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1. Death in Paradise (2011– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Cultures collide when British Detective Inspector is transferred from England to the Caribbean island of Saint Marie to head the island's police department.
Stars: Elizabeth Bourgine, Don Warrington, Danny John-Jules, Joséphine Jobert
Votes: 28,069
2. Vera (2011–2025)
TV-PG | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
With her caustic wit and singular charm, DCI Vera Stanhope leads her team as they face a series of captivating murder mysteries set against the breathtaking Northumberland landscape.
Stars: Brenda Blethyn, Jon Morrison, Riley Jones, Kenny Doughty
Votes: 20,126
3. Sister Boniface Mysteries (2022– )
TV-PG | 45 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The investigations of Sister Boniface of St Vincent's Convent - nun, moped rider, wine maker and part-time forensic scientist.
Stars: Lorna Watson, Max Brown, Jerry Iwu, Ami Metcalf
Votes: 3,402
4. Father Brown (2013– )
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In the early 1950s, Father Brown, a Roman Catholic priest based in the fictional Cotswold village of Kembleford, uses his distinctive skills to solve various crimes.
Stars: Mark Williams, John Burton, Sorcha Cusack, Jack Deam
Votes: 15,046
5. Endeavour (2012–2023)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Set from 1965 into the 1970s, the show follows Endeavour Morse in his early years as a police constable. Working alongside his senior partner DI Fred Thursday, Morse engages in a number of investigations around Oxford.
Stars: Shaun Evans, Roger Allam, James Bradshaw, Sean Rigby
Votes: 33,473
6. Heartbeat (1992–2010)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Comedy, Crime
The 1960s lives and adventures of the police constabulary, medical staff, and residents of Ashfordly and Aidensfield.
Stars: William Simons, Derek Fowlds, Tricia Penrose, Mark Jordon
Votes: 4,076
7. New Tricks (2003–2015)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Three retired police officers are drafted in to solve cold cases, with a touch of comedy and drama
Stars: Dennis Waterman, Amanda Redman, Alun Armstrong, James Bolam
Votes: 8,791
8. Belgravia (2020)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance
Follows 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.
Stars: Philip Glenister, Tamsin Greig, Harriet Walter, Saskia Reeves
Votes: 8,875
9. Casualty (1986– )
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama
The everyday lives of the people frequenting the frenetic Accident and Emergency department of Holby City Hospital.
Stars: Derek Thompson, Tony Marshall, Suzanne Packer, Ian Bleasdale
Votes: 3,694
10. The Bill (1984–2010)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama
Police drama series following officers and detectives from Sun Hill Police Station in East London.
Stars: Graham Cole, Jeff Stewart, Trudie Goodwin, Simon Rouse
Votes: 4,110
11. 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: 6,021
12. 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: 6,732
13. Doctors (2000–2024)
30 min | Drama
The daily lives of staff at a Birmingham medical practice, including their often-dramatic involvements with their patients.
Stars: Adrian Lewis Morgan, Jan Pearson, Matthew Chambers, Diane Keen
Votes: 1,701
14. Last of the Summer Wine (1973–2010)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Three old men from Yorkshire who have never grown up face the trials of their fellow town citizens and everyday life and stay young by reminiscing about the days of their youth and attempting feats not common to the elderly.
Stars: Peter Sallis, Jane Freeman, Kathy Staff, Robert Fyfe
Votes: 3,659
15. Mr. Bean (1990–1995)
Not Rated | 25 min | Comedy, Family
Bumbling, childlike Mr. Bean has trouble completing the simplest of day-to-day tasks, but his perseverance and resourcefulness frequently allow him to find ingenious ways around problems.
Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Matilda Ziegler, Robin Driscoll, Matthew Ashforde
Votes: 133,771
16. Hollyoaks (1995– )
TV-PG | 30 min | Drama, Romance
Hollyoaks takes a look at the lives, loves, and careers of a group of teenage friends and their families as they graduate through GCSEs, A-Levels, and College into the world of work.
Stars: Nick Pickard, Ashley Taylor Dawson, Kieron Richardson, Jennifer Metcalfe
Votes: 4,501
17. My Family (2000–2011)
TV-14 | 50 min | Comedy
Ben Harper, a misanthropic dentist, has little time for most people, including his wife Susan, and their children Nick, Janey, and Michael.
Stars: Robert Lindsay, Zoë Wanamaker, Gabriel Thomson, Daniela Denby-Ashe
Votes: 10,549
18. A Confession (2019)
TV-PG | 45 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
DSU Stephen Fulcher intends on catching a killer of a missing woman, even if that may cost him his career and reputation.
