British True Crime TV Drama
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1. A Very English Scandal (2018)
TV-14 | 56 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime
British Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe is accused of conspiracy to murder his gay ex-lover and forced to stand trial in 1979.
Stars: Hugh Grant, Ben Whishaw, Alex Jennings, Patricia Hodge
Votes: 16,254
2. The Long Shadow (2023)
TV-PG | 49 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A desperate cat and mouse hunt ensues when Yorkshire is being haunted by a serial killer.
Stars: Jack Deam, Kris Hitchen, Lee Ingleby, Michael McElhatton
Votes: 7,459
3. The Reckoning (2023)
59 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The story of Jimmy Savile's life from his working-class roots, to his rise to TV stardom as a BBC presenter, and his later years when he managed to keep his reign of sexual abuse concealed until after his death in 2011.
Stars: Steve Coogan, Mark Stanley, Mark Lewis Jones, Darien
Votes: 3,716
4. See No Evil: The Moors Murders (2006)
180 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A vivid drama which documents the notorious Moors murderers; Ian Brady and Myra Hindley.
Stars: Joanne Froggatt, Maxine Peake, Sean Harris, Matthew McNulty
Votes: 1,576
5. Appropriate Adult (2011)
67 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Dramatisation of the case of serial killers Fred and Rose West, focusing on the way in which they were brought to justice.
Stars: Emily Watson, Dominic West, Robert Glenister, Sylvestra Le Touzel
Votes: 4,362
6. Four Lives (2022)
59 min | Crime, Drama, History
A true-crime drama. Four young gay men are murdered in similar circumstances between 2014 and 2015 in the Barking area of London.
Stars: Sheridan Smith, Leanne Best, Stephen Merchant, Memet Ali Alabora
Votes: 5,382
7. Quiz (2020)
TV-14 | 49 min | Crime, Drama, History
'Quiz' tells the story of Charles Ingram, a former British army major who caused a major scandal after being caught cheating his way to winning £1 million on the game show 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?'
Stars: Matthew Macfadyen, Sian Clifford, Mark Bonnar, Aisling Bea
Votes: 8,008
8. The Murders at White House Farm (2020)
TV-MA | 46 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Revolves around the true story of a fateful night in August 1985 when five members of the same family are murdered at an Essex farmhouse, and the ensuing police investigation and court case that follows.
Stars: Freddie Fox, Alexa Davies, Mark Addy, Scott Reid
Votes: 12,030
9. The Moorside (2017)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A two-part drama about the search for missing Yorkshire schoolgirl Shannon Matthews in 2008.
Stars: Sheridan Smith, Sian Brooke, Faye McKeever, John Dagleish
Votes: 3,066
10. Des (2020)
Not Rated | 48 min | Crime, Drama, History
In 1983, Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen was arrested after the discovery of human remains which had blocked a drain near his London home.
Stars: David Tennant, Daniel Mays, Jason Watkins, Ron Cook
Votes: 20,784
11. Rillington Place (2016)
TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, History
A three-part drama about serial killer John Christie and the murders at 10 Rillington Place in the 1940s and early 1950s.
Stars: Tim Roth, Nico Mirallegro, Samantha Morton, Jodie Comer
Votes: 4,236
12. Stonehouse (2023)
TV-14 | 60 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A British politician fakes his own death.
Stars: Matthew Macfadyen, Simon Greenall, Kevin McNally, Dorothy Atkinson
Votes: 3,073
13. The Hunt for Raoul Moat (2023)
55 min | Crime, Drama, History
Follows the police operation in 2010 to apprehend fugitive Raoul Moat. He went to Northumberland after killing one person and wounding two others.
Stars: Angela Bain, Joe Blakemore, Sonya Cassidy, Neil Grainger
Votes: 2,128
14. A Confession (2019)
TV-PG | 45 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
DSU Stephen Fulcher intends on catching a killer of a missing woman, even if that may cost him his career and reputation.
Stars: Martin Freeman, Siobhan Finneran, Imelda Staunton, Peter Wight
Votes: 10,051
15. The Pembrokeshire Murders (2021)
TV-14 | 48 min | Crime, Drama, History
DSU Steve Wilkins reopens two unsolved murder cases from the 1980s. Forensic methods link the crimes to a string of burglaries. Steve's team has to find more evidence before the perpetrator is released from prison.
