There are many TV dramas that I have loved over the years, encompassing all different genres and aimed at all ages. Some of these shows are based on book and/or radio series that I enjoyed reading and listening to when I was a kid. Here is a selection of my favourite TV dramas, presented in no particular order (this is not a ranking). One of the best dramas I have ever watched was The Walking Dead. But I also often wonder what it is like for actresses when they audition for Game of Thrones… “Okay, so the first thing you need to know about this job is that you are going to have to get your kit off and the whole world is going to see… okay shall we give it a go?” 🤣😮 Also, I kissed a girl who looked exactly like Michelle Dockery from Downton Abbey! I have put every TV show I have ever watched into this website.
| Series Title | No. of Series | Tenure | |
| 1 | Doctor Who | 39 | 1963-present |
| 2 | Sherlock | 4 | 2010-2017 |
| 3 | Downton Abbey | 6 + 3 films | 2010-2015; 2019, 2022, 2025 |
| 4 | The Walking Dead | 11 | 2010-2022 |
| 5 | Game of Thrones | 8 | 2011-2019 |
| 6 | Breaking Bad | 5 | 2008-2013 |
| 7 | Merlin | 5 | 2008-2012 |
| 8 | Primeval | 5 | 2007-2011 |
| 9 | Survivors | 3 + 2 | 1975-1977, 2008-2010 |
| 10 | Robin Hood | 3 | 2006-2009 |
| 11 | Luther | 5 + 1 film | 2010-2019, 2023 |
| 12 | Firefly | 1 | 2002 |
| 13 | Sex Education | 4 | 2019-2023 |
| 14 | Stranger Things | 4 | 2016-present |
| 15 | The Mandalorian | 3 | 2019-present |
| 16 | Obi-Wan Kenobi | 1 | 2022-present |
| 17 | The House of the Dragon | 2 | 2022-present |
| 18 | The Book of Boba Fett | 1 | 2021-present |
| 19 | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power | 2 | 2022-present |
| 20 | Andor | 2 | 2022-present |
| 21 | The Tudors | 4 | 2007-2010 |
| 22 | Black Mirror | 6 | 2011-present |
| 23 | My Boy Jack | TV Movie | 2007 |
| 24 | Wolf Hall | 2 | 2015, 2024 |
| 25 | Agatha Christie’s Poirot | 13 | 1989-2013 |
| 26 | Jonathan Creek | 5 | 1997-2016 |
| 27 | Quatermass and the Pit | 1 | 1958-1959 |
| 28 | Blake’s 7 | 4 | 1978-1981 |
| 29 | Agatha Christie’s Marple | 6 + 6 | 1984-1992, 2004-2013 |
| 30 | The Crown | 6 | 2016-2023 |
| 31 | It’s a Sin | 1 | 2021 |
| 32 | Years and Years | 1 | 2019 |
| 33 | I, Claudius | 1 | 1976 |
| 34 | All Creatures Great and Small | 7 + 3 | 1978-1990, 2020-present |
| 35 | Broadchurch | 3 | 2013-2017 |
| 36 | The A Word | 3 | 2016-2020 |
| 37 | Lennon Naked | 1 | 2010 |
| 38 | K-9 and Company | TV Pilot | 1981 |
| 39 | Torchwood | 4 | 2006-2011 |
| 40 | The Sarah Jane Adventures | 5 | 2007-2011 |
| 41 | K-9 | 1 | 2009-2010 |
| 42 | An Adventure in Space and Time | TV movie | 2013 |
| 43 | Class | 1 | 2016 |
| 44 | Cracker | 3 | 1993-2006 |
| 45 | Heroes | 4 | 2006-2010 |
| 46 | Lost | 6 | 2004-2010 |
