Best British Drama TV Shows of 2022

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Best British Drama TV Shows of 2022
Best British Drama TV Shows of 2022
TOP TV Shows: Heartstopper (2022), Riches (2022), This Is Going to Hurt (2022), Holding (2022), The Undeclared War (2022), Slow Horses (2022), Sherwood (2022), SAS: Rogue Heroes (2022), Karen Pirie (2022), The Responder (2022), Cheaters (2022), Life After Life (2022), Chloe (2022), The Lazarus Project (2022), The Essex Serpent (2022), The English (2022), Mammals (2022), Mood (2022), Inside Man (2022), Maxine (2022).

List of Best TV Shows

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 8.6
 75K
Heartstopper (2022)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Charlie, a highly strung, openly gay over-thinker, and Nick, a cheerful soft-hearted rugby player, meet at a British all-boys grammar school. Friendship blooms quickly, but could there be something more...? Based on Alice Oseman's bestselling ...
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing, cute, teen ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay relationship, gay love, lgbtq, lgbt teen, gay lead character, gay interest, gay couple, teenage love, gay teenager, friendship ...
Time: 21st century
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 7.2
 2K
Riches (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story: Stephen Richards has built a cosmetics empire, but when he suffers a stroke, his family's secrets and lies rise to the surface and the future of his multi-million-pound company is at stake.
Style: thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, psychological
Plot: family business, inheritance, secret, family secret, business, dysfunctional family, infidelity, rivalry, adultery, deception, lawyer, family relations ...
Time: future
Place: london, new york
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This Is Going to Hurt (2022)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 315 min.
TV show
Story: The unvarnished truth of life as a doctor working in obstetrics and gynaecology.
Style: disturbing, entertaining, meditative, captivating, crying ...
Plot: medical, gay, gay couple, gynecologist, maternity ward, lgbt, medicine, coworker, workplace situations, workplace, lifestyle, physician ...
Place: england
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 6.6
 2K
Holding (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Local police officer Sergeant PJ Collins is a gentle man who hides from people and fills his days with comfort food and half-hearted police work. He is one of life's outsiders, lovable, but lonely and a bit rubbish at his job. When the body of ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, captivating, thrilling, satirical ...
Plot: police, police sergeant, police officer, workplace, lifestyle, satire, workplace situations, social issues, job, forensics, forensic
Place: ireland
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The Undeclared War (2022)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story: In the post-pandemic world of 2024 during an upcoming British general election involving the UK’s first Black Conservative prime minister, a leading team of analysts at the heart of the UK’s NSA-style spy agency GCHQ attempt to ward off a ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, tense, political, suspense ...
Plot: politics, team, national security, secret agent, analyst, government agent, political intrigue, confrontation, hacker, spy, special agent, terrorist attack ...
Time: near future, future
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 8.1
 67K
Slow Horses (2022)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
TV show
Story: This quick-witted spy drama follows a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents—and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb—as they navigate the espionage world’s smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.
Style: disturbing, tense, funny, captivating, crime thriller ...
Plot: reconnaissance, team, crime investigation, agent, cia agent, misfit, secret agent, prospector, investigation, espionage, british intelligence, unlikely hero ...
Time: future, 2020s
Place: london, england, united kingdom, britain
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 7.4
 9K
Sherwood (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story: Two murders shatter an already fractured community leading to one of the largest manhunts in British history while threatening to inflame historic divisions sparked during the Miners' Strike three decades before.
Style: thrilling, crime drama
Plot: bird, police officer, mining town, police, manhunt, true crime, police procedural, village, murder
Time: future, 2010s
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SAS: Rogue Heroes (2022)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: The dramatised account of how the world’s greatest Special Forces unit, the SAS, was formed under extraordinary circumstances in the darkest days of World War Two.
Style: captivating, tense, thrilling, satirical
Plot: world war two, military, british army, soldier, pilot, british soldier, mission, battles, wartime life, fight, special agent, fight for supremacy ...
Time: 1940s
Place: cairo egypt, north africa, libya, egypt
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 7.6
 9K
Karen Pirie (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: Karen is a refreshingly normal and charmingly unfashionable young woman – slick, maverick cop she is not – but her quick mouth and ingenuity make her an impressive investigator. Following her promotion to Police Scotland’s Historic Cases Unit, ...
