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Best TV shows to watch on Amazon Prime Video UK (March 2026)
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Nicole Kidman headlines a gripping eight-part crime thriller named after forensic pathologist Dr Kay Scarpetta, the crusading character immortalised on the pages of Patricia Cornwell's series of books dating back to 1990. Written for television by Liz Sarnoff, Scarpetta allows the present and past to collide head-on by pursuing dual timelines from Scarpetta's early years as a chief medical examiner in the late 1990s to a current murder investigation. Scarpetta (Kidman) believes that she can provide a voice to victims and uphold justice using modern forensic science and her gut instinct. She returns to her hometown to resume her former position as Chief Medical Examiner while investigating a grisly murder, 28 years after the career-making case that could also prove her undoing. As she follows the evidence, Kay navigates a tricky relationship with her sister Dorothy Farinelli (Jamie Lee Curtis), draws strength from her tech-savvy niece Lucy Farinelli Watson (Ariana DeBose) and seeks professional alliances with Detective Pete Marino (Bobby Cannavale) and FBI profiler Benton Wesley (Simon Baker).
Nineteen-year-old Oxford University undergraduate Sherlock Holmes becomes involved in solving a murder on campus with the help of James Moriarty
Washington DC homicide detective Alex Cross struggles to juggle personal and professional responsibilities. Crime thriller based on James Patterson's books, starring Aldis Hodge, Isaiah Mustafa, Juanita Jennings and Alona Tal
Pension fund investment company worker Zara is caught in the middle of the heist of the century with best friend Luke and DCI Rhys investigates
A young woman, who has grown up in an underground bunker designed to protect against a nuclear attack, ventures into the outside world in a post-apocalyptic drama based on the popular video game series. Lucy (Ella Purnell) emerges from her subterranean home to rescue her father from the wasteland of a devastated Los Angeles. Her odyssey through hostile terrain intersects with young soldier Maximus (Aaron Moten), who has risen through the ranks of the Brotherhood of Steel militaristic faction. Elsewhere, bounty hunter the Ghoul (Walton Goggins) seeks a fabled artifact with the potential to alter current power dynamics across this world. His selfish quest collides with Lucy and Maximus- Some ghosts of the past refuse to be silenced in a six-part thriller based on an original story idea by the bestselling author Harlan Coben, who co-wrote the series with BAFTA-winner Danny Brocklehurst. Forensic psychologist Joel Lazarus (Sam Claflin) reluctantly returns home after his charismatic father, Dr Jonathan Lazarus (Bill Nighy), dies by suicide. The grieving son experiences strange visions that compel him to become entangled in a series of cold-case murders as he offers emotional support to his sister, Jenna (Alexandra Roach). Joe uncovers fresh evidence and revisits the circumstances surrounding his father's passing and the murder of another sibling 25 years ago
Set in Italy on the beautiful Amalfi Coast and filmed in English, Hotel Costiera is a six-part crime drama that relocates a former US Marine to the land of his childhood. Daniel De Luca (Jesse Williams) is half Italian and he embraces that rich heritage when he travels to the spectacular coastline of Positano to work as a fixer in a luxurious hotel. Wealthy and privileged guests have countless problems that require Daniel's delicate touch but his greatest challenge is to locate the owner's daughter, Alice (Amanda Campana). She disappeared a month ago and Daniel is charged with bringing Alice home safely, regardless of the financial and personal cost
In this psychological thriller, Laura (Robin Wright) has it all: a glittering career, a loving husband, and her prized son, Daniel. But her perfect life unravels when Daniel brings home Cherry (Olivia Cooke), a girlfriend who changes everything. Laura's convinced Cherry is hiding something. Is she a manipulative social climber, or is Laura just paranoid? The truth is a matter of perspective.
