My favourite British & Irish tv shows (non comedy) - that I have seen.
My favourite British & Irish tv shows that are not comedies (or comedy related).
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- CreatorJed MercurioStarsMartin CompstonVicky McClureAdrian DunbarDrama series following the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anti-corruption unit.
- 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.
- CreatorJ.C. WilsherStarsNeil PearsonTom GeorgesonSiobhan RedmondBritish police drama following the team at the Complaints Investigation Bureau - the unit that polices the police.
- StarsDavid JasonBruce AlexanderJohn LyonsDI Jack Frost is an unconventional policeman with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice. Sloppy, disorganized, and disrespectful, he attracts trouble like a magnet.
- StarsJohn ThawKevin WhatelyJames GroutChief Inspector Morse has an ear for Western classical music, a taste for beer, and a nose for crime. He and Detective Sergeant Robert Lewis solve intriguing cases in and around the Oxford area.
- CreatorIan Kennedy MartinStarsJohn ThawDennis WatermanGarfield MorganJack Regan and George Carter are hard-edged detectives in the Flying Squad of London's Metropolitan Police. They pursue villains by methods which are underhanded and often illegal, frequently violent and - more often than not - successful.
- CreatorRussell T. DaviesStarsOlly AlexanderNathaniel CurtisShaun DooleyThe lives of a group of friends living in 1980s London are irreparably changed by the AIDS crisis.
- CreatorMark GatissSteven MoffatStarsBenedict CumberbatchMartin FreemanUna StubbsThe quirky spin on Conan Doyle's iconic sleuth pitches him as a "high-functioning sociopath" in modern-day London. Assisting him in his investigations: Afghanistan War vet John Watson, who's introduced to Holmes by a mutual acquaintance.
- StarsPooky QuesnelDylan BradySarah GordySpin-off series following the first year of marriage for the characters from The A Word (2016). Young couple Ralph and Katie face the domestic challenges faced by all newlyweds, but with the added fact that they have Down's Syndrome.
- CreatorPeter BowkerStarsMax VentoLee InglebyChristopher EcclestonThe Hughes family work and love and fight like every other family. Then, their youngest son is diagnosed with autism and they don't feel like every other family anymore.
- CreatorMichael HirstStarsJonathan Rhys MeyersHenry CavillAnthony BrophyEpic series reveals the scandalous life of a young king whose affairs and obsession with producing a male heir changed marriage, the church, and the world.
- CreatorLeon GriffithsStarsGeorge ColeGlynn EdwardsDennis WatermanRoguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley. Can his ex-boxer bodyguard Terry stay level-headed whilst working for the King of Dodgy Deals?
- CreatorCaroline GrahamStarsJohn NettlesJane WymarkBarry JacksonA veteran Detective Chief Inspector and his young Sergeant investigate murders around the regional community of Midsomer County.
- CreatorBrian ClemensStarsGordon JacksonMartin ShawLewis CollinsBodie and Doyle, senior agents of the British intelligence service CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their handler George Cowley fight terrorism and similar high-level crimes.
- StarsMaxine PeakeBobby SchofieldRob JarvisThe story of Anne Williams' fight for the truth of her son's death.
- CreatorSally WainwrightDiane TaylorStarsSuranne JonesLesley SharpTony MooneyDetectives Janet Scott & Rachel Bailey investigate murders with Manchester Police's Major Incident Team.
- 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.
- CreatorMichael HirstStarsKatheryn WinnickGustaf SkarsgårdAlexander LudwigVikings transports us to the brutal and mysterious world of Ragnar Lothbrok, a Viking warrior and farmer who yearns to explore--and raid--the distant shores across the ocean.
- CreatorRonan BennettStarsAshley WaltersKanoJasmine JobsonTwo London drug dealers ply their lucrative trade at a public housing estate in East London.
- CreatorAllan CubittStarsGillian AndersonJamie DornanJohn LynchA seemingly cold but very passionate policewoman goes head to head with a seemingly passionate father who is in fact a cold serial killer in this procedural out of Belfast. The only thing they share is their common complexity.
- CreatorSally WainwrightStarsSarah LancashireSiobhan FinneranJames NortonYorkshire-based crime drama centering on the personal and professional life of Police Sergeant Catherine Cawood.
- CreatorMaureen ChadwickAnn McManusEileen GallagherStarsKika MiryleesVictoria AlcockHelen FraserBritish hard-hitting drama about the staff and inmates of a women's prison.
- 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.
- StarsConleth HillLesley ManvilleTim McMullanEditor Susan Ryeland gets drawn into a web of intrigue and murder when she receives Alan Conway's unfinished manuscript of an Atticus Pünd mystery.
