❚ We may earn commission from links on this page. Our editorial is always independent (learn more).
Best BBC shows: All the best dramas on BBC iPlayer
86 items
Showing 1 to 24 of 86 results
- Docudrama examining the true story of George and Kathy Lutz, whose move into a dream home in 1975 turned into a nightmare. Those closest to the terror share their stories
- A disenchanted journalist is ordered to write a follow-up piece a year after a mass shooting of five parishioners by a priest. Drama, starring Luke Arnold
- Death Valley
Comedy
Crime/detective
Comic crime drama about a detective who teams up with the retired actor who played her cop show hero to crack a case. Starring Timothy Spall and Gwyneth Keyworth - Historical drama based on Gill Hornby's novel, starring Keeley Hawes as Jane Austen's sister, who attempts to conceal the author's secrets years after her death. Also starring Alfred Enoch
- Crime thriller with Adrian Dunbar, Martin Compston and Vicky McClure about a police anti-corruption unit led by Superintendent Ted Hastings. Each series follows one multi-stranded inquiry.
- When a murder occurs in an ex-mining town, DCS Ian St Clair is called to investigate. Drama starring David Morrissey.
- Jonathan Harden, Sian Brooke and Katherine Devlin star in a procedural drama following three new recruits to Belfast's police force.
- A couple are driven apart over the decision whether to stop care for their daughter's deteriorating health in a poignant drama starring Sharon Horgan and Michael Sheen.
- Two hard-up strangers stumble across a haul of cocaine on a shipwrecked boat. After agreeing to sell it and split the cash, they become entangled with police, masked hitmen and a sharp-suited gangster known as 'The Tailor'.
- After living in the UK for 50 years, Anthony Bryan is called in by his manager at the care home where he works and told she has received a letter from the Home Office claiming that he has no right to work in the UK and is suspending him. A few months later, immigration officers arrive at Anthony's front door and he is put into a van and taken to a detention centre in Dorset. Drama inspired by a story from the Windrush scandal, starring Patrick Robinson, Nadine Marshall and Pippa Bennett-Warner. Includes some strong language which was not included in the BBC One transmission.
- Andrew Davies' adaptation of Vikram Seth's novel following the story of a university student coming of age in India in 1951. Starring Tanya Maniktala.
- Drama looking at the adoption process from a queer perspective, as Gabriel (Sion Daniel Young) and Andy (Fra Fee) embark on a moving journey of self-discovery involving painful childhood trauma.
- Crime thriller based on Mo Hayder's novels about DI Jack Caffery, starring Ukweli Roach and Juliet Stevenson.
- Years on from their teen romance in 80s Sheffield, music brings them back together - was this the love they were meant to have? Romance and heartbreak with a banging soundtrack. Teresa Palmer and Jim Sturgess star.
- Drama series based on the memoirs of Jennifer Worth, offering an insight into the world of midwifery and family life in 1950s east London. Jenny Agutter is among the regular cast members.
- An Irish couple vanish from a small New Zealand town and Irish detective Theo Richter teams up with Kiwi officer Diana Huia to find them. Thriller, starring Richard Flood and Acushla-Tara Kupe
- Crime drama by Sally Wainwright, with Sarah Lancashire as a police sergeant in the Yorkshire valleys battling her own demons when she becomes involved in the hunt for a kidnapped girl.
- Drama bringing iconic detective Sherlock Holmes firmly into the 21st century. Benedict Cumberbatch plays the astute detective, with Martin Freeman as his companion Dr Watson.
- Military drama with Lacey Turner. Six months on from completing her initial training, Molly is deployed to Afghanistan, but makes a bad first impression and meets a face from her past.
- Nigel McCrery's long-running crime drama delves into the murky world of forensic pathology, following the efforts of officers to solve a series of puzzling crimes.
- Epic fantasy adventure based on Phillip Pullman's acclaimed novels, with Dafne Keen as heroic protagonist Lyra.
- Crime drama following a detective investigating a death on a nuclear submarine - while the vessel remains on active duty. Starring Suranne Jones and Rose Leslie.
- Psychological crime drama starring Idris Elba as DCI John Luther, who doesn't always stick to the letter of the law as he employs his maverick skills to hunt down twisted killers.
- Max Liebermann, a medical student and protegé of Sigmund Freud, helps Detective Reinhardt in the investigation of a series of disturbing murders around 1900s Vienna.





























