vie for the throne in 15th-century England.
- StarsRomola GaraiChris O'DowdAmanda HaleSet in 1870s London, a young prostitute finds potential power and status after becoming the mistress of a powerful patriarch.
- StarsDouglas BoothJack RothRay WinstoneThe orphan Pip becomes a gentleman when his life is transformed by a mystery benefactor.
- StarsDan StevensTim McInnernyHayley AtwellA young man becomes attached to a family that's not his own, and casts himself into the life of plentiful riches and gay love affairs for which he seems destined.
- StarsEddie RedmayneClémence PoésyMatthew GoodeAs an English soldier fights in the horrific trenches of northern France, he is haunted by the memories of his forbidden love affair with a French woman.
- StarsCaterina ScorsoneAndrew Lee PottsMatt FrewerEverything you know about Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is about to be turned upside down in this modern-day mini-series. The cast includes Kathy Bates, Caterina Scorsone, Matt Frewer, Harry Dean Stanton, and Tim Curry.
- CreatorMartine BrantPeter FlanneryStarsAndrea RiseboroughDominic WestTom Goodman-HillDrama charts the progress of the English Civil War through the story of a young woman, the fictional Angelica Fanshawe, and her three husbands.
- StarsBenedict CumberbatchAnamaria MarincaMax BeesleyBritain has been transformed into a security state. A mathematical genius's search for the truth about his brother's death catapults him into a conspiracy and a love affair.
- StarsHugh BonnevilleJanet McTeerClare HolmanDSI Iain Barclay heads up a team of police officers that are looking into the disappearance of two boys. He calls in the help of former colleague DS Amy Foster to help with the investigation and must race against time to apprehend the kidnappers before they can carry out their threats.
- StarsCharles DanceClare HolmanBarbara WilshereEthereal beauty Angel Wharton (Emilia Fox) is the devil in disguise. When she kidnaps a child as prey for a pedophile, you know she is evil. But what, or who, made her that way? This riveting British mini-series explores the mind and motivations of a psychopath, moving backwards through time to learn where it all went wrong. Is it the fault of Angel's father David (Charles Dance), an ambitious but distant vicar? Her weak mother? The family friend obsessed with secrets? A long-dead heretic Priest and his apocalyptic writings? Or the family friend who betrayed her? Based on the acclaimed Roth Trilogy by crime writer Andrew Taylor, this tense drama unravels the web of circumstances that creates a serial killer. Also starring Clare Holman (Wendy), Emma Fielding (Janet), Mark Benton (Eddie), and Niamh Cusack (Vanessa).
- 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.
- StarsRuth WilsonToby StephensLorraine AshbourneA young governess falls in love with her brooding and complex master. However, his dark past may destroy their relationship forever.
- StarsAlexander SkarsgårdJames RansoneLee TergesenA Rolling Stone reporter, embedded with The 1st Recon Marines chronicles his experiences during the first wave of the American-led assault on Baghdad in 2003.
- StarsRitchie CosterNelson LeeTony MusanteA three-part miniseries that offers a look into the world of trafficking, where drugs, weapons and even people are traded all over the world. Here, the lives of three Seattle-based men become intertwined - until they're all in over their heads.
- StarsPeter KrauseJulianna MarguliesPeter JacobsonA detective investigates a mysterious motel room which acts as a portal to anywhere in the world.
- StarsShaun EvansTom HardyCharlotte RileyBased upon the novel by Martina Cole, this TV series is mostly about Freddie Jackson, portrayed by Tom Hardy, who is just out of prison. He has the right connections and now he's ready to use them.
- CreatorJoe AhearneStarsMartin ShawRick WardenSiobhan FinneranApparitions" is a supernatural drama series about a priest (Martin Shaw, "The Chief") who is working to promote candidates for sainthood and becomes drawn into the world of exorcism as he discovers a dark battle between good and evil.
- StarsFrances McDormandRichard JenkinsAnn DowdA middle-school math teacher Olive and her marriage with Henry which spans 25 years.
- CreatorRob CawleyPaul DuaneStarsEva BirthistleDavid MurrayLauryn CannyThe story of the aftermath and the impact on her family when a young teenage girl inexplicably disappears.
- CreatorGwyneth HughesStarsMichael PalinMark AddyJodie ComerTom Parfitt fakes an injury in order to escape from his monotonous lifestyle and head to a care centre. However, upon his arrival, the staff experiences several strange instances, including a murder.
