ITV/BBC/CHANNEL 4 - True Mini-Series/Movies
by Gymnopedies | created - 02 Apr 2023 | updated - 2 months ago | PublicThe rising popularity of true crime has meant that when you’re finished, there’s plenty to pick from. True crime dramatisations dominate our television screens, and that appetite for the macabre shows no signs of abating. These are unbelievable true criminal cases from the UK aired on ITV, BBC and CHANNEL 4.
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1. Anne (2022)
47 min | Drama, History
The story of Anne Williams' fight for the truth of her son's death.
Stars: Maxine Peake, Bobby Schofield, Rob Jarvis, Stephen Walters
Votes: 2,167
ITV
2. The Long Shadow (2023)
TV-PG | 49 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A desperate cat and mouse hunt ensues when Yorkshire is being haunted by a serial killer.
Stars: Jack Deam, Kris Hitchen, Lee Ingleby, Michael McElhatton
Votes: 7,475
ITV
3. 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: 10,057
ITV
4. Manhunt (2019–2021)
TV-14 | 45 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Detective Chief Inspector Colin Sutton tracks down a serial killer.
Stars: Martin Clunes, Claudie Blakley, Matthew Gravelle, Stephen Wight
Votes: 10,690
ITV
5. Des (2020)
Not Rated | 48 min | Crime, Drama, History
In 1983, Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen was arrested after the discovery of human remains which had blocked a drain near his London home.
Stars: David Tennant, Daniel Mays, Jason Watkins, Ron Cook
Votes: 20,789
ITV
6. The Pembrokeshire Murders (2021)
TV-14 | 48 min | Crime, Drama, History
DSU Steve Wilkins reopens two unsolved murder cases from the 1980s. Forensic methods link the crimes to a string of burglaries. Steve's team has to find more evidence before the perpetrator is released from prison.
Stars: Luke Evans, Keith Allen, Caroline Berry, Oliver Ryan
Votes: 10,867
ITV
7. Little Boy Blue (2017)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, History
The true story of the 2007 murder of Rhys Jones in Liverpool. The story of the aftermath and police investigation.
Stars: Sinéad Keenan, Brían F. O'Byrne, Matthew Devlin, Stephen Graham
Votes: 5,592
ITV
8. Quiz (2020)
TV-14 | 49 min | Crime, Drama, History
'Quiz' tells the story of Charles Ingram, a former British army major who caused a major scandal after being caught cheating his way to winning £1 million on the game show 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?'
Stars: Matthew Macfadyen, Sian Clifford, Mark Bonnar, Aisling Bea
Votes: 8,009
ITV
9. In Plain Sight (2016)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A three part TV miniseries about Lanarkshire's Detective William Muncie and his quest to bring to justice notorious killer Peter Manuel.
Stars: Douglas Henshall, Martin Compston, Joanne Thomson, Shauna Macdonald
Votes: 2,730
ITV
10. Appropriate Adult (2011)
67 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Dramatisation of the case of serial killers Fred and Rose West, focusing on the way in which they were brought to justice.
Stars: Emily Watson, Dominic West, Robert Glenister, Sylvestra Le Touzel
Votes: 4,365
ITV
11. The Serpent (2021)
TV-MA | 458 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The twisting, real-life story of Charles Sobhraj, a murderer, thief and seductive master of disguise, who was a hidden darkness in the mid-70's on Asia's hippie trail.
Stars: Tahar Rahim, Billy Howle, Jenna Coleman, Ellie Bamber
Votes: 49,646
BBC
12. The Moorside (2017)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A two-part drama about the search for missing Yorkshire schoolgirl Shannon Matthews in 2008.
Stars: Sheridan Smith, Sian Brooke, Faye McKeever, John Dagleish
Votes: 3,066
ITV
13. Dark Angel (2016)
TV-14 | 125 min | Crime, Drama, History
A two-part drama about the Victorian serial killer Mary Ann Cotton.
