IrishManDC's TV Series Picks
by IrishManDC | created - 19 Oct 2014 | updated - 5 months ago | PublicTV Series that I recommend
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1. Sherlock (2010–2017)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The 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.
Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Una Stubbs, Rupert Graves
Votes: 999,453
2. The Bridge (2011–2018)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
When a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border, Danish inspector Martin Rohde and Swedish Saga Norén have to share jurisdiction and work together to find the killer.
Stars: Sofia Helin, Rafael Pettersson, Sarah Boberg, Candice van Litsenborgh
Votes: 76,855
3. Peaky Blinders (2013–2022)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama
A gangster family epic set in 1900s England, centering on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby.
Stars: Cillian Murphy, Paul Anderson, Sophie Rundle, Helen McCrory
Votes: 650,492
4. Happy Valley (2014–2023)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Yorkshire-based crime drama centering on the personal and professional life of Police Sergeant Catherine Cawood.
Stars: Sarah Lancashire, Siobhan Finneran, James Norton, Rhys Connah
Votes: 64,662
5. The Returned (2012–2015)
TV-MA | 418 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
In a small French mountain town where everyone knows each other, the dead begin to inexplicably return as if their death never happened. Forcing the townsfolk to confront their difficult past as they seek to understand this phenomenon.
Stars: Anne Consigny, Clotilde Hesme, Frédéric Pierrot, Céline Sallette
Votes: 21,327
6. Forbrydelsen (2007–2012)
TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Police detective Sarah Lund investigates difficult cases with personal and political consequences.
Stars: Sofie Gråbøl, Morten Suurballe, Lars Mikkelsen, Bjarne Henriksen
Votes: 30,211
7. Love/Hate (2010–2014)
18+ | 51 min | Crime, Drama
The story of the organized crime scene of Dublin is revealed, centered on Darren, who wants to stay out of trouble but ends up returning to his old habits and his old gang.
Stars: Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Killian Scott, Aoibhinn McGinnity, Charlie Murphy
Votes: 8,336
8. Gavin & Stacey (2007–2024)
TV-14 | 29 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Gavin and Stacey have been continuing their romance on-line and by telephone for the last six months. Now they want to be together but will their friends and family let them?
Stars: Joanna Page, Mathew Horne, Alison Steadman, Ruth Jones
Votes: 22,731
9. The Fall (I) (2013–2016)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A seemingly cold but very passionate policewoman goes head to head with a seemingly passionate father who is in fact a cold serial killer in this procedural out of Belfast. The only thing they share is their common complexity.
Stars: Gillian Anderson, Jamie Dornan, John Lynch, Aisling Franciosi
Votes: 119,736
10. The Code (2014–2016)
TV-MA | 54 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Two Canberra based brothers become entangled in a cover up that involves a remote outback community and key members of the Australian Government.
Stars: Dan Spielman, Ashley Zukerman, Adele Perovic, Michael Denkha
Votes: 4,526
11. Extras (2005–2007)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
Andy Millman is an actor with ambition and a script. Reduced to working as an extra with a useless agent, Andy's attempts to boost his career invariably end in failure and embarrassment.
Stars: Ricky Gervais, Ashley Jensen, Stephen Merchant, Shaun Williamson
Votes: 60,403
12. Band of Brothers (2001)
TV-MA | 59 min | Drama, History, War
The story of Easy Company of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division and their mission in World War II Europe, from Operation Overlord to V-J Day.
Stars: Scott Grimes, Damian Lewis, Ron Livingston, Shane Taylor
Votes: 527,745
13. The Office (2001–2003)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
The story of an office that faces closure when the company decides to downsize its branches. A documentary film crew follow staff and the manager David Brent as they continue their daily lives.
Stars: Ricky Gervais, Martin Freeman, Mackenzie Crook, Lucy Davis
Votes: 123,210
14. Seven Up! (1964 TV Movie)
40 min | Documentary, Biography, Reality-TV
In this the first installment, we get a chance to meet some of the individuals who took on the responsibility of the 7 Up project, 21-years-ago - Tony, Bruce, Suzi, Nick and Peter.
Director: Paul Almond | Stars: Douglas Keay, Bruce Balden, Jacqueline Bassett, Symon Basterfield
Votes: 4,363
15. Cheers (1982–1993)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Drama
The regulars of the Boston bar "Cheers" share their experiences and lives with each other while drinking or working at the bar where everybody knows your name.
Stars: Ted Danson, Rhea Perlman, John Ratzenberger, George Wendt
Votes: 62,098
16. The Fast Show (1994–2014)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy
UK comedy sketch show depicting most forms of stereotypical British society.
