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    Drama Harry Wild

    A retired English professor (Jane Seymour) interferes with the cases assigned to her police detective son.

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    Drama Cardinal

    Crime drama following obsessive, disillusioned detective John Cardinal, set in chillingly beautiful Northern Canada.

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    Drama Sister Boniface Mysteries

    Sister Boniface - nun, moped rider and part-time forensic scientist - returns to solve more puzzling murders.

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    Drama Sons of Anarchy

    Adrenaline-packed crime drama about a notorious but close-knit motorcycle gang.

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    Drama A Remarkable Place to Die

    A detective returns to her hometown to unravel the truth behind the deaths of her father and sister.

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    Spin-off of legal drama The Good Wife, following Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski).

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    When his brother is wrongly convicted, a structural engineer plans to break him out of a top-security prison.

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Great British Drama

  • Flowers

    Description: Dark comedy about an eccentric family struggling to hold themselves together.; Category: UK Comedy; 12 episodes available.

  • New Series

    Sister Boniface Mysteries

    Description: Sister Boniface - nun, moped rider, wine maker - and part-time forensic scientist.; Category: Crime Drama; 30 episodes available.

  • Spooks

    Description: Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service.; Category: Crime Drama; 86 episodes available.

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    Harry Wild

    Description: A retired English professor (Jane Seymour) interferes with the cases assigned to her police detective son.; Category: Crime Drama; 20 episodes available.

  • Last Tango in Halifax

    Description: Two widowed pensioners rekindle a passionate relationship that started decades ago.; Category: UK Drama; 24 episodes available.

  • Silent Witness

    Description: Drama series about a team of forensic pathologists.; Category: Crime Drama; 4 episodes available.

  • Doctor Foster

    Description: A trusted GP sees her charmed life explode when she suspects her husband of an affair.; Category: UK Drama; 10 episodes available.

  • Whitstable Pearl

    Description: Crime drama about a local restaurant owner who sets up a detective agency.; Category: Crime Drama; 18 episodes available.

  • Whitechapel

    Description: Crime thriller starring Rupert Penry-Jones, Phil Davis and Steve Pemberton.; Category: Crime Drama; 18 episodes available.

  • The Hour

    Description: Cold War drama series following two reporters who become involved in a dangerous conspiracy.; Category: Period Drama; 12 episodes available.

  • Bergerac

    Description: A modern re-imagining of the iconic Jersey-set crime drama following troubled detective Jim Bergerac.; Category: Crime Drama; 6 episodes available.

  • Outrageous

    Description: Six aristocratic sisters come of age during the turbulent 1930s. This is the true story of the Mitfords.; Category: Period Drama; 6 episodes available.

Period Drama

  • Outrageous

    Description: Six aristocratic sisters come of age during the turbulent 1930s. This is the true story of the Mitfords.; Category: Period Drama; 6 episodes available.

  • Lark Rise to Candleford

    Description: Adaptation of Flora Thompson's memoir of her Oxfordshire childhood.; Category: Period Drama; 40 episodes available.

  • Masters of Sex

    Description: American drama chronicling the lives of two pioneering researchers of human sexuality.; Category: International Drama; 46 episodes available.

  • Miss Scarlet and the Duke

    Description: Crime drama set in Victorian London, starring Kate Phillips.; Category: Crime Drama; 18 episodes available.

  • The Count of Monte Cristo

    Description: Adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic novel, starring Sam Claflin.; Category: Period Drama; 8 episodes available.

  • Hotel Portofino

    Description: Drama series following a woman who moves to the Italian Riviera in the 1920s to set up a British hotel.; Category: Period Drama; 12 episodes available.

  • The Miniaturist

    Description: A young woman in 17th century Amsterdam seeks the help of a mysterious miniaturist to embellish a dollhouse.; Category: Period Drama; 3 episodes available.

  • Harlots

    Description: Period drama following Margaret Wells as she struggles to reconcile her roles as mother and brothel owner.; Category: Period Drama; 24 episodes available.

  • Pride and Prejudice

    Description: A dramatisation of Jane Austen's classic story of social mores.; Category: Period Drama; 6 episodes available.

  • Upstairs Downstairs

    Description: At 165 Eaton Place, the fates of the servants 'downstairs' and the family 'upstairs' are intimately linked.; Category: Period Drama; 9 episodes available.

  • A Small Light

    Description: Drama inspired by the true story of the couple who risked their lives to hide Anne Frank's family during WWII.; Category: Period Drama; 8 episodes available.

  • The Pursuit of Love

    Description: Adaptation of Nancy Mitford's novel with Lily James and Emily Beecham.; Category: Period Drama; 3 episodes available.

Chilling Crime Drama

  • Ragdoll

    Description: Dark thriller following a team of detectives investigating a gruesome case involving a 'ragdoll' body.; Category: Crime Drama; 6 episodes available.

  • Black Sands

    Description: A police officer returns to her hometown, where the body of a woman has been found.; Category: Crime Drama; 8 episodes available.

  • McMafia

    Description: Thriller, starring James Norton.; Category: Crime Drama; 8 episodes available.

