Best new British TV Shows in 2021 & 2020 (Netflix, Prime, Hulu & TV List)
List of the latest British TV series in 2021 on tv and the best British TV series of 2020 & the 2010's. Top British TV series to watch on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Disney+ & other Streaming services, out on DVD/Blu-ray or on tv right now.
CREATOR: Gaby Chiappe CAST: Cush Jumbo, Jared Harris & Billy Howle
Frances Cairnes is a woman with revenge on her mind. She has endured the great tragedy of having her son die in a violent hit and run incident. Committed to seeking her own brand of justice, she tracks down the man she believes is the killer and works his way into his heart and his home. Once she has gotten good and close, she plans her moment to get revenge. This British series of crime and murder stars the likes of Mia Tomlinson, Aasiya Shah, and Maeve Dermody.
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CREATOR: Sarah Williams CAST: Imelda Staunton, Francesca Annis & Claudie Blakley
As a part of the Masterpiece anthology series, Flesh and Blood follows the modern exploits of the middle-class in Sussex. But their cozy life may not be all it appears as the veil of decency starts to descend. Vivien is a widowed woman who soon finds herself falling in love with Mark. But the family is not as welcoming of this news when they find themselves with mixed emotions. What’s most troubling for them is that they fear Mark may only be after her money in this stirring drama series. Watch the trailer of Flesh and Blood Netflix | Amazon | All Release dates
CREATOR: Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave, Widows) created and directed this dramatic anthology series that tackles the topic of West Indian immigrants during the era 1960s and 1970s London. Their stories are told in the form of five feature-length episodes that cover everything from the 1971 trial of the Mangrove Nine to the imprisonment of Alex Wheatle. The film series also boasts a strong cast that includes Letitia Wright, Micheal Ward, John Boyega, and Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn. Watch the trailer of Small Axe
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CAST: Anne-Marie Duff, Rafe Spall & MyAnna Buring
Based on the 2018 Novichok poisoning crisis in Salisbury, England, a national emergency occurs when Sergei and Yulia Skripal were discovered poisoned in the city centre. When it’s revealed that Skripal was a Russian double agent and that the poison was that of a Novichok nerve agent, terror breaks throughout the community as an outbreak of poisonings sends the city into a panic. This limited series of fact-based drama stars the likes of Anne-Marie Duff, Rafe Spall, MyAnna Buring, Mark Addy, Annabel Scholey, Darren Boyd, Nigel Lindsay, Clare Burt, and Ron Cook. Watch the trailer of The Salisbury Poisonings
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CREATOR: Mickey Down CAST: Conor MacNeill, Marisa Abela & David Jonsson
Life after graduating is anything but easy for those seeking employment at Pierpoint & Co, hoping to attain one of the few permanent spots in the acclaimed London investment bank. But the competition will grow quite fierce as the candidates soon turn vicious. And with the 2008 financial collapse making finding a job even tougher, it’s a free-for-all of young bankers turning dangerous to hold onto whatever career they hope can muster in such an uncertain world. Watch the trailer of Industry
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CREATOR: Andy Wolton CAST: Rafe Spall, Esther Smith & Imelda Staunton
Nikki and Jason are a couple who desire to take their relationship to the next level by bringing a kid into the picture. Conceiving a child, however, proves to be a very difficult ordeal. Deciding to forego the birthing process, they opt to adopt a child figuring that will be an easier route. But adoption proves to have its own set of unique challenges as the couple learns just how hard it is to be a parent in this domestic comedy. Watch the trailer of Trying Netflix | Amazon | All Release dates
CAST: Robert Carlyle, Victoria Hamilton & Richard Dormer
A power outage like never seen before threatens Britain. A special taskforce of the government needs to make tough decision in order to prevent further danger to citizens lives. A great look into the working of the British government in Crisis. Watch the trailer of COBRA
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CREATOR: Shonda Rhimes CAST: Julie Andrews, Phoebe Dynevor & Golda Rosheuvel
The Regency era’s high society of London becomes the dramatic backdrop for the feuds and issues of the elite Bridgerton family, composed of eight siblings and a widowed mother. Though close and loving, the wealthy family soon find themselves caught up in numerous affairs of lust and betrayal as they keep up appearances to be included in British high society. Based on the best-selling novel series by Julia Quinn, this adaptation features narration by Julie Andrews. Watch the trailer of Bridgerton
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CREATOR: Julian Fellowes CAST: Tamsin Greig, Philip Glenister & Alice Eve
James and Anne Trenchard are a wealthy couple of 1815 with their daughter Sophia. Edmund Bellasis, son of the richest family in England, finds himself attracted to sophia. As the years go by, the two families soon settle down in the newly developed area of Belgravia. It is here where memories conjure nostalgia and secrets are unearthed. Directed by John Alexander (Sense and Sensibility), this is a stirring historical romantic drama based on the novel by Julian Fellowes.
