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  • Top Boy

    Top Boy

    A thrilling and raw four-part drama about young lives lived on the edge in east London - an honest and gripping rendition of inner-city drug and gang culture

  • Sirens

    Sirens

    A team of world-weary paramedics are forced to confront the dregs of society - not to mention their own inadequacies - in this comedy drama

  • everyday_wk46_brand

    Everyday

    John Simm and Shirley Henderson star in Michael Winterbottom's tale of survival and love - a celebration of the small pleasures of life

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  1. Heartland: Amy Heartland

    Sprawling drama set against the stunning backdrop of the Canadian Rockies, which follows the highs and lows of the Fleming family as they run a ranch for neglected horses in the mountain foothills [S] More on Heartland

    Last broadcast: 24 August 2011, on

  2. Desperate Housewives Desperate Housewives

    Dark comedy drama exploring the complicated reality behind the apparent domestic bliss of a group of housewives in a fictitious American suburb [S] More on Desperate Housewives

    Last broadcast: 14 June 2012, on

  3. Life Unexpected - teenage drama on E4 Life Unexpected

    US drama about a teenager, Lux, who has spent her childhood being moved from one foster family to the next. Lux decides to become an emancipated minor on her 16th birthday so that she can take charge of her life but to do so, she must have the signatures of her biological parents... [S] More on Life Unexpected

    Last broadcast: 14 February 2011, on

  4. Revenge: Emily Revenge

    US drama starring Emily VanCamp as Emily Thorne, who continues to pursue her affluent enemies in the Hamptons using an assumed identity as she seeks revenge on those responsible for wrecking her childhood [S] [AD] More on Revenge

    Next on: Monday 20 May, 9PM on E4

  5. Hollyoaks Hollyoaks

    The daily soap that follows the loves, lives and misdemeanours of a group of people living in the Chester village of Hollyoaks where anything could, and frequently does happen... [S] [AD] More on Hollyoaks

    Next on: Monday 20 May, 6.30PM on Channel 4

  6. Charmed: Phoebe, Paige and Piper Charmed

    Supernatural US drama about a family of good witches with powerful magical abilities that they use to help others More on Charmed

    Last broadcast: Tuesday 07 May, 9.40AM on E4

  7. Betty Hero Image Ugly Betty

    Smash-hit US comedy drama. In the superficial world of high fashion, image is everything. How can an ordinary girl - a slightly plump plain Jane from Queens - possibly fit in? [S] More on Ugly Betty

    Last broadcast: 27 December 2010, on

  8. 90210 series two 90210

    Prepare to revisit the hottest postcode in the USA. The kids from West Beverly High might be rich and privileged, but they've always got some drama going on... [S] More on 90210

    Last broadcast: 12 June 2012, on

  9. Julianna Margulies The Good Wife

    Drama starring Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick, a politician's wife who has to transform herself into a career woman when a scandal surrounding her husband turns her life upside down [S] [AD] More on The Good Wife

    Next on: Thursday 23 May, 9PM on More4

  10. Fresh Meat Fresh Meat

    Comedy drama series from the creators of Peep Show about the hilarious, and often painful, truths of being a student [S] [AD] More on Fresh Meat

    Last broadcast: Tuesday 27 November, 10PM on Channel 4

  11. Nashville: Rayna Nashville

    US drama about a power struggle between two female singers in the cut-throat world of country music [S] [AD] More on Nashville

    Next on: Thursday 23 May, 10PM on More4

  12. Being Erica Being Erica

    Erin Karpluk stars as Erica Strange in this drama about a woman who starts seeing a counsellor to deal with her regrets, only to discover that he has the ability to take her back in time to alter things [S] More on Being Erica

    Last broadcast: Thursday 24 January, 3.20AM on E4

  13. Frank Shameless

    Paul Abbott's critically acclaimed, offbeat drama about the rollercoaster lives and loves of the dysfunctional Gallagher clan [S] [AD] More on Shameless

    Next on: Tuesday 21 May, 10PM on Channel 4

  14. brand The Fear

    Peter Mullan stars as Brighton crime boss turned entrepreneur Richie Beckett in Richard Cottan's powerful four-part drama that chronicles the disintegration of a criminal mind [S] [AD] More on The Fear

    Last broadcast: Thursday 06 December, 10PM on Channel 4

  15. Hollyoaks Hollyoaks: Omnibus

    The daily soap that follows the loves, lives and misdemeanours of a group of people living in the Chester village of Hollyoaks where anything could, and frequently does happen... [S] [AD] More on Hollyoaks: Omnibus

    Next on: Sunday 26 May, 2.10AM on Channel 4

  16. Derek: Ricky Gervais Derek

    A bittersweet comedy drama about a group of outsiders living on society's margins. Written, directed by and starring Ricky Gervais. [S] [AD] More on Derek