Style: dramatic, detective, captivating, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: cold case, female detective, female protagonist, investigation, murder, british, policewoman, police investigation, murder investigation, police detective, homicide detective, female police detective ...
Place: scotland
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 7.4
 13K
The Responder (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story: Under pressure, fraying at the edges. In relentless night-time Liverpool, copper Chris is paired with a rookie. Will they save or destroy each other?
Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating, dramatic ...
Plot: forensics, police corruption, depression, patrol, fighting crime, police, crisis, identity crisis, investigation, workplace, police station, midlife crisis ...
Time: future
Place: liverpool
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 7.3
 2K
Cheaters (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 10 min.
TV show
Story: A chance meeting after a cancelled flight leads to an unlikely night of drunken airport-hotel sex between two strangers in their late twenties, Fola and Josh. Both are already in relationships and unknowingly soon to be neighbours.
Style: semi serious, captivating, sex comedy, entertaining, satirical ...
Plot: sexual relations, oral sex, horny wife, unfaithful wife, relationships, one night stand, sex scene, cheating wife, male female relationship, neighbor, couple relations, unlikely couple ...
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Life After Life (2022)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: If you could live your life time and again, would you ever get it right? Ursula dies and is reborn, living through turbulent times - but what is it she needs to stay alive for?
Style: suspense, disturbing, psychological, captivating, historical drama ...
Plot: magic realism, survival, alternate reality, second chance, alternate dimension, destiny, alternate timeline, female protagonist, life, alternate world, rebirth, women ...
Time: edwardian era, 20th century, 1920s, 1910s
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 6.6
 4K
Chloe (2022)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story: Outsider Becky obsesses over influencer Chloe – until tragedy pulls her in deeper than she ever dreamed possible.
Style: disturbing, captivating, suspense, thrilling, psychological thriller
Plot: female protagonist, loneliness, pretense, deception, life is a bitch, lifestyle change, con trick, escapades, desire for fame, woman, women, social media ...
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The Lazarus Project (2022)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: George wakes up to find himself several months in the past before being recruited for the Lazarus Project – a secret organisation that turns back time when the world is at threat of extinction.
Style: thrilling, dramatic, suspenseful, enigmatic, tense ...
Plot: time travel, supernatural, secret, success, entity, disappearance, secret organization, save the world, marriage, time, time loop, secret government organization ...
Place: london
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The Essex Serpent (2022)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 288 min.
TV show
Story: London widow Cora Seaborne moves to Essex to investigate reports of a mythical serpent. She forms an unlikely bond with the village vicar, but when tragedy strikes, locals accuse her of attracting the creature.
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, spiritual, gothic ...
Plot: victorian england, mythical creature, widow, female protagonist, investigation, secret, sleuth, creature, puzzle, private investigation, paranormal investigation, supernatural being ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1890s
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 7.8
 29K
The English (2022)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Story: An aristocratic Englishwoman, Lady Cornelia Locke, arrives into the new and wild landscape of the West to wreak revenge on the man she sees as responsible for the death of her son.
Style: tense, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot: revenge, woman, death of son, death, son, old west, city, troubled past, female protagonist, bereavement, vengeance, loss of child ...
Time: 1890s, 19th century, 1900s
Place: wyoming
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 5.9
 4K
Mammals (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The story of Jamie, a Michelin-starred chef whose world implodes when he discovers shocking secrets about his pregnant wife, Amandine. Jamie finds himself hunting for answers with the help of his brother-in-law Jeff. Through this hunt, the cracks in ...
Style: satirical, thrilling, psychological, captivating, romantic comedy
Plot: relationships, family problems, marital problem, marriage crisis, marriage, chef, lifestyle change, family secret, relationship problems, changing lives, adultery, male female relationship ...
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The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe (2022)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 184 min.
TV show
Story: The extraordinary and compelling story of how John Darwin faked his own death to claim life insurance and avoid bankruptcy will be told in The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe. The drama relates how Anne Darwin's husband, a prison officer, came up ...
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing, comedy drama
Plot: insurance fraud, bankruptcy, escapades, family relations, con artists, parents and children, father son relationship, faked death, money problems, money, fraud, corruption ...
Time: 2000s, year 2007, year 2002
Place: northern england, panama
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 6.2
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Mood (2022)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Sasha, a 25-year-old wannabe singer and rapper thrown out of home, but right now she’s a bedroom artist spending her days smoking weed, stalking her ex-boyfriend on social media and avoiding her family.
