British drama television series

Garrow's Law

Series Age rating: n/a Year: 2009 IMDB Rating: 8.3

The true tale of pioneering 18th century barrister William Garrow, who acted as counsel for the accused, introducing the concept of 'innocent until proved guilty' at London's Old Bailey.

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Penny Dreadful

Series Age rating: 17 Year: 2014 IMDB Rating: 8.2

Some of literature's most terrifying characters, including Dr. Frankenstein, Dorian Gray, and iconic figures from the novel Dracula are lurking in the darkest corners of Victorian London. Penny Dreadf...

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The Tunnel

Series Age rating: 15 Year: 2013 IMDB Rating: 7.9

The plot follows detectives Karl Roebuck and Elise Wasserman working together to find a serial killer who left the upper-half body of a French politician and the lower-half of a British prostitute in...

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Maigret

Series Age rating: n/a Year: 1960 IMDB Rating: 7.9

BBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector Maigret, a French police detective who preferred to watch and listen in order to solve crimes. The series ran...

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Afterlife

Series Age rating: 12 Year: 2005 IMDB Rating: 7.9

University lecturer Robert Bridge becomes involved in a series of supernatural events surrounding medium Alison Mundy.

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Any Human Heart

Series Age rating: n/a Year: 2010 IMDB Rating: 7.8

Logan Mountstuart, writer and adventurer, narrates his life, from the Paris of the twenties to the eighties in London, passing through the New York of the fifties.

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How Green Was My Valley

Series Age rating: 7 Year: 1975 IMDB Rating: 7.8

Life is harsh but uncomplicated and happy for the Morgan family in their coal mining village in the Rhondda Valleys. But as the 20th century approaches, the younger generation is restless.

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Banished

Series Age rating: 16 Year: 2015 IMDB Rating: 7.4

At its heart, Banished is a story of survival. Though it is set in the stark historical reality of the founding of the penal colony in Australia in 1788 after the arrival of the First Fleet, it is not...

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