UK Television Prime Time Dramas 2017
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- StarsJack WhitehallDouglas HodgeStephen GrahamThe series sees Paul Pennyfeather as an inoffensive divinity student at Oxford University in the 1920s, who is wrongly dismissed for indecent exposure having been made the victim of a prank by The Bollinger Club.
- CreatorMalcolm CampbellKevin ErlisAyub Khan-DinStarsSunetra SarkerFern DeaconLorraine CheshireAckley Bridge College, formed by the merger of two schools in Yorkshire, faces challenges as British and Asian students navigate social divisions, segregation on sports teams and friendships strained by cultural differences.
- StarsEmily WatsonBen ChaplinMark BonnarA provocative thriller which sees an eminent scientist caught up in a damaging and compromising lie. Based on the novel by Louise Doughty.
- CreatorKate BrookeStarsSarah ParishRyan McKenAdam LongA dark thriller surrounding Elizabeth Bancroft, a senior detective with explosive secrets.
- CreatorKate AshfieldTracey MaloneStarsRomola GaraiDaniel MaysEarl CaveA haunting exploration of the mind of Sam, a teenager who's on the verge of acting out hidden psychopathic desires.
- StarsJodie ComerRebecca BensonJacob Collins-LevyBased on the Philippa Gregory book of the same name, the story of Elizabeth of York, the White Queen's daughter, and her marriage to the Lancaster victor, Henry VII.
- CreatorChris ChibnallStarsDavid TennantOlivia ColmanJodie WhittakerThe murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.Series 3
- StarsSean BeanFin CampbellAdrian DunbarFather Michael, a Catholic priest who presides over an urban northern parish that is modern, nonconformist, and reassuringly imperfect; he must be confidant, counselor, and confessor to a congregation.
- CreatorHeidi ThomasStarsVanessa RedgraveLaura MainJenny AgutterChronicles the lives of a group of midwives living in East London in the late 1950s to late 1960s.Series 6
- CreatorJess BrittainStarsSynnove KarlsenSophia BrownRachel Hurd-WoodWhen Georgia gets drawn into an elite university clique of alpha girls, her friend Holly becomes alarmed by her changing, erratic behaviour, and feels compelled to join - only to find this seductive world is deeply corrupted.
- CreatorMike BullenStarsJames NesbittRobert BathurstJohn ThomsonThe show follows the lives of 30-something couples Adam and Rachel, Pete and Jenny, and David and Karen as they navigate love and life in Manchester.Series 7
- CreatorRobert ThorogoodStarsElizabeth BourgineDon WarringtonDanny John-JulesCultures collide when British Detective Inspector is transferred from England to the Caribbean island of Saint Marie to head the island's police department.Series 6
- CreatorDominic MinghellaMark CrowdyCraig FergusonStarsMartin ClunesCaroline CatzIan McNeiceThe trials and tribulations of Martin Ellingham, a brilliant but socially challenged doctor who moves from London to the picturesque village of Port Wenn in Cornwall.Series 8
- CreatorMike BartlettStarsSuranne JonesBertie CarvelTom TaylorA woman suspects her husband of having an affair. After following several lines of inquiry far more unravels including a streak of violence below the surface.Series 2
- StarsShaun EvansRoger AllamJames BradshawSet from 1965 into the 1970s, the show follows Endeavour Morse in his early years as a police constable. Working alongside his senior partner DI Fred Thursday, Morse engages in a number of investigations around Oxford.Series 4
- CreatorPatrick HarbinsonStarsBrooke HaynesHelen McCrorySam SwainsburyEmma Banville (Helen McCrory), a human rights lawyer known for defending lost causes, sets out to prove the innocence of Kevin Russell (Sam Swainsbury), who was convicted for the murder of a school girl fourteen years earlier.
- CreatorSimon DonaldStarsRichard DormerBjörn Hlynur HaraldssonSienna GuilloryPerched on the edge of the Arctic Circle, Fortitude is one of the safest towns on earth. There has never been a violent crime here. Until now.Series 2
- CreatorDaisy CoulamStarsRobson GreenTessa Peake-JonesAl WeaverA Cambridgeshire clergyman finds himself investigating a series of mysterious wrongdoings in his small village of Grantchester.Series 3
- CreatorJohn RidleyStarsBabou CeesayNathaniel Martello-WhiteDaniel MaysA pair of activists in 1970s London set out to free a political prisoner and wage a resistance movement.
- CreatorRonan BennettKit HaringtonDaniel WestStarsKit HaringtonLiv TylerEdward HolcroftRobert Catesby leads Guy Fawkes a group of English Catholic traitors plan to blow up the Palace Of Westminster and kill King James I in the infamous Gunpowder Plot.
