What are some binge-worthy British series?
Posted by notfromanywhere234@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 253 comments
Just finished watching Poldark, also I've already seen Peaky Blinders, Sherlock and Downton Abbey. Obviously, I am heavily into historical dramas, but I not so much into the romantic stuff, so not a fan of Pride and Prejudice and the likes. Thank you in advance for your suggestions.
PresentRaspberry6814@reddit
River
AdjectiveNoun111@reddit
Sharpe
squareface25@reddit
Hornblower.
trcrtps@reddit
the two best shows. unfortunately there is nothing else quite like them.
Vequihellin@reddit
Literally just commented this. Loved Hornblower.
alltorque1982@reddit
So, I grew up watching Sharpe and bloody loved it. The music, the sets, all so wonderful...then I tried to rewatch it recently. I couldn't get into it, about 20 mins in I just gave up. I feel like my nostalgic memory of it was far better than the reality, so I shall leave it there.
Virtual_Bottle7755@reddit
Yes, it's kinda funny how that happens.
L9GTX@reddit
After a few decades of CGI making vast on-screen armies pretty routine, and more lavish TV budgets generally, Sharpe's battles consisting about about 20 people has become more noticeable.
CollectionStraight2@reddit
Yeah I think this is it. I still like the characters and the acting, but the budget constraints are more noticeable now when compared with more modern, big budget shows
alltorque1982@reddit
That may be it! Battle of the Bastards Sharpe is not...pun intended.
SmokyBarnable01@reddit
Sharpe's great for the odd individual episode now and again but it's not a good binge watch. I tried it during pandemic and the plots become a bit formulaic and repetetive when you watch a few in a row though.
Ok-Exam6702@reddit
Sadly, Sharpe is showing its age.
AdjectiveNoun111@reddit
I rewatched all of it in the summer and yes, it feels dated, but it's still pretty great
KungenBob@reddit
Which is odd given its set during the Napoleonic era.
herefromthere@reddit
think it's the electric guitars in the score.
Bulimic_Fraggle@reddit
I actually binged a few last Sunday, it isn't the same as the first time I watched it, yet it was a brilliant comfort watch.
alltorque1982@reddit
I think comfort is exactly it. A bit like Last of the Summer wine or Heartbeat. Not great shows but fantastically comfortable viewing.
LabelMeAs@reddit
You have killed me! Sir!
someguyontheweb99@reddit
Bastard
Rich-8080@reddit
Bastard
GreekVicar@reddit
Bastard
FootballPublic7974@reddit
Bastards!
Miserably_Fun7688@reddit
Bastard!!
Guilty_Struggle_6089@reddit
Fat Bastard
Guilty_Struggle_6089@reddit
French Bastard
Guilty_Struggle_6089@reddit
Yella Bastard
RianJohnsonIsAFool@reddit
Well, sir. On first sighting the Sharpe reference, I naturally gave the order to upvote. That's my style, sir.
AtJackBaldwin@reddit
That's soldiering
No_Cartoonist981@reddit
Tenko!
Katietori@reddit
Hornblower
Pi3rre8ezukhov@reddit
Hornblower saved me when I was on a placement in empty uni halls in the middle of South Africa in summer with nothing to do other than watch YouTube in the lobby of my building (the only place you could get wifi on campus)
Infamous-Magician180@reddit
Random fact- Roald Dahl credits the author of Hornblower as the reason he started writing novels. After reading an article Dahl wrote about WW2, Forester told him he should try writing books instead.
Infamous-Magician180@reddit
I love the Hornblower series and the Forsyte Saga (the Ioan Gruffudd one). North and South is worth a watch- it’s a romance, but it’s also about the unions in the era of industrialisation.
tjjwaddo@reddit
Happy Valley Last Tango in Halifax Line of Duty Scott and Bailey Ludwig
WillowCreekWanderer@reddit
Man, I miss Scott and Bailey
Glum_Championship406@reddit
Same! And I’ve not seen anything that similar since really.
superspur007@reddit
I hated Scot and Bailey can't stand Lesley Sharpe really poor actor.
tjjwaddo@reddit
Really? I love anything she's in.
Glum_Championship406@reddit
Unforgotten, not period drama exactly but might be of interest
landwomble@reddit
Morse. Slow Horses. Mobland. Brassic. Bookish. Should keep you going for a bit!