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CREATOR: Jeff Pope CAST: Jessica D'Arcy, Florence Howard, Lolly Jones, Darcy Vanhinsbergh
A woman has gone missing. Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher goes after the killer - even if this would mean the end of his career. Watch the trailer of A Confession Netflix | Amazon | All Release dates
CREATOR: Sally Wainwright CAST: Suranne Jones, Sophie Rundle & Timothy West
In this British historical period series Anne Lister returns to Halifax, West Yorkshire in 1832, determined to transform the fate of her faded ancestral home Shibden Hall. Gentlemen Jack is a BBC production. Watch the trailer of Gentleman Jack
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CREATOR: N/A CAST: Martin Clunes, Ian Conningham, Diveen Henry
A detective from the London Metropolitan Police Department, Collin Sutton is chasing a serial killer. He has started a manhunt for Levi Bellfield, a brutal serial killer. Watch the trailer of Manhunt
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CREATOR: David Nicholls CAST: Benedict Cumberbatch, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hugo Weaving, Sebastian Maltz
One of the best drama series of 2018, Patrick Melrose featuring a splendid Benedict Cumberbatch, tells the tale of an upperclass man struggling with addiction and his troubled relationship with his parents. It is a five part series set in different times of his life. Watch the trailer of Patrick Melrose
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CREATOR: Ronan Bennett, Kit Harington & Daniel West CAST: Kit Harington, Mark Gatiss & Edward Holcroft
Game of Thrones' sweetheart Kit Harington in a great UK Series about an important part of British history. He plays the famous 17th century activist Guy Fawkes who... RATING: 88/100 Watch the trailer of Gunpowder
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CREATOR: N/A CAST: Jim Sturgess, Agyness Deyn & Nikki Amuka-Bird
From the makers of cop series Luther, there is Hard Sun, in which two radically different detectives have to team up to in a pre-apocalyptic world of crime. RATING: 75/100 Watch the trailer of Hard Sun
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CREATOR: Charlie Brooker CAST: Daniel Lapaine, Hannah John-Kamen, Michaela Coel
A television anthology series that shows the dark side of life and technology. Orwellian images of our future not only appear in books – BBC’s Black Mirror brilliantly paints a picture that is as shocking as it is near. Each episode introduces a new theme, cast and forecast. The dark side of life and technology is played out in near-future scenarios in which technology has quite a disputable influence. Most of these scenarios are not even fully improbable, which, along with the dramatic powerplay, constitutes it’s strength. The only bother in Black Mirror: its first episode is the best one by far, which make the following episodes seem inferior. Beyond that, an absolute must watch. RATING: 89/100 Watch the trailer of Black Mirror
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CREATOR: Hugo Blick CAST: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Andrew Buchan & Katherine Parkinson
This show clearly plays into today's hot topic of international espionage. It revolves around a woman who inherits her father’s arms business, and decides to transform it into a company that facilitates the laying of cable network between the West Bank and Israel. Grown into a role as promoter of reconciliation, she gets caught up in an international ‘maelstrom’. RATING: 81/100 Watch the trailer of The Honourable Woman
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CREATOR: Shane Meadows, Jack Thorne CAST: Lyra Mae Thomas, Billy Braithwait, Chanel Cresswell, Katherine Dow Blyton
A miniseries derived from the film 'This is England' (2006). The show captures the rave culture and 1990 world football cup.