- CreatorMoira BuffiniAlison NewmanStarsLesley ManvilleKate FleetwoodHolli DempseyBrothel owner Margaret Wells struggles to raise her daughters in London during the 18th century.
- StarsMatthew MacfadyenHayley AtwellPhilippa CoulthardThe social and class divisions in early 20th century England through the intersection of three families - the wealthy Wilcoxes, the gentle and idealistic Schlegels and the lower-middle class Basts.
- StarsMyAnna BuringBen BattDavid LeonAs she deals with an unexpected pregnancy, D.I. Helen Weeks must return to the hometown she loathes, to help her childhood best friend who is in the centre of a media frenzy following the abduction of two teenage girls.
- CreatorPeter FlanneryStarsMartin ShawLee InglebySimon HubbardWith the help of DS John Bacchus, Inspector George Gently spends his days bringing to justice members of the criminal underworld who are unfortunate enough to have the intrepid investigator assigned to their cases.Series 8
- StarsNaomi BattrickMax BeesleyClaire CoxA drama about English settlers in America in 1617.
- CreatorHarry WilliamsJack WilliamsStarsJoanne FroggattIoan GruffuddZoë TapperBritish psychological thriller in which schoolteacher Laura Nielson accuses renowned surgeon Andrew Earlham of rape.
- CreatorJed MercurioStarsMartin CompstonVicky McClureAdrian DunbarDrama series following the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anti-corruption unit.Series 4
- StarsSinéad KeenanBrían F. O'ByrneMatthew DevlinThe true story of the 2007 murder of Rhys Jones in Liverpool. The story of the aftermath and police investigation.
- StarsPhilip GlenisterLesley SharpRosie DayMal, Jen and their two children swap rainy Yorkshire for a new life running a booming RV park in Florida, but it soon becomes clear that they aren't going to be living the dream they had hoped for.
- StarsAshley JensenAdrian BowerKenny DoughtyRegistrar Kate Dickinson tries to balance her personal life with the daily dramas of births, deaths and marriages and the impact they have upon her and her staff at the local Register Office in Leeds.
- CreatorCaroline GrahamStarsJohn NettlesJane WymarkBarry JacksonA veteran Detective Chief Inspector and his young Sergeant investigate murders around the regional community of Midsomer County.Series 19
- CreatorPaul AbbottStarsJoanna ScanlanElaine CassidyWill MellorFollows a group of police officers on the front line wondering what they did to end up where they are now, on the ugly side of Manchester.Series 2
- CreatorTony GroundsStarsMichelle KeeganSean WardBen AldridgeDrama following the extraordinary adventures of female medics in the British Army.Series 3
- StarsDenise GoughTom HughesSiobhán CullenThe fallout in a chemistry teacher's life after her one-night stand with a good-looking but dangerous ducker and diver.
- CreatorDebbie HorsfieldStarsAidan TurnerEleanor TomlinsonJack FarthingRoss Poldark returns home after the American Revolutionary War and rebuilds his life with a new business venture, making new enemies and finding a new love where he least expects it.Series 3
- StarsAlun ArmstrongAndrew BrookeBlake HarrisonPrime Suspect 1973 tells the story of 22-year-old Jane Tennison's first days in the police force, in which she endured flagrant sexism before being thrown in at the deep end with a murder enquiry.
- CreatorHarry WilliamsJack WilliamsStarsRichard DormerJodi BalfourKieran BewTold in reverse, the show follows DCI Gabriel Markham and his team as they try to hunt down a serial killer.
- CreatorNeil JordanStarsJulia StilesLena OlinDimitri LeonidasA woman discovers her family's lifestyle has been funded by blood and seeks to protect herself and her loved ones.
- StarsStephen MoyerZoë TapperJason WatkinsA married ex police couple are asked by a police officer and their close friend to turn their remote Guest House into a Safe House.Series 2
- CreatorMark GatissSteven MoffatStarsBenedict CumberbatchMartin FreemanUna StubbsThe quirky spin on Conan Doyle's iconic sleuth pitches him as a "high-functioning sociopath" in modern-day London. Assisting him in his investigations: Afghanistan War vet John Watson, who's introduced to Holmes by a mutual acquaintance.Series 4
- StarsEmilia FoxDavid CavesWilliam GaminaraA team of exceptional forensic pathologists and scientists investigate heinous crimes and use their skills to catch the people responsible.Series 20
- StarsSam RileyJames CosmoRainer BockA British homicide detective investigates a murder in a German-occupied England in a parallel universe where the Nazis won World War II.
- CreatorNeil BiswasStan LeeStarsJames NesbittSienna GuilloryDarren BoydFrom the mind of comic book legend Stan Lee comes a bold new action crime series about a brilliant but flawed police officer with the power to control luck.Series 2
- StarsTom BurkeHolliday GraingerKerr LoganWar veteran turned private detective Cormoran Strike solves brutal murders with the help of his trusted partner Robin Ellacott.