Stars: Martin Freeman, Siobhan Finneran, Imelda Staunton, Peter Wight
Votes: 10,062
19. Holby City (1999–2022)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama
The everyday lives, professional and personal, of the doctors, nurses and patients who find themselves, for various reasons, in the wards of the frenetic cardiac unit of Holby City General Hospital.
Stars: Hugh Quarshie, Rosie Marcel, Jaye Jacobs, Bob Barrett
Votes: 2,643
20. Law & Order: UK (2009–2014)
TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
UK version of the long-running U.S. TV drama that tells the stories of two separate yet equally important groups: the police, who investigate crime; and the attorneys, who prosecute the offenders.
Stars: Bradley Walsh, Robert Glenister, Harriet Walter, Freema Agyeman
Votes: 4,855
21. The Walk-In (2022)
45 min | Crime, Drama, History
A journalist tries to uncover the plans of a neo-Nazi organization that has been involved in the murder of an MP.
Stars: Stephen Graham, Andrew Ellis, Leanne Best, Ryan McKen
Votes: 3,626
22. Peak Practice (1993–2002)
TV-14 | 50 min | Drama
Beth Glover and Will Preston are doctors in partnership at a Derbyshire clinic when they hire Jack who's returned from Africa. The next several years deal with their personal and professional lives with Jack and Beth marrying.
Stars: Gary Mavers, Simon Shepherd, Esther Coles, Margery Mason
Votes: 524
23. Bancroft (2017–2020)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A dark thriller surrounding Elizabeth Bancroft, a senior detective with explosive secrets.
Stars: Sarah Parish, Ryan McKen, Adam Long, Lee Boardman
Votes: 4,068
24. Jude (1996)
R | 123 min | Drama, Romance
In late 1800s England, Jude plans to go to the city and attend university but marries early and becomes a stonemason. When his wife leaves, he moves to the city, where he befriends his liberal cousin Sue.
Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Christopher Eccleston, Kate Winslet, Liam Cunningham, Rachel Griffiths
Votes: 11,122 | Gross: $0.41M
25. The Damned United (2009)
R | 98 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The story of the controversial Brian Clough's 44-day reign as the coach of the English football club Leeds United.
Director: Tom Hooper | Stars: Colm Meaney, Henry Goodman, David Roper, Jimmy Reddington
Votes: 45,929 | Gross: $0.45M
26. Screen Two (1985–1998)
TV-14 | 120 min | Drama
In 1984 Kenith Trodd joined BBC team responding to Channel 4 releases, leading to transition from BBC studio plays to Screen One/Two anthology series. Trodd oversaw first group of titles in these series in 1985.
Stars: Jude North, Roger Brierley, Geoffrey Chater, Norman Jones
Votes: 245
27. Watching (1987–1993)
60 min | Comedy
A young couple from Merseyside and their off again/on again relationship.
Stars: Emma Wray, Paul Bown, Liza Tarbuck, Patsy Byrne
Votes: 469
28. Rosamunde Pilcher (1993– )
90 min | Drama, Romance
A series of television movies based on the works of Rosamunde Pilcher, a popular British writer of romance novels and short stories.
Stars: Stuart Davidson, Colin Matthews, Alexander-Klaus Stecher, Patrik Fichte
Votes: 283
29. Peterloo (2018)
PG-13 | 154 min | Drama, History
The story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre in which British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester.
Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Neil Bell, Philip Jackson
Votes: 5,464 | Gross: $0.15M
30. M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team (2003–2005)
TV-PG | 69 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A London MIT investigates a number of gruesome murders.
Stars: Lindsey Coulson, Richard Hope, Michael McKell, Samantha Spiro
Votes: 397
31. The Green Green Grass (2005–2009)
50 min | Comedy
Shifty car salesman Boycie and his wife Marlene leave their council estate in Peckham, London to start a new life in a rambling farmhouse in Shropshire.
Stars: John Challis, Sue Holderness, David Ross, Jack Doolan
Votes: 1,169
32. Underworld (1985)
R | 103 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
When high class hooker Nicole is kidnapped from her brothel, Rich businessman Hugo Motherskille hires her ex love Roy Bain to find her.
Director: George Pavlou | Stars: Denholm Elliott, Steven Berkoff, Larry Lamb, Nicola Cowper
Votes: 1,209
33. Born and Bred (2002–2005)
55 min | Drama
A 1950s set, British drama series about life in the fictional Lancashire village of Ormston. The main focus of the series was the two doctors, father and son, who run the cottage hospital under the new National Health Service.
Stars: Jenna Russell, Maggie Steed, Clive Swift, Naomi Radcliffe
Votes: 403
34. Hetty Feather (2015–2020)
30 min | Drama, Family
In Victorian London, feisty heroine Hetty Feather is trapped in the Foundling Hospital, the strict institution ruled over by the formidable Matron Bottomley. Aided by friends and thwarted by enemies, Hetty battles to win her freedom.