Stars: Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson, Arabella Weir, Simon Day
Votes: 5,230
17. Cracker (1993–1996)
TV-MA | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Dr Edward "Fitz" Fitzgerald is a criminal psychologist. He is rather anti-social and obnoxious but he has a gift for solving crimes. Thus he is employed as a consultant by the Manchester Police.
Stars: Robbie Coltrane, Geraldine Somerville, Kieran O'Brien, Barbara Flynn
Votes: 7,878
18. Breaking Bad (2008–2013)
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer turns to manufacturing and selling methamphetamine with a former student in order to secure his family's future.
Stars: Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Betsy Brandt
Votes: 2,138,633
19. The Sopranos (1999–2007)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama
New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano deals with personal and professional issues in his home and business life that affect his mental state, leading him to seek professional psychiatric counseling.
Stars: James Gandolfini, Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli
Votes: 471,906
20. The Shield (2002–2008)
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Drama series following the lives and cases of dirty cop Vic Mackey and the corrupt LAPD unit under his command.
Stars: Michael Chiklis, Catherine Dent, Walton Goggins, Michael Jace
Votes: 88,185
21. Nurse Jackie (2009–2015)
TV-MA | 27 min | Comedy, Drama
A drug-addicted nurse struggles to find a balance between the demands of her frenetic job at a New York City hospital and an array of personal dramas.
Stars: Edie Falco, Merritt Wever, Paul Schulze, Dominic Fumusa
Votes: 29,345
22. Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 (2009 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 102 min | Crime, Drama, History
Rookie journalist Eddie Dunford is determined to find the truth in an increasingly complex maze of lies and deceit surrounding the police investigation into a series of child abductions.
Director: Julian Jarrold | Stars: Andrew Garfield, David Morrissey, John Henshaw, Anthony Flanagan
Votes: 13,688
23. The State Within (2006)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After a plane explodes over Washington D.C. panic begins to envelop the British embassy, and its ambassador to the U.S. Mark Brydon finds himself caught up in a potentially damaging diplomatic incident.
Stars: Jason Isaacs, Ben Daniels, Eva Birthistle, Neil Pearson
Votes: 2,445
24. Carlos (2010)
Not Rated | 111 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The story of Venezuelan revolutionary Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raided the 1975 OPEC meeting.
Stars: Edgar Ramírez, Alexander Scheer, Fadi Abi Samra, Karam Ghossein
Votes: 14,415 | Gross: $0.15M
25. Derek (2012–2014)
TV-MA | 23 min | Comedy, Drama
Derek is a loyal nursing home care assistant who sees only the good in his quirky co-workers as they struggle against prejudice and shrinking budgets to care for their elderly residents.
Stars: Ricky Gervais, Kerry Godliman, David Earl, Tim Barlow
Votes: 35,603
26. Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000–2024)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy
Larry David stars as an over-the-top version of himself in this comedy series that shows how seemingly trivial details of day-to-day life can precipitate a catastrophic chain of events.
Stars: Larry David, Cheryl Hines, Jeff Garlin, Susie Essman
Votes: 147,614
27. Glenroe (1983–2001)
30 min | Drama
A weekly drama serial telling the lives of the people who live in the Wicklow village of Glenroe. The series, which started in 1983, quickly shot to the top of the Irish TV charts, and remained there until the show ended in 2001.
Stars: Geraldine Plunkett, Emmet Bergin, Mick Lally, Robert Carrickford
Votes: 130
28. Minder (1979–1994)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley. Can his ex-boxer bodyguard Terry stay level-headed whilst working for the King of Dodgy Deals?
Stars: George Cole, Glynn Edwards, Dennis Waterman, Gary Webster
Votes: 2,835
29. Blackadder (1982–1983)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
In the Middle Ages, Prince Edmund the Black Adder constantly schemes and endeavors to seize the crown from his father and brother.
Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Brian Blessed, Elspet Gray, Tim McInnerny
Votes: 41,101
30. Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993)
TV-PG | 55 min | Comedy
Bertram Wooster, a well-intentioned, wealthy layabout, has a habit of getting himself into trouble and it's up to his brilliant valet, Jeeves, to get him out.
Stars: Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Richard Dixon, Robert Daws
Votes: 13,152
31. Ros na Rún (1996– )
25 min | Drama
Irish language "soap" set in an imaginary Connemara village.
Stars: Macdara Ó Fátharta, Fionnuala Ní Fhlatharta, Máire Eilish Ní Fhlatharta, Pól Ó Griofa
Votes: 82
32. Doc Martin (2004–2022)
TV-14 | 46 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The 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.
