UK Television Prime Time Dramas 2022
Major TV Drama Series shown in 2022 Produced in UK or Ireland for Broadcast in Prime Evening Slots 7-10 pm in the UK. Two Parts or More. (Includes shows premiered on ITVX, Acorn and Britbox.)
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- CreatorHarry WilliamsJack WilliamsStarsJamie DornanDanielle MacdonaldGreg LarsenWhen a man wakes up in the Australian outback with no memory, he must use the few clues he has to discover his identity before his past catches up with him.
- 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.
- 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.
- CreatorHeidi ThomasStarsVanessa RedgraveLaura MainJenny AgutterChronicles the lives of a group of midwives living in East London in the late 1950s to late 1960s.Season 11
- StarsMaxine PeakeBobby SchofieldRob JarvisThe story of Anne Williams' fight for the truth of her son's death.
- CreatorDaragh CarvilleRichard ClarkStarsDaniel RyanErin ShanagherAndrew DowbigginPolice in the Morecambe Bay area in Lancashire investigate missing persons and suspicious deaths.Season 3
- CreatorRobert ThorogoodStarsElizabeth BourgineDon WarringtonDanny John-JulesCultures collide when British Detective Inspector is transferred from England to the Caribbean island of Saint Marie to head the island's police department.Season 11
- StarsMatthew GoodeTeresa PalmerAlex KingstonDiana Bishop, historian and witch, accesses Ashmole 782 and knows she must solve its mysteries. She is offered help by the enigmatic Matthew Clairmont, but he's a vampire and witches should never trust vampires.Season 3
- StarsBrenda BlethynJon MorrisonRiley JonesWith 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.Season 11 part two
- 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.
- CreatorDaniel BrierleyStarsVicky McClureEric ShangoNabil ElouahabiDrama series following Lana Washington, an experienced bomb disposal officer working for the Metropolitan Police.
- CreatorTony SchumacherStarsMartin FreemanAdelayo AdedayoJosh FinanA crisis-stricken, morally-compromised first-responder tackles a series of night shifts on the beat in Liverpool.
- CreatorDan SeftonStarsAmanda RedmanDarshan JariwalaNimmi HarasgamaDoctor Ruby Walker arrives in India looking for a job and a distraction from her heartbreak. She anticipates the sunshine and picture-perfect beaches, but not the realities of work at an under-resourced hospital.Season 4
- CreatorMike BensonBarunka O'ShaughnessyStarsSheridan SmithSamuel BottomleyCecilia NobleAn emotionally troubled teacher's life begins to fall apart as she faces accusations of sleeping with a student.
- CreatorSarah KendallStarsSarah KendallKerry ArmstrongFrazer HadfieldA wealthy London housewife is forced to return to her hometown in Australia, where she's forced to confront her past and the reasons that caused her to leave years ago.Season 2
- CreatorAlice SeabrightStarsErin DohertyBilly HowlePippa Bennett-WarnerStill living with her mom and working a temporary job, Becky grapples with Instagram-perfect lives.
- CreatorDaniel BrocklehurstStarsSheridan SmithLily SutcliffeLouis Ashbourne SerkisAn idyllic family holiday in Turkey turns into a nightmare when the 16-year-old son is accused of a serious crime.
- CreatorAdam KayStarsBen WhishawAmbika ModRory Fleck ByrneSet on Labour Ward with all its hilarity and heart-lifting highs but also its gut-wrenching lows, the show delivers a brutally honest depiction of life as a junior doctor on the wards, and the toll the job can take back home.
- CreatorSteven KnightStarsCillian MurphyPaul AndersonSophie RundleA gangster family epic set in 1900s England, centering on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby.Season 6
- StarsJill HalfpennyOwen McDonnellAidan McArdleFour families gather for a dream luxury holiday but a dark secret triggers fears of betrayal and ends in murder.
- CreatorPhoebe Waller-BridgeStarsJodie ComerSandra OhFiona ShawAfter a series of events, the lives of a security operative and an assassin become inextricably linked.Season 4
- StarsLaura FraserMichael NardoneJennifer SpenceWhile attending an online forensic course, young lab assistant discovers that the fictitious case study has a link to her past. With the help of two female professors she works on bringing a killer to justice.Season 2
- CreatorNicôle LeckyStarsNicôle LeckyLara PeakeEbony AboagyeFollow irrepressible Sasha, a 25-year-old wannabe singer and rapper, as she navigates the alluring world of social media and the fine line between liberation and exploitation, a story told through her original songs.