| 47 | The X Files | 11 | 1993-2018 |
| 48 | Casanova | 1 | 2005 |
| 49 | The Adventures of Tintin | 3 | 1991-1992 |
| 50 | The Second Coming | 1 | 2003 |
| 51 | The Box of Delights | 1 | 1984 |
| 52 | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | 1 | 1988 |
| 53 | A Series of Unfortunate Events | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 54 | Astérix | 1 | 2023 |
| 55 | The Last of Us | 1 | 2023 |
| 56 | House of Cards | 1 + 6 | 1990, 2013-2018 |
| 57 | Supernatural | 15 | 2005-2020 |
| 58 | Scott & Bailey | 5 | 2011-2016 |
| 59 | Happy Valley | 3 | 2014-2023 |
| 60 | Narcos | 3 | 2015-2017 |
| 61 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | 7 | 1997-2003 |
| 62 | Dick Barton: Special Agent | 1 | 1979 |
| 63 | The Story of Tracy Beaker | 4 | 2002-2005 |
| 64 | Charmed | 8 + 4 | 1998-2006, 2018-2022 |
| 65 | Smallville | 10 | 2001-2011 |
| 66 | Rick and Morty | 6 | 2013-2022 |
| 67 | The Railway Children | 1 | 1968 |
| 68 | The Sopranos | 6 | 1999-2007 |
| 69 | Watership Down | 3 + 1 | 1999-2001, 2018 |
| 70 | Inspector Morse | 8 | 1987-2000 |
| 71 | Lewis | 9 | 2006-2015 |
| 72 | Line of Duty | 6 | 2012-2021 |
| 73 | 24 | 9 | 2001-2010 |
| 74 | Once Upon a Time | 7 | 2011-2018 |
| 75 | I May Destroy You | 1 | 2020 |
| 76 | The Onedin Line | 8 | 1971-1980 |
| 77 | Hillsborough | TV Movie | 1996 |
| 78 | Accused | 2 | 2010-2012 |
| 79 | The Night Manager | 1 | 2016 |
| 80 | Maigret | 4 + 2 | 1959, 1960-1963; 2016-2017 |
| 81 | The White Queen | 1 | 2013 |
| 82 | Quiz | 1 | 2020 |
| 83 | Litvinenko | 1 | 2022 |
| 84 | Our Friends in the North | 1 | 1996 |
| 85 | Goodnight, Mister Tom | TV Movie | 1998 |
| 86 | Bernard’s Watch | 7 | 1997-2005 |
| 87 | Space: 1999 | 2 | 1975-1977 |
| 88 | The Wire | 5 | 2002-2008 |
| 89 | Prison Break | 5 | 2005-2017 |
| 90 | The Canterbury Tales | 1 | 2003 |
| 91 | Better Call Saul | 6 | 2015-2022 |
| 92 | Mad Men | 7 | 2007-2015 |
| 93 | The Famous Five | 2 + 2 | 1978-1979, 1995-1997 |
| 94 | The Brothers | 7 | 1972-1976 |
| 95 | Sex and the City | 6 | 1998-2004 |
| 96 | Prime Suspect | 7 | 1991-2006 |
| 97 | Secret Diary of a Call Girl | 4 | 2007-2011 |
| 98 | BBC Television Shakespeare | 7 | 1978-1985 |
| 99 | Star Trek (The Original Series) | 3 | 1966-1969 |
| 100 | The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency | 1 | 2008-2009 |
| 101 | Casualty | 37 | 1986-present |
| 102 | The West Wing | 7 | 1999-2006 |
| 103 | The Ruby in the Smoke | TV Movie | 2006 |
| 104 | Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story | TV Movie | 2008 |
| 105 | Queer as Folk | 2 | 1999-2000 |
| 106 | ER | 15 | 1994-2009 |
| 107 | The Musketeers | 3 | 2014-2016 |
| 108 | Orange is the New Black | 7 | 2013-2019 |
| 109 | Sapphire & Steel | 4 | 1979-1982 |
| 110 | New Tricks | 12 | 2003-2015 |
