Tired of endlessly scrolling through without a clue what to watch? Well worry no more as we are all about making your lives easier and we’ve rounded up the top dramas to watch right now? Whether you're into gripping crime thrillers, family sagas, historical epics, or laugh-out-loud comedy-dramas, we’ve got your next TV obsession covered!
From Tom Cullen's Trespasses to the The Forsytes, keep scrolling for our ultimate guide to the best dramas on TV!
Romance | Crime | Unmissable drama | Comedy
Love, lust and drama
Normal People
Stream now on BBC iPlayer
If you loved Skins, Gossip Girl or Gilmore Girls, then this coming-of-age drama is an absolute must-see! Normal People follows the on-again, off-again relationship between Marianne (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and Connell (Paul Mescal), tracing their secret romance from secondary school through to university. It’s a raw, beautifully honest exploration of class, love, trauma, and growing up – the kind of show you can’t help but fall in love with. (And yes, it's totally bingeable)!
Trespasses
Stream on Channel 4
Set in 1975, during the height of the Irish Troubles, Catholic schoolteacher Cushla (Lola Petticrew) meets Michael (Tom Cullen), a married Protestant man. Despite being worlds apart, they are irresistibly drawn to each other sparking trouble all around them. Starring Gillian Anderson.
The Forsytes
Stream on 5
Immerse yourself in the dazzling, elegant world of late-Victorian London in this thrilling new reimagining of the Nobel Prize–winning series The Forsyte Saga. This adaptation sweeps you into the lavish lives of a powerful stockbroker family in the 1880s. Set against the ever-changing backdrop of a world on the edge between tradition and modernity, the Forsytes clash over status, expectations – and, of course, a delicious touch of forbidden love.
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Stream now on BBC iPlayer
A passionate love affair, a devastating war, and life after, that is The Narrow Road to the Deep North in a nutshell! We can already sense that this will be one of those dramas that will stick with your for longgg after the credits roll. Prepare to be whisked down three different timelines, showing World War Two Australian veteran Dorrigo Evans’s (Jacob Elordi) life – from the start of his military career and his affair, to being held captive as a prisoner of war in Thailand, and finally, his life in the present (the '80s).
Secrets, lies and crime
The Hunting Wives
Stream on ITVX and STV Player
Get ready to enter a world where glamour and danger go hand in hand. When Sophie (Brittany Snow) moves to East Texas hoping for a fresh start, she’s instantly dazzled by the magnetic (and slightly dangerous) Margo and her ultra-exclusive clique of wealthy socialites. But these women don’t just sip cocktails and gossip… they’ve got a secret pastime that’s a whole lot wilder. As Sophie gets pulled deeper into their world of late-night parties, tangled desires, and high-stakes “games,” she realises she might be in way over her head. And when a shocking murder rocks the community, every friendship suddenly looks like a trap.
Coldwater
Stream now on ITVX and STV Player
Looking for your next goosebump-inducing binge? Coldwater follows John (Andrew Lincoln), a middle-aged man craving a fresh start who uproots his family to a remote Scottish village — only to find himself drawn into a chilling friendship with his unsettling neighbour, Tommy (Ewen Bremner). Secrets spiral, tensions rise, and what begins as a new life soon unravels into a dark, edge-of-your-seat nightmare!
Red Eye (Season 2)
Stream on ITVX and STV Player
Red Eye is back on the runway for a second series and heading straight for trouble. Jing Lusi returns as DS Hana Li, knee-deep in chaos when a terrifying threat against a British government jet triggers a lockdown at the US Embassy. Forced into an uneasy reunion with Martin Compston’s blunt, battle-hardened security chief Clay Brody and under the icy gaze of Lesley Sharp’s MI5 boss, it’s secrets, suspects and stress levels cruising at altitude. Fast, fiendish and delightfully claustrophobic, keep your seatbelt firmly fastened!
I Fought the Law
Stream on ITVX and STV Player
I Fought the Law tells the true story of Ann Ming (Sheridan Smith) and explores her grief, determination, and unshakable fight for justice after her daughter is murdered, and the prime suspect is acquitted twice under the double jeopardy law. Refusing to let the case go cold, Ann embarks on a relentless, years-long battle to change the law and bring her daughter’s killer to justice.
We guarantee tears, goosebumps, and moments that will leave you holding your breath.
