Best British Adventure TV Shows

This page is updated regularly. Subscribe, so you don't miss new recommendations. The list of "Best British Adventure TV Shows" contains films with the following parameters. Style: captivating, semi serious, humorous, exciting, stylized and period drama. Plot: escapades, danger, heroes, friendship, rivalry, magic, good versus evil, imaginary, supernatural and villain. Genre: Adventure, Drama and Fantasy. Country: UK, USA and Canada.
Best British Adventure TV Shows
Best British Adventure TV Shows
TOP TV Shows: Merlin (2008), Extraordinary (2023), Doctor Who (2005), Hooten & The Lady (2016), The Colour of Magic (2008), The Legend of Robin Hood (1975), The Letter for the King (2020), The Persuaders! (1971), Lockwood & Co. (2023), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987), Urban Myths (2017), Robin Hood (2006), Going Postal (2010), Numberblocks (2017), Blake's 7 (1978), Game of Thrones (2011), Green Eggs and Ham (2019), Sharpe (1993), The Wind in the Willows (1984), Gravity Falls (2012).

List of Best TV Shows

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 7.9
 87K
Merlin (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The unlikely friendship between Merlin, a young man gifted with extraordinary magical powers, and Prince Arthur, heir to the crown of Camelot.
Style: epic, exciting, arthurian, humorous, fairy tale ...
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: king arthur, supernatural, arthurian legend, dragon, magic, witch, supernatural ability, legends and myths, knight, camelot, wizards and magicians, friendship ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times
Place: england, wales, europe
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 7.7
 14K
Extraordinary (2023)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: In a world where everyone develops a power on their 18th birthday, Jen didn't. She's turning 25 and is still waiting to get hers. Adrift in a big, confusing world and armed with nothing but a bit of hope and a lot of desperation, Jen ...
Style: captivating, semi serious, psychological
Audience: date night
Plot: superhero, female protagonist, superhuman powers, supernatural ability, lifestyle, outcast, supernatural power, superpower, supernatural, young adult, teenager, drinking alcohol ...
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 8.6
 245K
Doctor Who (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The Doctor looks and seems human. He's handsome, witty, and could be mistaken for just another man in the street. But he is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, futuristic, humorous, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: time travel, time machine, alien, space travel, save the day, journey, danger, companion, sent to the future, space and aliens, outer space, good versus evil ...
Time: future, 2010s, 2000s, 2020s
Place: london, wales
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The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Caught between two warring clans, the son of a notorious witch responsible for a deadly massacre tries to find his place in the world — and his powers.
Style: exciting, tense, captivating, entertaining, supernatural thriller ...
Audience: teen fantasy
Plot: homoerotic friendship, witchcraft, witch, spell, bisexuality, magic, young adult, coming of age, polyamory, wizard, son, sex scene ...
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The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (1981)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 152 min.
TV show
Story: An Earth Man and his alien friend escape an exploding Earth, and set forth on an odd adventure across the universe with a known fugitive. Based on the book by Douglas Adams, the dialog follows the book closely. This was originally a 6-part series ...
Style: humorous, offbeat, light, talky, futuristic ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids
Plot: benign alien, space travel, ufo, imaginary, mysterious planet, alien, space, satire, time travel, fantasy world, spacecraft, outer space ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
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Hooten & The Lady (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story: Hugely charismatic, roguish American adventurer Hooten and his fantastically feisty partner in crime, Lady Alexandra travel the world, from the Vatican to The Himalayas, the Amazon to Egypt, in their quest to save the world's lost treasures.
Style: entertaining, feel good, captivating, semi serious, funny
Audience: family outing, boys' night, chick flick
Plot: treasure hunt, lost treasure, treasure hunter, jungle, adventurer, hidden treasure, male female relationship, partner, journey, desert, archaeologist, male female partnership
Time: 21st century
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The Colour of Magic (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 191 min.
TV show
Story: As Rincewind involuntarily becomes a guide to the naive tourist Twoflower, they find themselves forced to flee the city of Ankh-Morpork to escape a terrible fire, and begin on a journey across the Disc. Unknown to them, their journey & fate ...
Style: exciting, humorous, light, funny, enigmatic ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, discworld
Plot: imaginary kingdom, magic, heroes, heroic mission, curses spells and rituals, danger, good versus evil, imaginary, book, tourist, alternate dimension, medieval ...
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The Legend of Robin Hood (1975)
Genre: Adventure
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: The Legend of Robin Hood was a 1975 BBC television serial that told the story of the life of Robin Hood.
Plot: robin hood, medieval, archer, royalty, monk
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The Letter for the King (2020)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
TV show
Story: A young boy holds the fate of the kingdom in his hands when he embarks on a quest to deliver a secret message in this sweeping fantasy series.