Style: dramatic, entertaining, atmospheric, captivating
Plot: social media, sex work, rap, singer, young woman, sex, social network, rap star, rapper, party, young girl
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 6.6
 36K
Inside Man (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story: A prisoner on death row in the US, a vicar in a quiet English town, and a maths teacher trapped in a cellar cross paths in the most unexpected way.
Style: disturbing, tense, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: prisoner, basement, jail cell, death row, tutor, prison, jail, secret, threat, murder mystery, solitary, confined ...
Time: 2020s
Place: england
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 6.7
 2K
Maxine (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: True crime docu-series about Maxine Carr and Ian Huntley.
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating
Plot: crime investigation, small town, true crime, murder, school, schoolgirl, framed for murder, murderer, homicide detective, murder investigation, investigation
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Hotel Portofino (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story: A classic whodunit mystery, as the characters go about their lives in 1920s Italy, when Benito Mussolini's brand of fascism was on the rise.
Style: captivating, disturbing, tense, period drama
Plot: hotel, seaside town, high society, british, rich, hotel receptionist, political intrigue, female protagonist, society, workplace, lifestyle, intrigue ...
Time: 1920s, 2020s, 20th century
Place: italy
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The Flatshare (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Tiffany and Leon are two cash-strapped twenty somethings who share a bed, but have never met. The question is, can you fall in love with someone you've never set eyes on?
Style: funny, exciting, entertaining, captivating, dramatic ...
Plot: twenty something, money, flatmate, couple relations, girl next door, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, male female relationship, couples, neighbor, love, journalist, prisoner ...
Place: london
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 7.3
 4K
The Walk-In (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 227 min.
TV show
Story: Forced to flee the UK and go into hiding in the 1990’s when he became a mole from within the BNP, Matthew Collins returned to Britain to make a new life for himself. As Collins works with young white men in the fight against radicalisation.
Style: suspenseful, serious, dramatic, tense, social
Plot: neo nazi, racism, neo nazism, nazi, terrorist, plan, terrorism, terrorist group, police, police officer, plan gone wrong, journalist ...
Time: 2010s
Place: london
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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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Becoming Elizabeth (2022)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The fascinating story of the early life of England’s most iconic Queen, Elizabeth Tudor, an orphaned teenager who became embroiled in the political and sexual politics of the English court on her journey to obtain the crown.
Style: historical drama, disturbing, tense, captivating, costume drama ...
Plot: royalty, tudors, renaissance, british history, palace intrigue, teenager, royal court, affair, ambitious woman, political intrigue, political unrest, teenage girl ...
Time: 16th century
Place: britain
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 7.3
 3K
Litvinenko (2022)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story: The story of the determined Scotland Yard Officers who worked to prove who was responsible for the death of Alexander Litvinenko, in one of the most complex and dangerous investigations in the history of the Metropolitan Police.
Style: detective, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, psychological
Plot: investigation, murder investigation, assassination, politics, murder, political unrest, political conspiracy, uncover truth, crime investigation, crime solving, private investigation, sleuth ...
Place: london
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Everything I Know About Love (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: In a 2012 London house-share, childhood best friends Maggie and Birdy — now in their 20s — experience bad dates, heartaches and humiliation. With flashbacks to suburban adolescence in the early noughties, the series begs the question: can ...
Style: satirical, psychological, semi serious, thrilling, captivating
Plot: women, friendship, lifestyle, relationship problems, female best friends, unrequited love, relationships, love interest, friends, satire, female protagonist, girlfriend girlfriend relationship ...
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The Fear Index (2022)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Dr. Alex Hoffman, an American ex-pat physicist, creates an AI-driven system that exploits fear in the financial markets and operates at lightning speed to make big returns. But on the day of launch, Alex’s sanity is shaken after he is viciously ...
Style: suspense, captivating, suspenseful, tense, disturbing ...
Plot: conspiracy, scientist, assassination plot, doubt, artificial intelligence, murder, financial problem, financier, wall street, finance, paranoia, fear
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 7.4
 5K
Four Lives (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 177 min.
TV show
Story: The true story of the courageous families of four young gay men who lost their lives to killer Stephen Port. Facing police failings, they fought for justice for their loved ones.
Style: suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, tense, detective
Plot: murder, serial killer, justice, gay, murderer, murder investigation, crime investigation, investigation, crime solving, uncover truth, killings, women ...
Time: 2010s
Place: england, london
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