    Next on: Sunday 26 May, 11.05PM on More4

  17. Make It or Break It Make It or Break It

    US drama series following a group of elite teenage gymnasts as they deal with parents, boyfriends, coaches, rivalry, Olympic dreams and betrayal while training [S] More on Make It or Break It

    Last broadcast: 15 July 2012, on

  18. Southland: Jessica Tang Southland

    Gritty police drama set on the lawless streets of Los Angeles where rookie cop Ben, his hard-as-nails training officer John, multi-tasking detective Lydia and their team in the Los Angeles Police Department live and work [S] [AD] More on Southland

    Last broadcast: Thursday 31 January, 10PM on More4

  19. St Elsewhere St Elsewhere

    A medical drama made by the Hill Street Blues team set in St Eligius, an understaffed and overburdened Boston teaching hospital, nicknamed St Elsewhere [S] More on St Elsewhere

  20. Franklin & Bash: Franklin (Breckin Meyer) and Bash (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) Franklin & Bash

    In this American comedy drama, streetwise lawyers and life-long friends Jared Franklin and Peter Bash are recruited to shake things up at a stuffy law firm [S] More on Franklin & Bash

    Last broadcast: 11 October 2012, on

  21. The Mimic The Mimic

    A heart-warming comedy series centred on the fortunes of Martin Hurdle, an everyday maintenance man with an uncanny ability to mimic voices [S] [AD] More on The Mimic

    Last broadcast: Wednesday 10 April, 10PM on Channel 4

  22. Youngers Youngers

    Original comedy drama series set in south-east London following a group of friends trying to negotiate their way through teenage life in a world that's more about swagger than straight A's [S] [AD] More on Youngers

    Last broadcast: Wednesday 08 May, 7.30PM on E4

  23. Coming Up Coming Up

    Coming Up is the Channel 4 talent scheme where new writers and directors have the opportunity to make an original film with a guaranteed network broadcast [S] More on Coming Up

    Last broadcast: 20 August 2012, on

  24. boss_wk12_ep1_brand Boss

    Kelsey Grammer stars as Chicago Mayor Tom Kane in the drama series for which he won a Golden Globe award [S] [AD] More on Boss

    Last broadcast: Thursday 09 May, 11PM on More4

  25. Black Mirror Black Mirror

    Charlie Brooker, the writer of E4's Dead Set, returns with a suspenseful, satirical three-part mini-series that taps into collective unease about our modern world [S] [AD] More on Black Mirror

    Last broadcast: Monday 25 February, 10PM on Channel 4

  26. One Tree Hill One Tree Hill

    Love, life and basketball in Tree Hill, a small town in North Carolina that sees far more than its fair share of teen drama [S] More on One Tree Hill

    Last broadcast: 21 May 2012, on

  27. Short films Short Films

    A series of short original films produced by a variety of talented writers and directors [S] More on Short Films

    Last broadcast: Monday 22 April, 2.25AM on Channel 4

  28. labyrinth_wk14_v9_625x352 Labyrinth

    Jessica Brown Findlay, John Hurt and Vanessa Kirby star in a two-part thilller adapted from Kate Mosse's bestselling novel, linking the lives of two women born centuries apart [S] [AD] More on Labyrinth

    Last broadcast: Sunday 31 March, 9PM on Channel 4

  29. Megan Smith Privileged

    Intriguing US drama. Megan Smith has a Yale education, a relentlessly positive attitude and a foolproof plan to conquer the world of journalism. But then she gets fired and her life turns upside down... [S] More on Privileged

    Last broadcast: 15 November 2009, on

  30. Thomas Turgoose as Shaun in This Is England This Is England (2006)

    Shane Meadows' tough drama stars Thomas Turgoose as a young lad who falls in with a skinhead gang and must confront one member's violent racism More on This Is England (2006)

  31. Scandal: Quinn, Huck and Olivia Scandal

    US drama set in a crisis management firm that does whatever it takes to make its clients' problems disappear [S] [AD] More on Scandal

    Last broadcast: Thursday 06 December, 9PM on More4

  32. My Mad Fat Diary My Mad Fat Diary

    Sharon Rooney stars in this six-part drama that looks at life from the perspective of funny, music-mad 16-year-old Rae, based on the real-life diaries of Rae Earl [S] [AD] More on My Mad Fat Diary

    Last broadcast: Monday 18 February, 10PM on E4

  33. Utopia Utopia

    Dark and enigmatic thriller. When an unconnected set of people find themselves in possession of the manuscript for a legendary graphic novel, their lives brutally implode as they are pursued by a shadowy and murderous organisation... [S] [AD] More on Utopia

