English TV series about parallel worlds

List of the best English TV series about parallel worlds, selected by visitors to our site: Spotless, Black Mirror, Drifters, Strike Back, South Riding, The Pact, Any Human Heart, Fresh Meat, The White Queen, The Great Train Robbery.

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

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Markimdb: 7.7
Genredrama, crime
CountryUnited Kingdom, France
Duration00:41

In London, the life of Jean, a troubled crime scene cleaner, is turned upside down when his outlaw brother Martin crash lands into his world, entangling them in the deadly dynamics of organized crime.

Markimdb: 8.8
Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration00:43

    A contemporary British re-working of The Twilight Zone with stories that tap into the collective unease about our modern world.  Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to stop and question it. In every home; on every desk; in every palm - a plasma screen; a monitor; a smartphone - a black mirror of our 21st Century existence.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrecomedy
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration00:23

    Comedy series about three young women living in Leeds who've graduated, had a year out, and are now struggling to find a job they're passionate about, a place to live that is half decent and a boyfriend they actually like. A sitcom about making terrible decisions, but having a brilliant time doing it.The show focuses on Meg, her eccentric cousin Bunny and their friend Laura as they discover that life might just be a bit tougher than they had imagined. From demeaning Promotions jobs complete with mad outfits to pursuing the men of their dreams - yet dating the men of their nightmares - the girls face '#FML-worthy' disasters in both their work and personal lives.

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genreaction, thriller, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration00:46

    The series follows John Porter, a former British Special Forces soldier, who is drafted back into service by Section 20, a fictional branch of the Secret Intelligence Service.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    The lives and loves of a 1930s Yorkshire town explored in a passionate tale of politics in small places. South Riding charts the story of Sarah Burton's homecoming to Yorkshire in 1934 after twenty years teaching in London and the Empire. After a fiery interview with a conservative interview panel, outspoken Sarah takes up her first headmistress-ship at Kiplington High School for Girls, determined to demonstrate to her new pupils that the future is theirs for the taking.

    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
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration04:40

    Jim Broadbent, Matthew Macfadyen and Sam Claflin take on the lead role of Logan Mountstuart in William Boyd's adaptation of his best-selling novel. From one man's emotional, tumultuous and unpredictable journey through the 20th century comes a funny, moving and ambitious four-part drama. Told through Logan's intimate journals, beginning with the idealism and arrogance of his youth, through the triumphs and tragedies of middle-age, to the unexpected dramas of his twilight years - his story reveals that all our lives are ultimately random, and defined by luck and seemingly inconsequential choices. Hayley Atwell, Natasha Little, Emerald Fennell, Ed Stoppard, Samuel West and Kim Cattrall star alongside Gillian Anderson and Tom Hollander as the lovers, wives, friends and infamous figures he encounters throughout his ordinary and yet utterly extraordinary life.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration00:40

    A group of six students about to embark on the most exciting period of their lives so far: university!

    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: 7.3
    Genredrama, crime, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration03:00

    8 August 1963: Britain wakes up to news of the biggest robbery in the country’s history. A train has been hijacked and robbed, 35 miles from its arrival in central London. The country is stunned. Who could be behind it? How did they pull off such an audacious raid?

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genredrama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration00:43

    In Overton, a remote little village in the English countryside, the townsfolk have two interests which are farming and racehorses. Life there seems simple but the village teens resort to playing chicken over razor-sharp blades spinning atop farm silos and other dangerous games to kill their boredom.Then, quite suddenly, life in Overton becomes a lot less boring. Another, much more literal type of killing is revealed when someone finds the body of a local teen under the wheels of a tractor. Now a murder investigation will bring to light all those secrets this close-knit community has been hiding, and life in Overton will never be the same.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    A middle-aged man recently ditched by his long-term girlfriend, ‘Karl’ lives with his elderly Auntie and his closest companion is his doppelgänger alter ego.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genredrama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    Family Liaison Officer Lisa Armstrong becomes a little too emotionally involved with a case (to the point where she might compromise it) concerning a pair of missing Morecambe twins to whose distraught parents she is assigned.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrefantastic, comedy, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration00:53

    When the news is announced that a comet is on an unavoidable collision course with Earth, the most hilarious and unexpected chain of events imaginable is set in motion.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    Three-part contemporary ghost story set in Yorkshire. Tom Parfitt's arrival at a local retirement home leads to an eerie unexpected death.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genredrama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration00:40

    Respected police officer John River, a gifted cop with a troubled mind, struggles to come to terms with the recent loss of a close colleague, and chases a potential suspect across London - with tragic consequences. Now at odds with authorities both within and outside of the police service, River finds himself in a precarious position as he seeks to bring closure to the mother of murdered teenager Erin Fielding, who blames him for failing to keep his promise to bring her daughter back alive.

    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: 8.8
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:00

    A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, military, history
    CountryGermany, Canada, United Kingdom, Hungary

    Two hundred years after the construction of the great cathedral, the medieval town of Kingsbridge is taken under siege by Queen Isabella. Caris, a visionary young woman, inspires her people to stand up for their rights and revolt against to the most powerful forces of her time, the Church and the Crown.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrefantastic, action, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration00:40

    In Edwardian England, George and his partner Amy attempt to defy society and start a life together as they face the escalating terror of an alien invasion, fighting for their lives against an enemy beyond their comprehension.