Abject-Commercial-86@reddit
Slow Horses is the best! Had to pause it in places just to laugh, Gary Oldman is brilliant. I’ve heard good things about Down Cemetery Road too so I think that one’s next on my list
landwomble@reddit
Oh yes, that's great too. The Slow Horses books are brilliant as well
Abject-Commercial-86@reddit
About halfway through the first book and love it so far. Need to catch up and read the whole series before the new tv episodes get released!
Inevitable-Care@reddit
Have you tried A Thousand Blows?
gone-in-a-spark@reddit
Jonathan creek
Introverted-Gazelle@reddit
IT crowd
wherethefeckarewe@reddit
The Detectorists
gunnergirlyuffie@reddit
This is my gentle, feel good go to when the world feels a bit too much.
wherethefeckarewe@reddit
Totally agree.
Optimal-Room-8586@reddit
Okay this is a bit different from what you've mentioned so far but I'm going to drop it in because I think it's the best British series I've ever seen:
"This Is England". First series is "This Is England '86". Incredible series.
Other suggestions: - the "Red Riding" trilogy; might be up your street as it's crime. - "Born to Kill"; was on C4 a few years back, though that was pretty cool.
sandstonetowers@reddit
So glad to see TIE referenced. Genuinely incredible. The way it portrays friendship and community alongside the degradation of 80s working class society is so impressive. And then there's few shows, if any, that have been so utterly devastating in the brutality of some of the storylines. Combo's ending and the 'dinner table' scene will always stay with me.
Optimal-Room-8586@reddit
Totally agree. It's incredible drama. There's one particular scene which is more horrifying and nerve wracking than anything I've seen in an actual horror film; just the power of the writing, storylines, execution.
sandstonetowers@reddit
If it's the scene I think it is (with Kel) then I totally agree. Terrifyingly brilliant.
Whole cast are brilliant but Joe Gilgun, Andrew Ellis and Chanel Cresswell steal it for me. I like how it moves away from being purely about Shaun over time.
Optimal-Room-8586@reddit
Couldn't remember the name of the character so looked it up. Think it was actually a scene with a different character - don't want to say too much though in case I spoil anything. But there are a few scenes of a similar nature which are equally powerful and I think I know the one you mean also.
Yeah it's a incredible series, about as close to perfect as I've seen really (of course that is subjective, just my opinion).
TooMuchBrightness@reddit
Oooh did you watch ‘Until I kill you’ it’s on itv? My friend recommended it, it’s brilliant but terrifying about a real like British serial killer in the 90’s (I’d never heard of him!) one of his victims went to the police and they didn’t take her seriously. Anna Maxwell Martin is the lead actress.
Optimal-Room-8586@reddit
Thanks I think my partner watched but I haven't.. I'll have to check it out!
royals796@reddit
Wolf Hall The Tudors Sharpe (if you want to see early 90s Sean Bean)
Desperate-Cookie3373@reddit
Is there anyone on earth that doesn’t want to see early 90s Sean Bean??!!
CollectionStraight2@reddit
If there is, I don't want to meet them!
lj523@reddit
I love the difference between the portrayal of Cromwell in Wolf Hall and The Tudors and how it reflects different understandings of the historical documents and the debate about who he was as a person.
The series' (especially The Tudors) is really not that deep, but the difference between the two accidentally highlights how interpretation of history can drastically change.
L9GTX@reddit
I'm not sure Mantel necessarily believed the real Cromwell was the ahead-of-his-time compassionate pragmatist she depicts, she just found that version more interesting to write about.
lj523@reddit
Oh absolutely. I'm not a massive history buff but do enjoy a few history podcasts. Sounds like reality is probably somewhere in the middle between complete arsehole and ahead-of-his-time compassionate pragmatist, haha.
I particularly enjoyed the comment in Wolf Hall about Thomas Moore writing his letters and how they'll be the bad guys to history given so much of our knowledge of Tudor history comes from the copious letters, diaries, etc, of the people involved. One of the podcasts did say that for a long time Cromwell was thought of as the bad guy because of Thomas Moore's writing, but that's softened a bit after new stuff was discovered.