- StarsSheridan SmithAneurin BarnardJohn HenshawThe life and career of British singer and entertainer Cilla Black.
- CreatorToby WhithouseStarsTom HughesJonathan ArisVictoria HamiltonA Cold War spy thriller that tells the story of invisible wars fought by MI5.
- StarsPhilip GlenisterSteven MackintoshSaskia ReevesA family saga which begins in Manchester in the summer of 1996, on the day when an IRA bomb exploded in the city centre.
- 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.
- CreatorDaniel BrocklehurstJim PoyserStarsDavid MorrisseyClaudie BlakleyIan HartTaxi driver Vince McKee finds his life taking an unexpected turn after he accepts an offer to drive for a criminal gang.
- StarsMaggie GyllenhaalStephen ReaLubna AzabalCenters 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.
- CreatorJesse ArmstrongSam BainStarsBrit MarlingBertie CarvelPaterson JosephA look at the people in charge and on the front lines of a contemporary police force.
- StarsJason WatkinsShaun ParkesBen CaplanA retired teacher's tenant is murdered. He is wrongly accused of the crime, leading the police to arrest him. His life is turned upside down as he proclaims his innocence.
- StarsSimon BurkeDon HanyJohn NobleDeals with the issue of crimes committed by Australian Catholic clergy.
- CreatorAbi MorganStarsStellan SkarsgårdNicola WalkerAdeel AkhtarJohn River is a brilliant police inspector whose genius lies side-by-side with the fragility of his mind. He is a man haunted by the murder victims whose cases he must lay to rest.
- StarsIan McDiarmidNicholas FarrellTim Pigott-SmithA TV mini-series that unveils the behind-closed-doors story of the final weeks before the outbreak of World War I.
- StarsGeorgia FloodAntonia PrebbleLaura BrentThe true stories of extraordinary young women who witness the brutality and heroism of war and rise to meet the challenge.
- StarsJodie WhittakerPaul RhysHarriet WalterCIA counter-intelligence officer Sandy Grimes works to save Soviet intelligence officers from being exposed by a mole inside her organization.
- StarsDominic CooperLara PulverSamuel WestLook at the 007 creator, Ian Fleming, and his early life set against the permissive society of war-torn WWII London.
- StarsGabriel ByrneBrian GleesonNick DunningA chief pathologist in the Dublin city morgue investigates sudden death victims in the 1950s.
- StarsJessica Brown FindlayMatthew McNultySean HarrisA young woman moves in with her aunt and uncle and soon discovers unsavory happenings in her new home.
- StarsClaire GooseAlisha KellyFelix Scott25 years ago, Jane saw a man killing her mother. Today she's a well-adjusted wife and mother herself. While having a physical, she notices a doctor who looks like the killer and reports him. No one believes her--except one cop.
- CreatorAndrew ChinGaron De SilvaNicholas GauronStarsTeresa DaleyRussell WongPamelyn CheeThis is a story about a family man who succumbs to weakness and his failure to live a moral life condemns those he loves to an unspeakable horror. Only his path to redemption can save them.
- StarsOlivia ColmanSarah SolemaniRupert EvansA series of stand-alone stories that explore the links, pressures and expectations that draw people together and tear them apart.
- StarsTimothy SpallEleanor Worthington-CoxJuliet StevensonAn 11 year-old Janet terrorized by the paranormal activity permeating every room - or so she'd like everyone to believe; especially Mr. Grosse, the doting researcher who goes to great lengths to protect her from the strange, dark forces.
- StarsJohn SimmAnna MadeleyDavid ThrelfallThe story of Sir Alec Jeffreys' discovery of DNA fingerprinting and its first use by DCS David Baker in catching a double murderer.
- 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.
- StarsAunjanue Ellis-TaylorLyriq BentBen ChaplinKidnapped in Africa and subsequently enslaved in South Carolina, Aminata must navigate a revolution in New York, isolation in Nova Scotia, and the treacherous jungles of Sierra Leone, in an attempt to secure her freedom in the eighteenth century.
- CreatorAlan WhitingStarsRay WinstoneCharlotte RandlePaul JessonJimmy has just been released from prison after 12 years and is struggling to come to terms with his new life. His family and friends are finding it difficult to accept him back in to their lives and he must find a way to make things right.
- StarsSilas CarsonJoe HurstMichael GambonThe citizens of the small British town of Pagford fight for the spot on the parish council after Barry Fairbrother dies.