British TV Dramas on Netflix
Last updated March 14, 2025
Wallander: Series 1
2008 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsKenneth Branagh delivers a bravura performance as Swedish sleuth Kurt Wallander in three stories drawn from Henning Mankell's best-sellers.With violence on the rise in once-peaceful Ystad, the dour detective battles crime as well as personal demons.
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Life on Mars (UK): Series 2
2007 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsWhile butting heads with his chain-smoking, bigoted and dangerously dodgy colleagues, Sam is slowly beginning to discover a chilling meaning behind everything that's happened. Will he ever find a way to get back home?
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Survivors: Series 2
2010 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsAt a sealed-off "safe" area, scientists are eager to learn how Abby survived the global pandemic that claimed most of the planet's population. Elsewhere, Anya and Al remain pinned under debris in a crumbling hospital.
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Torchwood
2006 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsA spinoff from the long-running "Doctor Who," this wild sci-fi series chronicles the exploits of the mysterious Capt. Jack Harkness, who leads the Torchwood Institute team in the fight against hostile alien life forms.
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Masterpiece Mystery!: Poirot: Murder on the Orient Express
2010 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsHercule Poirot (David Suchet) faces one of his most baffling cases when an overbearing American businessman turns up stabbed to death aboard the &NFi;Orient Express&NFi_;, a pan-European train that becomes stuck in a snowdrift en route from Istanbul. With no help available from the outside, Poirot must rely on his famous "little grey cells" to ferrett out the killer. Philip Martin directs this adaptation of the classic Agatha Christie whodunit.
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Being Human: Series 2
2010 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsBlending elements of the supernatural with everyday life, this series centers on a trio of unlikely roommates. In Series 2, Annie takes a new job at a pub and starts dating one of the customers, and George accidentally turns someone into a werewolf.
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Survivors
2008 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsWhen a deadly strain of flu decimates the world's population, a scrappy group of survivors find themselves struggling to exist in a world devoid of electricity, running water and government services.
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Being Human (U.K.)
2009 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsTrying to fit into modern society is a vexing -- and often impossible -- challenge for a genius werewolf, a flighty ghost and an urbane vampire who share a household in this engaging supernatural drama.
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Wallander: Series 2
2010 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsKenneth Branagh returns as sharp but sensitive detective Kurt Wallander in this collection of three mysteries based on the best-selling novels by Swedish author Hanning Mankell. The series finds Wallander investigating a number of puzzling murders.
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Masterpiece Mystery!: Wallander
2008 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsIn a picturesque and once-peaceful province of southern Sweden, disillusioned police inspector Kurt Wallander probes a shocking spate of baffling murders whose victims include a cab driver, an elderly couple and a bird watcher.
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Life on Mars (U.K.)
2006 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsThis intriguing drama mixes sci-fi with a police procedural as DCI Sam Tyler is thrust from 2006 to 1973 after a traffic accident. As he continues to work cases, Tyler wonders whether he's insane, is in a coma or has really traveled through time.
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Kingdom
2007 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsStephen Fry stars as Peter Kingdom, a Norfolk solicitor whose quirky clientele supplies him with a bounty of unusual cases, which he juggles with tending to his unbalanced half-sister, Beatrice, and searching for their long-lost brother.
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Being Human: Series 3
2011 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsAs this supernatural drama's third series gets underway, George is arrested just before a full moon, while Mitchell is drawn into a desperate and dangerous attempt to save Annie from permanent exile in purgatory.
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Upstairs, Downstairs: Series 1
2010 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsSir Hallam Holland and his wife have bought the iconic London townhouse at 165 Eaton Place. Set in historical Britain with sexual, social and political tensions, this new series provides a glimpse at the master-servant relationship.
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Torchwood: Miracle Day
2011 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsThe sci-fi hit "Torchwood" -- spun off from the venerable "Dr. Who" series -- spins out another spacey epic, featuring familiar characters and a bizarre metaphysical proposition, as well as romantic troubles for Captain Jack Harkness.
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Masterpiece Mystery!: Poirot: Three Act Tragedy
2010 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsPiercingly brilliant detective Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party at which a good-natured cleric dies, apparently accidentally, although the exact cause cannot be determined. When two more similar deaths occur, it's up to Poirot to find the link.
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Masterpiece Classic: Wuthering Heights
2009 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsEmily Brontë's sweeping tale of romance set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire moors gets the "Masterpiece" treatment in this lush made-for-television adaptation starring Charlotte Riley and Tom Hardy.
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Kingdom: Series 1
2007 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsCounty solicitor Peter Kingdom takes on a string of quirky legal cases for the offbeat residents of Market Shipborough, including the kidnapping of a local child and a clash between a gas company and sheep owners over land.
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Kingdom: Series 2
2008 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsSet a year after the end of Series 1, Series 2 begins with life-changing news from Beatrice and the return of Peter's long-missing brother, Simon. Meanwhile, Peter handles cases pertaining to an injured dog and stolen scientific research.
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Kingdom: Series 3
2009 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsCounty solicitor Peter Kingdom (Stephen Fry) returns for a third season to handle the legal cases of small-town Market Shipborough's quirky residents while dealing with the antics of his unstable sister, Beatrice (Hermione Norris).
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Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
1992 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsWhen a woman is poisoned at the village fete at Gossington Hall, the police deduce the intended victim was film star Marina Gregg. Then another woman is murdered. Can Miss Marple succeed where the police have failed?
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Wallander: Series 3
2012 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsWallander finds the remains of a woman in his own back yard, gets entangled in corruption when he joins a manhunt in Latvia, and must help his daughter's childhood friend break away from a religious fanatic in these three intriguing stories.
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Being Human: Series 4
2012 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsSeason 4 opens in the aftermath of the Season 3 finale in which Mitchell fell victim to the wolf-shaped bullet. Written and created by Toby Whithouse, the series features Damian Malony as new lead vampire Hal and Lenora Crichlow as Annie.
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Upstairs, Downstairs
2010 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsSir Hallam Holland and his wife have bought the iconic London townhouse at 165 Eaton Place. Set in historical Britain with sexual, social and political tensions, this new series provides a glimpse on the master-servant relationship.
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Derek: Season 1
2012 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsWhile filming at a nursing home, a documentary crew's cameras capture the life of socially awkward caregiver Derek Noakes, a 49-year-old bachelor whose passions include Jesus Christ, animals and autographs.
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