British TV Dramas on Netflix
Last updated March 14, 2025
Shameless
2004 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsThis addictive series follows the Gallaghers -- a brood of six led by jobless single father Frank -- who live in public housing and are blissfully unaware of the family's dysfunction, while dad tries to maintain his sanity with help from a bottle.
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MI-5: Vol. 9
2010 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsVolume 9 reveals new Section D members. Former undercover mercenary Beth Bailey ensures smooth peace talks, former British Special Forces Officer Dimitri Levendis fights terrorism and university student Tariq Masood dazzles with his computer skills.
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Outcasts: Season 1
2011 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsAfter Earth's demise, a group of hardy survivors escape to the planet Carpathia to build a new civilization. But as they struggle to temper the usual human failings of lust and ambition, they discover that their new planet holds a terrifying secret.
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Outcasts
2011 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsSet in 2040, this BBC sci-fi drama focuses on the residents of the frontier town of Forthaven on the planet Carpathia -- a region colonized by a hardy group of settlers who rocketed away from Earth in the wake of war and nuclear devastation.
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Shameless: Series 2
2005 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsFrank is now expecting his seventh kid with valium-fuelled lover Sheila. On the back of a fiddled insurance claim, the Gallagher children have extended their home into next door. Fiona and Steve are now hopeful for a bit of privacy in the West Wing.
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Shameless: Series 3
2006 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsOff-his-head of the family, Frank, embarks on more misadventures despite the best efforts of his remarkably well-balanced children: Fiona, Lip, Ian, Debbie, Carl and Liam (plus the other two nippers from Frank's increasingly hazy lover, Sheila).
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Shameless: Series 4
2007 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsThe lives of the Gallagher children are thrown into disarray with the return of their supposedly gay mother, Monica. Meanwhile, the Maguires -- a local gangster family -- move in next door.
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Ultimate Force: Season 1
2002 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsDuring the first season of this program, recruits Jamie Dow and Alex Leonard join the SAS's elite team; Jamie is kidnapped during a violent ambush in Northern Ireland; hopeful SAS recruits face their toughest challenges and more.
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Ultimate Force: Season 2
2003 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsSeason 2 finds Jamie and Henno on board a ship to plant a tracker, but the operation goes wrong; the SAS might lose their leader when Dempsey is taken captive; Red Troop is called to a commune where Omega is holed up and more.
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Ultimate Force: Season 3
2005 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsIn Season 3 of this program, terrorists take passengers hostage on a Hong Kong-bound plane, Henno faces down the Al Qaeda when terrorists seize the Italian Consulate, Red Troop make an unofficial visit to Zimbabwe and more.
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Ultimate Force: Season 4
2006 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsDuring the fourth season of this program, Red Troop monitor a suspected weapons dealer who leads them into an armed stand-off, are dispatched to a former Soviet state to save kidnapped children and more.
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Ultimate Force
2002 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsThis covert combat series focuses on the Red Troop, an elite group of soldiers from the British military's Special Air Service group. The troop's risky missions include preventing assassinations and bombings, and infiltrating terror networks.
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MI-5: Vol. 10
2011 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsIn the wake of the revelations about Lucas North, Harry must reconsider the future of the team. Meanwhile, the MI-5 agents scramble to stop forces determined to sabotage Britain's fragile and newly formed alliance with Russia.
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Lip Service: Season 1
2010 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsTwo years after their relationship ended, former girlfriends Cat and Frankie are reunited in Glasgow and are now looking for new romance. But the question is, can these two really put the past -- and their love -- behind them?
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Lip Service: Season 2
2012 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsPassion reigns and Season 2 story lines sizzle as Cat and Frankie continue their heated affair behind the unsuspecting Sam's back. Meanwhile, Tess has her hands full with various dating adventures as well as a difficult colleague.
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Lip Service
2010 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 Stars"Lip Service" is an irreverent and poignant drama series that focuses on the romantic lives of young gay women in contemporary Glasgow. Frankie, Cat and Tess were at university together, and in the subsequent years, were all swept into relationships.
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Hotel Babylon: Season 1
2006 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsRebecca Mitchell and her staff at the Hotel Babylon cater to the whims of their rich and famous guests -- regardless of their less-than-stellar behavior -- in this series inspired by the novel by Imogen Edwards-Jones.
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Hotel Babylon: Season 3
2008 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsReturn to London's posh Hotel Babylon, where newly installed manager Charlie Edwards and his staff cope with a hostage crisis, an underage prostitute and two movies being filmed at the hotel -- one of them pornographic.
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Hotel Babylon: Season 2
2007 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsHotel manager Rebecca Mitchell has her hands full this season as a cult leader plots Armageddon from his suite, a tycoon tries to take over the hotel and a businessman threatens to jump from the roof.
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Hotel Babylon: Season 4
2008 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsThe staff of London's posh Hotel Babylon has their hands full as they pamper spoiled celebrities, seek hidden jewels, thwart deadly mobsters and otherwise cater to their well-heeled clientele.
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Hotel Babylon
2006 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsHardships abound for the wealthy and spoiled clientele of one of London's poshest hotels, as witnessed behind the scenes by the men and women who must serve them as employees of Hotel Babylon.
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Line of Duty: Season 1
2012 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsAfter Detective Sergeant Steve Arnott is transferred to an anti-corruption unit following an accidental shooting during a counterterrorist operation, he and Detective Constable Kate Fleming lead an investigation into an officer's alleged corruption.
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Line of Duty
2012 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsDS Steve Arnott is transferred to a police anticorruption unit after he refuses to be part of a cover-up involving an accidental shooting. There, he partners with DC Kate Fleming to investigate a fellow officer.
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Mad Dogs: Series 1
2011 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsFour childhood pals are invited to an island off the coast of Spain to celebrate the retirement of their wealthy friend. But their trip quickly becomes a convoluted nightmare of lies, deception and murder.
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Mad Dogs: Series 2
2012 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsFour long-time friends get together to celebrate the early retirement of a fifth friend. However, the group find themselves caught up in a world of crime and police corruption after he's murdered.
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