- StarsJoe ColeLucy BoyntonTom HollanderAs the Cold War rages, ex-smuggler turned reluctant spy Harry Palmer finds himself at the centre of a dangerous undercover mission, on which he must use his links to find a missing British nuclear scientist.
- StarsTuppence MiddletonMartin CompstonTommy Finnegan"'Our House"" tells the story of Fi Lawson, who arrives home one day to find a family of strangers moving into her house--and that her husband Bram has disappeared.
- CreatorDaisy CoulamStarsRobson GreenTessa Peake-JonesAl WeaverA Cambridgeshire clergyman finds himself investigating a series of mysterious wrongdoings in his small village of Grantchester.Season 7
- CreatorJude TindallStarsLorna WatsonMax BrownJerry IwuThe investigations of Sister Boniface of St Vincent's Convent - nun, moped rider, wine maker and part-time forensic scientist.
- CreatorJulian UnthankStarsMartin TrenamanJulie GrahamSarah WoodwardThree crime-writing sisters and their 28-year old niece use their extensive knowledge of crime to solve whodunit style murders in the picturesque English village of Wildemarsh.First shown on Acorn 2019.
- StarsConleth HillPauline McLynnDemi Isaac OviaweFollows PJ Collins, a gentle mountain of a man, who hides from people and fills his days with comfort food and half-hearted police work.
- CreatorMark AndrewEd TalfanStarsSian Reese-WilliamsSion Alun DaviesVictoria PughPolice investigate when the body of a girl is found in a lake.Season 3
- 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.Season 3
- StarsJames D'ArcyCharlie MurphyIndra OvéWhen Natalie Varga is accused of murdering her husband, journalist James Alden finds himself captivated by the case and ends up falling in love with the very femme fatale.
- CreatorSally WainwrightStarsSuranne JonesSophie RundleGemma WhelanA dramatization of the life of lesbian trailblazer, voracious learner, and cryptic diarist Anne Lister.Season 2
- CreatorSarah DeaneStarsLeanne BestDanny AshokKrissi BohnAfter surviving a tragedy, paramedic Jenny Challoner struggles with PTSD. Concealing her suffering from husband Chris, friend Alison and daughter Rosie, Jenny's life spirals out of control.
- CreatorPete McTigheSanne NuyensBert Van DaelStarsMatthew McNultyClara RugaardEmily TaaffeNeve Kelly discovers she is dead. She's scared and confused by this new existence. But, when she realizes she has been murdered, she's furious. She's determined to find her killer and get justice, believing that it was someone she knew.Remake of Belgian Series 'Hotel Beau Séjour'
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.Season 2
- StarsMasali BaduzaJack RowanHelen BaxendaleDrama set in a dangerous, alternate world where racism divides society.Season 2
- CreatorMaya SondhiStarsParminder NagraIan Puleston-DaviesJessica TempleNewly promoted DI Rachita Ray takes on a case that forces her to face a lifelong personal conflict.
- StarsAlison OliverSasha LaneJoe AlwynTwo Dublin college students, Frances and Bobbi, and the strange and unexpected connection they forge with married couple, Melissa and Nick.
- CreatorM.C. BeatonStarsAshley JensenMatt McCooeyLucy LiemannThe Cotswolds-based PR guru turned amateur sleuth returns for a series of comedic murder-mysteries based on the books by M.C. Beaton.Season 4
- StarsEmilia FoxDavid CavesWilliam GaminaraA team of exceptional forensic pathologists and scientists investigate heinous crimes and use their skills to catch the people responsible.Season 25
- CreatorCaroline GrahamStarsJohn NettlesJane WymarkBarry JacksonA veteran Detective Chief Inspector and his young Sergeant investigate murders around the regional community of Midsomer County.Season 22
- StarsUkweli RoachKeeley HawesAisling LoftusA small village in England is completely subdued by an alien presence for an entire day. Upon waking, it is discovered that numerous women in the town are pregnant.
- CreatorDolly AldertonStarsEmma AppletonBel PowleyAliyah OdoffinFollow two childhood best friends as they dive deep into bad dates, heartaches and humiliations.
- CreatorElgin JamesStephen MerchantStarsRhianne BarretoDarren BoydGamba ColeSeven strangers from different walks of life forced together to complete a community payback sentence in Bristol.Season 2
- StarsAdam HugillLorraine AshbournePerry FitzpatrickTwo shocking and unexpected murders shatter an already fractured community leading to one of the largest manhunts in British history.
- StarsPaapa EssieduAnjli MohindraRudi DharmalingamIs a top secret organization dedicated to preventing mass extinction events and with the ability to make time go backwards.