    Last broadcast: Tuesday 19 February, 10PM on Channel 4

  34. Complicit: Edward Ekubo Complicit

    Feature-length drama from acclaimed writer Guy Hibbert, that explores the murky moral compromise that British MI5 agent Edward Ekubo (David Oyelowo), faces in the hidden intelligence wars [S] [AD] More on Complicit

    Last broadcast: Sunday 17 February, 9PM on Channel 4

  35. Smallville Smallville

    Before the legend of Superman came a boy named Clark Kent. Someday, he'll master his powers and understand his true calling, but for now he just has to get through adolescence... [S] More on Smallville

    Last broadcast: 01 November 2011, on

  36. World Without End World Without End

    Cynthia Nixon, Peter Firth, Charlotte Riley and Miranda Richardson head up the all-star cast in Ken Follett's epic sequel to The Pillars of the Earth, set in medieval England [S] More on World Without End

    Last broadcast: Saturday 16 February, 9PM on Channel 4

  37. Joel, Eli, Jason and Brian in Glory Daze Glory Daze

    Comedy series that centres on a group of new friends - Joel, Eli, Jason and Brian - away from home for the first time and navigating college life in 1980s Wisconsin [S] More on Glory Daze

    Last broadcast: 28 April 2011, on

  38. I Am Slave I Am Slave

    Inspired by real-life events, drama I Am Slave, is the extraordinary tale of one woman's fight for freedom from modern-day slavery - a powerful story of imprisonment, cruelty and despair, but also one of hope and humanity [S] More on I Am Slave

    Last broadcast: 30 August 2010, on

  39. The Promise The Promise

    Claire Foy and Christian Cooke star in Peter Kosminsky's four-part drama serial. Eighteen-year-old Erin sets out on an emotional journey when she retraces her grandfather's footsteps. [S] More on The Promise

    Last broadcast: 27 February 2011, on

  40. Emilia Fox as Dawn Honeymoon

    A woman sets off on her honeymoon, but troubling events over the course of one night make her question who her new husband really is... [S] More on Honeymoon

  41. Shameless USA: Frank and Fiona Shameless USA

    The US version of the hit comedy drama, with William H Macy as Frank Gallagher, working-class patriarch to a brood of six spirited and independent children [S] [AD] More on Shameless USA

    Last broadcast: Sunday 20 January, 11.05PM on More4

  42. Revenge: The First Chapter: Nolan Ross Revenge: The First Chapter

    The complex plot of dark US drama Revenge is revealed in this special providing a Season 1 recap, as seen through the eyes of Nolan Ross [S] [AD] More on Revenge: The First Chapter

    Last broadcast: Monday 07 January, 8PM on E4

  43. New Love New Love

    A futuristic vision of relationships where men and women act out the fantasy of love instead of daring to really feel it [S] More on New Love

  44. Homeland: Carrie (Claire Danes) Homeland

    The worlds of ex-CIA agent Carrie Mathison and freshman Congressman Nicholas Brody are set to collide again in the second season of the tense US thriller starring Claire Danes and Damian Lewis [S] [AD] More on Homeland

    Last broadcast: Sunday 23 December, 9PM on Channel 4

  45. Charlie's Angels Charlie's Angels

    Based on the original 70s TV series of the same name, Charlie's Angels features three beautiful women who get the chance to escape their chequered pasts [S] More on Charlie's Angels

    Last broadcast: 18 January 2012, on

  46. Misfits Misfits

    When five young outsiders on Community Service get caught in a strange storm, they discover that they have developed superpowers [S] [AD] More on Misfits

    Last broadcast: Sunday 16 December, 10PM on E4

  47. The Killing The Killing

    The investigation into Rosie Larsen's murder continues in Series 2 of the intense US crime drama. As detective Sarah Linden gets closer to the truth, explosive secrets are revealed... [S] More on The Killing

    Last broadcast: 25 July 2012, on

  48. Secret State: Gabriel Byrne Secret State

    Gabriel Byrne stars as deputy prime minister Tom Dawkins, who's thrust to the fore by catastrophic events, and ends up forced to take on the might of the establishment [S] [AD] More on Secret State

    Last broadcast: Wednesday 28 November, 10PM on Channel 4

  49. Nick George Dirty Sexy Money

    Hit US drama. Idealistic attorney Nick George is persuaded to take on some less than ideal clients - the wealthy and immoral Darling family. This is one lawyer who will never be short of work... More on Dirty Sexy Money

    Last broadcast: 20 August 2010, on

  50. everyday_wk46_brand Everyday

    John Simm and Shirley Henderson star in Michael Winterbottom's tale of survival and love - a celebration of the small pleasures of life [S] More on Everyday

    Last broadcast: 15 November 2012, on

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