I could be completely misremembering though. All I know is it got me interested in a subject I never really cared about before :)
fenaith@reddit
Wolf Hall is the BBC doing what it's best at.
Fantastic actors, good script.
ddgk2_@reddit
BARSTARD. (sorry, it's a reflex)
coreybob5422@reddit
I’ve just started All Creatures Great and Small the 2020 version and am really enjoying it
E3JEN6@reddit
Finding Faith Bbciplayer
Bored-internet-user@reddit
Larkeise to Candleford Downton Abbey
Strong_Neck8236@reddit
Blue Lights.
And if you like moody murders on bleak Scottish islands Shetland is good (if a bit slow at times).
nonsequitur__@reddit
Potential_Bat8605@reddit
Fawlty Towers, The Inbetweeners, Call the Midwife, Luther, The Crown
jemmary@reddit
Red Eye
Rivals
treadtyred@reddit
The Night Manager
Derry Girls
Only Fools& Horses
yalrightyeh@reddit
The Tudors
AnnualFolkTraditions@reddit
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Smiley's People Edge Of Darkness Utopia Man Down
Altruistic-Maybe5121@reddit
Slow horses
Altruistic-Maybe5121@reddit
Line of duty
bambonie11@reddit
The Last Kingdom.
fartingbeagle@reddit
Destiny is all !
Littleleicesterfoxy@reddit
Wyrd bid ful aræd
fartingbeagle@reddit
Aethel-tastic !
_flipsticks@reddit
Slow horses!
Darkthrawn@reddit
Unforgotten is very good. Vexed is also very good, if you can find it, only 2 seasons but worth a quick binge.
Tough-Oven4317@reddit
Not really what you asked for, but it looks like that's well covered already. The Office might apply if you consider the early 2000s to be a historical period 😂 it does feel like going back in time tbh
Toodle_Pip2099@reddit
Lots of Dickens adaptations
AtTheDeskPressingX@reddit
Slough horses Down cemetery road The office Luther Trigger point Line of duty
Aggravating-Day-2864@reddit
Not British but.....Still Game
AliveAd2219@reddit
Still Game is British isn’t it?
Aggravating-Day-2864@reddit
Not if your from Scotland....sacrilege
AliveAd2219@reddit
Scotland is located on the island of Britain is it not?
Aggravating-Day-2864@reddit
Next time your in a pub in Scotland you may have that conversation with somebody...
AliveAd2219@reddit
Are you denying Scotland is located on the island of Britain? If you are then England and Wales isn’t located on the island of Britain as well. Do you agree with this?
Aggravating-Day-2864@reddit
I've give in...its anywhere you want it to be...
AliveAd2219@reddit
I was messing with you. You were talking in political terms where Scotland is. I was talking in geographical terms where Scotland is.
When or if Scotland leaves the political union of Great Britain and Northern Ireland it won’t physically break from the rest of us.
Sorry for messing with you.
PsychologyValuable75@reddit
not historical but please watch Mobland
Agnesperdita@reddit
Ripper Street
DameKumquat@reddit
Seconding Ripper Street. You get a young Jerome Flynn as well as Matthew Macfadyen. Manages to avoid most cliches of Victorian London.
Kat8844@reddit
I don’t think he was that young in it?, I remember thinking wow, he’s playing a very different character than Bronn in this!.
DameKumquat@reddit
Hadn't realised GoT actually overlapped filming with RS. And only just now clocked that he's actually Jerome from Robson and Jerome! D'oh!
Kat8844@reddit
Yeah it definitely was on at the same time, good actor!, I did love Bronn though he had some great lines!.
LadyInAllPower@reddit
British House of Cards, if you can find it!
juan-love@reddit
I couldn't possibly comment!
LadyInAllPower@reddit
🥁
chesh2193@reddit
Second this, better than the American one.
Kat8844@reddit
Spooks-Early-mid 00s spy drama, slightly in the same vein as 24 but not in real time and lower budget.
Luther- dark detective drama where a troubled policeman solves really nasty murders-Idris Elba is great in it.
Slow Horses is another great series!.
One of my favourites is Ultraviolet- set in late 90s London, it’s about a squad who fight and destroy vampires, it’s not so much fight scenes and teen drama like Buffy, more procedural.
