UK Television Prime Time Dramas 2023
TV Drama Series shown in 2023 produced in the UK or Ireland and broadcast in prime evening slots 7-10 pm in the UK. Two parts or more. (Including shows premiered on Britbox, ITVX and Acorn.)
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- CreatorSally WainwrightStarsSarah LancashireSiobhan FinneranJames NortonYorkshire-based crime drama centering on the personal and professional life of Police Sergeant Catherine Cawood.Series 3
- StarsEmilia FoxDavid CavesWilliam GaminaraA team of exceptional forensic pathologists and scientists investigate heinous crimes and use their skills to catch the people responsible.Series 26
- StarsMatthew MacfadyenSimon GreenallKevin McNallyA British politician fakes his own death.
- CreatorRobert ThorogoodStarsElizabeth BourgineDon WarringtonDanny John-JulesCultures collide when British Detective Inspector is transferred from England to the Caribbean island of Saint Marie to head the island's police department.Series 12
- CreatorHeidi ThomasStarsVanessa RedgraveLaura MainJenny AgutterChronicles the lives of a group of midwives living in East London in the late 1950s to late 1960s.Series 12
- CreatorRegina MoriartyStarsIwan RheonJoanna ScanlanAlexandra RoachWhen Cat Donato returns to Llanemlyn to try and find out the truth about Ela Roberts' disappearance 18 years ago, not everyone is happy to dig up the past.
- StarsBrenda BlethynJon MorrisonRiley JonesWith her caustic wit and singular charm, DCI Vera Stanhope leads her team as they face a series of captivating murder mysteries set against the breathtaking Northumberland landscape.Series 12
- CreatorJacqui Honess-MartinStarsParminder NagraLara PulverLisa McGrillisDrama about three doctors returning to post-pandemic frontline medicine after maternity leave.
- StarsJason WatkinsAneurin BarnardPoppy GilbertA local fisherman determined to keep his family together.
- CreatorMatt BakerStarsNatascha McElhoneOliver DenchLouisa BinderA glamorous period drama about an English hotel in 1920s Italy, when Benito Mussolini's brand of fascism was on the rise.Shown last year on Britbox
- StarsGemma ArtertonTom BatemanArsher AliA young woman from Blackpool finds her voice in the male-dominated world of the 1960s comedy and takes London by storm.
- CreatorRussell T. DaviesStarsHelena Bonham CarterCon O'NeillAugustus PrewExploring the reign, and fall from grace, of the inimitable British soap star, Noele Gordon.Premiered on ITVX then ITV at Xmas
- CreatorNeil ForsythStarsHugh BonnevilleJack LowdenEmun ElliottDrama series inspired by true events surrounding the 1983 Brink's-Mat robbery, and the remarkable story that followed.
- CreatorJonathan BrackleySam VincentStarsLeila FarzadAndrew BuchanSamuel Edward-CookA corrupt police detective has a painful moral awakening and decides to put right 20 years of wrongdoing.
- CreatorJamie DavisStarsHarry LawteySophia BrownAndi OshoA romantic comedy drama about finding love when you least expect it. Three people experience tragedies they feel they will never overcome. Can they find hope and love again in the future, or will the past always hold them back?Premiered on ITVX
- CreatorTony JordanRobert ThorogoodStarsKris MarshallSally BrettonZahra AhmadiHaving left Saint Marie to be with Martha, DI Humphrey Goodman starts a new life with her in Devon, bringing his unique brand of chaotic genius to the small, close-knit community.
- StarsAmanda AbbingtonWarren BrownSunetra SarkerRowan's life spirals when Finn is coerced into a botched drug deal by a local gang. With Finn's life on the line and a violent gang leader encroaching on her life, Rowan is faced with recuperating the money that Finn lost.
- StarsShaun EvansRoger AllamJames BradshawSet from 1965 into the 1970s, the show follows Endeavour Morse in his early years as a police constable. Working alongside his senior partner DI Fred Thursday, Morse engages in a number of investigations around Oxford.Series 9
- CreatorChris LangStarsSanjeev BhaskarJordan LongCarolina MainLondon detectives investigate crimes from the past, unravelling secrets left buried for years.Series 5
- CreatorDavid LoganStarsJane SeymourRohan NeddKevin RyanA recently retired English professor discovers a real knack for investigation and cannot help but interfere with the cases assigned to her police detective son.First shown on Acorn TV 2022 then on C5 2023.
- CreatorBen RichardsStarsSophie RundleSteven CreePhilipp BoosThe six-part series follows Laura Simmonds and her Barcelona Consul colleague and friend Alba Ortiz as they fight to protect British nationals who find themselves in trouble in the Catalan city.
- CreatorDaragh CarvilleRichard ClarkStarsDaniel RyanErin ShanagherAndrew DowbigginPolice in the Morecambe Bay area in Lancashire investigate missing persons and suspicious deaths.Series 4
- CreatorNick LoveStarsMartha PlimptonJason FlemyngDaniel SharmanThis intoxicating cocktail of crime thriller and family saga in the early '80s follows the Lords - a family of South London gangsters - who recognise a golden opportunity to re-capture their former glory on the Costa Del Sol.
- CreatorSean CookStarsPaula MalcomsonAbby FitzEvan O'ConnorDI Colette Cunningham's no nonsense approach to policing has earned her the respect of her Merseyside Police colleagues. She seems unflappable, until she gets a call from the Garda in Dublin after the body of a young woman is discovered.Premiered on Virgin Media One in Ireland (2022)
- CreatorRussell LewisStarsJohn SimmRichie CampbellBrad MorrisonDrama following Brighton-based Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, a hard-working police officer who has given his life to the job.Series 3