Stars: Joanne Froggatt, Alun Armstrong, Isla McMonigle, Laura Morgan
Votes: 2,191
ITV
14. Mosley (1998)
Biography, Drama, History
An account of the colourful life of the infamous British fascist Oswald Mosley, concentrating on the period between the end of WW1 and his imprisonment at the beginning of WW2.
Stars: Jonathan Cake, Jemma Redgrave, Hugh Bonneville, Flora Montgomery
Votes: 156
CHANNEL 4
15. The Hunt for Raoul Moat (2023)
55 min | Crime, Drama, History
Follows the police operation in 2010 to apprehend fugitive Raoul Moat. He went to Northumberland after killing one person and wounding two others.
Stars: Angela Bain, Joe Blakemore, Sonya Cassidy, Neil Grainger
Votes: 2,128
ITV
16. See No Evil: The Moors Murders (2006)
180 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A vivid drama which documents the notorious Moors murderers; Ian Brady and Myra Hindley.
Stars: Joanne Froggatt, Maxine Peake, Sean Harris, Matthew McNulty
Votes: 1,577
ITV
17. Deceit (2021)
47 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Follows the true story of a controversial honeytrap at the heart of the 1992 police investigation into the murder of a young mother in London.
Stars: Niamh Algar, Eddie Marsan, Harry Treadaway, Rochenda Sandall
Votes: 6,472
CHANNEL 4
18. Steeltown Murders (2023)
TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, History
Three murders - unsolved but never forgotten. Thirty years on, can DCI Bethall find the serial killer who terrorised 1970s Port Talbot?
Stars: Scott Arthur, Sion Alun Davies, Keith Allen, Gareth John Bale
Votes: 3,314
BBC
19. Maxine (2022)
180 min | Crime, Drama
Examine 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.
Stars: Natalie Britton, Jemma Carlton, Lesley Conroy, Steve Edge
Votes: 1,794
CHANNEL 4
20. My Boy Jack (2007 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 95 min | Biography, Drama, History
Author Rudyard Kipling and his wife search for their 18-year-old son after he goes missing during World War I.
Director: Brian Kirk | Stars: David Haig, Daniel Radcliffe, Kim Cattrall, Carey Mulligan
Votes: 5,657
BBC
21. Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama (2022)
47 min | Biography, Drama
Follows 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.
Stars: Lindokuhle Justice Khanyile, Michael Sheen, Natalia Tena, Chanel Cresswell
Votes: 418
CHANNEL 4
22. Stonehouse (2023)
TV-14 | 60 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A British politician fakes his own death.
Stars: Matthew Macfadyen, Simon Greenall, Kevin McNally, Dorothy Atkinson
Votes: 3,075
ITV
23. 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
ITV
24. Longford (2006 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 93 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A portrait of Lord Longford, a tireless British campaigner whose controversial beliefs often resulted in furious political debate and personal conflict.
Director: Tom Hooper | Stars: Lee Boardman, Jim Broadbent, Tam Dean Burn, Lindsay Duncan
Votes: 3,291
CHANNEL 4
25. The Reckoning (2023)
59 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The 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.
Stars: Steve Coogan, Mark Stanley, Mark Lewis Jones, Darien
Votes: 3,718
BBC
26. Lucan (2013)
63 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A two-part drama about infamous aristocrat John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan, who mysteriously disappeared in 1974 after being accused of murdering his children's nanny.
Stars: Rory Kinnear, Catherine McCormack, Christopher Eccleston, Leanne Best
Votes: 759
ITV
27. Hatton Garden (2019)
Crime, Drama
Four elderly men, all experienced thieves, carry out a large-scale robbery.
Stars: Alex Norton, David Hayman, Kenneth Cranham, Brían F. O'Byrne
Votes: 985
ITV
28. Mo (2010 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 101 min | Biography, Drama
A revealing biopic about politician Dr. Marjorie "Mo" Mowlam (Dame Julie Walters).
Director: Philip Martin | Stars: Julie Walters, Emma Cambridge, David Haig, Lucy Boynton
Votes: 385
CHANNEL 4
29. Shackleton (2002)
103 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The true story of Shackleton's 1914 Endurance expedition to the South Pole, and his epic struggle to lead his twenty-eight man crew to safety after his ship was crushed in the pack ice.
Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Eve Best, Mark Tandy, Embeth Davidtz
Votes: 3,092
CHANNEL 4
30. Breathtaking (II) (2024)
142 min | Drama
Drama series following a doctor looking after the most gravely unwell patients in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Stars: Joanne Froggatt, Bhav Joshi, Donna Banya, Naomi Denny
Votes: 1,320
ITV
31. Harold Shipman: Doctor Death (2002 TV Movie)
98 min | Drama
A dramatisation of the true story of Doctor Harold Shipman, a general practitioner from Hyde, Manchester, who was convicted in 2000 of murdering fifteen of his elderly patients and is ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Bamford | Stars: Michael Stainton, Olive Pendleton, Veda Warwick, Tony Melody
Votes: 211
ITV
32. Stephen (2021)
60 min | Crime, Drama, History
Follows the Lawrences and their quest for justice 18 years after the death of Stephen Lawrence.
Stars: Sharlene Whyte, Steve Coogan, Hugh Quarshie, Jonjo O'Neill
Votes: 1,540
ITV
33. Litvinenko (2022)
TV-14 | 47 min | Biography, Drama, History
Determined 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.
Stars: Mark Bonnar, Margarita Levieva, Richard Pepper, Temirlan Blaev
Votes: 2,920
ITV
34. A Is for Acid (2002 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
John George Haigh, the notorious "acid bath murderer" in 1940s England, becomes the subject of this dramatization.
Director: Harry Bradbeer | Stars: Martin Clunes, Keeley Hawes, Richard Hope, Celia Imrie
Votes: 855
ITV
35. A Song for Jenny (2015 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 77 min | Drama
In the aftermath of the July 7th, 2005 bombings in London, a woman desperately searches for her missing daughter, who may have been caught up in the attacks.
Director: Brian Percival | Stars: Emily Watson, Ryan Coath, Nicola Wren, Steven Mackintosh
Votes: 332
BBC
36. Angel of Death: The Beverly Allitt Story (2005 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
A dramatisation of the crimes of Beverley Allitt, a nurse at Grantham and Kesteven Hospital, in 1991.
Director: Cathy Elliott | Stars: Helen Baxendale, Charlie Brooks, Erica Rogers, Rob Dixon
Votes: 19
BBC
37. The Best of Men (2012 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1943, a refugee doctor from Nazi Germany uses new methods to rehabilitate those with spinal injuries in Great Britain. Based on actual events.
Director: Tim Whitby | Stars: George MacKay, Bebe Sanders, Leigh Quinn, Eddie Marsan
Votes: 1,707
BBC
38. Four Lives (2022)
59 min | Crime, Drama, History
A true-crime drama. Four young gay men are murdered in similar circumstances between 2014 and 2015 in the Barking area of London.
Stars: Sheridan Smith, Leanne Best, Stephen Merchant, Memet Ali Alabora
Votes: 5,383
BBC
39. Fear of Fanny (2006 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama
The bizarre tale of Fanny Cradock, Britain's famous and maligned TV chef from 50s to the 70s.
Director: Coky Giedroyc | Stars: Julia Davis, Mark Gatiss, Jason Watkins, Steven O'Neill
Votes: 216
BBC
40. The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe (2022)
TV-14 | 46 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Four-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.
Stars: Monica Dolan, Eddie Marsan, Mark Stanley, Dominic Applewhite
Votes: 4,858
ITV
41. Three Girls (2017)
TV-14 | 59 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Three young girls were groomed, sexually abused, and trafficked by a group of men in Rochdale, as well as the authorities failed to do anything about it.
Stars: Molly Windsor, Ria Zmitrowicz, Liv Hill, Paul Kaye
Votes: 5,211
BBC
42. Code of a Killer (2015)
65 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The story of Sir Alec Jeffreys' discovery of DNA fingerprinting and its first use by DCS David Baker in catching a double murderer.