TotallyTapping@reddit
Poirot - the David Suchet series, not the Peter Ustinov films. Death in Paradise If you can live with the 1970's film quality, Upstairs Downstairs gives a realistic view of edwardian upper and lower society.
Ok-Budget112@reddit
The first few series of Prime Suspect.
BCF13@reddit
The Last Kingdom (the books are great as well)
got_got_need@reddit
Highly recommend The North Water
minisaxophone@reddit
Broadchurch
Call the midwife
Line of Duty
Bob152636@reddit
Came here to say Broadchurch. 10/10
herefromthere@reddit
Only the first few series of Call the Midwife, after a while the incidental music got waaaay to intrusive.
Tacklestiffener@reddit
Didn't watch Broadchurch when it was first on because of a mixture of the hype surrounding it and... not a fan of David Tennant to be honest.
As series 3 was ending, but before any spoilers, we thought, let's give it a go.
Instantly hooked. Binge watched the whole thing in a week and then had withdrawal symptoms when it was over.
Vequihellin@reddit
I still think about that twist in the end of series 1. Literally did not see that coming. Usually these dramas are fairly predictable but that came out of left field.
WillowCreekWanderer@reddit
My friend just watched series 1 for the first time, and I woke up to so many messages when he got to that twist!
Outside-Parfait-8935@reddit
Olivia Colman gave the performance of her life in those episodes
GreekVicar@reddit
Line Of Duty - seconded
Illustrious-Divide95@reddit
Peep Show
KieranCooke8@reddit
Call the Midwife, The Last Kingdom, Luther, Ripper Street (forgot this but saw in the comments), Vikings, SAS: Rogue Heroes, House of Guiness, Victoria, Top Boy
koyanostranger@reddit
Blake's Seven
dwair@reddit
I'm honestly surprised this isn't higher up the thread. Classic and compelling British TV at it's best.
Dutch_Slim@reddit
This Life. Absolutely loved it. About a group of young lawyers. So good.
No-Quit3994@reddit
Our Friends in the North.
Dutch_Slim@reddit
Gina McKee and Daniel Craig are so good in this!!!
GreekVicar@reddit
Hell yes. A masterpiece of television
GrimmupGnawf@reddit
Last of the Summer Wine.
OppositeWrong1720@reddit
Blue Lights, Shetland, Silent Witness, Sherlock, Taboo, Downton Abbey, Dr Who (new era), Orphan Black
Noctemme@reddit
Versailles
BG3restart@reddit
Upstairs, Downstairs
dcnb65@reddit
This is what I was looking for.
Mrs Bridges: Ruby! What have I told you about stew?!
Ruby: A stew boiled, is a stew spoiled!
I met the actress who played Ruby several times, she was lovely.
tomahawk66mtb@reddit
Blackadder
Rich-8080@reddit
The Night Manager
_Nefarium@reddit
Very good and I believe that series two comes out tonight at 9! Only watched it last month even though it's been on my watchlist for a while, should've seen it sooner!
Indignant_Woodlouse@reddit
Foyles War
Paperopiero@reddit
David Suchet's Poirot
StitchGettingHigh@reddit
SAS Rogue Heroes
sconebore@reddit
Bodies - the one on Iplayer with Max Beesley, not the rubbish on Netflix.
My Mad Fat Diary for a nostalgic slice of the 90s.
Motherland for a pretty accurate depiction of all the "characters" you'll come across while negotiating parenthood.
Whulad@reddit
Morse
Positive_Ad3450@reddit
I got hooked on Harlots during autumn last year. When I finished that I watched Mrs Briggs which was enjoyable. They’re definitely worth a watch. They were available on Netflix but not sure if they’re still showing.
quick_justice@reddit
Endeavour without a doubt.
Old police procedurals are very good if you into this kinda stuff. Taggart, Inspector Morse, all that.
Duanedoberman@reddit
The White Queen. The Red Queen. Both set in the war of the Roses.
Comedy....Detecrorists.
FootballPublic7974@reddit
What's a Detecrorist?
/s
superspur007@reddit
Ahhh see what you did there. Detectorist
superspur007@reddit
This is England Slow horses. Line of duty The Lazarus Project. Endeavor Morse Lewis The list goes on and on and on
colourfulcacti@reddit
Inside No 9! Every episode is different so you can dip in and out when you want. Sure you'll find a favourite ep!