Code of Silence
Stream on ITVX and STV Player
Code of Silence introduces us to Alison Woods (Rose Ayling-Ellis), a deaf catering worker juggling two jobs — one in a police canteen and the other at a local bar — while also trying to support her deaf mum, Julie. When an officer asks her to lip-read the conversations of a dangerous group of criminals, Alison is quickly pulled into a new and dangerous world…
Learn more about this top tier crime drama.
The Gold (Season 2)
BBC One and BBC iPlayer
The Gold is a gripping true-crime drama that dives into one of Britain’s most infamous heists — the 1983 Brink’s-Mat robbery. Season one cracked open the case, revealing the shocking truth behind the theft and the convictions that followed. Now, season two takes you deeper into the dark underworld of money laundering and organised crime, chasing the missing fortune and uncovering the dangerous power it created. If you love a real life mystery, you're going to want to watch this!
Starring Hugh Bonneville, Charlotte Spencer, Emun Elliott and Tom Cullen.
Looking for more true story dramas?
Bergerac
Stream now on U
Get ready to dive back into the world of Jim Bergerac! This six-part series stars Damien Molony in the lead role, bringing a fresh, modern take to the beloved 80s classic. Unlike the original, the new series unfolds a single, character-driven mystery across all six episodes.
Jim Bergerac is a broken man, grappling with the recent loss of his wife while raising his child alone. But when a wealthy woman is murdered, he must put his personal struggles aside and rediscover the sharp investigator he once was.
Get Millie Black
Stream now on Channel 4
This series portrays a deeply personal and completely authentic version of Kingston Jamaica. Told through the perspective of former Scotland Yard detective Millie-Jean Black (Tamara Lawrence), Get Millie Black sees Millie get thrown into the deep end of a missing persons case all whilst coming to terms with her identity as both British and Jamaican. Starring Chyna McQueen, Gershwyn Eustache Jnr and Joe Dempsie.
Discover more about this crime drama.
This City is Ours
Stream now on BBC iPlayer
With BAFTA-winning director Saul Dibb (The Salisbury Poisonings) in charge, we are expecting big things! Filmed primarily in Liverpool with a quick trip to Spain, this series follows Michael (James Nelson-Joyce), one of the top players in the city’s crime world, who decides to swap gang life for romance! However, when ambition and struggles come knocking, will his new life survive, or will his past pull him back in?
If you loved Peaky Blinders you'll enjoy this!
A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story
Stream on ITVX and STV Player
This four-part drama will introduce you to the untold story of Ruth Ellis (Lucy Boynton), a nightclub manageress and convicted murderer who became the last ever woman to hang in the UK! With a toxic love triangle at the centre and an extremely abusive husband, get ready for the roller-coaster of Ruth Ellis’s life!
The Bombing of Pan Am 103
Stream all episodes on BBC iPlayer
Settle in for a powerful and unforgettable drama with Pan Am 103. This tear-inducing miniseries delves into the heartbreak and heroism behind the 1988 Lockerbie disaster. With powerful real-life stories at its heart, this gripping miniseries follows the fight for answers, justice, and healing after the unthinkable. It’s heartbreaking, honest, and absolutely unmissable!
Starring Connor Swindells, Patrick J. Adams and Eddie Marsan.
Playing Nice
Stream on ITVX
A parent’s nightmare comes true in this new psychological thriller. Set against the stunning Cornish landscape, two families discover that their toddlers were switched at birth in a hospital mix-up and face the horrifying dilemma of what to do now. With hidden motives at play, how far can each couple trust the real parent of their child?! Starring James Norton, Niamh Algar, James McArdle and Jessica Brown Findlay.
Unmissable drama
Outrageous
Stream on U
Journey back to the 1930s in Outrageous—a juicy six-part drama diving into the real-life rollercoaster of the Mitford Sisters. From political flirtations with fascism to secret affairs and literary fame, this series unpacks their chaotic lives! Expect fiery family feuds, forbidden love, and enough scandal to make the tabloids blush!
Pssst we've even got an exclusive interview with the cast!
Riot Women
Stream on BBC iPlayer
Happy Valley fans, buckle up because the creator Sally Wainwright is delivering us a show that might juuuust top it!
Riot Women follows five menopausal women from totally different walks of life (we’re talking a teacher, a police officer, a pub landlady, a midwife, andddd a shoplifting freeloader) who decide to enter their local talent comp as a freshly formed punk-rock band. What starts as a wild idea soon explores into something much bigger because these women have a lottttt more to shout about than they ever realised!
Starring Joanna Scanlan, Rosalie Craig, Lorraine Ashbourne, Amelia Bullmore, Taj Atwal and Macy Seelochan.
