Tired of juggling endless subscriptions just to get your drama fix? We totally feel that. That’s why we’ve pulled together some of the best premium shows you can now stream on Freely! No monthly bills, no sneaky catches, just brilliant TV.
From cult classics like House and Lost to fresh hits like Under the Bridge, these shows are just waiting for you to hit play. Get ready for binge sessions packed with twists, thrills, and all the drama you crave! Here’s your ultimate Freely line-up of premium drama, streaming free on top UK channels.
House
Stream on Channel 4
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 🍅89%
House follows the brilliant and deeply awwwkward Dr Gregory House (Hugh Laurie), a diagnostic genius with a bad leg, a worse attitude and a habit of being right. Alongside Lisa Edelstein, Omar Epps and Jesse Spencer, he tackles baffling medical cases while breaking just about every hospital rule going. Packed with savage one-liners, ethical curveballs and moments that make you gasp then laugh, this is the kind of American drama that hooks you fast and keeps you coming back for one more episode!
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Stream on BBC iPlayer
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 🍅83%
When a seemingly closed case starts to itch, a sharp sixth-former decides to scratch it. In A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, Pip digs back into a local tragedy, uncovering secrets her sleepy town would rather stay buried. Based on the wildly popular mystery series by Holly Jackson and starring Emma Myers, Zain Iqbal and Asha Banks, this girl-detective drama ticks all the boxes for a sweetly satisfying binge-watch!
The Good Doctor
Stream on Channel 4
The Good Doctor follows Shaun Murphy (Freddie Highmore), a gifted young surgeon whose extraordinary mind sets him apart in a high-pressure hospital. Supported by Antonia Thomas, Richard Schiff and Nicholas Gonzalez, he takes on complex cases while challenging assumptions at every turn. Warm, emotional and quietly gripping, it’s the kind of American drama that pulls you in, gets under your skin and is very hard to leave behind once you’ve started.
Under the Bridge
Stream on ITVX
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 🍅86%
When a teenager is found murdered beneath a quiet Canadian bridge, a small town’s darkest secrets start to surface. Under the Bridge follows a writer and a local police officer as they dig into what really happened, and who is hiding what. Starring Riley Keough, Lily Gladstone and Vritika Gupta, this is a true-crime tale that refuses to stay neatly buried.
Nurse Jackie
Stream on Channel 4
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 🍅89%
Nurse Jackie follows Jackie Peyton, a brilliant ER nurse with a talent for saving lives and a knack for breaking the rules. Balancing hospital chaos, personal secrets and a very complicated double life, she somehow keeps it all spinning. Starring Edie Falco, Eve Best and Merritt Wever, this is a hospital drama with a wicked sense of humour and a habit of crossing lines you didn’t even know were there. This one's seriously addictive!
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Stream on ITVX and STV Player
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 🍅94%
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds returns the infamous franchise to its roots, following Captain Christopher Pike and the crew of the USS Enterprise as they set off on bold new missions across the galaxy. Each episode brings a fresh adventure, tricky moral questions and plenty of sci-fi spectacle. Starring Anson Mount, Rebecca Romijn and Ethan Peck, this is classic Star Trek energy with a modern glow that’s verrrry easy to get hooked on.
Tell Me Lies
Stream on BBC iPlayer
Tell Me Lies follows Lucy Albright and Stephen DeMarco as a messy, magnetic relationship takes hold during their university years and refuses to let go. What starts as a spark quickly turns into something far more consuming, with ripples that stretch years into the future. Starring Grace Van Patten, Jackson White and Catherine Missal, this is a relationship drama that pulls you in, makes you uncomfortable and somehow still keeps you pressing play. Fair warning: you might never want to go on a first date ever again!
Downton Abbey
Stream on ITVX
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 🍅92%
For many, this is the jewel in the crown of British period dramas - and it's not hard to see why! Downton Abbey opens the doors to the Crawley family and the busy household that keeps their grand estate running, from the upstairs dramas to the downstairs gossip. Led by Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery and icon of stage and screen, Maggie Smith, it follows changing times, tangled romances and the occasional scandal over tea. With its sharp dialogue and cosy sense of ritual, this is the sort of British classic you settle into and somehow end up watching for hours. You will be charmed!
