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1. Shameless (2011–2021)
TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, Drama
A scrappy, feisty, fiercely loyal Chicago family makes no apologies.
Stars: Emmy Rossum, William H. Macy, Ethan Cutkosky, Jeremy Allen White
Votes: 286,209
2. Shameless (2004–2013)
TV-MA | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The lives and relationships of a group of siblings and their estranged father Frank Gallagher on a rough Manchester estate.
Stars: David Threlfall, Rebecca Atkinson, Alice Barry, Nicky Evans
Votes: 18,508
3. Coronation Street (1960– )
TV-PG | 30 min | Drama, Romance
The world's longest-running television soap, Coronation Street focuses on the everyday lives of working-class people in Manchester, England.
Stars: William Roache, Helen Worth, Barbara Knox, Sally Dynevor
Votes: 6,025
4. State of Play (2009)
PG-13 | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.
Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: Russell Crowe, Rachel McAdams, Ben Affleck, Helen Mirren
Votes: 160,539 | Gross: $37.02M
5. No Offence (I) (2015–2018)
TV-MA | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Follows a group of police officers on the front line wondering what they did to end up where they are now, on the ugly side of Manchester.
Stars: Joanna Scanlan, Elaine Cassidy, Will Mellor, Paul Ritter
Votes: 6,739
6. Cracker (1993–1996)
TV-MA | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Dr Edward "Fitz" Fitzgerald is a criminal psychologist. He is rather anti-social and obnoxious but he has a gift for solving crimes. Thus he is employed as a consultant by the Manchester Police.
Stars: Robbie Coltrane, Geraldine Somerville, Kieran O'Brien, Barbara Flynn
Votes: 7,890
7. Clocking Off (2000–2003)
55 min | Drama
Interconnected dramas about the lives of a group of workers at a Manchester textile factory, with each episode focusing on the home life of a different character.
Stars: Jack Deam, Tony Mooney, Joan Kempson, Siobhan Finneran
Votes: 596
8. Alien: Isolation (2014 Video Game)
M | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In this first person survival horror adventure set fifteen years after the events of Alien (1979), Ripley's daughter becomes trapped on an alien-infested space station which holds answers to the mystery of her mother's disappearance.
Director: Alistair Hope | Stars: Andrea Deck, George Anton, Kezia Burrows, Richie Campbell
Votes: 6,285
9. State of Play (2003)
TV-14 | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Journalists uncover a government conspiracy when a young politician's assistant and mistress is killed.
Stars: John Simm, David Morrissey, Kelly Macdonald, Bill Nighy
Votes: 10,537
10. Touching Evil (1997–1999)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A police drama following the exploits of a crack squad within the Organized and Serial Crime Unit, a rapid-response police force serving the entire county.
Stars: Robson Green, Nicola Walker, Shaun Dingwall, Michael Feast
Votes: 2,196
11. Our Story (2017–2019)
TV-PG | 120 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Filiz has been struggling to survive in one of the city's slums, she is the eldest daughter of the family and has been taking care of her five younger siblings since their mother left them and their father is addicted to alcohol.
Stars: Hazal Kaya, Burak Deniz, Reha Özcan, Yagiz Can Konyali
Votes: 3,444
12. Clubbed (2008)
95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An underworld drama set in the early 1980s, about a lonely factory worker whose life is transformed when he becomes a nightclub doorman.
Director: Neil Thompson | Stars: Mel Raido, Colin Salmon, Shaun Parkes, Scot Williams
Votes: 3,766
13. Alibi (2003 TV Movie)
180 min | Thriller, Drama
"Alibi" is a thriller with a bit of romance and touches of black humour along the way. Greg is discovered with the dead body of his wife's lover by Marcey, a public servant moonlighting as ... See full summary »
Director: David Richards | Stars: Michael Kitchen, Sophie Okonedo, Phyllis Logan, Simon Hyde
Votes: 444
14. Touching Evil (2004)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Returning from a year-long psychological leave of absence after surviving a gunshot wound to the head, a detective and his partner work together to hunt down the most wicked and vicious criminals on the streets.
Stars: Jeffrey Donovan, Vera Farmiga, Zach Grenier, Brian Markinson
Votes: 1,215
15. The Girl in the Café (2005 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 94 min | Drama, Romance
Lawrence, an aging, lonely civil servant falls for Gina, an enigmatic young woman. When he takes her to the G8 Summit in Reykjavik, however, their bond is tested by Lawrence's professional obligations.
Director: David Yates | Stars: Bill Nighy, Kelly Macdonald, Meneka Das, Anton Lesser
Votes: 8,742
16. Hit & Miss (2012)
45 min | Drama
Follows the life of transgender contract killer Mia, who travels to West Yorkshire to seek out her ex girlfriend.
