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    2020s British TV Shows

    The 40 most popular 2020s british TV shows, ranked. Click any show for ratings, reviews, trailers, and where to watch.

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    MobLand
    TMDB4.3

    MobLand

    2025 · UK

    Two mob families clash in a war that threatens to topple empires and lives.

    Slow Horses
    TMDB4.0

    Slow Horses

    2022 · UK

    Follow 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.

    The Gentlemen
    TMDB3.9

    The Gentlemen

    2024 · UK

    When aristocratic Eddie inherits the family estate, he discovers that it's home to an enormous weed empire — and its proprietors aren't going anywhere.

    This City Is Ours
    TMDB3.8

    This City Is Ours

    2025 · UK

    After trying to leave a world of crime, Michael is dragged back into the fold to answer questions. Back in Liverpool tensions continue to bubble amongst the remaining members of the gang, and a gangster who's just been let out of prison wants answers.

    WAR
    TMDB3.9

    WAR

    2026 · UK

    An anthology series set in the elite world of London law following two rival firms, Cathcarts and Taylor & Byrne, as they face off in a different headline-making legal battle each season.

    Below
    TMDB3.6

    Below

    2026 · CA

    When a mysterious sea creature terrorizes a small Newfoundland town, a hard-bitten fisherman and his family fight to protect their close-knit community.

    Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
    TMDB1.4

    Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

    2022 · UK

    The big names behind the big stories. Laura Kuenssberg talks to those making the news, inside and outside politics.

    All Creatures Great & Small
    TMDB4.1

    All Creatures Great & Small

    2020 · UK

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

    The Day of the Jackal
    TMDB4.1

    The Day of the Jackal

    2024 · UK

    An unrivalled and highly elusive lone assassin, the Jackal, makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee. But following his latest kill, he meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer who starts to track down the Jackal in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe, leaving destruction in its wake.

    Industry
    TMDB3.4

    Industry

    2020 · UK

    In the cutthroat world of international finance, a group of young graduates compete for a limited set of permanent positions at a top investment bank in London. The boundaries between colleague, friend, lover, and enemy soon blur as they immerse themselves in a company culture defined as much by sex, drugs and ego as it is by deals and dividends.

    Doctor Who
    TMDB3.2

    Doctor Who

    2024 · UK

    The Doctor and his companion travel across time and space encountering incredible friends and foes.

    The Celebrity Traitors
    TMDB4.0

    The Celebrity Traitors

    2025 · UK

    An all-star cast play the ultimate game of deceit and betrayal.

    Time
    TMDB3.8

    Time

    2021 · UK

    Guilt, violence and impossible choices – what does it take to survive?

    Clarkson's Farm
    TMDB4.3

    Clarkson's Farm

    2021 · UK

    Follow Jeremy Clarkson as he embarks on his latest adventure, farming. The man who on several occasions claims to be allergic to manual labour takes on the most manually labour intensive job there is. What could possibly go wrong?

    Black Doves
    TMDB3.5

    Black Doves

    2024 · UK

    When a spy posing as a politician's wife learns her lover has been murdered, an old assassin friend joins her on a quest for truth — and vengeance.

    Hijack
    TMDB3.7

    Hijack

    2023 · UK

    Expert negotiator Sam Nelson is in for the ride of his life—and so is everyone on board with him—after a group of hijackers take control. Sam will try every move in his playbook to take them down...as the stakes grow higher by the second.

    Grace
    TMDB3.4

    Grace

    2021 · UK

    Brighton based Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is a hard-working police officer who has given his life to the job, but his career is currently at rock bottom. He’s fixated by the disappearance of his beloved wife, Sandy, and running enquiries into long forgotten cold cases with little prospect of success. Following another reprimand for his unorthodox police methods, Grace is walking a career tightrope and risks being moved from the job he loves most.

    Gangs of London
    TMDB3.9

    Gangs of London

    2020 · UK

    When the head of a criminal organisation, Finn Wallace is assassinated, the sudden power vacuum his death creates threatens the fragile peace between the intricate web of gangs operating on the streets of the city. Now it’s up to the grieving, volatile and impulsive Sean Wallace to restore control and find those responsible for killing his father.

    Blue Lights
    TMDB3.8

    Blue Lights

    2023 · UK

    Follows rookie police officers working in Belfast, a city in which being a frontline response cop comes with unique pressures and dangers.

    Young Sherlock
    TMDB3.9

    Young Sherlock

    2026 · UK

    Sherlock Holmes is a disgraced young man, raw and unfiltered, when he finds himself wrapped up in a murder case that threatens his liberty. His first ever case unravels a globe-trotting conspiracy that changes his life forever.

    Youth
    TMDB3.3

    Youth

    2026 · UK

    A 50-year-old divorcee searches for sex and love whilst juggling caring for her ailing parents and parenting her should-be grown up son.

    Miss Scarlet
    TMDB3.7

    Miss Scarlet

    2020 · UK

    When Eliza Scarlet's father dies, he leaves her penniless, but she resolves to continue his detective agency. To operate in a male-dominated world, though, she needs a partner... step forward a detective known as the Duke. Eliza and The Duke strike up a mismatched, fiery relationship as they team up to solve crime in the murkiest depths of 1880’s London.

    Newscast
    TMDB3.0

    Newscast

    2020 · UK

    In a televised version of the popular podcast, Adam Fleming, Chris Mason, and guests chat about the stories behind the news.

    Rivals
    TMDB3.7

    Rivals

    2024 · UK

    It is 1986 and Britain is booming. "Rivals" dives headfirst into the cutthroat world of TV where hair-dos are big and ambitions are even bigger. Deals are brokered in boardrooms, as well as bedrooms. Nobody can be sure who will come out on top. With every man and woman out only for themselves, can true love really blossom?