Stars: John Simm, Anna Madeley, David Threlfall, Lorcan Cranitch
Votes: 3,728
ITV
43. Mr Bates vs. The Post Office (2024)
53 min | Biography, Drama
One of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British legal history where hundreds of innocent sub-postmasters and postmistresses were wrongly accused of theft, fraud and false accounting due to a defective IT system.
Stars: Toby Jones, Monica Dolan, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Will Mellor
Votes: 10,520
ITV
44. The Salisbury Poisonings (2020)
TV-14 | 58 min | Drama, History, Thriller
Three episode, fact based drama from the BBC, about the 2018 Novichok poisoning crisis in the city of Salisbury.
Stars: Rafe Spall, Anne-Marie Duff, Annabel Scholey, Judah Cousin
Votes: 7,298
BBC
45. Rillington Place (2016)
TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, History
A three-part drama about serial killer John Christie and the murders at 10 Rillington Place in the 1940s and early 1950s.
Stars: Tim Roth, Nico Mirallegro, Samantha Morton, Jodie Comer
Votes: 4,236
BBC
46. Mrs. Wilson (2018)
56 min | Biography, Drama, Mystery
A grieving widow discovers that her seemingly ideal husband lived many secret lives.
Stars: Ruth Wilson, Iain Glen, Fiona Shaw, Calam Lynch
Votes: 9,122
BBC
47. Mrs Biggs (2012)
TV-MA | 258 min | Crime, Drama, History
The true story of Charmian Brent (née Powell), the rebellious product of a strict 1950s upbringing, and her whirlwind romance with Ronald Biggs leading to a descent into crime, most infamously 1963's Great Train Robbery.
Stars: Sheridan Smith, Daniel Mays, Caroline Goodall, Adrian Scarborough
Votes: 922
ITV
48. The Secret (2016)
TV-MA | 45 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
The true-crime story of a respectable dentist and pillar of the community who became a killer in partnership with a Sunday school teacher.
Stars: James Nesbitt, Genevieve O'Reilly, Patrick O'Kane, Nina Woods
Votes: 3,684
ITV
49. A Very English Scandal (2018)
TV-14 | 56 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime
British Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe is accused of conspiracy to murder his gay ex-lover and forced to stand trial in 1979.
Stars: Hugh Grant, Ben Whishaw, Alex Jennings, Patricia Hodge
Votes: 16,257
BBC
50. The Deal (2003 TV Movie)
90 min | Biography, Drama
Follows the rise to power of Tony Blair, and his friendship and rivalry with his contemporary, Gordon Brown.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: David Morrissey, Matt Blair, Michael Sheen, Dexter Fletcher
Votes: 1,481
CHANNEL 4
51. Burton and Taylor (2013 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 83 min | Biography, Drama
Legendary acting duo and married couple Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor prepare for a 1983 theatrical production of the play "Private Lives."
Director: Richard Laxton | Stars: Dominic West, Helena Bonham Carter, Greg Hicks, Jeff Mash
Votes: 2,539
BBC
52. A Very British Scandal (2021)
TV-MA | 59 min | Drama, History
The story of events surrounding the notorious divorce of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll during the 1960s.
Stars: Claire Foy, Paul Bettany, Olwen May, Albertine Kotting McMillan
Votes: 6,980
BBC
53. The Trial of Christine Keeler (2019–2020)
352 min | Drama, History
Story of Christine Keeler, who found herself at the heart of a political sex scandal that rocked British government in the 1960s.
Stars: Sophie Cookson, James Norton, Ellie Bamber, Emilia Fox
Votes: 2,070
BBC
54. The Murders at White House Farm (2020)
TV-MA | 46 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Revolves around the true story of a fateful night in August 1985 when five members of the same family are murdered at an Essex farmhouse, and the ensuing police investigation and court case that follows.
Stars: Freddie Fox, Alexa Davies, Mark Addy, Scott Reid
Votes: 12,031
ITV
55. Honour (2020)
TV-14 | 48 min | Crime, Drama, History
DCI Caroline Goode vows to bring justice for a young girl, murdered by her family for falling in love with the wrong man.