Stars: Martin Clunes, Caroline Catz, Ian McNeice, Joe Absolom
Votes: 20,245
33. The Big C (2010–2013)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
A suburban mother faces her cancer diagnosis while trying to find humor and happiness as well.
Stars: Laura Linney, Oliver Platt, Gabriel Basso, John Benjamin Hickey
Votes: 15,736
34. John Adams (2008)
TV-14 | 71 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of one of the USA's Founding Fathers, its second President, and his role in the nation's first 50 years.
Stars: Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney, John Dossett, Stephen Dillane
Votes: 36,656
35. The Pacific (2010)
TV-MA | 53 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The Pacific Theatre of World War II, as seen through the eyes of several young Marines.
Stars: James Badge Dale, Joseph Mazzello, Jon Seda, Ashton Holmes
Votes: 130,168
36. Mad Men (2007–2015)
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama
A drama about one of New York's most prestigious ad agencies at the beginning of the 1960s, focusing on one of the firm's most mysterious but extremely talented ad executives, Donald Draper.
Stars: Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones
Votes: 260,712
37. Only Fools and Horses (1981–2003)
TV-PG | 95 min | Comedy
Comedy that follows two brothers from London's rough Peckham estate as they wheel and deal through a number of dodgy deals and search for the big score that'll make them millionaires.
Stars: David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Roger Lloyd Pack, Buster Merryfield
Votes: 56,736
38. All Creatures Great and Small (1978–1990)
TV-PG | 50 min | Comedy, Drama
The trials and misadventures of the staff of a country veterinary office in Yorkshire from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Stars: Christopher Timothy, Robert Hardy, Peter Davison, Lynda Bellingham
Votes: 4,402
39. Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019)
TV-MA | 59 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Convicted of a decade-old crime of transporting drug money, ordinarily law-abiding Piper Chapman is sentenced to 18 months behind bars and quickly discovers the realities of life-changing prison time.
Stars: Taylor Schilling, Danielle Brooks, Taryn Manning, Emma Myles
Votes: 320,290
40. The Great Train Robbery (2013)
Not Rated | 90 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A two-part drama which portrays The Great Train Robbery of 8 August 1963, firstly from the point of view of the robbers and then from the point of view of the police who set out to identify and catch the robbers.
Stars: Robert Glenister, Jack Roth, Paul Anderson, Luke Evans
Votes: 4,981
41. Black Mirror (2011– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Featuring 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.
Stars: Wunmi Mosaku, Monica Dolan, Daniel Lapaine, Hannah John-Kamen
Votes: 640,549
42. Catastrophe (2015–2019)
TV-MA | 601 min | Comedy
American man Rob gets Irish woman Sharon pregnant when they hook up for a week while he is on a business trip in London.
Stars: Sharon Horgan, Rob Delaney, Mark Bonnar, Ashley Jensen
Votes: 23,715
43. This Way Up (2019– )
25 min | Comedy
A young woman puts her life back together after suffering from a nervous breakdown.
Stars: Aisling Bea, Sharon Horgan, Tobias Menzies, Indira Varma
Votes: 8,173
44. Bad Sisters (2022– )
TV-MA | 53 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
The Garvey sisters are bound together by their parents' deaths and a promise to always protect one another.
Stars: Sharon Horgan, Claes Bang, Eve Hewson, Sarah Greene
Votes: 34,748
45. Boiling Point (2023– )
237 min | Drama, Thriller
Head chef Carly and her team juggle the challenges of running a new restaurant Point North.
Stars: Vinette Robinson, Izuka Hoyle, Hannah Walters, Hannah Traylen
Votes: 3,777
46. Sex Education (2019–2023)
TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A teenage boy with a sex therapist mother teams up with a high school classmate to set up an underground sex therapy clinic at school.
Stars: Asa Butterfield, Gillian Anderson, Ncuti Gatwa, Emma Mackey
Votes: 351,696
47. The Woman in the Wall (2023–2024)
TV-MA | Drama, Thriller
Lorna Brady wakes one morning to find a corpse in her house with no idea who the dead woman is. She doubts herself, because she has long suffered from extreme bouts of sleepwalking.
Stars: Ruth Wilson, Daryl McCormack, Simon Delaney, Philippa Dunne
Votes: 5,597
48. Best Interests (2023)
Drama
Follows a family driven apart by having to make choices no parent would ever want to make.
Stars: Sharon Horgan, Niamh Moriarty, Michael Sheen, Alison Oliver
Votes: 1,026
49. Starstruck (2021–2023)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Romance
A millennial in London is juggling two dead-end jobs and navigating the awkward morning-after-the-night-before when she discovers the complications of accidentally sleeping with a film star.
