British science fiction television shows

Black Mirror

Series Age rating: 17 Year: 2011 IMDB Rating: 8.7

Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to stop and question it. In every home; on every desk; in every palm - a plasma screen; a mon...

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The Prisoner

Series Age rating: 9 Year: 1967 IMDB Rating: 8.5

After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre Kafkaesque prison. His warders demand information. He gives them nothing, but only...

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Years and Years

Series Age rating: 15 Year: 2019 IMDB Rating: 8.3

As Britain is rocked by unstable political, economic and technological advances, members of the Lyons family converge on one crucial night in 2019. Over the next 15 years, the twists and turns of thei...

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Misfits

Series Age rating: 15 Year: 2009 IMDB Rating: 8.2

When five young outsiders on Community Service get caught in a strange storm, they discover that they have developed superpowers.

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Blake's 7

Series Age rating: 7 Year: 1978 IMDB Rating: 8

A group of convicts and outcasts fight a guerrilla war against the totalitarian Terran Federation from a highly advanced alien spaceship.

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Series Age rating: 6 Year: 1981 IMDB Rating: 8

Don't Panic! The story of Arthur Dent, an average Englishman who life was spared by his friend, who turned out to be an alien, while the planet Earth is destroyed. His friend tells him about the Hitch...

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Humans

Series Age rating: 12 Year: 2015 IMDB Rating: 7.9

In a parallel present where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a 'Synth' - a highly-developed robotic servant that's so similar to a real human it's transforming the way we live.

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Timeslip

Series Age rating: n/a Year: 1970 IMDB Rating: 7.9

Simon Randall and Liz Skinner discover the existence of a strange anomaly, known as the “Time Barrier”, that enables them to travel in time to different historical periods in alternate pasts and futur...

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Sapphire & Steel

Series Age rating: 7 Year: 1979 IMDB Rating: 7.9

Sapphire & Steel is a British television science-fiction fantasy series starring David McCallum as Steel and Joanna Lumley as Sapphire. Produced by ATV, it ran from 1979 to 1982 on the ITV network. Th...

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