British TV Shows on Netflix
Last updated April 20, 2025
Survivors: Series 1
2008 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsWhen a lethal flu virus ravages the global population, Abby Grant begins a search for her missing son and soon becomes the leader of a small group of survivors trying to live in a world thrown into chaos.
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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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The Planets
1999 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsIn this BBC documentary series, the solar system is front and center as interviews with scientists from around the globe, computer-generated images, and archival footage reveal information about space exploration, the sun, atmosphere and more. The comprehensive program also features famed astrophysicist-author Carl Sagan's theories as well as moonwalkers Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong discussing their historic 1969 journey.
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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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The Planets
1999 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsTake a thrilling guided tour of our solar system in this documentary series, which examines cutting-edge scientific discoveries about the planets, explores the origin and fate of the sun, considers the possibility of life on other worlds and more.
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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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Fawlty Towers
1975 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsHaughty, misadventure-prone Basil Fawlty and his bossy wife, Sybil, try to raise the profile of their "English Riviera" operation -- the Fawlty Towers Hotel -- but never-ending misunderstandings arise, leading to constant farcical lunacy.
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Attenborough in Paradise
1996 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsRenowned naturalist David Attenborough takes viewers on journeys through some of the world's most fascinating and vivid natural wonders in this collection of seven of his television specials.
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Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State
2005 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsThis six-part documentary series tackles one of World War II's -- and history's -- most disquieting and repugnant subjects: the Holocaust and its infamous killing factory, the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
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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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