King and Conqueror
Stream now on BBC iPlayer
A story of a clash so big that it defined the future of not only a country but also a continent, for a thousand years! King and Conqueror sees Harold of Wessex and William of Normandy as allies, neither with a design on the British throne who suddenly find themselves forced by both circumstance and obsession into a war for the crown! With eight 60-minute episodes we are BIG things and some excellent mis-en-scène (scenery and props)! Now if you’re getting Game of Thrones vibes from the premise then prepare to be even more excited because Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jamie Lannister, Game of Thrones) stars as William alongside James Norton (Happy Valley)! Want to find out more?
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
Available now on ITVX and STV Player
This true to life drama dives into the extremely corrupt post office scandal navigating the extraordinary and heart-breaking story of one of Britain’s biggest miscarriages of justice ever, where hundreds of innocent sub-postmasters and post-mistresses were wrongly accused of theft and fraud due to a defected IT system. Starring Toby Jones, Shaun Dooley and Katherine Kelly.
The War Between the Land and the Sea
Stream on BBC iPlayer
Russell Tovey stars as Barclay, just a regular UNIT worker… until an ancient, terrifying species rises from the sea and turns his world upside down. Suddenly, he’s humanity’s unlikely ambassador when the mysterious Salt (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) emerges from the Tank at a summit on the Thames. UNIT, led by the unstoppable Kate Lethbridge‑Stewart (Jemma Redgrave), scrambles to keep control as the world teeters on the edge of disaster. Action, suspense, and a dash of mystery collide in this thrilling five-part drama you absolutely won’t want to miss.
Laugh out loud comedy-drama
House
Stream on Channel 4 from Monday 1st December
The brilliant, grumpy, and endlessly brilliant Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie) has landed on our screens! This medical drama follows House and his team as they tackle the most baffling, life‑threatening cases while he dispenses sarcasm, genius diagnoses, and causes a lot of chaos. With eight seasons of jaw-dropping medical mysteries, shocking twists, and unforgettable characters, it’s the perfect binge for drama fans who love their medicine served with a side of wit. Ready to get hooked all over again?
Amandaland
Watch now on BBC iPlayer
Motherland fans, get ready and get excited (we certainly are) because the highly anticipated Amandaland is here! Following on from her divorce, Amanda (Joanna Lumley) relocates and downsizes with her teenagers to South Harlesden. Balancing both the teenage drama and modern parenting issues alongside her mother’s loneliness!
Colin from Accounts (Season 2)
Stream now on BBC iPlayer
After saying farewell to their fluffy companion at the end of the first season, Ashley (Harriet Dyer) and Gordon (Patrick Brammall) do everything they can to get their disabled dog back! With their relationship also on the line, will Colin bring them back together?
We are Lady Parts (Season 2)
Stream now on Channel 4
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This exhilarating comedy series returned with a new kind of energy and we loved it! After a magic summer tour, Lady Parts set out to record their debut album only to discover a rival band trying to threaten their status quo! With their careers on the line and of course their passion for change, what will they do? Starring Anjana Vasan, Sarah Kameela Impey, Juliette Moatmed and Faith Omole.
Am I being Unreasonable (Season 2)
Stream on BBC iPlayer
It’s been two and a half years since we were left with a shocking truth at the end of the first season. But now season two will begin where the first left off, mid panic attack! We won’t reveal any more in case you haven’t watched this hilarious comedy filled thriller but just be prepared for so much twists and turns you will be questioning everything! Starring Daisy May Cooper.
Big Boys (Season 3)
Stream on Channel 4
It’s the return of Jack Rooke’s BAFTA nominated comedy and we are sooo here for it! Series 3 sees the gang enter their final year at Brent uni and facing all the highs and lows, from dissertations, to deadlines and very disappointing for Jack, the departing of Louis Walsh from X-Factor! With Jack and Danny’s friendship being tested to it’s limits as adult life is just around the corner, will they still choose each other? Or is this the end of the road?!
Ludwig
Stream on BBC iPlayer
Get ready for a whole load of laughs as David Mitchel is the star of this comedy-drama! Puzzle setter John ‘Ludwig’ Taylor’s life of solitude comes to a swift end when his identical twin DCI James Taylor mysteriously disappears. Convinced by his sister-in-law Lucy (Anna Maxwell Martin) to assume his brothers identity, John tries to investigate what happened to his brother whilst also infiltrating a Major Investigations Team, gathering intel andddd solving a completely unconnected murder!
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