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Best BBC shows: All the best dramas on BBC iPlayer

From all-time classics to the very best new drama series, discover what you've been missing on BBC iPlayer.

Steffan Rhodri in a blue polo, shouting with his arm outstretched in a room full of people

It sure has been a great start to the year with plenty of shows landing on BBC iPlayer to nurse us through the cold and windy months.

Recently, the second season of Irish character-driven crime drama Kin has landed on iPlayer, meaning another dose of the Kinsellas, a Dublin crime family who face a seemingly impossible gangland war.

Brand new drama The Way is also available to watch in full, although it’s currently also airing weekly on BBC One, marking the directorial debut for Michael Sheen. The new series sees the Driscoll family in the middle of a civil war after a shocking death rocks their small industrial town.

The cast boasts the likes of Steffan Rhodri (Men Up) and Callum Scott Howells (It’s A Sin), but is sure is to be unlike anything you’ve seen on BBC as of late.

A similarly new release that is a welcome shake-up to the usual schedule of hard-hitting dramas is new series Boarders.

While this comedy-drama may go under the radar, it’s well worth a watch and follows five Black students who are given scholarships to enter St Gilbert’s, a prestigious sixth form that is in serious crisis control after a controversial video of their students goes viral. The episodes deal with themes like racism and stereotyping, but the series doesn’t feel heavy at all, delivering some seriously funny lines that will stick with you after watching.

But of course, there’s plenty more to get stuck into on the platform that aren’t just the latest releases. Lest we forget standout hits like Happy Valley, true crime drama The Gold, dark mystery series Wolf, Vigil season 2 or action-thriller Boat Story, to name a few.

If you fancy watching any of these right now, they’re available at the click of a button on BBC iPlayer, with plenty more boxsets of classic series and iconic modern shows available to binge your way through.

We’ve put together a list of all the best series available right now, so you can find something to suit you without all that endless scrolling, whether you’re a thriller fan or are more into sci-fi or period dramas.

Read on for our top BBC drama picks.

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