| 111 | House | 8 | 2004-2012 |
| 112 | The Vampire Diaries | 8 | 2009-2017 |
| 113 | The Tomorrow People | 8 + 1 | 1973-1979, 2013-2014 |
| 114 | Einstein and Eddington | TV Movie | 2008 |
| 115 | The Demon Headmaster | 3 + 1 | 1996-1998, 2019 |
| 116 | Noughts and Crosses | 2 | 2020-present |
| 117 | Poldark | 5 | 2015-2019 |
| 118 | The Twilight Zone | 5 + 2 | 1959-1964, 2019-2020 |
| 119 | Being Human | 5 | 2008-2013 |
| 120 | Battlestar Galactica | 1 + 4 | 1978-1979, 2004-2009 |
| 121 | Demons | 1 | 2009 |
| 122 | Grey’s Anatomy | 19 | 2005-present |
| 123 | Swallows and Amazons | 1 | 1963 |
| 124 | Brum | 3 | 1991-2002 |
| 125 | The Wind in the Willows | 5 + TV Movie | 1984-1989, 1995 |
| 126 | The Day of the Triffids | 1 + 1 | 1981, 2009 |
| 127 | Rome | 2 | 2005-2007 |
| 128 | Peaky Blinders | 6 | 2013-2022 |
| 129 | Whitechapel | 4 | 2009-2013 |
| 130 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | 1 | 1979 |
| 131 | Smiley’s People | 1 | 1982 |
| 132 | Beatrix Potter – The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends | 1 | 1992-1998 |
| 133 | Paradox | 1 | 2009 |
| 134 | Chernobyl | 1 | 2019 |
| 135 | Professor T | 2 | 2021-present |
| 136 | Desperate Housewives | 8 | 2004-2012 |
| 137 | Spooks | 10 | 2002-2011 |
| 138 | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | 2 | 1979-1981 |
| 139 | Grange Hill | 31 | 1978-2008 |
| 140 | Pretty Little Liars | 7 | 2010-2017 |
| 141 | Life on Mars | 2 | 2006-2007 |
| 142 | Ashes to Ashes | 3 | 2008-2010 |
| 143 | Killing Eve | 4 | 2018-2022 |
| 144 | Des | 1 | 2020 |
| 145 | His Dark Materials | 3 | 2019-2022 |
| 146 | I Hate Suzie | 2 | 2020-2022 |
| 147 | Midsomer Murders | 23 | 1997-present |
| 148 | Inspector George Gently | 8 | 2007-2017 |
| 149 | Law & Order: UK | 8 | 2009-2014 |
| 150 | Doc Martin | 10 | 2004-2022 |
| 151 | Rosemary and Thyme | 3 | 2003-2006 |
| 152 | Monarch of the Glen | 7 | 2000-2005 |
| 153 | A Touch of Frost | 15 | 1992-2010 |
| 154 | Foyle’s War | 8 | 2002-2015 |
| 155 | Dracula | 1 | 2020 |
| 156 | Blackpool | 1 | 2004 |
| 157 | Jekyll and Hyde | 1 | 2007 |
| 158 | Death in Paradise | 12 | 2011-present |
| 159 | Waking the Dead | 9 | 2000-2011 |
| 160 | Bonekickers | 1 | 2008 |
| 161 | Gotham | 5 | 2014-2019 |
| 162 | Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D | 7 | 2013-2020 |
| 163 | Marvel’s Jessica Jones | 3 | 2015-2019 |
| 164 | WandaVision | 1 | 2021 |
| 165 | Loki | 1 | 2021-present |
| 166 | What If…? | 1 | 2021-present |
| 167 | Pride and Prejudice | 1 | 1995 |
| 168 | The Forsyte Saga | 1 + 2 | 1967, 2002-2003 |
| 169 | In the Flesh | 2 | 2013-2014 |
| 170 | Victoria | 3 | 2016-2019 |
| 171 | Emma | 1 | 2009 |
| 172 | Tess of the D’Urbervilles | 1 | 2008 |
| 173 | Ripper Street | 5 | 2012-2016 |
| 174 | Sense & Sensibility | 1 | 2008 |