MainGeneral4813@reddit
Robin of Sherwood
https://youtu.be/b9BiXsnYd7k?si=A3GrS9V0Unt-wEgT
quarky_uk@reddit
If you like Poldark, you will probably like Outlander.
Vequihellin@reddit
I mean Poldark is bad (Poldark himself does a lot of questionable things) but there is a lot of r*pe in Outlander. A LOT. I stopped watching after season 4 because I couldn't watch it anymore. Every time things settle down, something new and awful happens and that emotional whiplash just put me right off.
quarky_uk@reddit
You can write rape. The Internet isn't like Candyman or even Harry Potter.
There were some traumatic scenes in Season 6 and 7 too. I was a little surprised because it has a female author I think.
Still an enjoyable series though. Series eight is out next year.
Vequihellin@reddit
Personally I find time travel genres annoying to watch bc of the time travel paradox, and the plot of Outlander is getting more convoluted now to the point where i heard somewhere that at that the end of season 7 someone who apparently died as a literal foetus somehow isn't dead and somehow remembers Claire? I mean, come on.
quarky_uk@reddit
I think that was supposed to be more of a dream or angel type thing. Not that they were alive.
Yeah, it best not to ask too many questions about the time-travel stuff. It is definitely a very simplistic plot device. Hopefully they never attempt to explain the how/why of it,.and just leave it in there as some kind of story enabler.
It isn't up my street either (neither is Poldark) but it is something the wife and I can watch together without being too far away from what either of us like. It has something for both of us I guess.
4CD1226@reddit
Ideal, Him & Her and This Country.
TrueAgency8491@reddit
Outlander!!!!!!!
Ok-Exam6702@reddit
Check out bbc iplayer for Charles Dickens adaptations. Bleak House, the BBC’s first hd drama and shot on cameras off pedestals. Fantastic cast and a huge array of characters and interweaving stories. Recent versions of Great Expectations and Little Dorrit are both very good and on iplayer.
Ok-Exam6702@reddit
Wolf Hall with Mark Rylance is on iplayer too. You’d enjoy that too!
arashi256@reddit
Whitechapel - really good and not discussed enough! It's a crime thriller series that starts off with somebody imitating Jack the Ripper and veers off into supernatural stuff in the last season. So gutted it was cancelled after 4 seasons.
mynameisjodie@reddit
You need to get right in the nitty gritty of them my family only fools and horses vicar of dibley just watch all of them royle family
bigblacktom@reddit
Red Riding
The Lakes
Births, Marriages & Deaths
abstract_groove@reddit
The Last Kingdom
TheNotSpecialOne@reddit
Taboo
massdebate159@reddit
The Strike series on iPlayer. I know that the author is a runt with a capital C, but it's a good series.
nm4471efc@reddit
Auf Wiedersein Pet, A very British Coup (mini series so not exactly bingeing), Tinker Tailor and Smiley's People.
MrsSmurfette@reddit
All creatures great and small Bit of a wild card- Brassic- modern day comedy
Ok_Astronaut_3235@reddit
Cracker
Academic_Bowl_4643@reddit
Darling buds of may,Jonathan creek, Garrows Law, Casualty 1909.
niversalite@reddit
This Life
SweetCryptographer72@reddit
Hornblower.
Valenshyne@reddit
One I'm not seeing mentioned is Cranford, it's only 6-8 episodes, but I find it a heartwarming series!
Robotadept@reddit
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet Life on Mars Hustle
Haddaway@reddit
Inside No. 9
ElmTreeMatt@reddit
Bleak House (2005)
Tacklestiffener@reddit
Surprised nobody mentioned Slow Horses. In a similar vein London Spy is underrated.
For comedy: The IT Crowd, Father Ted, Year of the Rabbit, Count Arthur Strong. Fawlty Towers obviously.
Polish_Shamrock@reddit
Porridge and Benidorm.
Pristine-Bar2786@reddit
Taboo (Gritty with Tom Hardy)
Miss Scarlet and the Duke
Naturallynoble@reddit
I Claudius
pjenn001@reddit
Open all hours. / Allo Allo
pinkdaisylemon@reddit
How could you leave out Only fools and horses?!