    The Chelsea Detective
    TMDB3.1

    The Chelsea Detective

    2022 · UK

    Detective Inspector Max Arnold lives on a battered houseboat at the end of Cheyne Walk after separating from his art dealer wife Astrid. The son of a local bookshop owner, Max is a far cry from the affluent elite whose crimes he'll help solve along with D.C. Priya Shamsie.

    Ludwig
    TMDB3.9

    Ludwig

    2024 · UK

    John Taylor lives in quiet solitude, designing puzzles for a living, under the nom-de-plume of 'Ludwig'. When his identical twin, James, disappears off the face of the earth, John takes over his brother's identity in a quest to discover his whereabouts.

    Trying
    TMDB3.8

    Trying

    2020 · UK

    All Nikki and Jason want is a baby—the one thing they can't have. So they decide to adopt. With their dysfunctional friends, screwball families, and chaotic lives, will the adoption panel agree that they're ready to be parents?

    Too Hot to Handle
    TMDB3.3

    Too Hot to Handle

    2020 · UK

    On the shores of paradise, gorgeous singles meet and mingle. But there’s a twist. To win a $100,000 grand prize, they’ll have to give up sex.

    Criminal Record
    TMDB3.3

    Criminal Record

    2024 · UK

    In the heart of London, an anonymous phone call draws two brilliant detectives—a young woman in the early stages of her career and a well-connected man determined to protect his legacy—into a fight to correct an old miscarriage of justice.

    Sister Boniface Mysteries
    TMDB3.3

    Sister Boniface Mysteries

    2022 · UK

    First there was Father Brown. Now, say hello to Sister Boniface. This clever, moped-riding nun is the police's secret weapon for solving murders in this divine Father Brown spin-off.

    Professor T
    TMDB3.6

    Professor T

    2021 · UK

    Professor Jasper Tempest, a genius Cambridge University criminologist with OCD and an overbearing mother, advises the police. British version of the Belgian crime drama of the same name.

    Small Prophets
    TMDB4.0

    Small Prophets

    2026 · UK

    The magical and mundane unfold in a suburban shed as a lonely man stumbles on the supernatural.

    The Other Bennet Sister
    TMDB4.1

    The Other Bennet Sister

    2026 · UK

    Mary isn't your typical period drama heroine. She is awkward, anxious, preachy, full of facts, a terrible singer, overlooked by her mother and seemingly destined to an empty dance card for the rest of her life… until Mary takes matters into her own hands.

    Beyond Paradise
    TMDB3.6

    Beyond Paradise

    2023 · UK

    After leaving paradise and seeking a quieter life, Humphrey has taken a job as Detective Inspector in his fiancée Martha's hometown. But with the high crime rate, maybe things will be louder than expected.

    Kill Jackie
    TMDB3.6

    Kill Jackie

    2026 · AU

    Jackie Price has been living a wealthy, luxurious life for the past 20 years after escaping a dangerous past as an international cocaine dealer. But just as life begins to feel a little boring, she discovers that The Seven Demons, a group of the world’s most terrifying hitmen, have been hired to kill her.

    Vigil
    TMDB3.6

    Vigil

    2021 · UK

    The mysterious disappearance of a Scottish fishing trawler and a death on-board the submarine HMS Vigil bring the police into conflict with the Navy and British security services. DCI Amy Silva and DS Kirsten Longacre lead an investigation on land and at sea into a conspiracy that goes to the very heart of Britain’s national security.

    Last Seen
    TMDB3.8

    Last Seen

    2026 · UK

    When emergency dispatcher Ian Ridley receives a frantic call from a teenager he believes could be his long-missing daughter, he stops at nothing to find her.

    Heartstopper
    TMDB4.3

    Heartstopper

    2022 · UK

    Teens Charlie and Nick discover their unlikely friendship might be something more as they navigate school and young love.

    The Creature Cases
    TMDB4.0

    The Creature Cases

    2022 · FR

    Special agents Sam and Kit hop the globe with their sleuthing skills, science facts and cool gadgets to solve the animal kingdom's many mysteries.

    Malory Towers
    TMDB3.8

    Malory Towers

    2020 · UK

    Follow the adventures of Darrell Rivers as she leaves home for the first time to attend an all-girls’ boarding school. Set in post-war Britain on the sun-drenched cliffs of the Cornish coast, the series explores a nostalgic world of midnight feasts, lacrosse, pranks, a mystery ghost and lasting friendships.

    About 2020s British TV Shows

    The 2020s

    Television in the 2020s is defined by streaming saturation and its correction — shorter seasons, faster cancellations, and international productions competing on equal footing with American ones.

    British television

    British television's defining habit is the short series — six episodes, one writer, a finite story. That structure produced the modern prestige miniseries and a format catalogue the rest of the world keeps adapting.

    In this list

    Best reviewed
    MobLand (8.6)
    Most common genres
    Drama, Crime, Mystery
    Longest run
    8 seasons

    Common questions

    What are the best 2020s British TV shows?
    By popularity across Flickfolio and TMDB, the top picks right now are MobLand, Slow Horses, and The Gentlemen. The full ranked list of 40 sits above — open any show for ratings, reviews, and streaming availability.
    How is this list ranked?
    2020s British TV shows are ordered by overall popularity, which blends how often a title is viewed, searched, and logged. It updates as viewing habits shift, so the list reflects what people are actually watching rather than a fixed critical canon.
    Where can I watch these TV shows?
    Every show page lists current streaming, rental, and purchase options for your region, alongside community ratings and reviews from Flickfolio members.

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