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 Sophie Turner's Joan to the Brink's-Mat robbery drama The Gold, keep scrolling for our ultimate guide to the best dramas on TV!
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Secrets, lies and crime
In Flight
Stream now on Channel 4
In Flight is Channel 4’s gripping new thriller that takes off with Jo, a flight attendant (Katherine Kelly), who’s blackmailed into smuggling drugs after her son is arrested overseas for a murder he swears he didn’t commit. Suddenly she’s juggling cabin service with criminal dealings, dodgy gangsters, and customs officers who are way too close for comfort. Packed with drama at 35,000 feet, In Flight is all about how far a parent will go when the stakes couldn’t be higher.
Karen Pirie (Season 2)
Stream on ITVX and STV Player
It’s 1984 and Catriona Grant, heiress to an oil fortune is kidnapped at gunpoint alongside her son Adam. With politics assumed as the motivation the press go into a frenzy— but when the kidnappers fall silent, the case goes cold. Fast forward 40 years, and a body is discovered, prompting DS Karen Pirie (Lauren Lyle) to quietly reopen the long-forgotten investigation. Armed with the first key piece of evidence in decades, will Karen be the one to finally uncover the truth?
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.
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.
Reunion
Stream on BBC iPlayer
Reunion is an emotion-packed crime thriller, following the journey of Daniel Brennan (Matthew Gurney), a deaf man determined to right his past whilst revealing the truth about the events that resulted in his imprisonment. Expect a dash of revenge, a sprinkle of redemption and a whole lotta questions…
Starring Anne-Marie Duff (The Salisbury Poisonings) and Rose Ayling-Ellis (Summer of Rockets).
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!
Protection
Stream on ITVX and STV Player
Have you ever wondered what life is like working in the high-stakes world of witness protection? Well this brand-new conspiracy thriller/ police drama will answer allllll your questions and more. Meet DI Liz Nyles (Siobhan Finneran) as she juggles her challenging job alongside her demanding family, a difficult ex and her dad recovering from a stroke. With a big secret and trouble brewing at work, Liz certainly has her work cut out!
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!
Out There
Stream now on ITVX and STV Player
This crime drama shows the lengths a father will go to in order to protect his son. Life for rural farmer Nathan Williams (Martin Clumes) changes when local county-lines drug dealers start using the British countryside for their dealings. When his son gets involved, Nathan does what he can to get his son out, before it's too late!
Joan
Stream on ITVX and STV Player
Inspired by the real life of Joan Hannington, Joan delves into her incredible story as she transforms herself from a penniless single mother to an accomplished jewel thief in an attempt to get her daughter back and give her the best life! Starring Sophie Turner.
Dramas you cannot miss
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.
King and Conqueror
Coming this August to BBC One + 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) is starring as William alongside James Norton (Happy Valley)!
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).
The Handmaid's Tale (Season 6)
Stream on Channel 4
After a goose-bump inducing ending to season 5 andddd a 3 year wait, the finale has finally arrived! The Handmaid’s Tale transports you to a dystopian future where a totalitarian religious group have taken over the United States and unmarried women are forced to produce children for the upper class. The show follows the Handmaid June (Elisabeth Moss), as she tries to reunite with her family and escape the nation. With many twists and turns over six seasons, it's not a show to miss!
Malpractice (Season 2)
Stream on ITVX and STV Player
After being caught between an anxious new mother’s postnatal check-up and the sectioning of a psychotic patient, Dr Ford finds himself under investigation. As investigators dig into his decisions, what originally appeared to be a series of bad choices by one doctor, soon spreads beyond the psychiatric unit to the hospital itself! Is Dr Ford a reckless doctor playing God–or just another casualty of a system in chaos?
After the Party
Stream now on Channel 4
The life of Penny Wilding (Robyn Malcolm), a high school teacher falls apart when she catches her husband engaging is a sexual act with a minor and absolutely nobody believes her! Five years later, when her now ex-husband returns to her town she is more determined than ever to prove his guilt. With many twists along the way you will be questioning everything!
Learn more about After the Party.
Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light
Stream now on BBC iPlayer
After it's award-winning first season, this star-studded show returns 9 years later with it's final part! Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light follows Thomas Cromwell (Mark Rylance) as he navigates the brutal court of Henry VIII (Damian Lewis). Covering the period following the death of Anne Boleyn, the show follows Cromwell as he ascends to riches and power, but not without a price...
Dope Girls
Stream now on BBC iPlayer
This major series will take you back to the end of the First World War touching in a subject still regularly discussed today, women’s rights. As Britain celebrated armistice day, men returned home expecting to re-join the society they knew before, not expecting to find a newly empowered generation of woman, adamant to not go back to the kitchens. Dope Girl’s depicts the birth of the British underground!
Laugh out loud comedy-dramas
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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