UK Television Prime Time Dramas 2024
TV Drama Series broadcast in 2024 produced in the UK or Ireland and shown in prime evening slots 7-10 pm in the UK. Two parts or more. (Includes shows premiered on Britbox, ITVX, Alibi and Acorn.)
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- StarsToby JonesMonica DolanJulie HesmondhalghOne of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British legal history where hundreds of innocent sub-postmasters and postmistresses were wrongly accused of theft, fraud and false accounting due to a defective IT system.
- CreatorDaniel GoldfarbStarsSarah LancashireDavid Hyde PierceBebe NeuwirthInspired by Julia Child's extraordinary life and her show The French Chef, which essentially invented food television.Series 2
- CreatorAnn McManusMaureen ChadwickStarsPhilip Martin BrownJason DoneChelsee HealeyContemporary drama series set in a challenging, diverse British secondary school.Series 13
- CreatorCharlie CovellIain WeatherbyStarsLindsay DuncanClarke PetersPeter EganA group of old friends reunited at a funeral make a drunken pact. Rather than let each other suffer a slow and painful decline they would engineer a dignified death. But what starts out as a fanciful idea soon morphs into shocking reality.
- CreatorHarry WilliamsJack WilliamsStarsJamie DornanDanielle MacdonaldGreg LarsenWhen a man wakes up in the Australian outback with no memory, he must use the few clues he has to discover his identity before his past catches up with him.Series 2
- CreatorSally LindsaySue VincentStarsSteve EdgeAlex GaumondSally LindsayAntiques expert moves to France suspicious of how her husband died and uses her skills to become a PI aiding the local police and simultaneously bonding with the town's popular taxi driver.Series 3
- CreatorHeidi ThomasStarsVanessa RedgraveLaura MainJenny AgutterChronicles the lives of a group of midwives living in East London in the late 1950s to late 1960s.Series 13
- StarsBrenda BlethynJon MorrisonRiley JonesWith her caustic wit and singular charm, DCI Vera Stanhope leads her team as they face a series of captivating murder mysteries set against the breathtaking Northumberland landscape.Series 13
- StarsEmilia FoxDavid CavesWilliam GaminaraA team of exceptional forensic pathologists and scientists investigate heinous crimes and use their skills to catch the people responsible.Series 27
- CreatorMick FordStarsSophie RundleMatt StokoeNicholas GleavesJoanna finds an unidentified man dead in a lift in a underground car park after a devastating flood, police assumes that he became trapped as the waters rose, but she is obsessed with discovering what happened to him.
- CreatorDaisy CoulamStarsRobson GreenTessa Peake-JonesAl WeaverA Cambridgeshire clergyman finds himself investigating a series of mysterious wrongdoings in his small village of Grantchester.Series 8 - Premiered on PBS in the US in July 2023
- CreatorDan SeftonStarsJames BuckleyFay RipleyNeil MorrisseyKeen detectorist Martin and his wheeler dealer soon to be son-in-law Ashley who, while on a boys bonding trip in the idyllic fields of rural Somerset, discover a hoard of buried Saxon treasure worth millions.
- CreatorDaniel BrierleyStarsVicky McClureEric ShangoNabil ElouahabiDrama series following Lana Washington, an experienced bomb disposal officer working for the Metropolitan Police.Series 2
- StarsPoppy Lee FriarPercelle AscottAlisha BaileyFollows Domino, who is a powerful young witch who is haunted by her need to feed on the energy of others.
- CreatorRobert ThorogoodStarsElizabeth BourgineDon WarringtonDanny John-JulesCultures collide when British Detective Inspector is transferred from England to the Caribbean island of Saint Marie to head the island's police department.Series 13
- CreatorRachael NewStarsKate PhillipsStuart MartinCathy BeltonWhen Eliza Scarlet's father dies, he leaves her penniless, but she resolves to continue his detective agency. To operate in a male-dominated world, though, she needs a partner - step forward a detective known as the Duke.Series 4
- CreatorCiaran DonnellyPeter McKennaStarsCharlie CoxClare DunneAidan GillenKin tells the story of a fictional Dublin family embroiled in gangland war and speaks to the enduring unbreakable bonds of blood and family.Series 2
- CreatorVictor LevinStarsDomhnall GleesonAndrea RiseboroughSunil PatelFollows the story of a 16-year relationship between two imperfect lovers and its highs and lows.
- CreatorDavid LeonStarsKara TointonAllen LeechCharlie Hodson-PriorRachel, a single mother and cleaner, is offered a better job by a wealthy businessman. She accepts, but grows suspicious of his motives as she becomes more involved in his affairs.
- StarsSteffan RhodriMali HarriesSophie MelvilleFollows the Driscolls, an ordinary family caught in between power struggles that forces them to leave the country they call home.