Prison Break
Stream on U
Prison Break centres on Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller), a quiet genius who deliberately gets himself locked up to bust out his wrongly convicted brother Lincoln (Dominic Purcell). With sharp turns, clockwork plotting, a brilliant villain in Robert Knepper and heart thanks to Sarah Wayne Callies, it’s a show that grabs you early, keeps tightening the screws and somehow makes a tattoo feel like a master plan. If you like your American dramas tense, clever and impossible to switch off, clear your evening and get it added to the watchlist!
Under the Banner of Heaven
Stream on ITVX
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 🍅87%
Under the Banner of Heaven opens with a brutal murder in 1980s Utah and quickly pulls you into a case tangled up with faith, family and dark secrets. Andrew Garfield leads as a detective whose beliefs are shaken as the truth edges closer, with Daisy Edgar-Jones and Sam Worthington caught at the centre of it all. The deeper it digs, the more uncomfortable it gets, and by the end you’re left sitting with questions that refuse to go quietly.
The Simpsons
Stream on Channel 4
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 🍅85%
The Simpsons follows the everyday chaos of the Simpson family in Springfield, spinning ordinary life into something brilliantly daft and strangely spot on. Now the longest-running American sitcom of all time and an iconic mainstay of television for the past 36 years, it has shaped pop culture, predicted the future more than once and somehow still finds new ways to make you laugh. If you’ve ever quoted it without realising, this is where it all began.
Renegade Nell
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 🍅87%
Stream on ITVX
Renegade Nell is a fun, fast-paced 18th-century adventure about Nell Jackson, who gets framed for murder and has to go on the run with her sisters. With a cheeky magical sprite named Billy Blind by her side, she uncovers a dark plot threatening the queen! This period drama offers plentyyyyy of action and surprises to keep you hooked right from the start!
Dopesick
Stream on BBC iPlayer
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 🍅89%
Dopesick dives headfirst into America’s opioid crisis, following doctors, patients and prosecutors as the damage quietly spreads. Michael Keaton is superb as a small-town GP trying to do the right thing, while Kaitlyn Dever, Rosario Dawson and Peter Sarsgaard show how greed, pain and denial collide at every level. It unfolds slowly, then all at once, and by the time the full picture clicks into place, it’s hard not to feel angry, heartbroken and glued to the screen.
Smallville
Stream on ITVX
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Nope, it's just one of the most bingeworthy superhero dramas flying your way for freeee! Smallville follows Clark Kent (Tom Welling) as he navigates teenage life in a quiet Kansas town while slowly discovering he’s anything but ordinary. Alongside Kristin Kreuk and Michael Rosenbaum, it mixes high school drama with superhero origins as friendships shift and secrets pile up. Full of slow-burn tension, emotional twists and plenty of nods to what Clark will one day become, if you like your American dramas with a superpowered edge this is well worth the ride.
The Good Wife
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 🍅93%
Stream on 5
This juicy drama follows Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies), a devoted political wife ,whose entire life is thrown into disarray after a public scandal involving her husband. She soon returns to her career as a junior litigator, proving herself in a cutthroat Chicago law firm, all while navigating the mess her husband left behind! Looking for more info?
Swimming with Sharks
Stream on STV Player
When a bright-eyed intern lands a job at a powerful Hollywood studio, she quickly realises the real drama is happening off-screen. In Swimming with Sharks, power plays, secrets, and ambition swirl around her as she navigates a world where trust is rare and success comes at a price. Starring Kiernan Shipka, Diane Kruger and Donald Sutherland.
Little Fires Everywhere
Stream on Channel 4
Get ready for a rollercoaster of secrets, twists, and family drama in Little Fires Everywhere. Set in a cute suburban town that’s anything but perfect, the Richardson family’s world is turned upside down when a mysterious mother and daughter move in. Secrets about motherhood, race, and class come to light, sparking conflicts that change everyone forever… Starring Reese Witherspoon, Kerry Washington and Joshua Jackson.
Murder at the End of the World
Stream on ITVX
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 🍅89%
When a tech billionaire invites a group of unconventional minds to a secluded Arctic retreat, things take a deadly turn after one guest is found dead. Murder at the End of the World follows Darby Hart (Emma Corrin), an amateur sleuth and hacker, as she races to unravel the mystery before the killer takes another life. This is a murder mystery with a modern edge!