  • Rillington Place

    Description: Grim telling of the real-life murders carried out by John Christie in the 1940s and 50s.; Category: Crime Drama; 3 episodes available.

  • Lucan

    Description: Drama based on the true story of infamous aristocrat John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan.; Category: Period Drama; 2 episodes available.

  • Top of the Lake

    Description: A female detective searches for a missing girl on New Zealand's South Island.; Category: Crime Drama; 12 episodes available.

  • Cardinal

    Description: Canadian crime drama following troubled detective John Cardinal and his enigmatic partner Lise Delorme.; Category: Crime Drama; 24 episodes available.

  • Three Girls

    Description: Drama based on the true stories of victims of grooming and sexual abuse in Rochdale.; Category: Crime Drama; 3 episodes available.

  • Blackshore

    Description: A detective investigates a missing persons case that makes her face her traumatic past.; Category: Crime Drama; 6 episodes available.

  • Sherwood

    Description: Compelling crime drama inspired by a true story, starring David Morrissey.; Category: Crime Drama; 6 episodes available.

  • The Alienist

    Description: Period crime drama following a reporter, a psychologist and a young woman investigating a serial killer.; Category: Crime Drama; 18 episodes available.

  • Smother

    Description: Family drama meets thriller in this gripping series about secrets and their consequences.; Category: Crime Drama; 12 episodes available.

Cosy Crime Mysteries

  • The Marlow Murder Club

    Description: An adaptation of Robert Thorogood's best-selling novel about a retired archaeologist who investigates murder.; Category: Crime Drama; 8 episodes available.

  • Father Brown

    Description: Drama series based on the stories by GK Chesterton about a crime-solving Roman Catholic priest.; Category: Crime Drama; 1 episode available.

  • Darby and Joan

    Description: Two lone strangers embark on an epic odyssey in the Australian outback.; Category: Crime Drama; 14 episodes available.

  • Recipes for Love and Murder

    Description: Mystery drama based on Sally Andrew's best-selling novels.; Category: Crime Drama; 18 episodes available.

  • Mrs Sidhu Investigates

    Description: Four-part mystery series starring Meera Syal, based on a popular BBC Radio 4 series.; Category: Crime Drama; 4 episodes available.

  • Signora Volpe

    Description: A disillusioned British spy-turned-detective starts a new life in the heart of Italy.; Category: Crime Drama; 12 episodes available.

  • Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

    Description: Australian mystery series about the adventures of sleuth Phryne Fisher in the 1920s.; Category: Crime Drama; 34 episodes available.

  • The Chelsea Detective

    Description: Crime drama set in London's wealthy and beautiful Chelsea neighbourhood.; Category: Crime Drama; 24 episodes available.

  • The Doctor Blake Mysteries

    Description: Crime drama. Australian Second World War veteran Doctor Lucien Blake solves crimes.; Category: Crime Drama; 44 episodes available.

  • New Series

    Sister Boniface Mysteries

    Description: Sister Boniface - nun, moped rider, wine maker - and part-time forensic scientist.; Category: Crime Drama; 30 episodes available.

  • The Brokenwood Mysteries

    Description: Drama series about a detective who arrives on assignment in a small town.; Category: Crime Drama; 54 episodes available.

  • The Bletchley Circle

    Description: Drama about four fictional ex-Bletchley Park operatives.; Category: Crime Drama; 7 episodes available.

Action-Packed Dramas

  • The Great Train Robbery

    Description: Drama series based on the most infamous heist in British history.; Category: Period Drama; 4 episodes available.

  • Prison Break

    Description: When his brother is wrongly convicted, a structural engineer plans to break him out of a top-security prison.; Category: International Drama; 90 episodes available.

  • Mad Dogs

    Description: US crime drama. A group of guys travel to Belize to see an old friend, but things take an unexpected turn.; Category: International Drama; 10 episodes available.

  • The Shield

    Description: Drama series following the lives and cases of crooked American cop Vic Mackey and his corrupt police unit.; Category: Crime Drama; 88 episodes available.

  • Les Norton

    Description: Australian drama following a country boy seeking his fortune in 1980s Sydney.; Category: International Drama; 10 episodes available.

  • The Porter

    Description: Series following railway porters in St Antoine, Montreal, as they form the first Black union.; Category: Period Drama; 8 episodes available.

  • Sons of Anarchy

    Description: Adrenaline-packed crime drama about a notorious but close-knit motorcycle gang.; Category: International Drama; 92 episodes available.

  • Mike

    Description: A biopic drama series about Mike Tyson, one of the most divisive figures in boxing.; Category: International Drama; 8 episodes available.

  • Rush

    Description: Drama following the lives and work of members of Melbourne's Tactical Response Unit.; Category: Crime Drama; 35 episodes available.

  • Animal Kingdom

    Description: A drama following Joshua Cody, who is drawn into a dark world in California funded by criminal activities.; Category: International Drama; 75 episodes available.

  • Cardinal

    Description: Canadian crime drama following troubled detective John Cardinal and his enigmatic partner Lise Delorme.; Category: Crime Drama; 24 episodes available.

  • Operation Buffalo

    Description: Drama inspired by the 1950s British nuclear testing in South Australia.; Category: International Drama; 6 episodes available.