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Peaky Blinders
2013 • Drama • Crime
A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to m…
Why matched: genres Drama, Crime
The Crown
2016 • Drama
The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story o…
Why matched: genres Drama
Horrible Histories
2009 • Comedy • Family
Based on the best-selling children's books and liberally splattered with guts, blood and poo, a group of British comedians offer an anarchic and unconventional take on some of h…
Matched on: history
Victoria
2016 • Drama
The story of Queen Victoria, who came to the throne at a time of great economic turbulence and resurgent republicanism – and died 64 years later the head of the largest empire t…
Why matched: genres Drama
Camelot
2011 • Drama • Sci-Fi & Fantasy
With King Uther's sudden death, chaos threatens to engulf Britain. The sorcerer Merlin has visions of a dark future and installs young and impetuous Arthur, Uther's unknown son…
Why matched: genres Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The Pillars of the Earth
2010 • Drama
A sweeping epic of good and evil, treachery and intrigue, violence and beauty, a sensuous, spirited story set against a backdrop of war, religious strife and power struggles in…
Why matched: genres Drama
Becoming Elizabeth
2022 • Drama
The fascinating story of the early life of England’s most iconic Queen, Elizabeth Tudor, an orphaned teenager who became embroiled in the political and sexual politics of the En…
Why matched: genres Drama
The Hour
2011 • War & Politics • Drama • Crime
A behind-the-scenes drama and espionage thriller in Cold War-era England that centers on a journalist, a producer, and an anchorman for an investigative news programme.
Why matched: genres War & Politics, Drama
South Riding
2011 • Drama
The lives and loves of a 1930s Yorkshire town explored in a passionate tale of politics in small places. South Riding charts the story of Sarah Burton's homecoming to Yorkshire…
Why matched: genres Drama
Great Expectations
2011 • Drama
Orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and…
Why matched: genres Drama
Upstairs Downstairs
2010 • Drama
Set in 1936, the show takes viewers, old and new, back to the lavish world of Belgravia, London. A new set of occupants reside at 165 Eaton Place and viewers see how external an…
Why matched: genres Drama
The Crimson Petal and the White
2011 • Drama
Follow Sugar into the underbelly of Victorian London seething with vitality, sexuality, ambition and emotion.
Why matched: genres Drama
The Virgin Queen
2006 • Drama
The Virgin Queen explores the full sweep of Elizabeth's life: from her days of fear as a potential victim of her sister's terror; through her great love affair with Robert Dudle…
Why matched: genres Drama
This Is England '88
2011 • Drama
Set during Christmas 1988, Lol is haunted by the devastating events that took place two and a half years before. She and Woody both find themselves struggling to cope with their…
Why matched: genres Drama
Blackadder
1983 • Comedy
Blackadder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders throughout British history, from the muck of the Middle Ages to the frontline of The…
Matched on: history
The Long Shadow
2023 • Drama • Crime
Dramatizing one of the most infamously notorious and shocking serial killer cases in the world, the hunt for Peter Sutcliffe, commonly dubbed the Yorkshire Ripper, between Octo…
Matched on: history