Best British Movies and TV Series
List activity
1.1K views
• 2 this weekCreate a new list
List your movie, TV & celebrity picks.
42 titles
- StarsMaximilian SchellVanessa RedgraveCharles EdwardsArtist's daughter Penelope Keeling can look back on a full, varied life: a bohemian childhood in London and the wilds of Cornwall, an unhappy wartime marriage, and the one man she ever truly loved. Based on the work of Rosamunde Pilcher.
- StarsStuart DavidsonColin MatthewsAlexander-Klaus StecherA series of television movies based on the works of Rosamunde Pilcher, a popular British writer of romance novels and short stories.
- StarsSenta BergerTom ContiMichael YorkBased on Rosamunde Pilchers drama: Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring. It focuses on the Combes family and their magnificent Endellion estate.
- StarsRebecca NightCharles DanceSusanna SimonThe trials and tribulations of a Scottish Laird, his family with all their wealth, secrets, and heartbreak.
- StarsJoanna LumleyPeter O'TooleGrace SimonDrama miniseries about the friendship between Judith Dunbar and Loveday Carey-Lewis, before, during and after WW2.
- DirectorColin BuckseyStarsJacqueline BissetEdward FoxMichael YorkVerena Steynton is holding a party for her daughter. All the aristocratic families of Strathcroy in the Scottish Highlands are attending, with all their guilty secrets ... Crippled war veteran Lord Archie Balmerino and his long-suffering wife will be there. Edmund Aird, a wealthy entrepreneur, and his beautiful American wife have been invited. And Pandora, Archie's exotic and mysterious sister, who disappeared from the village 20 years ago, is returning under a cloud of suspicion. Only her brother and Edmund know the secret of her flight from home. But the rumors are flying and the local families feel that her return can only bring bad luck. When a lifeless body is found in the loch, the tension rises. Why has Pandora come back after so long? What are her motives? Has her return already had deadly consequences?
- StarsJoanna LumleyKatie Ryder RichardsonLara-Joy KörnerLoveday Carey-Lewis is the new caretaker of the house Nancherrow. She also has to deal with love problems as she fights to keep the house.
- DirectorChristopher MunchStarsJacqueline BissetMartha PlimptonNick StahlA young woman, played by Martha Plimpton learns of her adoption and eventually quits her law firm job in NYC and goes on a journey to find her birth mother - played by Jaqueline Bissett.
- StarsAnnette CrosbiePaul ShelleyPeter EganA clergyman, famous for his support of left-wing causes, dies, and surprises his family by leaving a great deal of money to a Conservative Member of Parliament. Why?
- StarsLesley ManvillePeter MullanSam SwainsburyAfter the death of her husband, a woman attempts to rebuild her life while surrounded by her sometimes problematic family and friends.
- CreatorDavid LoganStarsJane SeymourRohan NeddKevin RyanA recently retired English professor discovers a real knack for investigation and cannot help but interfere with the cases assigned to her police detective son.
- DirectorMarc EvansStarsMartin ClunesJude AkuwudikeSara GregoryDCI Sutton is tasked with reviewing a 17-year ongoing serial rape case, Operation Minstead.
- StarsMartin ClunesClaudie BlakleyMatthew GravelleDetective Chief Inspector Colin Sutton tracks down a serial killer.
- CreatorSally WainwrightStarsAmanda RedmanPeter DavisonSarah SmartA normal everyday family strike it rich by winning the lottery. Their life dramatically changes with their new-found wealth.
- CreatorSally WainwrightStarsAnne ReidDerek JacobiSarah LancashireAfter 50+ years apart, Celia (Anne Reid) and Alan (Derek Jacobi) are reunited and decide to marry.
- StarsSuranne JonesEmily BeechamMatthew McNultyA young woman imprisoned for murdering two police officers is released from prison after 15 years. All she wants now is to find her younger sister.
- StarsDavid JasonPam FerrisStephanie RalphThe life of the Larkins, a farm family in Kent.
- CreatorMike BullenStarsCaroline QuentinAlexander ArmstrongElliot Henderson-BoyleMaggie and Phil are a late-30s English couple on a standard summer holiday with their two teenage children. On their first morning on holiday, Phil announces he wants to move out. Maggie is numb and the situation doesn't get better as she's not-so-subtly questioned as a wife by her friends and mother, forced to adapt to life as a breadwinner to pay the bills while Phil seeks truth and self-fulfillment. She finds that she is stronger than she thought she was and weaker too.