Stars: Isabel Clifton, Dasharn Anderson, Polly Allen, Eva Pope
Votes: 316
35. Merseybeat (2001–2004)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama
The trials and tribulations of a diverse group of police officers in a northern England town.
Stars: John McArdle, Chris Walker, David Hargreaves, Jonathan Kerrigan
Votes: 61
36. The Hippopotamus (2017)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy
Disgraced poet Ted Wallace is summoned to his friend's country manor to investigate a series of unexplained miracles.
Director: John Jencks | Stars: Roger Allam, Tim Charles, Rod Glenn, Amanda Holt
Votes: 4,329
37. Morons from Outer Space (1985)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A trio of moronic aliens crash-land on Earth and become celebrities, while a fourth alien, who arrives separately, finds himself ignored.
Director: Mike Hodges | Stars: Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones, Joanne Pearce, Jimmy Nail
Votes: 2,133 | Gross: $0.44M
38. This Is Your Life (1955–2003)
30 min | Documentary, Biography
The UK version of the popular US show. Eamonn Andrews (later Michael Aspel) surprises celebrities by presenting them with the Big Red Book before taking them into the studio to tell viewers... See full summary »
Stars: Eamonn Andrews, Michael Aspel, Elizabeth Dawn, June Whitfield
Votes: 323
39. Rough Diamond (2005–2007)
90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A former thief uses his skills for Scotland Yard.
Stars: David Jason, Stephen Wight, Gary Whelan, Don Warrington
Votes: 266
40. Butterfly Kiss (1995)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Eunice is walking along the highways of northern England from one filling station to another. She is searching for Judith, the woman, she says to be in love with. It's bad luck for the ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Amanda Plummer, Kathy Jamieson, Saskia Reeves, Des McAleer
Votes: 2,075
41. The Good Sex Guide (1993– )
30 min | Reality-TV
Margi Clarke host this documentary about the various elements of sexuality and suggestion for improving one's sex life.
Stars: Margi Clarke, Martin Clunes, Chris Langham, Anita Dobson
Votes: 33
42. My Uncle Silas (2001–2003)
140 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Five stories by H.E. Bates about a roguish English countryman.
Stars: Albert Finney, Sue Johnston, Joe Prospero, Julian Holloway
Votes: 160
43. The Carer (I) (2016)
89 min | Comedy, Drama
When the question is to be or not to be, there is only one answer.
Director: János Edelényi | Stars: Maitland Chandler, Ruth Posner, Coco König, Selina Cadell
Votes: 1,447 | Gross: $0.01M
44. Missing (2009–2010)
45 min | Drama
Drama set in a busy Missing Persons Unit.
Stars: Pauline Quirke, Felix Scott, Pooja Shah, Mark Wingett
Votes: 286
45. The History of Mr Polly (2007 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
In the early 1900s Alfred Polly, still hankering after his dream girl Christabel, marries Miriam Larkins and they open a shop, but, as the years go by, the marriage becomes stale and Polly ... See full summary »
Director: Gillies MacKinnon | Stars: Lee Evans, Anne-Marie Duff, Julie Graham, Richard Coyle
Votes: 213
46. Time Riders (1991)
25 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
BB Miller, accidental time-traveller and Ben Hardy, a street urchin from Victorian England, arrive back in the middle of the English Civil War on BB's motorbike time machine. Before their ... See full summary »
Stars: Haydn Gwynne, Kenneth Hall, Ian McNeice, Clive Merrison
Votes: 45
47. Gates (2012)
Comedy
School life between parents, pupils and teachers .
Stars: Tom Ellis, William Andrews, Mari Ann Bull, Joanna Page
Votes: 205
48. Pirates (II) (1994–1997)
Comedy, Drama, Family
A childrens comedy about a pirate family who come to live on land.
Stars: Benjamin Rennis, Liz Smith, Paul Bown, Andrew Sachs
Votes: 39
49. Young Blades (2001)
92 min | Action, Adventure
Young Blades follows D'artagnan (Hugh Dancy), a young arrogant swordsman; Radegonde (Sarah-Jane Potts), a clever girl he meets in the woods; and a trio of Musketeers as they attempt to thwart a plot to send France and Spain into war.
Director: Mario Andreacchio | Stars: Hugh Dancy, Sarah-Jane Potts, Scott Hickman, Antony Strachan
Votes: 214
50. 999: On the Front Line (2017– )
60 min | Documentary
Filmed simultaneously with ambulance crews across the west midlands, this series shows in real time the range of cases paramedics attend to.
Stars: Paul Bown, Tamla Kari, Mark Frost
Votes: 38