- StarsJoanne FroggattBhav JoshiDonna BanyaDrama series following a doctor looking after the most gravely unwell patients in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic.
- CreatorDaniel Lawrence TaylorStarsJosh TedekuJodie CampbellMyles KamwendoComedy drama following 5 underprivileged black students from inner-city London who win scholarships to an elite boarding school, stepping out of the urban metropolis and into a world they can only describe as something out of Harry Potter.
- CreatorD.C. MooreStarsJulianne MooreNicholas GalitzineTony CurranThe Countess of Buckingham who molded her son to seduce King James I and become his all-powerful lover, through intrigue, becoming richer, more titled and influential than England has ever seen.
- CreatorRobert ThorogoodStarsSamantha BondJo MartinCara HorganJudith, Suzie and Becks start an investigation. To assist with official police investigation, headed by Tanika, They must suspect witnesses, and face down real danger as they work against the clock to stop the killer in their tracks.
- CreatorPolly BuckleStarsRamon TikaramGerald KydNeil MorrisseyRecently divorced Emma enjoys a whirlwind holiday romance with hotel proprietor Niko on the paradise island of Cyprus. When she realises Niko has scammed her out of her life savings she enlists the help of her ex to get the money back.
- CreatorTony JordanRobert ThorogoodStarsKris MarshallSally BrettonZahra AhmadiHaving left Saint Marie to be with Martha, DI Humphrey Goodman starts a new life with her in Devon, bringing his unique brand of chaotic genius to the small, close-knit community.Series 2
- StarsJason WatkinsJonas ArmstrongClaire SkinnerSimon's neighborhood falls victim to the antics of a group of teenagers. Simon and his wife want to move their daughter to a safer area. He confronts the leader of the group, and a split-second decision changes everything.
- CreatorAndrew BuchanStarsWunmi MosakuDavid ThrelfallRowan RobinsonA close-knit community is sent spinning on its axis following a series of strange and unnatural crimes.
- StarsBarney WhiteBen MillerFrances de la TourProfessor Jasper Tempest, a genius Cambridge University criminologist with OCD and an overbearing mother, assists the police in solving crime.Series 3
- CreatorSteven KnightStarsLevi BrownJordan BolgerBen RoseAn Extended family and four young people are drawn into the world of ska and two-tone music, which exploded from the grass roots of Coventry and Birmingham in the late '70s and early '80s which united black, white and Asian youths.
- StarsLaura FraserMichael NardoneJennifer SpenceWhile attending an online forensic course, young lab assistant discovers that the fictitious case study has a link to her past. With the help of two female professors she works on bringing a killer to justice.Series 2
- CreatorMike BensonBarunka O'ShaughnessyStarsJill HalfpennyLee InglebyClaire GooseA family's desire for a fresh start unravels when their lodger's true identity is revealed, sparking a perilous journey to uncover dark family secrets and the cost of maternal love.
- CreatorWill TracyStarsKate WinsletMatthias SchoenaertsGuillaume GallienneKate Winslet stars in this limited series as the Chancellor of an unnamed Central European nation that is unraveling behind the palace walls.
- CreatorCaroline GrahamStarsJohn NettlesJane WymarkBarry JacksonA veteran Detective Chief Inspector and his young Sergeant investigate murders around the regional community of Midsomer County.Series 23
- CreatorDeclan LawnAdam PattersonLouise GallagherStarsNathan BraniffSian BrookeKatherine DevlinFollows rookie police officers working in Belfast, a city in which being a frontline response cop comes with unique pressures and dangers.Series 2
- CreatorPeter A. DowlingStarsRichard ArmitageJing LusiLesley SharpLondon police officer DC Hana Li is escorting Dr Matthew Nolan back to Beijing where he has been accused of a crime. However, on board flight 357, she finds herself embroiled in an escalating conspiracy and a growing number of murders.
- CreatorToby WhithouseStarsAnjli MohindraJames BamfordLu CorfieldCharacter-driven mystery-thriller, combining a powerful story of a knotty police investigation with chilling, atmospheric folk-horror through the island's eerie past devotion to a pagan God called the Red King and the cult of the True Way.Premiered on Alibi
- StarsRomario SimpsonHannah DonaldsonBhav JoshiLance Corporal arriving in Aberdeen as a new recruit with Police Scotland. After completing his last assignment with the Royal Military Police, Lindo dreams of becoming a detective at New Scotland Yard.Series 2
- CreatorTony SchumacherStarsMartin FreemanAdelayo AdedayoEmily FairnA crisis-stricken, morally-compromised first-responder tackles a series of night shifts on the beat in Liverpool.Series 2