The best British series spark innumerable remakes here in America, while the UK seems to only want our reality television. Thankfully, the streaming service has a wide variety to choose from, from crime thrillers to absurd comedy. So sit back with a pint and enjoy the 15 best British shows on Netflix right now.
The British series about the inner workings of an aristocratic English family and their manner full of servants became the biggest thing to invade America from across the pond since The Beatles. Watching the crusty Crawley family navigate historic events like the sinking of the Titanic and the First World War while their servants dealt in gossip, intrigue, and scandal below stairs was as entertaining and juicy as any good British drama should be.
At once intimate and sweeping, The Crown presents an inside view of the ascension of Queen Elizabeth II, played by Claire Foy, and the first few years of her reign. John Lithgow is featured as the indomitable Winston Churchill, struggling with the ignominy of age at the end of his career.
The production spared no expense in painstakingly recreating the physical environments and rigid protocols that constrained and defined the royal family. This series will appeal to anyone who enjoys costume drama, but it is also a fascinating exploration of the post-WWII period and the development of a monarch who managed to maintain and even expand the popularity and stability of the British Monarchy against significant odds.
Some plots may be more feasible than others , but each story is chilling in its own way and makes you want to shut your computer screen. This popular British crime series first debuted across the pond in The show, about the crime-ridden neighborhood of the Summerhouse estate, quickly put out to short series before it was dropped by Channel 4.
Berry himself plays the central character called Steven Toast, whom we see troubled with personal issues because of the rough past he has had. After his career and marriage fade away, Steven is left dealing with life in the hardest ways and takes on odd jobs to support himself.
The central character of the story is Detective Inspector Kip Glaspie Carey Mulligan who gets involved with the investigations into the murder of a pizza delivery boy in London. Parallelly, we see how politician David Mars and a vicar also indirectly get involved with the case. Brian and Martin are of different ambitions and have a polar opposite approach when it comes to their work ethics.
Martin is polite and considerate and he prioritizes the needs of his customer before his ambition. The show focuses on the rivalry and friendship of these three, along with the story of other salesmen who work with them. This show follows the story of a troubled former detective, Marcella Backland.
Her personal life is a mess. Her husband has decided to call quits on their marriage after a decade-and-a-half, and he is ready to use anything against Marcella to get the full custody of their children. She is prone to black-outs and along with impeding with her personal life, this problem is also causing chaos in her professional one.
The pressure is further increased when a decade-old case is reopened. New information suggests that the serial killer who was responsible for three murders in has returned, and before he or she stages more bloodbath, Marcella and her team have to solve the crime, revisiting the horrors they have witnessed all those years ago. This show is a re-imagining of the legend of King Arthur and other characters from his story.
The protagonist of this tale is Merlin, a wizard who, in the original legend, helped Arthur reclaim his throne after discovering that he had done the impossible task of pulling Excalibur out of the stone. In this version, however, the events take place very differently.
When Arthur discovers his powers, he is forced to keep them under wraps to save himself from punishment. Meanwhile, he meets Arthur, who might be rebellious to the king but has a very kind heart that wants to do good for his subjects.
Adam Elliot and Grace Douglas were childhood sweethearts and had been recently married. Their families receive a horrific shock when they are found brutally murdered. Trying to come to terms with the loss of their children, the Elliot and Douglas family come face to face with the most difficult choice of their life when a man, who could be the killer of their children, comes knocking at their doorstep.
Meanwhile, the police continue their investigation into the murders and discover some dark secrets about the families. The story of this series is set in Birmingham in where a dangerous criminal gang called the Peaky Blinders is on the rise. The gang is led by Tommy Shelby, a crime lord who will not stop at anything to earn the success that he thinks he deserves. He is someone who has been sent to Birmingham by Churchill to curb down the rise of Communists, members of the IRA, and the criminals who have made this industrial town the hotbed of their different activities.
The performances and the brilliant visuals on offer in this series are unparalleled. Cillian Murphy has been the perfect casting in the role of Tommy Shelby, with the intensity in his eyes being perfect for the role. She is a police sergeant who is still struggling to make peace with the fact that her daughter is gone.
While grandmas and neighbors panic, and drunken youth egg the desperate pyromaniac on, Cawood adopts a pretty lax approach. Roxanne Sancto. Murphy is a soldier-turned-ambitious kingpin of the Shelby crime family. Neill is the equally ruthless inspector out to dismantle his organization, who enlists a lovely mole Annabelle Wallis, also of Fleming to aid his campaign.
Tom Hardy joins the cast in the second season. As the steely, azure-eyed Tommy Shelby, Murphy brings his trademark quiet intensity to a multidimensional antihero, one of several thoughtful characterizations in the Shelby clan. Its eight episodes set the lure early and reel one in by increments, until the truth bursts forth with stunning force.
Idris Elba as a sad, violent and genius detective, tracking down the weird serial killers of London? The detective chief inspector is consumed by his cases, and a months-long suspension seems to have done little good for his mental health.
Luther is nothing short of mesmerizing, slicing through suspects with the angry efficiency of a man on the brink. Shane Ryan and Amanda Schurr. Let it be known that before he was Christian Grey, Jamie Dornan proved his acting chops and charisma as a disturbingly undisturbable murderer in this superb psychological thriller.
Paul Spector is a stalker, as exacting and methodical as his eventual pursuer. Benedict Cumberbatch, in his breakout role, solves crimes alongside his trusted sidekick, Dr. Watson Martin Freeman. Whip-smart writing and pacing to match, coupled with a crafty, inventive visual approach—clues are revealed with onscreen text—cast Sherlock as an Information Age rock star.
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