Style: fairy tale, entertaining, light, exciting, costume drama ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: medieval, knight, heroes, friendship, daring rescue, warrior, good versus evil, love and romance, danger, rivalry, heroic mission, supernatural ...
Time: middle ages
Place: london
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The Persuaders! (1971)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Persuaders! is a 1971 action/adventure series, produced by ITC Entertainment for initial broadcast on ITV and ABC. It has been called "the last major entry in the cycle of adventure series that had begun eleven years earlier with Danger Man ...
Style: detective, realistic, semi serious, humorous, buddy comedy ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, fandom, 007, investigation, spy, city, partners against crime, police investigation, undercover, rivalry, law enforcement, tough law enforcer ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: england, europe, france, london, riviera
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 7.4
 25K
Lockwood & Co. (2023)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: A girl with extraordinary psychic abilities joins two gifted teen boys at a small ghost-hunting agency to fight the many deadly spirits haunting London.
Style: tense, mystical, suspenseful, captivating, mind blowing ...
Plot: supernatural, ghost, investigation, ghost hunter, psychic power, supernatural horror, supernatural power, paranormal, paranormal investigation, paranormal phenomena, paranormal activity, spirit ...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an American animated television series produced by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson. The pilot was shown during the week of December 14, 1987 in syndication as a five-part miniseries and began its official run on October 1, ...
Style: anime, retro, exciting, humorous, epic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, toddlers, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: ninja turtle, mutant, martial arts, turtle, superhero, invasion, werewolf, mutant animal, master warrior, good versus evil, friends, anthropomorphic animal ...
Time: year 1987, 80s, 90s
Place: new york, usa
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 7.2
 913
Urban Myths (2017)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Our Urban Myths are stories that have been passed down over time and have now become part of urban folklore. But are they true? We take a slightly tongue in cheek, mischievous – and deliberately ambiguous – look at what might have happened...
Style: captivating, satirical, entertaining, period piece, anthology
Plot: myth, urban setting, slice of life, celebrity, historical character, satire, historical figure, urban legend, legend, secret, secret past, intelligence agency ...
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 7.4
 17K
Robin Hood (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Robin Hood is a British television programme, produced by independent production company Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC One, with co-funding from the BBC America cable television channel in the United States. Based on the traditional stories of ...
Style: exciting, stylized, realistic, semi serious, epic ...
Plot: robin hood, archery, swords and armor, medieval, fighting the system, knight, king, sword fight, righting the wronged, robbery, escapades, woods ...
Time: middle ages, future, 12th century, medieval times
Place: england, europe
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 7.6
 10K
Going Postal (2010)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 185 min.
TV show
Story: Moist von Lipwig is a con-man with a particular talent-- he is utterly unremarkable. When his execution is stayed in Terry Pratchett's remarkable Discworld, he must work off his debt to society as the land's head Postman. Things are not ...
Style: humorous, light, colorful, atmospheric, captivating ...
Audience: discworld
Plot: steampunk, postman, imaginary kingdom, mail, adaptation, intrigue, disorder, workplace, love and romance, rivalry, execution, cheerleader ...
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 8.6
 345
Numberblocks (2017)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 5 min.
TV show
Story: Learn how much fun counting can be with the Numberblocks - a fun-loving group of numbers who work together to solve problems big and small.
Style: entertaining, captivating, semi serious, feel good, educational
Audience: kids, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: mathematics, training, education, airport, airplane, horse riding, hound dog, flying car, auto racing, tractor, horse race, fighter jet ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
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 8.0
 4K
Blake's 7 (1978)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: A group of convicts and outcasts fight a guerrilla war against the totalitarian Terran Federation from a highly advanced alien spaceship.
Style: cult classic, futuristic, serious, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: space opera, space, spaceship, spacecraft, dystopia, artificial intelligence, star wars, future war, bad guys win, magic, bad guy, robot ...
Time: future
Place: britain, space western
Is relevant ?
 9.2
 2.3M
Game of Thrones (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the ...
Style: epic, captivating, atmospheric, dramatic, stylized ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot: dragon, medieval, intrigue, incest, fantasy world, kingdom, power struggle, conflict, political intrigue, peril, abuse of power, treason ...
Time: middle ages, 2010s, medieval times, 2000s, year 2011 ...
Place: idaho, hawaii
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Green Eggs and Ham (2019)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story: Guy-Am-I, an inventor, and his friend Sam-I-Am go on a cross-country trip that would test the limits of their friendship. As they learn to try new things, they find out what adventure brings.
Style: funny, feel good, sincere, captivating, colorful ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: journey, rescue mission, friendship, partner, endangered species, family values, fantasy world, egg, exploration, voice over narration, magic, buddy ...
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 8.4
 2K
Sharpe (1993)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 1673 min.