    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: 6.3
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:29

    A serial killer thriller told in reverse, unravelling the truth behind a series of murders as DCI Gabriel Markham hunts down a brutal killer.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genreaction, drama, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    Cuffs is a fresh, authentic and visceral drama that will take the audience on an exhilarating ride through the challenges of front-line policing. Adrenalized and vibrant, the show is packed full of dramatic incidents and colourful characters. From a booby trapped cannabis farm in a suburban semi to an elderly farmer's wife with a shotgun, the stories are surprising and exciting. There will be more absurd altercations - such as a middle-class dog-napping or fisticuffs between pensioners - as well as the daily grind of speeding drivers, city-centre shoplifters and Saturday night drinkers.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genrefantasy, comedy
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration00:60

    Aziraphale, an angel, and Crowley, a demon, join forces to find the Antichrist and stop Armageddon.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:35

    London's police force is in need of a public image revamp. And Chief Constable Richard Miller has found just the woman to do it...American visionary from the world of new media Liz Garvey, sets out to revolutionise the force's PR department just as an outbreak of violence erupts.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrecrime
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    The adventures of Professor Wolfe Kinteh, a crime scene investigator in the north of England.

    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: 8.4
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:00

    A dark psychological crime drama starring Idris Elba as Luther, a man struggling with his own terrible demons, who might be as dangerous as the depraved murderers he hunts.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genredrama
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    The story of George, who being frustrated by memories of fighting in the great war and living with his extended family, wants to bring more beauty into the world. When he comes across a camel and monkey that are about to be abandoned, he embarks on a plan to set up a zoo.

    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: 7.6
    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: 7.1
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    Detective superintendent reopens two unsolved murder cases from the 1980s. Forensic methods link the crimes to a string of burglaries. Steve's team has to find more evidence before the perpetrator is released from prison.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    Talented and successful surgeon Daniel Milton has his world shattered when his wife Beth develops a fatal degenerative disease. After conventional treatment options run out, Daniel partners with the lonely yet resourceful Lee to start a literal Underground clinic in the vast network of tunnels beneath Temple Tube Station in London.

    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: 7.1
    Genredrama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    Two detectives are dispatched to investigate the murder of a young girl on the outskirts of Dublin, but as the case of the missing children intensifies, both are forced to confront the darkness that lies in their past.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrecomedy, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration00:59

    Comedy drama following a mismatched pair of police officers who disagree on everything with their partner, from policing to their personal life.

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genredrama, military
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    The story of a group of inspirational women in a rural Cheshire community with the shadow of World War II casting a dark cloud over their lives. As the conflict takes hold and separates the women from their husbands, fathers, sons and brothers, the characters find themselves under increasing and extraordinary pressures in a rapidly fragmenting world. By banding together as the Great Paxford Women’s Institute, they help maintain the nation’s fabric in its darkest hour, and discover inner resources that will change their lives forever.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration02:54

    Exile is a British psychological thriller television series dealing with the topic of Alzheimer's disease against a background of corruption. It stars John Simm and Jim Broadbent and was broadcast on BBC One. The series received varyingly positive reviews.John Simm received a BAFTA nomination for his role as Tom Ronstadt, as did the director John Alexander.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration00:32

    Sally4Ever follows the life of Sally, a soon-to-be promoted marketer who, for 10 years, has lived a comfortable and dull suburban life with David. But on the night he asks her to marry him, Sally has a crisis and embarks on a wild affair with Emma, a seductive, charismatic, boho actress, singer, musician, poet and author. Before Sally knows it, Emma has moved in, rearranged the furniture and her life. Is this really what Sally wants, or has she made a mistake?

    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: 6.8
    Genrecomedy
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    A black comedy about three ordinary guys who find themselves, forced by an extraordinary set of circumstances, into setting up an assisted-suicide business.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredrama, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration02:43

    At its heart, Banished is a story of survival. Though it is set in the stark historical reality of the founding of the penal colony in Australia in 1788 after the arrival of the First Fleet, it is not the story of Australia and how it came to be. Rather, it is a tale of love, faith, justice and morality played out on an epic scale in a confined community where the stakes are literally life and death.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration02:16

    It's the late 1960s, homosexuality has only just been legalised and Jeremy Thorpe, the leader of the Liberal party, has a secret he's desperate to hide.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrecomedy
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration00:30

    The story of a double-glazing showroom in Essex in the 80s, led by charismatic Vincent Swan, and his unscrupulous sales team, Brian Fitzpatrick and Martin Lavender.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    Factual drama based on the notorious White House Farm murders, and the ensuing police investigation and court case.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genredrama
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration00:30

    The three-part series centres on the close and often fraught relationship between sisters Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf, and Vanessa’s sexually complicated alliance with gay artist Duncan Grant as they, and their group of like-minded friends, navigate their way through love, sex and artistic life through the first half of the 20th century.

    Markimdb: 8.3
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration00:47

    Set during Christmas 1988, Lol is haunted by the devastating events that took place two and a half years before. She and Woody both find themselves struggling to cope with their lives without each other after he leaves the gang. Lol is carrying the burden of her guilt, whilst Woody is trying to build a domestic life with a new girlfriend and a potential promotion at work. Shaun has started drama college and, although still in a relationship with Smell, he has grown close to a girl performing in his Christmas play.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genredrama, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    An anthology series of five stories looking at the lives of a group of friends and their families in London’s West Indian community from the late 1960s to the early 80s.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genrethriller, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    When soldier Shaun Emery's conviction for a murder in Afghanistan is overturned due to flawed video evidence, he returns to life as a free man with his young daughter. But when damning CCTV footage from a night out in London comes to light, Shaun's life takes a shocking turn and he must soon fight for his freedom once again.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, France
    Duration01:00

    The plot follows detectives Karl Roebuck and Elise Wasserman working together to find a serial killer who left the upper-half body of a French politician and the lower-half of a British prostitute in the Channel Tunnel, at the midpoint between France and the UK. They later learn that the killer—who comes to be nicknamed the "Truth Terrorist"—is on a moral crusade to highlight many social problems, terrorising both countries in the process




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