Stars: Chloë Sevigny, Roma Christensen, Jorden Bennie, Karla Crome
Votes: 5,014
17. Wolfe (2021)
45 min | Crime
The adventures of Professor Wolfe Kinteh, a crime scene investigator in the north of England.
Stars: Babou Ceesay, Natalia Tena, Amanda Abbington, Adam Long
Votes: 1,461
18. Cracker: Mind Over Murder (1997–1998)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Unconventional psychologist Gerry "Fitz" Fitzgerald is one of the best police interrogators in the business, mostly because his own quirks and perversities help him get inside the criminal mind.
Stars: Robert Pastorelli, Carolyn McCormick, Josh Hartnett, Robert Wisdom
Votes: 450
19. Exile (2011)
180 min | Drama, Thriller
A father and son story, with a thriller motor. It explores a mystery from the past with a brutal and shocking revelation.
Stars: John Simm, Jim Broadbent, Olivia Colman, Nico Mirallegro
Votes: 2,004
20. Children's Ward (1989–2000)
30 min | Drama
This 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.
Stars: Janette Beverley, Rita May, Carol Harvey, Jennifer Luckraft
Votes: 157
21. The South Bank Show (1978– )
53 min | Documentary
ITV's long-running arts series presented by Melvyn Bragg.
Stars: Melvyn Bragg, Ian McKellen, David Hockney, Victoria Wood
Votes: 216
22. Tony (I) (2009)
Unrated | 76 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A thriller centered on a serial killer in a rundown London suburb.
Director: Gerard Johnson | Stars: Peter Ferdinando, Greg Kam, Ricky Grover, Kerryann White
Votes: 3,602
23. Dramarama (1983–1989)
25 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
A series of plays for children which featured the supernatural frequently and science fiction occasionally.
Stars: Denyse Alexander, Ian Kirkby, Christopher Biggins, Bill Wallis
Votes: 137
24. Reckless (1997)
310 min | Drama, Romance
Young doctor Owen Springer returns to Manchester to care for his ailing father and proceeds to fall in love with an older woman, who just happens to be married to his boss.
Stars: Francesca Annis, Michael Kitchen, Robson Green, Conor Mullen
Votes: 575
25. Screenwipe (2006–2020)
TV-MA | 30 min | Documentary, Comedy
Satirical TV show critique.
Stars: Charlie Brooker, Al Campbell, David Firth, Diane Morgan
Votes: 2,501
26. Love in the 21st Century (1999)
25 min | Drama
As sex becomes less of a taboo in the new century, relationships get more diverse, but love is still a complicated thing that tests various couples in this drama.
Stars: Catherine McCormack, Ioan Gruffudd, Kate Ashfield, Clare Holman
Votes: 138
27. Twenty8k (2012)
Not Rated | 106 min | Thriller
A teenage boy is gunned down outside a nightclub and a young girl dies in a hit and run in two seemingly unrelated deaths. Deeva Jani, returns home to clear her brother Vipon of the shooting and soon discovers a much deeper conspiracy.
Directors: David Kew, Neil Thompson | Stars: Sebastian Nanena, Bhasker Patel, Rani Moorthy, Jack Bence
Votes: 651
28. Linda Green (2001–2002)
TV-PG | 30 min | Drama, Comedy
A young woman contends with the difficulties of romance.
Stars: Liza Tarbuck, Sean Gallagher, Claire Rushbrook, Daniel Ryan
Votes: 138
29. The Innocence Project (2006– )
Drama
When someone spends years in a prison wrongfully accused without any hope left, they are the only solution. A group of law students with their professor in charge sets such desperate people... See full summary »
Stars: Lloyd Owen, Christine Bottomley, Ruth Bradley, Stephen Graham
Votes: 106
30. Medics (1990–1995)
50 min | Drama
The everyday lives and loves, trials and tribulations of the doctors, nurses, patients and administrative staff of a large teaching hospital in the north-west of England near the city of Manchester.
Stars: Jimmi Harkishin, Tom Baker, Emma Cunningham, James Gaddas
Votes: 41
31. Sharman (1996)
Crime, Drama
Nick Sharman is a disillusioned, down-at-heel private investigator. An instinctive loner with a shady past, he can also be charming, quick-witted, determined and, despite his faults, he has... See full summary »
Stars: Clive Owen, John Salthouse, Roberta Taylor, Isabella Marsh
Votes: 49
32. Reckless: The Sequel (1998 TV Movie)
102 min | Drama, Romance
One year on in their lives, Owen and Anna make impulsive plans to marry. But Anna's ex-husband Richard Crane has other ideas. Exploiting their weak spots, he schemes to tear the couple ... See full summary »
Director: David Richards | Stars: Robson Green, Francesca Annis, Peter Pacey, Tony Barton
Votes: 267
33. Timeshift (2002–2017)
60 min | Documentary
Series looking at changes in British society, employing archive footage from the BBC and other sources.