| 175 | Call the Midwife | 12 | 2012-present |
| 176 | Belgravia | 1 | 2020 |
| 177 | Titanic | 1 | 2012 |
| 178 | Endeavour | 9 | 2012-2023 |
| 179 | Father Brown | 10 | 2013-present |
| 180 | Outlander | 6 | 2014-present |
| 181 | Cranford | 2 | 2007-2009 |
| 182 | Bridgerton | 2 | 2020-present |
| 183 | Around the World in 80 Days | 1 | 2021-present |
| 184 | Upstairs, Downstairs | 5 + 2 | 1971-1975, 2010-2012 |
| 185 | The Prisoner | 1 + 1 | 1967-1968, 2009 |
| 186 | Z Cars | 12 | 1962-1978 |
| 187 | The StoryTeller | 1 | 1987-1989 |
| 188 | Black Summer | 2 | 2019-2021 |
| 189 | All of Us are Dead | 1 | 2022-present |
| 190 | Bleak House | 1 | 2005 |
| 191 | The War of the Worlds | 1 | 2019 |
| 192 | Bergerac | 9 | 1981-1991 |
| 193 | Howards’ Way | 6 | 1985-1990 |
| 194 | Castle | 8 | 2009-2016 |
| 195 | Lark Rise to Candleford | 4 | 2008-2011 |
| 196 | Dead Set | 1 | 2008 |
| 197 | Suits | 9 | 2011-2019 |
| 198 | Skins | 7 | 2007-2013 |
| 199 | House of Saddam | 1 | 2008 |
| 200 | Shameless | 11 | 2004-2013 |
| 201 | Sharpe | 7 | 1993-2008 |
| 202 | Homeland | 8 | 2011-2020 |
| 203 | Good Omens | 2 | 2019-present |
| 204 | Dinotopia | 1 | 2002 |
| 205 | The Lost World | TV Movie | 2001 |
| 206 | Humans | 3 | 2015-2018 |
| 207 | Bodyguard | 1 | 2018 |
| 208 | National Treasure | 1 | 2016 |
| 209 | Sanditon | 3 | 2019-2023 |
| 210 | Ahsoka | 1 | 2023-present |
| 211 | Alex Rider | 3 | 2020-present |
| 212 | Ocean Girl | 4 | 1994-1997 |
| 213 | Cucumber & Banana | 1 | 2015 |
| 214 | Orphan Black | 5 | 2013-2017 |
| 215 | Shoebox Zoo | 2 | 2004-2005 |
| 216 | Safe House | 2 | 2015-2017 |
| 217 | Carrie’s War | TV Movie | 2004 |
| 218 | Bert and Dickie | 1 | 2012 |
| 219 | Halo | 1 | 2022-present |
| 220 | Eric and Ernie | TV Movie | 2011 |
| 221 | Glee | 6 | 2009-2015 |
| 222 | Atlantis | 2 | 2013-2015 |
| 223 | Misfits | 5 | 2009-2013 |
| 224 | Murder, She Wrote | 12 | 1984-1996 |
| 225 | Crown Court | 11 | 1972-1984 |
| 226 | The A-Team | 5 | 1983-1987 |
| 227 | The Queen’s Nose | 7 | 1995-2003 |
| 228 | The Worst Witch | 3 + 4 | 1998-2001, 2017-20 |
| 229 | The Acolyte | 1 | 2024 |
| 230 | Goosebumps | 4 | 1995-1998 |
| 231 | The Ghost Hunter | 3 | 2000-2002 |
| 232 | Douglas is Cancelled | 1 | 2024 |
| 233 | Teen Wolf | 6 | 2011-2017 |
| 234 | Keeping Faith | 3 | 2017-2020 |
| 235 | Nolly | 1 | 2023 |
| 236 | Scoop | TV Movie | 2024 |
| 237 | The Killing | 4 | 2011-2014 |
| 238 | Baby Reindeer | 1 | 2024 |
| 239 | A Very English Scandal | 1 | 2018 |
| 240 | Wolf | 1 | 2023 |
| 241 | Mr Bates vs The Post Office | 1 | 2024 |
| 242 | Into the Night | 2 | 2020-2021 |
| 243 | Time | 2 | 2021-2023 |
| 244 | The Fades | 1 | 2011 |
| 245 | Silent Witness | 26 | 1996-present |
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