English TV series about deception

List of the best English TV series about deception, selected by visitors to our site: The Pact, The White Queen, House of Cards, Trust Me, Riviera, Sick Note, Troy: Fall of a City, Camelot, The Stranger, The Casual Vacancy.

In the top there are new series of 2021, a plot description and trailers for series that have already been released.

Country
Markimdb: 6.8
Genrethriller
CountryUnited Kingdom

Anna, Nancy, Louie and Cat have had enough of their tyrannical young boss Jack Evans, and make a drunken snap decision at a work function that has shocking repercussions.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genremelodrama, drama, military, history
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, France
Duration00:43

Set against the backdrop of the Wars of the Roses, the series is the story of the women caught up in the protracted conflict for the throne of England.

Markimdb: 8.5
Genredrama
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration03:46

Charming chief whip Frances Urquhart plots revenge against his colleagues.

Markimdb: 7
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom

A series of gripping thrillers that expose the dark side of the people we trust to care for us - doctors.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrethriller, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration00:40

After newlywed Georgina's billionaire husband Constantine is killed in a yacht explosion, she is shocked to discover the fortune and lifestyle he maintained was surrounded by violence, lies and murder. She soon must step out of her comfort zone to protect the family...and herself.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrecomedy, crime
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration00:40

When Daniel Glass is misdiagnosed with a fatal disease he begins to notice how everyone around him treats him better. But then he finds out he was misdiagnosed by the most incompetent oncologist on Earth and now he has a big decision to make: come clean and go back to his old rubbish life, or keep pretending to be ill.

Markimdb: 3.9
Genreaction, fantasy, melodrama, adventure, military
CountryUnited Kingdom, South Africa, Australia, USA
Duration02:19

A rich story of love, intrigue, betrayal and belonging told from the perspective of the Trojan royal family at the heart of the siege of Troy.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrefantasy, drama, history
CountryRepublic of Ireland, USA, United Kingdom, Canada
Duration07:30

Camelot is a historical-fantasy-drama television series based on the Arthurian legend, was produced by Graham King, Morgan O'Sullivan and Michael Hirst.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom

A web of secrets sends family man Adam Price on a desperate quest to uncover the truth about the people closest to him.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:20

The citizens of the small British town of Pagford fight for the spot on the parish council after Barry Fairbrother dies.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, crime
CountryUnited Kingdom

Love — and lies — spiral when a DNA researcher helps discover a way to find the perfect partner, and creates a bold new matchmaking service.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrethriller, comedy, crime
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration00:29

Comedy thriller about two well-meaning idiots who become entangled in a hideous world of crime, conspiracy and corruption.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration00:30

The black sheep of the Argyll family, Jack Argyll, was accused of murdering their matriarch a year ago, but now a man shows up on their doorstep claiming Jack’s innocence. The family must come to terms with this news and the fact that the real killer might still be among them.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genredrama, crime, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom

A grieving mother is accused of identifying online the man she believes killed her son. But is he really a notorious child murderer or a tragic victim of mistaken identity?

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrehorror, drama, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration00:59

A year after the disappearance of their son, Gabe and Eve Caleigh and their two daughters attempt to start anew, they head to Crickley Hall - a seemingly perfect countryside house. But when cellar doors start to open on their own, phantom children's cries are heard through the night and a frenzied cane-wielding specter rears its head - the Caleigh's realize the house comes with a lot more than they bargained for. Just as they're ready to move out, Eve Caleigh hears Cam's cries and all bets are off.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama, biography, history
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration00:56

Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, 1832. Anne Lister attempts to revitalize her inherited home, Shibden Hall. Most notably for the time period, a part of her plan is to help the fate of her own family - by taking a wife.

Markimdb: 8.4
Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration00:50

The Utopia Experiments is a legendary graphic novel shrouded in mystery. When a group of strangers find themselves in possession of an original manuscript, their lives suddenly and brutally implode.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:00

Today is the day Ivy Moxham will escape from the cellar that's been her prison for the last 13 years. Today is the day she'll return to her home, to her family, to her life. Today is only the beginning. Thirteen explores how to pick up the threads of a life half-lived and how to survive as a family under the greatest pressure: how to feel again, chance love again. It is a psychological drama about who to trust when you can't even trust yourself. Ivy Moxham is a young girl. Ivy Moxham is a woman. Ivy Moxham is whoever you want her to be.

