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Apr 3, 2020 · From slapstick comedy to snooty stoicism, British television is a soothing escape from troubled times. Plus all those great accents.
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- Sex Education. What's it about? Despite his own lack of experience, the son of a sex therapist inadvertently becomes a source of advice for his college peers.
- The Crown. What's it about? The British Royals are a family that’s had more drama and dilemmas than you’ve had hot dinners. The Crown kicks off right before Queen Elizabeth II ascends to the throne and follows her trajectory from princess to queen, and the trials and tribulations that cropped up throughout her reign.
- Black Mirror. Nish (Letitia Wright) explores an unsettling museum in 'Black Mirror.' What's it about? All the dark and difficult places our rapidly advancing technology might lead us to.
- Derry Girls. 'Derry Girls' subverts stereotypical representations of Northern Irish women. What's it about? Set in the '90s in Northern Ireland during the Troubles (sectarian conflict between nationalists and unionists), Derry Girls follows teenagers Erin, Clare, Michelle, and Orla, who attend Our Lady Immaculate convent school in the town of Derry.
- The English Game
- Gangs of London
- Roadkill
- Deadwater Fell
- Miss Scarlet and The Duke
- I Hate Suzie
- The Great
- I May Destroy You
- Normal People
- The Salisbury Poisonings
The English Game is a 2020 Netflix miniseries that tells the story of the invention of football and provides a detailed history of the game to the audience. The show focuses on the game itself and on various characters who helped make the game as prominent as it is around the world today. Although the show focuses on football as a game, it also foc...
This gritty crime series follows London organized crime and gang violence within the city that escalates after the head of London's most prominent organized crime family is killed. The gangster drama follows everyone who is reaching for power after the death and how it affects everyone who lives in the city of London as international gangs are tryi...
Roadkill is a 2020 BBC One and PBS Masterpiece miniseries and a British political thriller that follows a successful and lovable government minister. Peter Laurence (Hugh Laurie) is celebrating success in his career and is about to be promoted but he might have hidden secrets about to be exposed that would be detrimental to his career. An inmate at...
Deadwater Fell is a 2020 miniseries that delved into the mysteries of a small town of Kirkdarroch. The four episodes focus on grieving father and doctor Tom Kendrick (David Tennant) who has recently lost his children and wife in a house fire. The slow burn series reveals that the house fire might have been intentional and the town tries to figure o...
This new series follows the young Eliza Scarlet (Kate Phillips) who finds herself in a desperate situation when her father dies and she has to try to survive on her own. Scarlet is an unmarried woman and living in a time when that would surely mean poverty, but instead, she attempts to take over her late father's detective agency. Scarlet stumbles ...
Starring Doctor Who’s Billie Piper, I Hate Suzie follows a woman named Suzie whose life is turned completely upside down when her computer is hacked and compromising photos of her are posted online. The series follows Suzie as her mental state unravels throughout the series, showing her trying to hold her life together after this horrific event. De...
Starring Nicholas Hoult and Elle Fanning, The Greattells the tale of Catherine the Great, though plays fast and loose with the historical facts surrounding the legendary leader’s actual rise to power. The Greatmanages to masterfully switch from period drama to comedy within in the blink of an eye, showing how Catherine the Great would eventually go...
Starring Chewing Gum’s Michaela Coel, I May Destroy Youis one of the most critically acclaimed British comedies of the past decade. The series follows the themes of dating and relationships, exploring issues such as consent, exploitation, and liberation. RELATED: 10 Best British Sitcoms Of The Past Decade The series has been praised by critics for ...
Based on the book of the same name by Sally Rooney, Normal People follows the relationship of a young couple, tracking the pair from the end of their school days in Ireland to their university years in Trinity College. The series, much like the book, has gone on to receive critical acclaim, with many praising the series for its tender subject matte...
The Salisbury Poisonings tells the true story of how two former Russian intelligence officers were found unconscious on a bench in Salisbury City Center after being poisoned by a nerve agent. The show deals with those trying to track the nerve agent across the city, with several others being exposed. The series has received critical acclaim, with m...
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- I May Destroy You. Michaela Coel's 'I May Destroy You' was one of the biggest shows of the year. I May Destroy You follows London millennial Arabella, who's in the process of writing her second book when she's sexually assaulted by a stranger during a night out.
- Normal People. Marianne (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and Connell (Paul Mescal) won and broke our hearts. Based on Sally Rooney's novel, the BBC/Hulu's tear-jerking adaptation of Normal People seemed to capture everybody's hearts when it aired in spring 2020, and with good reason, too.
- Sex Education. It feels like a lifetime ago, but the second season of Sex Education really did come out in 2020. If you’re not familiar, there’s so much to love in this hilarious show.
- The Crown. It was the season many Crown fans were waiting for since the moment the epic, sprawling series was first announced, and Season 4, with the arrival of Diana Spencer (Emma Corrin) and Margaret Thatcher (Gillian Anderson), did not disappoint.
- 2004: The X Factor. We’ve long since stopped caring but there was a time The X Factor loomed large in the national conversation. At its peak, the talent show ran from the sublime to the ridiculous – or, to put it another way, from One Direction to Jedward.
- 2005: The Apprentice. Where the original New York-set Apprentice featured a pre-Apocalypse Donald Trump and legions of shiny-toothed Americans, the British version was something else entirely.
- 2006: Life on Mars. It was always widely understood the Seventies were rubbish – a blur of Ford Capris, smoke-filled rooms and sexist “banter”. But Life on Mars, with John Simm as a Manchester policeman sent (or so it seemed) 30 years back in time, brought the era of a three-day week and Bovril for supper grippingly to life.
- 2007: Skins. “Yoof” drama finally exorcised the ghost of Grange Hill. Chronicling the ups and downs of teenage friends in Bristol, Skins unflinchingly unpacked issues such as substance abuse, sexual identity, bullying and mental illness.
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