RATING: 86/100 Watch the trailer of This is England ’90
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CREATOR: Chips Hardy, Tom Hardy, Steven Knight CAST: Tom Hardy, David Hayman, Jonathan Pryce, Oona Chaplin
In the beginning of the 1800's, an adventurer builds his own shipping empire. A show co-created by Tom Hardy.
RATING: 88/100 Watch the trailer of Taboo
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CREATOR: N/A CAST: Tom Burke, Holliday Grainger, Kerr Logan, Killian Scott
A supermodel's suicide in London might be a murder. Detective Cormoran Strike is on the case in this detective tv show penned by Harry Potter's J.K. Rowling. It will be the first out of a series based on three books. RATING: 80/100 Watch the trailer of Cormoran Strike
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CREATOR: Charlotte Jones CAST: Alison Brie, Betty Gilpin, Sydelle Noel, Britt Baron
Basically the idea of Downton Abbey but then taking place in a 1940's glamorous London five star hotel. RATING: 72/100 Watch the trailer of The Halcyon
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CREATOR: Steven Knight CAST: Cillian Murphy, Paul Anderson & Helen McCrory
BBC made something special, but despite that it looks terrific, and really takes you back to the Birmingham just after World War 1, it is also a bit clumsy and messy at times. Simply put, it does not quite live up to its promise of becoming the ‘Brummy’ version of the American Boardwalk Empire. That being said, I did really enjoy this classic more slow-paced British gangster series, and seeing that it only has six episodes in the first season of the mini-series, you can understand that it did not hit as hard as a Boardwalk Empire. Season 2 is up for release in 2014, and it would not surprise me if the show will really pick up from there. The story and the setting are incredible, so there is a lot there to be developed. Peaky Blinders is about a local Birmingham Irish gang run by the Shelby family (one of the brothers is played by the terrific Cillian Murphy) who were controlling the city with relative ease until a new Chief of police is installed, who is not afraid to fight back. The main attraction luring me in to watch this show was its creator Steven Knight, the writer of Cronenberg’s Eastern Promises (2007) about Russian gangsters. RATING: 88/100 Watch the trailer of Peaky Blinders
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CREATOR: Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat CAST: Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman & Rupert Graves
Sherlock is not yet another Sherlock Holmes brand rip-off. This British BBC Detective show takes the most famous fictional private detective to modern-day London, and finds an excellent form to do so. Sherlock, played by the incredibly talented Benedict Cumberbatch (now also with a great role in 12 Years a Slave), describes himself aptly as a ‘highly functional sociopath’, but as the series progresses, we find that his kind heart pierces through (perhaps a bit too much in season 3, almost de-mystifying him). Together with his loyal friend Watson, he solves incredibly complex cases in the heart of London loosely based on original Arthur Conan O’Doyle stories. Season 1 and 2 are definitely must-see detectives as they are incredibly fresh and genuine, but in season 3 in 2014 the show unfortunately moves a little too much away from the original stories, and takes too much advantage of humor and Sherlock’s sensitive side. RATING: 92/100 Watch the trailer of Sherlock
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CREATOR: Julian Fellowes CAST: Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith & Michelle Dockery
A portrayal of an aristocratic British family and their staff, beginning at the years before the first world war. BBC’s Downton Abbey is an enormous success – you’ve probably seen it, or at least heard of it. The decadence of the Crawley family is simply nice to look at, as are the shenanigans a level below (the staff) and the relationships between the family and their personnel. Yes, most characters are one-dimensional, and the fights and struggles are simplistic. No one really cares, apparently. RATING: 87/100 Watch the trailer of Downton Abbey
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CREATOR: Sydney Newman CAST: Jodie Whittaker, Bradley Walsh & Mandip Gill
The one and only sci fi cult hit! The Doctor is a Time Lord, who can travel beyond spacen and time and explores the whole wide universe, resulting in mind blowing adventures. Must see for sci fi fans. RATING: 88/100 Watch the trailer of Doctor Who
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England is the one country that despite its small scale, has an answer to mindblowing stream of quality that comes from the U.S. Thanks to British television, we know Black Mirror (2011) and Downton Abbey (2010). Go England!
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