Markimdb: 8
Genrecomedy
CountryUnited Kingdom, Republic of Ireland

Coming-of-age drama about lovable rogues Conor and Jock as they navigate their awkward teenage years, hatching plans and adventures to help distract from their tough home lives and their inability to stay out of trouble at school.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrecomedy
CountryUnited Kingdom

After finding out he has an STI, Dylan must get back in touch with every girl he has ever had sex with to let them know the bad news.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genredrama
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration00:35

Brothel owner, Margaret Wells, struggles to raise her daughters in London during the 18th century.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genredrama
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

Drama about a fictional British Royal family set in modern day London, who inhabit a world of opulence and regal tradition that caters to any and every desire, but one that also comes with a price tag of duty, destiny and intense public scrutiny.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrefantasy, drama, crime, detective, history
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration00:30

Inspector John Marlott investigates a series of crimes in 19th Century London, which may have been committed by a scientist intent on re-animating the dead.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genredrama
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration00:59

    An intoxicating love story set in England's first department store in the 1870s. The Paradise revolves around the lives of the people who live and work in the store, each bound in their own way by the power of the world they live in, and the pasts that follow them there. A love story, mystery, and social comedy all in one.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrecomedy, adventure, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration00:50

    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...

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genreaction, thriller, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration00:58

    Daniel Demoys has gone from being an idealistic young man with a burning desire to make the world a better place, to a disillusioned and corrupt council official. His alcoholism has driven a wedge between him and his family. When Daniel wakes up after another drunken night, he realizes that he might be responsible for a murder. A dramatic act of redemption buys him public adoration, so much so that he has become a candidate in the race for Mayor, but as his public star rises ever higher and he tries to repair the damage done to his private life, he is painfully aware that it could all come crashing down at any moment.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genredrama
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    Dickensian intertwines the realm of fictional characters in Charles Dickens’ novels—including Scrooge, Fagin and Miss Havisham—in half-hour episodes, as their lives intertwine in 19th century London. The Old Curiosity Shop sits next door to The Three Cripples Pub, while Fagin’s Den is hidden down a murky alley off a bustling Victorian street.

    Markimdb: 8.4
    Genredrama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration00:46

    The murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genredrama
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration00:59

    Witty, heartfelt and unique interlinked stories covering different aspects of LGBT life, featuring the most exciting emerging talent.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredrama
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:00

    Powerful historical drama series, based on the lives of real people, telling the story of young 19th-century apprentices taking their lives into their own hands for the first time.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration00:30

    The lives of two half-sisters and their drawing master get caught up in a deadly conspiracy revolving around a mentally ill woman dressed all in white.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genredrama, military, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    New Worlds is a gripping 4 part mini series dealing with love, loss and the human price paid for the freedoms and liberties we enjoy today. We follow the fortunes of four young people - Beth, Hope, Abe and Ned - from across both sides of the Atlantic, caught up in these turbulent times. We see them struggle as they are torn between love and ideals in the harsh reality of the changing world. In England, the restored monarchy of Charles II has betrayed its promises and reverted to tyranny. Behind the decadence of the Court, a terror machine is repressing the freedoms won for the people with so much blood during the Civil War of England when Charles I was executed. In America, the tentacles of state terror reach the English colonists of New England who are struggling to throw off the shackles of the English Crown. At the same time the colonists are ruthlessly staking their claim to the territories occupied by the Native American Indians, and shedding much of the American Indian's blood in the process - in a chilling echo of the tyrannical behaviour that they sought to escape from when they crossed the Atlantic

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrethriller, fantasy, drama, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    It's Mayday in a small town steeped in pagan traditions where the crowning of the May Queen is the highlight of the day until suddenly she goes missing.