Stars: Veronika Hyks, Tamsin Greig, Kim Newman, Andrew Martin
Votes: 74
34. The Secret World of Michael Fry (2000)
Drama
Council Planner Michael Fry uncovers a sinister plot in his Welsh seaside home town and finds himself caught in a growing tide of corruption and sleazy internet sex.
Stars: Ewen Bremner, Martin Glyn Murray, Rachel Scorgie, Robert Pugh
Votes: 79
35. Best of Both Worlds (2001– )
50 min | Drama
Is it right to love two men at once? Is it right to marry them both? A loving mother to 8-year-old Jack and wife to Martin, Diane Sullivan works on a busy Stansted-Bologna airline route. ... See full summary »
Stars: Alice Evans, Cal MacAninch, Jo Stone-Fewings, Susan Brown
Votes: 54
36. Butterfly Collectors (1999 TV Movie)
180 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Whilst the plot centers around a policeman, this is not a police story. In fact John McKeown emphatically dislikes being a policeman. Two teenage boys discover a murdered man at a breakers ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Stewart | Stars: Ruth Harrop, Jamie Draven, Ben Crompton, Pete Postlethwaite
Votes: 115
37. This Week (2003–2019)
45 min | News, Talk-Show
Political journalist and comic Andrew Neil is joined by guests to take a light-hearted look back at the week in politics.
Stars: Andrew Neil, Michael Portillo, Diane Abbott, Miranda Green
Votes: 173
38. Back to the... (2020)
Documentary
Stars: Charlie Higson, Stephen K. Amos, Dom Joly, Janet Street-Porter
Votes: 19
39. Police 2020 (1997)
102 min | Crime, Sci-Fi
In 2020, DCI Billy O'Connell is tasked with tackling an armed suspect who takes a group of Russian immigrants hostage in a lift after blaming the immigrant population for an outbreak of tuberculosis that killed most of his family.
Director: David Richards | Stars: Liam Cunningham, Rachel Davies, Nick Reding, Saira Todd
Votes: 31
40. Mrs In-Betweeny (2008 TV Movie)
54 min | Drama
After the death of their parents, three children are put into the care of their aunt Brandon - unaware of the fact she is a transgender woman. Over time, as they get used to the idea, the ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Walker | Stars: James Greene, Charlotte Dixon, Jay Simpson, George Whitton
Votes: 50
41. Tomorrow La Scala! (2002)
108 min | Comedy
An opera company puts on a production of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd in a maximum security prison.
Director: Francesca Joseph | Stars: Lucy Bates, Ian Burfield, Bruce Byron, Kevin Dignam
Votes: 201
42. The Stronger (I) (2007)
10 min | Short
Who is stronger - the wife or the mistress? A married woman confronts her husband's lover after bumping into her in a café on Christmas eve.
Director: Lia Williams | Stars: Clare Higgins, Fiona O'Shaughnessy, Adam Godley
Votes: 10
43. Survivors (2005– )
Drama
Stars: Lucy Punch, Benjamin Ayres, Emma Campbell-Webster, Mike Goodenough
Votes: 17
44. Days of Darkness (2005 TV Movie)
30 min | Drama
The story of an American doctor who is forced to operate on her own breast cancer whilst trapped in a research station in the South Pole. Based on true events.
Director: Jenny Ash | Stars: Lesley Sharp, Rory McCann, Anna-Louise Plowman, Jake Broder
Votes: 10
45. Paul Abbott Remembers... Clocking Off (2024 TV Special)
14 min | Documentary, Short
Paul Abbott looks back on his BAFTA-winning drama series Clocking Off (2000).
Star: Paul Abbott
46. The 50 Greatest Television Dramas (2007 TV Movie)
180 min | Documentary
Directors: Toby Dye, Shelley Lawrence | Stars: Miriam Margolyes, David Aaronovitch, Paul Abbott, Joe Ahearne
Votes: 35
47. The Town That's Looking for Love (2006 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary
Lovelorn Vince Peart, a 21-year-old coal-boy from Alston in Cumbria, launched a campaign to attract single women to his hometown. This simple quest to find a girlfriend would end in his transformation into Britain's unlikeliest local hero.
Director: Patrick Collerton | Stars: Paul Abbott, Hilary Bevan Jones, Kevin Maguire, Vince Peart
Votes: 7
49. Three Moments in Heaven (2009)
13 min | Short, Drama
Director: Ian Buchan | Stars: Mike Bailey, Stuart McQuarrie, James Smith, Lorraine Stanley
50. TV Greats: Our Favourites from the North (2011 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Several professional Northerners appear on camera to tell us why they think television from England's North West is always the best.
Director: Laurence Inwood | Stars: Tess Daly, Paul Abbott, Sue Barker, Matt Dawson