Suits
Stream on BBC iPlayer
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 🍅91%
Suits follows Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams), a brilliant but unlicensed lawyer, and Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht), a top New York attorney, as they navigate high-stakes cases and office politics at a prestigious law firm. Full of laughs, sharp wit, a few rather big lies and a lotttt of banter, if you love American dramas this should go straight to the top of your watch-list!
Lost
Stream on ITVX
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 🍅86%
A plane crashes on a remote island, leaving a group of strangers to band together and figure out how to survive — but the island has secrets of its own... Strange signals, hidden bunkers, and eerie coincidences hint at a much bigger mystery unfolding around them. Lost blends survival drama with mind-bending twists for a truly unforgettable watch. Starring Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lilly, Terry O’Quinn, Josh Holloway, Naveen Andrews.
Ranked as the 3rd most streamed show in the UK in 2024, make you sure you catch Lost whilst it’s freeeeeeeeeee!
The Dropout
Stream on BBC iPlayer
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 🍅90%
The Dropout tells the jaw-dropping true story of a Silicon Valley dream that spirals badly off course. Amanda Seyfried disappears into the role of Elizabeth Holmes, with Naveen Andrews and William H. Macy circling as the pressure builds and the cracks start to show. What begins as a bold vision slowly unravels, and watching the truth surface piece by piece is both fascinating and deeply unsettling.
Ragdoll
Stream on U
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 🍅92%
Ragdoll throws you right into the middle of a chilling case involving a shocking discovery that has detectives scrambling for answers. DS Nathan Rose (Henry Lloyd-Hughes) and his crew are on the hunt, but the deeper they dig, the darker and crazier things get. With its sinister and twisted storyline, it’s pretty compelling if you’re a crime lover!
Rabbit Hole
Stream on ITVX
Rabbit Hole dives into the high-stakes world of John (Kiefer Sutherland), a tech CEO whose life unravels after a devastating tragedy. As secrets surface and trust shatters, John must navigate a web of lies and danger to protect his family.
Dexter
Stream on Channel 4
By day, Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) is a forensic blood spatter analyst for the Miami police. But by night, he’s a strategic serial killer, but only of those who deserve it (of course). Full of twists, turns and many moral grey areas, Dexter is a crime thriller with a killer hook (literally) anddd one of the most unforgettable lead characters on TV!
The Consultant
Stream on ITVX
The Consultant is a dark comic thriller series starring Christoph Waltz as a mysterious advisor hired to improve a struggling tech company. When he arrives, nothing is quite as it seems, and the office quickly turns into a tense game of power and survival.
Kin
Stream on BBC iPlayer
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 🍅89%
Loyalty, power, and family collide in Kin, a gripping crime saga where the Kinsella clan fights to protect their turf in Dublin’s gritty streets. As old rivalries hit a breaking point and trust is tested, every move could be the one that breaks them. Starring Clare Dunn, Aidan Gillen, Emmett J. Scanlan and Charlie Cox.
Suspicion
Stream on ITVX and STV Player
Suspicion sees the dramatic kidnapping of a prominent CEO’s son from a New York hotel. In London, five seemingly unconnected Brits are suddenly named as suspects, and their lives are turned upside down. With international pressure mounting and the truth tangled in secrets and lies, each of them must prove their innocence before time runs out. Starring Uma Thurman, Kunal Nayyar, Elizabeth Henstridge and Elyes Gabel.
Quantico
Stream now on 5
A group of young FBI recruits at the Quantico training academy quickly find themselves caught up in a high-stakes game of trust and betrayal when a terrorist attack shakes the nation. Alex Parrish (Priyanka Chopra Jonas) must navigate suspicion and secrets to clear her name and stop the real threat. Full of suspense, twists, and plentyyy of action, Quantico will keep you guessing episode after episode!
Shardlake
Stream on ITVX and STV Player
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 🍅81%
Set in Tudor England during the reign of Henry VIII, Shardlake follows lawyer Matthew Shardlake (Arthur Hughes) as he’s sent to investigate a suspicious death at a remote monastery. What starts as a quiet inquiry quickly turns into a dangerous mission filled with political intrigue, deadly secrets, and religious unrest. Starring Sean Bean and Anthony Boyle. And if you can't get enough Sean Bean, we've got you!
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