Alternative_Land8156@reddit
Jeeves & Wooster
Smeeble09@reddit
The ones that first come to mind are Red Dwarf, Black adder and Black books.
Craig_Stirling@reddit
Flambards, The Onedin Line, To Serve Them All My Days.
Xenozip3371Alpha@reddit
Open All Hours and Porridge
I will always recommend these 2 shows starring Ronnie Barker, they were both amazing shows that even as a 90s kid I loved.
DavidJonnsJewellery@reddit
I Claudius
AuroraDF@reddit
The Hardachers.
ThunderChild247@reddit
Line of Duty, Spooks, Bodyguard, House of Cards (the original UK version), The Night Manager, Unforgotten, Years and Years (apt choice right now, since every episode ends at New Years’s Day to show the advance of time).
And if you’re after a great mini-series, Appropriate Adult, Des, Apple Tree Yard, Politician’s Husband, The Widower, Moorside, Mr Bates vs the Post Office, Dracula (the BBC version from a year or two ago).
MrSchpund@reddit
Wolf Hall
WillowCreekWanderer@reddit
There's only one series so far, but Department Q is excellent
Completely different vibe, but if you're after some comic relief, Friday Night Dinner is a favourite in my family
dbe14@reddit
Happy Valley is incredible.
Material-Sentence-84@reddit
Sharpe is king. A funny one is hunderby. A film worth watching is Barry lyndon.
Daisies_forever@reddit
Comedy wise- Friday Night Dinners
Ethel-The-Aardvark@reddit
Not a historical one, but Shetland (particularly the ones made before Dougie Henshall left) is fantastic.
Ok-Cash-4257@reddit
Black Adder
KungenBob@reddit
S2-4.
MsJone5@reddit
Life on Mars then Ashes to Ashes!
"Drop your weapons! You are surrounded by armed bastards!"
Stream free on the BBC iPlayer.
Stevebwrw@reddit
Try No Offence. Great Crime Drama.
Stevebwrw@reddit
Detectorists.
Marvelous British humour.
Wild_Wolverine9526@reddit
Luther (not historical, but very, very good)
Hairy-Blood2112@reddit
Is Cracker or Taggart available? Also Midsomer murders.
JimmyBallocks@reddit
Coronation Street
zenz3ro@reddit
Luther Law and Order UK Doctor Who (2005 - 2017) The Bodyguard Misfits His Dark Materials Life on Mars > Ashes to Ashes
Sloter@reddit
Peepshow.
Crittsy@reddit
The Granada TV versions of Sherlock Holmes staring Jeremy Brett. They covered all of the original stories, Brett is the definitive Holmes and the adaptions are faithful to Conan Doyle's stories. They are pretty much all on youtube
Davros1974@reddit
They did a lot of them but not all sadly
Davros1974@reddit
Try Ripper Street. One of the best BBC series ever in my view
Federal_Gap_4106@reddit
The Musketeers (BBC), especially the first two seasons. It is very loosely based on the characters of Alexandre Dumas, but follows its own plot with lots of liberties both in terms of historical accuracy and in terms of character accuracy. But, and I say it as a lifelong Dumas fan, it captures the spirit of his musketeer trilogy perfectly, which is why I enjoyed it immensely, unlike many other adaptations including the latest French one.
Another great thing about the series is the ensemble cast. The characters are all well-written and it's fun to follow their individual journeys as well as the main plot. The chemistry between the four titular characters is wonderful, but all the supporting characters are great too. Interestingly, the female characters are very much present and well-developed. All in all, pure fun and feel good show, with lots of things to like about it!
blue-wednesday@reddit
The Durrells! One of my favourites, every shot looks like a painting.
Midnightraven3@reddit
Darling Buds of May would be another
Midnightraven3@reddit
The original, NOT the Bradley Walsh mess
_oOo_iIi_@reddit
Red Riding
trustmeimabuilder@reddit
Detectorists, of course.
badbadget@reddit
Taboo, Bob n Paul, (Gone fishing).
TooMuchBrightness@reddit
‘Life after Life’ ww2 drama mini series the book is incredible the BBC adaptation is great!