    Markimdb: 8.5
    Genrecomedy
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    This mockumentary goes behind the microphone of Kurupt FM - the second most popular pirate radio station in West London, receiving up to eight texts per show and playing the finest in UK garage and drum 'n' bass. Co-founded by the MC Sniper and DJ Beats in 2002, the station has now built up a following of over a hundred people and has attracted the attention of the BBC who are making a documentary about the lives of those behind Kurupt FM

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrecomedy
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    Cuckoo is every parent's worst nightmare - a slacker full of outlandish, New Age ideas. Ken is the over-protective father of a girl who's impulsively married an American hippie on her gap year.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genredrama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Republic of Ireland
    Duration07:20

    A drama set in the East End of London in 1889, during the aftermath of the "Ripper" murders. The action centres around the notorious H Division – the police precinct from hell – which is charged with keeping order in the chaotic streets of Whitechapel. Ripper Street explores the lives of characters trying to recover from the Ripper's legacy, from crimes that have not only irretrievably altered their lives, but the very fabric of their city. At the drama's heart our detectives try to bring a little light into the dark world they inhabit.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredrama, military
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:00

    The story of a bustling and glamorous five star hotel at the centre of London society and a world at war.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    A two-part drama about the search in 2008 for missing Yorkshire schoolgirl Shannon Matthews.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:11

    A troubled war veteran is assigned to protect a controversial politician who may be the target of a terror plot.

    Markimdb: 8.6
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    The heartwarming and humorous adventures of a young country vet in the Yorkshire Dales in the 1930s. A remake of the 1978 series.

    Markimdb: 8.4
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration00:43

    Adventurer James Keziah Delaney returns to London from Africa in 1814 along with fourteen stolen diamonds to seek vengeance after the death of his father.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredrama, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration04:00

    When the decomposed body of Melissa Young is found by a couple in their new flat, Detective Len Harper is determined to discover what happened to her and why nobody noticed she was missing.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, adventure, family, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration00:22

    House of Anubis is a jointly Nickelodeon British, American, and Belgian mystery television series based on the Dutch-Belgian television series Het Huis Anubis aired in the Netherlands and Belgium. The series was created by Hans Bourlon and Gert Verhulst and premiered on Nickelodeon on New Year's Day 2011 in the United States and on 25 February 2011 in the United Kingdom. The series is the first Nickelodeon series to be filmed overseas, the first soap opera created by Nickelodeon and the channel's first soap opera aimed at children and teenagers. As of 25 February, the program will be broadcast on TeenNick. The show has since concluded its third season and as of 28 September 2013 Nickelodeon has not announced a fourth season.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:19

    To escape reality 17-year-old Leila turns to a secret virtual paradise. Her real journey begins when this digital Eden turns dark.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genredrama
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    Silk is a British television drama series produced by the BBC and first shown in 2011. Written by Peter Moffat, the series follows a set of barristers, and what they do to attain the rank of Queen's Counsel, known as "taking silk."

    Markimdb: 8.3
    Genredrama, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration08:48

    The Hollow Crown is a series of British television films featuring William Shakespeare's History Plays. The first Season is an adaptation of Shakespeare's second historical tetralogy, the Henriad: Richard II, Henry IV, Part I and Henry IV, Part II (treated as one film in two parts in the series) and Henry V. The Second Season is subtitled "The Wars of the Roses" as a reference to its scope. It is based on Shakespeare's first tetralogy: Henry VI: Part I, Henry VI: Part II, Henry VI: Part III (treated as two films in the series) and Richard III.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrefantastic, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:41

    Coal Hill School has been a feature of Doctor Who since the first episode, but now we get to see the day-to-day adventures of the students coping with intrusions from space and time.

    Markimdb: 8.3
    Genrefantasy, comedy
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration00:40

    A cash-strapped young couple inherit a grand country house, only to find it is both falling apart and teeming with the ghosts of former inhabitants.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrecomedy
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    Hebburn is a warm and affectionate tale of north east family life. It tells the tale of the Pearson family and their impetuous and ambitious son, Jack, who has left Tyneside for the bright lights and glamour of Manchester. He has secretly married a middle class Jewish girl, Sarah, and realises that it is about time he introduced her to his family.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrecomedy, drama, adventure, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    When strange young misfit Kim Noakes was just a little girl, her father died in murky circumstances and her mother Tina whisked her away to a remote rural life of seclusion and bizarre survival techniques. Now all grown up, Kim sets out into the real world for the first time to begin a secret mission of honouring her father’s memory.




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