TV show
Story: Sharpe is a British series of television dramas starring Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier in the Napoleonic Wars. Sharpe is the hero of a number of novels by Bernard Cornwell; most, though not all, of the episodes are based ...
Style: historical drama, vintage, period drama
Plot: military, british army, european history, napoleonic wars, battles, war, corruption, french history, swordsman, british, regiment, sword ...
Time: 19th century, 1810s, 2000s, 90s
Place: portugal, india, europe, france, spain
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The Wind in the Willows (1984)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: The Wind in the Willows is a TV series that was originally broadcast between 1984 and 1987, based on characters from Kenneth Grahame's classic story The Wind in the Willows and following the 1983 film The Wind in the Willows. It was made by ...
Style: light, light hearted, semi serious, witty, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: stop motion, disorder, friends, animal life, friendship, countryside, mouse, imaginary kingdom, escapades, woods, toad, badger ...
Place: england
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 8.9
 133K
Gravity Falls (2012)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Twin brother and sister Dipper and Mabel Pines are in for an unexpected adventure when they spend the summer helping their great uncle Stan run a tourist trap in the mysterious town of Gravity Falls, Oregon.
Style: captivating, exciting, offbeat, anime, adult animation ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, teens, family friendly, adult ...
Plot: supernatural, friendship, small town, youth, twins, magical, child protagonist, mysterious place, summer vacation, monster, imaginary, good versus evil ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: oregon, usa, california
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 8.4
 37K
Red Dwarf (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.
Style: sitcom, stylized, witty, not serious, feel good ...
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: space travel, spaceship, space, friendship, slacker, isolation, adventurer, space and aliens, robot, androids and robots, escapades, captain ...
Time: future, distant future, 80s, 20th century, 2010s ...
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Jekyll and Hyde (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Inspired by the original novella by Robert Louis Stevenson, Jekyll and Hyde is set in 1930s London and follows Robert Jekyll, the grandson of Henry Jekyll, on his quest to discover his real identity, his true family history and the nature of his ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, serious, psychological, scary ...
Plot: split personality, superhuman powers, self discovery, transformation, double life, anti hero, heroes, experiment gone awry, danger, escapades, supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: 1930s, 19th century, 20th century, victorian era
Place: london, england
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Bodger and Badger (1989)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story: Bodger and Badger is a BBC children's comedy programme which was first broadcast in 1989. It starred Andy Cunningham as Simon Bodger, who had a badly behaved companion, a talking badger with a love for mashed potatoes.
Style: slapstick comedy
Audience: kids
Plot: puppet, handyman, badger, ventriloquism, british, potato, british humour
Time: 90s
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Return of the Saint (1978)
Genre: Adventure, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Return of the Saint was a British action-adventure television series that aired for one season in 1978 and 1979 in Britain on ITV, and was also broadcast on CBS in the United States. It was co-produced by ITC Entertainment and the Italian ...
Style: detective, eurospy
Plot: spy, private detective, robin hood, helicopter, terrorist, mission, assassin, agent, criminal, drug, manhunt
Time: 70s
Place: europe
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The North Water (2021)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story: Henry Drax is a harpooner and brutish killer whose amorality has been shaped to fit the harshness of his world, who will set sail on a whaling expedition to the Arctic with Patrick Sumner, a disgraced ex-army surgeon who signs up as the ship’s ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, tense, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: arctic, expedition, north pole, whaling, scientific expedition, struggle for survival, psycho killer, sea, ship, sailor, psychopath, irishman ...
Time: 19th century, 1850s, victorian era
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 7.8
 24K
The Musketeers (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Set in 17th century Paris, musketeers Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan are members of an elite band of soldiers who fight for what is just. They are heroes in the truest and most abiding sense – men that can be trusted and believed in to ...
Style: exciting, historical drama, costume drama, realistic, serious ...
Plot: musketeer, swords and armor, heroic mission, sword fight, danger, state affairs, king, partner, good versus evil, escapades, swordsman, shrewd ...
Time: 17th century
Place: france, paris france
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The Onedin Line (1971)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: The Onedin Line is a BBC television drama series which ran from 1971 to 1980. The series was created by Cyril Abraham. The series is set in Liverpool from 1860 to 1886 and deals with the rise of a shipping line, the Onedin Line, named after its ...
Style: costume drama, retro, period piece, period drama
Plot: sailing, sea, boat, yacht, sailboat, ocean, ship, sailor, crew, sea captain, brother brother relationship, port ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
Place: england, britain, liverpool
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The Storyteller: Greek Myths (1991)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: A storyteller in a labyrinth tells his dog the stories of Perseus and Medusa, Icarus and Daedalus, Theseus and the Minotaur, and Orpheus and Euridyce.
Style: fairy tale, mysterious, anthology, exciting, semi serious
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: ancient, mythology, myth, writers, magical, heroes, monster, greek, prince, family relations, princess, escapades ...
Place: crete
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