David Jung, a mysterious former US intelligence operative living in hiding in South Korea, has his life blown to pieces when the consequences of an impossible decision from his past come back to haunt him, and he finds himself hunted by Rebecca, a deadly young assassin, and Caddis, the sinister spy organization she works for
Two generations confront ghosts of the past in an action-packed six-part thriller written by brothers Harry and Jack Williams, creators of Angela Black and The Tourist. Journalist Edward Green (Freddie Highmore) has always believed that his estrange mother, Julie (Keeley Hawes), worked as a head hunter so he's shocked to learn she is a retired hit woman with a lot of skeletons in her closet. Julie survives an attempt on her life with consummate ease and has to go on the run with Edward when other assassin materialise to claim the bounty on her head. Working together to survive, mother and son slowly rebuild bridges, except that Julie insists they will not talk about Edward's biological father, whose identity is a mystery. Gina Gershon, Jack Davenport and Alan Dale also star
Nine stressed city dwellers arrive at a boutique health-and-wellness resort in a drama starring Nicole Kidman, based on the best-selling novel by Liane Moriarty.- The prequel to the 2022 TV series The Terminal List starring Chris Pratt and Tayor Kitsch, based on Jack Carr's novel, traces the origin story of CIA Special Operations asset Ben Edwards. Ben (Kitsch) serves proudly in the Navy SEALs with his best friend, James Reece (Pratt) but their platoon is ambushed on a covert mission. Memories about what really happened their fateful are foggy as Ben experiences the darker side of warfare as a clandestine operative for the CIA. Bonds of brotherhood remain strong but there is a terrible human cost to Ben's work and loyalties are not always as strong as they appear
- Seventeen-year-old rich girl Cady Sinclair Eastman pieces together the truth about the summer she lost her memory after a terrible accident on a private island. Psychological thriller based on the novel by E Lockhart, starring Emily Alyn Lind
The Mantle twins, identical from head to toe, are on a mission to change the way women give birth.
Teen tennis prodigy Justine Pearce's French Open success is shattered by a devastating tragedy. Drama, starring Ella Lily Hyland and Aidan Turner
American drama following brothers Sam and Dean Winchester (Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles) as they travel across the country to hunt supernatural creatures and other paranormal entities.
A young mother learns that she has a talent for stand-up comedy. Comedy, starring Rachel Brosnahan, Alex Borstein, Michael Zegen and Marin Hinkle
Andrew Garfield and Daisy Edgar-Jones headline a gripping seven-part dramatisation of Jon Krakauer's non-fiction novel, which has been adapted for the screen by Dustin Lance Black for director David Mackenzie. Detective Jeb Pyre (Garfield), a devout Mormon, and Detective Bill Taba (Gil Birmingham) investigate the brutal 1984 murders of Brenda Wright Lafferty (Edgar-Jones) and her baby daughter in a quiet suburb in the Salt Lake Valley, Utah. Brenda was a member of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) and police enquiries unearth shocking secrets about the Lafferty family and their unyielding faith. Pyre is compelled to question his own devotion to the Lord as he exposes violence and retribution in the name of religion.
American horror comedy anthology drama created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan, with each season serving as the basis for a self-contained miniseries.
Young adult fiction author Jenny Han has already seen her romance novel To All the Boys I've Loved Before and its sequel adapted into films by Netflix. Now, Han pens the pilot episode of this eight-part a multigenerational drama based on the first book of a trilogy set in the fictional seaside retreat of Cousin's Beach. Isabel Conklin (Lola Tung), known affectionately as Belly to family and friends, spends the summer with her mother Laurel (Jackie Chung) and older brother Steven (Sean Kaufman). They are close to Laurel's best friend Susannah Fisher (Rachel Blanchard) and her two boys, emotionally distant eldest son Conrad (Christopher Briney) and golden boy younger brother Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno). As the sun rises and sets over Cousin's Beach, Belly comes of age and becomes one point of a volatile love triangle involving the Fisher siblings.
From the world of The Boys comes Gen V, a new series set at America’s only college for superheroes. These gifted students put their moral boundaries to the test, competing for the university’s top ranking, and a chance to join The Seven, Vought International’s elite superhero team. When the school’s dark secrets come to light, they must decide what kind of heroes they want to become.
Ten top UK comedians face off in Jimmy Carr's challenge: make others laugh while keeping a straight face. They'll try everything to crack their opponents, but must never break themselves.
Tudor bloodlines are rewritten in a rollicking historical fantasy romance adapted from the book of the same title penned by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand and Jodi Meadows. Contrary to pages from history, King Henry VIII's son Edward does not die of tuberculosis and 16th-century noblewoman Lady Jane Grey (Emily Bader) does not lose her head after nine days as the Queen of England. Instead, she seizes control of herdestiny flanked by scoundrel husband Guildford Dudley (Edward Bluemel). Jane's mother, Lady Frances Grey (Anna Chancellor), and Guildford's father, Lord Dudley (Rob Brydon), are entangled in the machinations and skulduggery along with Jane's uncle, the Duke of Leicester (Jim Broadbent)- Detective Renée Ballard plunges into a web of murder and corruption as she hunts a ruthless serial killer and uncovers a sinister police conspiracy that threatens everything she stands for. With her own demons nipping at her heels, Ballard must outwit both criminals and colleagues to bring long-overdue justice to the victims and their families