Stars: Rose Matafeo, Nikesh Patel, Emma Sidi, Al Roberts
Votes: 8,608
50. The Wrong Mans (2013–2014)
29 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Sam Pinkett and Phil Bourne, Berkshire County administration officials, find their lives altered by a case of mistaken identity.
Stars: Mathew Baynton, James Corden, Sarah Solemani, Dawn French
Votes: 7,917
51. A Spy Among Friends (2022)
TV-MA | 55 min | Drama, Thriller
In England in 1963, Nicholas Elliott works for MI6 but is left in turmoil when he learns his close friend and colleague Kim Philby had been secretly working as a double agent for the KGB and has defected to the Soviet Union.
Stars: Guy Pearce, Damian Lewis, Anna Maxwell Martin, Adrian Edmondson
Votes: 6,229
52. Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland (2023)
Documentary, History, War
Twenty-five years on from a peace agreement being reached, Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland shares intimate, unheard testimonies from all sides of the conflict.
Votes: 930
53. Black Ops (2023– )
Comedy, Thriller
Follows the story of Dom and Kay, who join the Met Police in the hope of cleaning up their community but are unwittingly thrust into the murky world of deep cover infiltration as they become part of a powerful criminal enterprise.
Stars: Felicity Montagu, Hammed Animashaun, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Akemnji Ndifornyen
Votes: 686
54. Colin from Accounts (2022– )
TV-MA | 27 min | Comedy
Ashley and Gordon, two single-ish, complex humans who are brought together by a car accident and an injured dog. Flawed, funny people choosing each other and being brave enough to show their true selves and navigate life together.
Stars: Tai Hara, Patrick Brammall, Harriet Dyer, Zak
Votes: 9,006
55. Swarm (2023)
18+ | 34 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A young woman's obsession with a pop star takes a dark turn.
Stars: Dominique Fishback, Chloe Bailey, Nirine S. Brown, Karen Rodriguez
Votes: 15,386
56. Rap Sh!t (2022–2023)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Music
A female rap group from outside of Miami trying to make it in the music industry.
Stars: Aida Osman, KaMillion, Jonica Booth, RJ Cyler
Votes: 2,323
57. Reacher (2022– )
TV-MA | 50 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Itinerant former military policeman Jack Reacher solves crimes and metes out his own brand of street justice. Based on the novels by Lee Child.
Stars: Alan Ritchson, Maria Sten, Malcolm Goodwin, Willa Fitzgerald
Votes: 212,061
58. Wednesday (2022– )
TV-14 | 45 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Follows Wednesday Addams' years as a student, when she attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a killing spree, and solve the mystery that embroiled her parents.
Stars: Jenna Ortega, Emma Myers, Hunter Doohan, Percy Hynes White
Votes: 362,241
59. The Bear (2022– )
TV-MA | 35 min | Comedy, Drama
A young chef from the fine dining world returns to Chicago to run his family's sandwich shop.
Stars: Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri, Liza Colón-Zayas, Ebon Moss-Bachrach
Votes: 212,840
60. The Thaw (2022– )
TV-14 | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The body of a young woman is discovered in the icy river. The investigation is led by Zawieja for whom solving the case will be a fight for herself.
Stars: Katarzyna Wajda, Bartlomiej Kotschedoff, Juliusz Chrzastowski, Andrzej Grabowski
Votes: 2,408
61. Andor (2022– )
TV-14 | 40 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Prequel series to Star Wars' 'Rogue One'. In an era filled with danger, deception and intrigue, Cassian will embark on the path that is destined to turn him into a Rebel hero.
Stars: Diego Luna, Kyle Soller, Stellan Skarsgård, Genevieve O'Reilly
Votes: 165,292
62. The Mandalorian (2019– )
TV-14 | 40 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The travels of a lone bounty hunter in the outer reaches of the galaxy, far from the authority of the New Republic.
Stars: Pedro Pascal, Chris Bartlett, Katee Sackhoff, Carl Weathers
Votes: 587,458
63. Marriage (2022)
TV-14 | 57 min | Drama
Follows Ian and Emma, a married couple, who deal with the ups and downs of their 30-year long marriage.
Stars: Sean Bean, Nicola Walker, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Chantelle Alle
Votes: 2,537
64. The Split (2018–2022)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama
The Defoes, a family of female divorce lawyers, are forced to face their past following the return of their estranged father after a 30-year absence.
Stars: Nicola Walker, Stephen Mangan, Annabel Scholey, Fiona Button
Votes: 10,391
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