Stars: Keeley Hawes, Mark Stanley, Michael Jibson, Alexa Davies
Votes: 2,740
ITV
56. Nolly (2023)
45 min | Biography, Drama
Exploring the reign, and fall from grace, of the inimitable British soap star, Noele Gordon.
Stars: Helena Bonham Carter, Con O'Neill, Augustus Prew, Antonia Bernath
Votes: 2,420
ITV
57. The Widower (2014)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A three-part drama based on the crimes of convicted murderer Malcolm Webster.
Stars: Reece Shearsmith, Kate Fleetwood, James Laurenson, Federay Holmes
Votes: 2,467
ITV
58. The Sixth Commandment (2023)
TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, History
Follows 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.
Stars: Conor MacNeill, Éanna Hardwicke, Adrian Rawlins, Amanda Root
Votes: 6,436
BBC
59. The Man Who Crossed Hitler (2011 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, History
In November 1930, brown-shirted storm troopers of Hitler's SA break into the Communist Eden Palace club, killing several members. Jewish lawyer Hans Litten prosecutes them and, at the ... See full summary »
Director: Justin Hardy | Stars: Ed Stoppard, Ian Hart, Bill Paterson, Sarah Smart
Votes: 361
BBC
60. Anybody's Nightmare (2001 TV Movie)
97 min | Crime, Drama
Based on the true story of Sheila Bowler, accused of murdering her elderly aunt.
Director: Tristram Powell | Stars: Patricia Routledge, Nicola Redmond, Georgina Sutcliffe, Thomas Arnold
Votes: 170
ITV
61.
Heroes and Villains (2007–2008)
Episode:
Napoleon
(2007)
59 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
The little known story of how Napoleon Bonaparte first emerged from obscurity and entered the national consciousness. A life and death struggle both on and off off the battlefield.
Director: Nick Murphy | Stars: Rob Brydon, Richard McCabe, Tom Burke, Laura Greenwood
Votes: 158
BBC
62. Babs (2017 TV Movie)
90 min | Biography, Drama
A drama about the life and career of actress Barbara Windsor.
Director: Dominic Leclerc | Stars: Samantha Spiro, Charlie Archer, Nick Moran, Honor Kneafsey
Votes: 661
BBC
63. This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper (2000)
Crime, Drama
This is a dramatisation of the real-life investigation into the notorious Yorkshire Ripper murders of the late 1970s, showing the effect that it had on the health and career of Assistant Chief Constable George Oldfield who led the enquiry
Stars: Alun Armstrong, Richard Ridings, James Laurenson, John Duttine
Votes: 431
ITV
64. The Brides in the Bath (2003 TV Movie)
99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Dramatisation of the real-life case of George Joseph Smith who was hanged in 1915 for the murder of his three wives, each of whom he killed in turn by drowning them in the bath while trying to make the deaths look like accidents.
Director: Harry Bradbeer | Stars: Martin Kemp, Richard Griffiths, Charlotte Randle, Emma Owen
Votes: 243
ITV
65. Sherwood (II) (2022– )
TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two shocking and unexpected murders shatter an already fractured community leading to one of the largest manhunts in British history.
Stars: Adam Hugill, Lorraine Ashbourne, Perry Fitzpatrick, Philip Jackson
Votes: 9,327
BBC
66. The Murder of Stephen Lawrence (1999 TV Movie)
103 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A black teenager Stephen Lawrence is killed. That event strike to his parents, his murderers, police, entire society.
Director: Paul Greengrass | Stars: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hugh Quarshie, Leon Black, Ashley Walters
Votes: 316
ITV
67. Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 (2009 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 102 min | Crime, Drama, History
Rookie journalist Eddie Dunford is determined to find the truth in an increasingly complex maze of lies and deceit surrounding the police investigation into a series of child abductions.
Director: Julian Jarrold | Stars: Andrew Garfield, David Morrissey, John Henshaw, Anthony Flanagan
Votes: 13,687
CHANNEL 4
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