Stars: Luke Evans, Keith Allen, Caroline Berry, Oliver Ryan
Votes: 10,866
16. Manhunt (2019–2021)
TV-14 | 45 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Detective Chief Inspector Colin Sutton tracks down a serial killer.
Stars: Martin Clunes, Claudie Blakley, Matthew Gravelle, Stephen Wight
Votes: 10,688
17. A Very British Scandal (2021)
TV-MA | 59 min | Drama, History
The story of events surrounding the notorious divorce of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll during the 1960s.
Stars: Claire Foy, Paul Bettany, Olwen May, Albertine Kotting McMillan
Votes: 6,978
18. Sherwood (II) (2022– )
TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two shocking and unexpected murders shatter an already fractured community leading to one of the largest manhunts in British history.
Stars: Adam Hugill, Lorraine Ashbourne, Perry Fitzpatrick, Philip Jackson
Votes: 9,318
19. Landscapers (2021)
TV-MA | 48 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A devoted and mild-mannered British couple become the focus of an extraordinary investigation when two dead bodies are discovered in the back garden of a house in England.
Stars: Olivia Colman, David Thewlis, Kate O'Flynn, Dipo Ola
Votes: 18,296
20. The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe (2022)
TV-14 | 46 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Four-part drama based on the extraordinary story of how prison officer John Darwin faked his own death to claim life insurance and avoid bankruptcy - unbeknownst to his two sons.
Stars: Monica Dolan, Eddie Marsan, Mark Stanley, Dominic Applewhite
Votes: 4,858
21. The Widower (2014)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A three-part drama based on the crimes of convicted murderer Malcolm Webster.
Stars: Reece Shearsmith, Kate Fleetwood, James Laurenson, Federay Holmes
Votes: 2,466
22. Code of a Killer (2015)
65 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The story of Sir Alec Jeffreys' discovery of DNA fingerprinting and its first use by DCS David Baker in catching a double murderer.
Stars: John Simm, Anna Madeley, David Threlfall, Lorcan Cranitch
Votes: 3,727
23. Honour (2020)
TV-14 | 48 min | Crime, Drama, History
DCI Caroline Goode vows to bring justice for a young girl, murdered by her family for falling in love with the wrong man.
Stars: Keeley Hawes, Mark Stanley, Michael Jibson, Alexa Davies
Votes: 2,740
24. The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies (2014)
57 min | Crime, Drama
A retired teacher's tenant is murdered. He is wrongly accused of the crime, leading the police to arrest him. His life is turned upside down as he proclaims his innocence.
Stars: Jason Watkins, Shaun Parkes, Ben Caplan, Nathalie Armin
Votes: 3,309
25. The Gold (2023–2024)
58 min | Crime, Drama, History
Drama series inspired by true events surrounding the 1983 Brink's-Mat robbery, and the remarkable story that followed.
Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Jack Lowden, Emun Elliott, Charlotte Spencer
Votes: 6,870
26. The Great Train Robbery (2013)
Not Rated | 90 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A two-part drama which portrays The Great Train Robbery of 8 August 1963, firstly from the point of view of the robbers and then from the point of view of the police who set out to identify and catch the robbers.
Stars: Robert Glenister, Jack Roth, Paul Anderson, Luke Evans
Votes: 4,980
27. In Plain Sight (2016)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A three part TV miniseries about Lanarkshire's Detective William Muncie and his quest to bring to justice notorious killer Peter Manuel.
Stars: Douglas Henshall, Martin Compston, Joanne Thomson, Shauna Macdonald
Votes: 2,728
28. Mrs Biggs (2012)
TV-MA | 258 min | Crime, Drama, History
The true story of Charmian Brent (née Powell), the rebellious product of a strict 1950s upbringing, and her whirlwind romance with Ronald Biggs leading to a descent into crime, most infamously 1963's Great Train Robbery.
Stars: Sheridan Smith, Daniel Mays, Caroline Goodall, Adrian Scarborough
Votes: 922
29. Lucan (2013)
63 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A two-part drama about infamous aristocrat John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan, who mysteriously disappeared in 1974 after being accused of murdering his children's nanny.
Stars: Rory Kinnear, Catherine McCormack, Christopher Eccleston, Alistair Petrie
Votes: 759
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