- 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.
- CreatorSally WainwrightStarsSarah LancashireSiobhan FinneranJames NortonYorkshire-based crime drama centering on the personal and professional life of Police Sergeant Catherine Cawood.
- StarsTchéky KaryoAnastasia HilleJames NesbittTony and Emily Hughes' vacation turns into a nightmare when their 5-year-old son Oliver disappears from a large celebrating crowd in Northern France.
- CreatorChris LangStarsSanjeev BhaskarJordan LongCarolina MainLondon detectives investigate crimes from the past, unravelling secrets left buried for years.
- StarsFreddie FoxAlexa DaviesMark AddyRevolves 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.
- CreatorChris ChibnallStarsDavid TennantOlivia ColmanJodie WhittakerThe murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.
- StarsDavid TennantCush JumboMatthew McNultyWhen a seemingly perfect and happy family is murdered by someone they knew and trusted, cracks appear on the surface of a supposedly idyllic community.
- CreatorMike BullenStarsJames NesbittRobert BathurstJohn ThomsonThe show follows the lives of 30-something couples Adam and Rachel, Pete and Jenny, and David and Karen as they navigate love and life in Manchester.
- CreatorJimmy McGovernStarsTimothy SpallGer RyanLee InglebySeries of one-off dramas, each focusing on a different house within the same street.
- StarsHelen MirrenJohn BenfieldTom BellA female police detective investigates a series of serial murders while dealing with sexist hostility from her male comrades.
- CreatorJimmy McGovernStarsRobbie ColtraneGeraldine SomervilleKieran O'BrienDr Edward "Fitz" Fitzgerald is a criminal psychologist. He is rather anti-social and obnoxious but he has a gift for solving crimes. Thus he is employed as a consultant by the Manchester Police.
- StarsGary MaversSimon ShepherdEsther ColesBeth Glover and Will Preston are doctors in partnership at a Derbyshire clinic when they hire Jack who's returned from Africa. The next several years deal with their personal and professional lives with Jack and Beth marrying.
- StarsEmily WatsonBen ChaplinMark BonnarA provocative thriller which sees an eminent scientist caught up in a damaging and compromising lie. Based on the novel by Louise Doughty.
- CreatorPeter MoffatStarsDavid RyallMaxine PeakeJohn SimmFollows the residents of one English village across the 20th century and their turbulent lives.
- StarsDavid TennantDaniel MaysJason WatkinsIn 1983, Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen was arrested after the discovery of human remains which had blocked a drain near his London home.
- DirectorIsabel CoixetStarsEmily MortimerBill NighyHunter TremayneEngland 1959. In a small East Anglian town, Florence Green decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop.
- StarsAdam HugillLorraine AshbournePerry FitzpatrickTwo shocking and unexpected murders shatter an already fractured community leading to one of the largest manhunts in British history.
- CreatorSarah SolemaniStarsAgnes O'CaseyRory KinnearHenry Wilton-HuntWhen Vivien Epstein follows her lover into danger and he is caught between life and death, Vivien finds herself going undercover with the fascists, not only for him but for the sake of her country.
- StarsCeline BuckensJoseph PayneKerr LoganDrama series following high profile murder cases through the eyes of the police, the public and the courts.
- DirectorJane JensenFirst person hidden-object adventure game based on eponymous Agatha Christie's novel about famous Belgian private detective Hercule Poirot who is asked by a near-broke tomboyish heiress to investigate if someone is trying to kill her.
- StarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPhilip JacksonHercule Poirot, a famous Belgian detective, who has an impeccable knack for getting embroiled in a mystery, solves crimes along with Captain Hastings and Scotland Yard Chief Inspector James Japp.
- DirectorGuy HamiltonStarsPeter UstinovJames MasonMaggie SmithTrying to find how a millionaire wound up with a phony diamond brings Hercule Poirot to an exclusive island resort frequented by the rich and famous. When a murder is committed, everyone has an alibi.
- StarsMorven ChristieAnthony BoyleChristian CookeChristmas 1954. Wealthy philanthropist Rachel Argyll is murdered at her family estate Sunny Point. Her adopted son Jack Argyll is arrested for her murder. He vehemently protests his innocence.
- StarsKaya ScodelarioGeorgina CampbellRufus SewellIs a trio of witches responsible for a series of sudden deaths or is there a rational explanation?