- CreatorRachael NewStarsKate PhillipsStuart MartinCathy BeltonWhen Eliza Scarlet's father dies, he leaves her penniless, but she resolves to continue his detective agency. To operate in a male-dominated world, though, she needs a partner - step forward a detective known as the Duke.Season 2
- CreatorRobert MurphyStarsJason WatkinsTala GouveiaLily SacofskyA shy and enigmatic Detective Sergeant is partnered with a wildly ambitious Detective Chief Inspector to solve crimes in the historic city of Bath.Season 3
- StarsAnne-Marie DuffJames NesbittSacha DhawanVeteran detective Danny Frater is called to a hospital mortuary to identify a corpse only to find it is his estranged daughter. Traumatized by the news she took her own life, Frater sets out to discover the truth about her death.
- StarsHannah Khalique-BrownSimon PeggMaisie Richardson-SellersIn 2024, a leading team of analysts buried in the heart of GCHQ secretly works to ward off a foreign cyber-attack on the country's electoral system.
- CreatorLucy GaymerSian Robins-GraceStarsAlbie HillsArthur HillsMichelle de Swarte38-year-old Natasha is furious that her closest friends are all having babies. When she suddenly finds herself with a baby of her own, her life dramatically implodes and twists itself into a bizarre horror show.
- CreatorAndrew DaviesStarsRose WilliamsCrystal ClarkeKris MarshallAbout Charlotte Heywood, a spirited and impulsive woman, who moves from her rural home to Sanditon, a fishing village attempting to reinvent itself as a seaside resort.Season 2
- StarsRuaridh MollicaNina Toussaint-WhiteSion Daniel YoungJodie runs a hairdressing salon and one day at work, she glances out of the window and in a split second, she witnesses a killer and his victim moments before a murder.
- 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.
- StarsNancy CarrollRoger AllamKeala SettleAntoine Verlaque, Investigating Judge in Aix-en-Provence with his romantic partner Marine Bonnet, investigates the murders, mysteries and dark underbelly of their idyllic home in the south of France.Shown on Britbox in 2022 before ITV1
- CreatorMickey DownKonrad KayStarsMyha'laMarisa AbelaHarry LawteyYoung bankers and traders make their way in the financial world in the aftermath of the 2008 collapse.Season 2
- StarsAlison O'DonnellSteven RobertsonLewis HowdenA local police team investigate crimes within the close knit island community of Shetland.Season 7
- CreatorChris MurrayStarsMarc WarrenMaimie McCoyDarrell D'SilvaA Dutch detective takes on criminal cases in Amsterdam using insightful human observation and his natural street smarts.Season 2
- StarsSean BeanNicola WalkerHenry Lloyd-HughesFollows Ian and Emma, a married couple, who deal with the ups and downs of their 30-year long marriage.
- CreatorMichael ClarksonPaul ClarksonStarsAmelia ClarksonNatalie BlairEllis HowardA group of teenage friends are infiltrated by the Red Rose app, which flourishes on their smartphones and threatens them with dangerous consequences if they don't comply with its demands.
- CreatorBen ChananStarsHolliday GraingerBen MilesLia WilliamsWhen a British soldier is charged with a crime, the tenacious young detective handling his case begins to uncover a conspiracy.Season 2
- 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.
- StarsAidan TurnerShaun ParkesCamilla BeeputDoctor Joseph O'Loughlin a man who appears to have the perfect life and a successful career as a clinical psychologist. But nothing can be taken for granted. Even the most flawless existence is only a loose thread away from unravelling.
- StarsAnna MadeleySamuel WestNicholas RalphThe numerous adventures of a countryside veterinarian practice in 1930s to 1940s Yorkshire, England.Season 3
- StarsBarney WhiteBen MillerFrances de la TourProfessor Jasper Tempest, a genius Cambridge University criminologist with OCD and an overbearing mother, assists the police in solving crime.Season 2
- CreatorDominic MinghellaMark CrowdyCraig FergusonStarsMartin ClunesCaroline CatzIan McNeiceThe trials and tribulations of Martin Ellingham, a brilliant but socially challenged doctor who moves from London to the picturesque village of Port Wenn in Cornwall.Season 10
- CreatorDaniel BrocklehurstJoe GilgunStarsJoe GilgunMichelle KeeganRyan SampsonComedy series about Vinnie and Dylan, who have grown up together and are inseparable. When Dylan's girlfriend wants to move in search of a better life for her and her son, he must face the hardest decision of his life.Season 4
- StarsKeeley HawesLee InglebyNoah LeggottAfter a shooting, Jo's family vacations turns into turmoil.