I’d suggest Happy Valley and Black Doves which are both excellent but not period dramas and both very gritty. I recently watched the Brontë family biopic drama ‘To Walk Invisible’ which I loved. If you like that period of novels? it’s very informative about the family and very intense!
stevogenix@reddit
The Tudors
NoData4301@reddit
My husband and I (early thirties) are really into Foyles War at the moment. Great acting, fun cameos, excellent writing by Anthony Horowitz.
MrBoggles123@reddit
Gentleman Jack
SophiaFar@reddit
These are some of my favourite British series: Slow horses All creatures great and small The crown Downton Abbey The Durrells Black mirror Wolf Hall Clarkson's Farm Endeavour Miss Scarlet and the Duke Shetland Victoria
Enjoy the ones you chose!
Educationalidiot@reddit
Sharpe, The Prisoner, House of Cards
cogsworth1313@reddit
IT crowd, peep show, thick of it
TheLoneSculler@reddit
Line of Duty
haikoup@reddit
Slow horses
MickeyMatters81@reddit
Sharp. Napoleonic wars.
90s classic from back in the day when Sean Bean was a real hotty.
Subaruchick99@reddit
The Crown
Firm_Surround7192@reddit
Ghosts
mattcannon2@reddit
Sas rogue heroes
HatOfFlavour@reddit
The Emmy award winning, longest running British sitcom, second longest running British sci-fi:
Red Dwarf.
Vequihellin@reddit
Hornblower. Alongside Sharpe, Hornblower is a cracking series.
Pharmacy_Duck@reddit
The League of Gentlemen
Vera
Endeavour
Jonathan Creek
fredwhoisflatulent@reddit
Foyle’s War
Fatbloke-66@reddit
We're up to series three - great series this, highlights part of the war I wasn't as familiar with, together with the usual storylines. Good cast and its fun to guess the not-always-obvious culprit.
It's on Netflix currently.
Lumpy_Flower_7903@reddit
Doctor Who
Brickie78@reddit
Doctor Who - pretty much everything since 1963 is on iPlayer, which should keep you busy for a while.
Yes Minister remains depressingly topical and relevant 45 years after it first aired.
kittykat7931@reddit
If you want to give some American series a try and like the historical stuff I can recommend The Gilded Age and Boardwalk Empire.
notfromanywhere234@reddit (OP)
Haha, I have nothing against the American shows, already seen the Boardwalk Empire and personally I preferred it to Peaky Blinders, since imho it had a much better plotline.
kittykat7931@reddit
I think I just like the costumes…. I enjoyed the first few series of Boardwalk Empire but towards the end it felt like they were scrabbling around for a storyline.
MrMikeJJ@reddit
If you like historical dramas, you may like Sharpe.
And for a historical comedy, Blackadder.
WhyToHide@reddit
Mobland
Demi_silent@reddit
Call the midwife, the crown, Victoria,
ImaginaryHolly@reddit
You could try The Last Kingdom. I absolutely loved that show, good story, great characters and as historically accurate as it can be as it's based on the Bernard Cromwell books. It was really fascinating learning about how the entire landscape looked different.
ZealousidealAir3586@reddit
Yeah that’s a good shout 👍
ChaseTWind-TouchTSky@reddit
Ok, so it's not British, I think it's Danish, and dubbed, but it is an amazing series called the Empress, which is on Netflix.
Helpful-Rice-4080@reddit
Yeah - I enjoyed that one - all about the end of the Hapsburg empire.
Snarlvlad@reddit
A Touch of Frost
Martinonfire@reddit
Not british but Vikings is well worth a watch.
Persona_Insomnia@reddit
The last kingdom.
Lo_jak@reddit
Luther
Polythene_pams_bag@reddit
Call the midwife
DogtasticLife@reddit
If you like creepy crime definitely recommend Whitechapel Less creepy crime Waking the Dead, Happy Valley
Supergoose5000@reddit
Blackbooks. On repeat for ever.
Icy_Fudge_8634@reddit
The Bay
OwineeniwO@reddit
Sharpe, Hornblower.
xxtherealgbhxx@reddit
The Crown Wolf Hall Boys From the Black Stuff Taboo
ioa5@reddit
Only Fools & Horses
az-johubb@reddit
Midsomer Murders
fredbullock@reddit
Forsyte Saga Upstairs Downstairs Absolutely Fabulous The Bodyguard Fool Me Once
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