- CreatorChips HardyTom HardySteven KnightStarsTom HardyDavid HaymanJonathan PryceAdventurer James Keziah Delaney returns to London during the War of 1812 to rebuild his late father's shipping empire. However, both the government and his biggest competitor want his inheritance at any cost--even murder.
- CreatorPeter BowkerStarsMax VentoLee InglebyChristopher EcclestonThe Hughes family work and love and fight like every other family. Then, their youngest son is diagnosed with autism and they don't feel like every other family anymore.Series 2
- StarsKeeley HawesJosh O'ConnorMilo ParkerLouisa Durrell raises her four children single-handedly after her husband's death. Following a financial crisis, the family moves to the Greek island of Corfu and tries to adapt to life there.Series 2
- StarsJessica BardenAlex LawtherSteve OramJames is 17 and is pretty sure he is a psychopath. Alyssa, also 17, is the cool and moody new girl at school. The pair make a connection and she persuades him to embark on a road trip in search of her real father.
- CreatorBarry LangfordBenjamin RossStarsSean BeanRichie CampbellTom WardInspector John Marlott investigates a series of crimes in 19th Century London, which may have been committed by a scientist intent on re-animating the dead.Series 2
- CreatorDan SeftonStarsAmanda RedmanDarshan JariwalaNimmi HarasgamaDoctor Ruby Walker arrives in India looking for a job and a distraction from her heartbreak. She anticipates the sunshine and picture-perfect beaches, but not the realities of work at an under-resourced hospital.
- CreatorCharlotte JonesStarsAnnabelle ApsionMark BentonJamie BlackleyThe story of a bustling and glamorous five star hotel at the center of London society and a world at war.
- StarsAlexander DreymonEliza ButterworthArnas FedaraviciusAs Alfred the Great defends his kingdom from Norse invaders, Uhtred--born a Saxon but raised by Vikings--seeks to claim his ancestral birthright.Series 2
- StarsJessie BuckleyJeremy Neumark JonesTom Glynn-CarneyAden 1965. This is the story of a British army unit quashing a Yemeni fight for independence in the Middle East and the women and children who were there with them.
- StarsJim McMeekinLaura FraserSiobhan FinneranThe search for a serial killer becomes a matter of life and death for detective Annie Redford, who is trying to cope with her first murder case.
- StarsAnya Taylor-JoyRomola GaraiHayley SquiresA young woman moves to 17th century Amsterdam and hires a mysterious local miniaturist to furnish the dollhouse she received from her merchant husband as a present, but the lifelike miniatures somehow start eerily foreshadowing her fate.
- StarsOny UhiaraSam OttoJessica GunningA look at the lives of four British citizens who join ISIS in Syria.
- StarsStephen DillaneClémence PoésyCédric VieiraA prominent French politician is found dead on the border between the U.K. and France, and two agents must work together on behalf of their respective countries to find the murderer.Series 3
- StarsMolly WindsorRia ZmitrowiczLiv HillThree young girls were groomed, sexually abused, and trafficked by a group of men in Rochdale, as well as the authorities failed to do anything about it.
- StarsMichelle KeeganLorne MacFadyenJessica MadsenBased on the memoirs of Tina Moore, this is the epic love story of football's original golden couple: an ordinary girl who falls for an ordinary boy only to be launched into an extraordinary life.
- CreatorDan SeftonStarsJodie WhittakerAlfred EnochEmun ElliottA hardworking nurse who loses her job for whistle-blowing is forced to take drastic measures to provide for her daughter.
- CreatorChris LangStarsSanjeev BhaskarJordan LongCarolina MainLondon detectives investigate crimes from the past, unravelling secrets left buried for years.Series 2
- StarsBrenda BlethynJon MorrisonRiley JonesWith her caustic wit and singular charm, DCI Vera Stanhope leads her team as they face a series of captivating murder mysteries set against the breathtaking Northumberland landscape.Series 7
- CreatorDaisy GoodwinStarsJenna ColemanAdrian SchillerTommy KnightThe early life of Queen Victoria, from her ascension to the throne at the tender age of 18 to her courtship and marriage to Prince Albert.Series 2
- CreatorDan SeftonStarsIain GlenDawn FrenchEmilia FoxA drama series about food, love and infidelity in Cornwall.Series 2
- CreatorMatthew HallStarsEve MylesBradley FreegardMark Lewis JonesFaith, a small-town Welsh lawyer, is forced to cut short her extended maternity leave when her husband and business partner, Evan, goes missing. As the truth of his actions surface, Faith must fight to protect her family and her sanity.
- StarsMorven ChristieVicky McClureRichard RankinA woman about to begin her maternity leave from work begins to suspect that her replacement is plotting to take over her life.