- CreatorChris BrandonStarsJames NesbittLorcan CranitchCharlene McKennaNorthern Irish police officer DCI Tom Brannick investigates crimes while trying to hide a dark secret from his past.Season 2
- StarsKenneth BranaghSimon Paisley DayOphelia LovibondDrama following the events surrounding Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his government in the face of the first wave of COVID-19.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- CreatorRyan J. BrownStarsJodie TyackOscar KennedyThaddea GrahamA young man joins the crew of a cruise ship in order to investigate the disappearance of his sister.
- StarsNatalie BrittonJemma CarltonLesley ConroyExamine the investigation into school assistant Maxine Carr and her fiancé Ian Huntley, who was imprisoned for the killings of school girls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.
- StarsBradley WalshJoanna ScanlanLydia PageA new adaptation of the classic novel "The Darling Buds of May" by H.E. Bates, following the warm-hearted, wheeler-dealing adventures of the iconic Larkin family in the idyllic Kent countryside.Season 2
- CreatorGareth EvansMatt FlanneryStarsJoe ColeSope DirisuMichelle FairleyTells the story of London being torn apart by the turbulent power struggles of its international gangs and the sudden power vacuum that's created when the head of London's most powerful crime family is assassinated.Season 2
- StarsLewis GribbenSamuel BottomleyRory KeenanDanny was a baby when his mother was killed in a car crash. Overcome with grief, his father locked him away in a house, telling him the outside world is full of monsters that will spirit him away like his mother.
- 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.
- StarsSian GibsonJohnny VegasSarah HadlandJohnny Vegas and Sian Gibson return to Gold's whodunit comedy caper for a new three-part original series from the minds behind Murder on the Blackpool Express, Death on the Tyne and Dial M for Middlesbrough.Season 2
- 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.Season 2
- CreatorSteven KnightStarsConnor SwindellsJack O'ConnellAlfie AllenSAS: Rogue Heroes charts the creation of the famed Special Forces unit. Based on the book by Ben Macintyre.
- CreatorHugo BlickStarsEmily BluntChaske SpencerStephen ReaFollows a woman as she seeks revenge on the man she sees as responsible for the death of her son.
- StarsRomario SimpsonHannah DonaldsonBhav JoshiLance Corporal arriving in Aberdeen as a new recruit with Police Scotland. After completing his last assignment with the Royal Military Police, Lindo dreams of becoming a detective at New Scotland Yard.
- CreatorSara CollinsStarsMina AndalaSophie CooksonSteven MackintoshIt explores the beautiful and haunting tale about one woman's fight to tell her story.Premiered on ITVX
- 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.Premiered on ITVX
- CreatorMark O'SullivanStarsEden H. DaviesLauryn AjufoSpike FearnFollows 16-year-old Jonny Murphy as he navigates through this world along with his friends, exploring the stresses of mental health for today's teens created by the omnipresence of technology and social media.Premiered on ITVX
- 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.
- StarsTom BurkeHolliday GraingerKerr LoganWar veteran turned private detective Cormoran Strike solves brutal murders with the help of his trusted partner Robin Ellacott.Season 5
- CreatorDominic SavageStarsVicky McClureGemma ChanSamantha MortonAnthology series that explores the experiences of women in personal and emotional moments.Season 3
- CreatorJack ThorneStarsDafne KeenKit ConnorRuth WilsonA young girl is destined to liberate her world from the grip of the Magisterium which represses people's ties to magic and their animal spirits known as daemons.Season 3
- 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.
- StarsLindokuhle Justice KhanyileMichael SheenNatalia TenaFollows the Wagatha Christie case, a UK High Court defamation case between Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney. Rooney famously tried to catch out Vardy for selling news stories about her to the tabloids, using sleuth tactics.
- CreatorLucy PrebbleBillie PiperStarsBillie PiperLeila FarzadDaniel IngsA female celebrity has her whole life upended when her phone is hacked and a photo of her in an extremely compromising position emerges.Season 2
- CreatorSally LindsaySue VincentStarsSteve EdgeAlex GaumondSally LindsayAntiques expert moves to France suspicious of how her husband died and uses her skills to become a PI aiding the local police and simultaneously bonding with the town's popular taxi driver.Season 2
- StarsTom Glynn-CarneyRian GordonMatt LittlesonA friendship forged between James and Tully in a small Scottish town in 1986. One weekend, they make a vow to each other to go at life differently. But then, 30 years on, half a life away, the phone rings. Tully has the worst kind of news.
- CreatorFrances PolettiStarsVicky McClureJohnny HarrisDorothy AtkinsonA grieving mother develops a relationship with the man she believes murdered her daughter.