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- StarsDerek JacobiJohn HurtSiân PhillipsThe personal and governmental affairs of the Julio-Claudian dynasty at the beginning of the Roman Empire, as recalled by one of its rulers.
- StarsJeremy IronsDiana QuickRoger MilnerThe life, friendships and romances of the protagonist Charles Ryder-including his friendship with the Flytes, a family of wealthy English Catholics who live in a palatial mansion called Brideshead Castle.
- StarsBob PeckJoe Don BakerCharles KayWhen his daughter Emma is murdered, cop Craven discovers that she was in a GAIA group of activists occupied with exposing Northmoor nuclear waste storage facility for illegal activities.
- StarsMichael GambonPatrick MalahideJoanne WhalleyTormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations.
- StarsRay McAnallyMarjorie YatesGeoffrey BeeversDisaster befalls the UK under a seemingly corrupt Conservative government. The Labour Party is elected - but committed to radical change, under a firmly left-wing leader. That's not supposed to happen. Who will save the traditional rulers?
- StarsChristopher EcclestonMark StrongGina McKeeDrama examining the politics and change across Britain from the Sixties to the Nineties seen through the varying fortunes of four friends.
- CreatorAmy JenkinsStarsJack DavenportAmita DhiriAndrew LincolnA series following the lives of Miles, Milly, Warren, Egg and Anna, five young legal professionals.
- StarsDavid MitchellRobert WebbJames BachmanA comedy sketch show featuring David Mitchell and Robert Webb.So many classic sketches.
- CreatorJesse ArmstrongSam BainAndrew O'ConnorStarsDavid MitchellRobert WebbMatt KingMark and Jez are a couple of twenty-something roommates who have nothing in common - except for the fact that their lives are anything but normal. Mayhem ensues as the pair strive to cope with day-to-day life.2003-2015
I don't think there's a show that gives me more lpm (laughs per minute). - CreatorArmando IannucciStarsChris AddisonJames SmithPeter CapaldiThe Minister for Social Affairs is continually harassed by Number 10's policy enforcer and dependent on his not-so-reliable team of civil servants.
- CreatorCharlie BrookerStarsWunmi MosakuMonica DolanDaniel LapaineFeaturing stand-alone dramas -- sharp, suspenseful, satirical tales that explore techno-paranoia -- "Black Mirror" is a contemporary reworking of "The Twilight Zone" with stories that tap into the collective unease about the modern world.Awesomely high-quality show, almost every episode has been memorable.
- StarsJohn HannahSuranne JonesNavin ChowdhryDCI Jack Cloth and DC Anne Oldman are paired to investigate a series of grisly murders done by a devious killer.Half-a-dozen long episodes in total, an amazingly silly spoof of the omnipresent police procedural.
- CreatorDominic MitchellStarsLuke NewberryHarriet CainsMarie CritchleyFour years after the Rising, the government starts to rehabilitate the Undead for reentry into society, including teenager Kieren Walker, who returns to his small Lancashire village to face a hostile reception, as well as his own demons.I think it's the best thing (movie or series) with zombies. (Other contenders: I guess Les Revenants, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, The Girl with All the Gifts, and the Romero original.) Not so many episodes, sadly.
- CreatorGlenn Gordon CaronStarsCybill ShepherdBruce WillisAllyce BeasleyThe quirky cases of a former model and a smart aleck detective who manage a private detective agency.Good morrow, sir. I'm Lucentio, come hither for to see fair Padua, pleasant garden of great Italy, to seek out and happily begin a course of learning and studies herein.
You've mistaken me, sir, for someone who careth. - CreatorDavid SimonStarsDominic WestLance ReddickSonja SohnThe Baltimore drug scene, as seen through the eyes of drug dealers and law enforcement.
- CreatorJohn AltschulerMike JudgeDave KrinskyStarsThomas MiddleditchT.J. MillerJosh BrenerFollows the struggle of Richard Hendricks, a Silicon Valley engineer trying to build his own company called Pied Piper.
- CreatorDan HarmonJustin RoilandStarsChris ParnellSpencer GrammerSarah ChalkeThe fractured domestic lives of a nihilistic mad scientist and his anxious grandson are further complicated by their inter-dimensional misadventures.Amazingly good.
- CreatorNathan FielderMichael KomanStarsNathan FielderAnthony FilosaSalomon FloresNathan Fielder uses his business degree and life experiences to help real small businesses turn a profit. But because of his unorthodox approach, Nathan's genuine efforts to do good often draw real people into an experience far beyond what they signed up for.
- StarsDarlan CunhaDouglas SilvaCamila MonteiroA realistic yet humorous look at the lives of Laranjinha and Acerola, two friends who live adventurous and dangerous lives in a Rio de Janeiro slum.
- CreatorDavid AshbyDario RussoStarsDavid AshbySean James MurphyNatasa RisticIt's Christmas in the 1980s, Adolf Hitler is alive and has two Yuletide wishes: Danger 5 dead and the world under his Christmas tree.Crazy and very funny 60s-retro Australian series about a group of agents trying to complete their weekly mission..and kill Hitler.
- CreatorSøren SveistrupStarsSofie GråbølMorten SuurballeLars MikkelsenPolice detective Sarah Lund investigates difficult cases with personal and political consequences.Grr. It's really called Forbrydelsen (The Crime)
- CreatorAdam PriceStarsSidse Babett KnudsenBirgitte Hjort SørensenSøren MallingA political drama about a prime minister's rise to power, and how power changes a prime minister.Amazingly good.
"about how power changes a prime minister" says the IMDb blurb. Uh.... really? Hmm I don't remember her changing a lot, if at all, over the 3 seasons. Someone else who had this in a list on here wrote that season 1 & 2 are great, season 3 is awful. Funny. I thought season 3 was no weaker than the others, maybe better.
In the user comments to Ikiru on here, someone wrote that the first 1/2 is dreadful, but the 2nd half, the finest in cinema. Someone else wrote the complete opposite. Personally I loved both halves. :-) - CreatorChristian TorpeStarsMille DinesenLise BaastrupNikolaj GrothSchoolteacher Rita is a very outspoken, rebellious woman who is competent in the classroom but needs her own advisor when it comes to her personal life.
- CreatorMaya IlsøeStarsTrine DyrholmMarie Bach HansenCarsten BjørnlundThe death of a matriarch brings forgotten secrets out into the open and causes a prolonged battle for the family inheritance.
- StarsMads WilleSonja RichterSara Hjort DitlevsenSix different people's experiences and perceptions of the same six weeks. Intense intrigue and intense love in the Copenhagen theater environment is unleashed during the creation of a new performance.Per Fly's Performances
A wonderful 6-part Danish series. A view of a (fictional) staged production of Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis and its cast and their intertwined lives, through the eyes of a different character each episode. Magnificent stuff, unforgettable. Love, life, art, loss, beauty, tragedy, jealousy, madness etc