- CreatorColin BatemanStarsJames NesbittDel SynnottClaudia HarrisonAs a maverick cop with a dark past, DS Tommy Murphy fails a psychiatric assessment but is given one last chance by his boss and given a dangerous undercover assignment.
- StarsBenedict CumberbatchJennifer Jason LeighHugo WeavingThis series depicts how the son of an aristocratic family seeks redemption and recovery.
- CreatorTony SchumacherStarsMartin FreemanAdelayo AdedayoJosh FinanA crisis-stricken, morally-compromised first-responder tackles a series of night shifts on the beat in Liverpool.
- CreatorHans RosenfeldtNicola LarderStarsAnna FrielRay PanthakiJack DoolanMarcella Backland left the Metropolitan Police for the sake of her family, only to have her husband leave her. She returns to her job on the murder squad, investigating a case that seems disturbingly familiar to her.
- StarsJames NesbittGenevieve O'ReillyPatrick O'KaneThe true-crime story of a respectable dentist and pillar of the community who became a killer in partnership with a Sunday school teacher.
- CreatorPeter HammondStarsDavid McCallumJoanna LumleyDavid CollingsThe secrets Sapphire, Steel and their colleagues find include people trapped in photos, ghosts lost in time and a retro dinner party.
- StarsTahar RahimBilly HowleJenna ColemanThe 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.
- StarsSharlene WhyteSteve CooganHugh QuarshieFollows the Lawrences and their quest for justice 18 years after the death of Stephen Lawrence.
- CreatorRyan J. BrownStarsJodie TyackOscar KennedyThaddea GrahamA young man joins the crew of a cruise ship in order to investigate the disappearance of his sister.
- CreatorChris BrandonStarsJames NesbittLorcan CranitchCharlene McKennaNorthern Irish police officer DCI Tom Brannick investigates crimes while trying to hide a dark secret from his past.
- CreatorChris ChibnallStarsRobert GlenisterJack RothLuke EvansA two-part drama which portrays The Great Train Robbery of 8 August 1963, firstly from the point of view of the robbers and then from the point of view of the police who set out to identify and catch the robbers.
- StarsChiwetel EjioforChristopher EcclestonKierston WareingChristopher Eccleston and Chiwetel Ejiofor star in this intricate conspiracy thriller set in a world of blurred morality, inhabited by conflicted characters on both sides of the law.
- CreatorTom GrievesStarsRupert EvansSophie WinklemanSebastian ArmestoA fictional account of a royal family living in England's Buckingham Palace.
- CreatorRonan BennettWalter BernsteinStarsPhilip GlenisterThekla ReutenAnna ChancellorWhen lawyer Gina Hawkes hires Harry to find a witness, he unexpectedly revisits his brother's decades-old death, embroiling him in a political conspiracy at the highest levels of British government.
- CreatorMike BartlettStarsSuranne JonesBertie CarvelTom TaylorA woman suspects her husband of having an affair. After following several lines of inquiry far more unravels including a streak of violence below the surface.
- CreatorTom EdgeStarsSuranne JonesRose LeslieGary LewisThe mysterious disappearance of a Scottish fishing trawler and a death onboard a Trident nuclear submarine bring the police into conflict with the Navy and British security services.
- CreatorDaniel BrierleyStarsVicky McClureEric ShangoNabil ElouahabiDrama series following Lana Washington, an experienced bomb disposal officer working for the Metropolitan Police.
- StarsAlfie AllenNicholas FarrellNeil FitzmauriceUses case notes, ward diaries and memoirs from archives at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, to bring real doctors, nurses and patients from a Edwardian London hospital back to life.
- StarsCherie LunghiSarah SmartWilliam HoustonAvailable records and diaries of nurses, doctors, and patients of the London hospital are put to life in this compelling series about the historic London Hospital.
- CreatorGeoff McQueenStarsGraham ColeJeff StewartTrudie GoodwinLong-running police drama series featuring officers and detectives from the fictional Sun Hill suburb in East London.
- StarsGlen MurphyRichard WalshBen OnwukweThe lives of firefighters at Blackwall Fire Station.
- CreatorJosie BurkeStarsLydia McGuinnessKerr LoganDónall Ó HéalaiThe stunning scenery of Ireland's west coast conceals a dark secret in 'North Sea Connection', in which Ciara must confront the dramatic consequences of her brother Aidan's decision to transport drugs at sea.
- CreatorJeremy BrockPaul UnwinStarsDerek ThompsonTony MarshallSuzanne PackerThe everyday lives of the people frequenting the frenetic Accident and Emergency department of Holby City Hospital.
- StarsHugh QuarshieRosie MarcelJaye JacobsThe 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.