Drama

Hollyoaks

22 Episodes

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...

Shameless

12 Series, 142 Episodes

Paul Abbott's critically acclaimed, offbeat drama about the rollercoaster lives and loves of the dysfunctional Gallagher clan

Nashville

4 Episodes

US drama about a power struggle between two female singers in the cut-throat world of country music

The Good Wife

4 Episodes

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

Youngers

8 Episodes

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

Hollyoaks: Omnibus

4 Episodes

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...

Fresh Meat

2 Series, 16 Episodes

Comedy drama series from the creators of Peep Show about the hilarious, and often painful, truths of being a student

Black Mirror

2 Series, 6 Episodes

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

Top Boy

4 Episodes

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

Skins

55 Episodes

Irreverent comedy drama from the makers of Shameless, which follows the messy lives, loves, delirious highs and inevitable lows of a group of raucous teenage friends in Bristol

Boss

3 Episodes

Kelsey Grammer stars as Chicago Mayor Tom Kane in the drama series for which he won a Golden Globe award

My Mad Fat Diary

6 Episodes

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

Mum's Gone Gay

1 Episode

Inspired by stories from real life, Mum's Gone Gay examines the impact on families with teenage children when a parent comes out

Misfits

4 Series, 29 Episodes

When five young outsiders on Community Service get caught in a strange storm, they discover that they have developed superpowers

Utopia

6 Episodes

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...

Derek

8 Episodes

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

Teachers

4 Series, 40 Episodes

Irreverent comedy drama following the chaotic lives, loves and drinking sessions of a group of hapless secondary schoolteachers. They might be qualified to teach, but they've still got a lot to learn...

The Fear

4 Episodes

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

This Is England

2 Series, 7 Episodes

This Is England revisits the characters of Shane Meadows' multi award-winning hit film. Acclaimed director Shane Meadows' first ever television series follows the lives of Shaun, Lol, Woody and their gang of friends.

Buried

8 Episodes

Lennie James starts in this hard-hitting drama about the daily struggle for survival in HMP Mandrake, a men's prison

No Angels

10 Episodes

Critically acclaimed comedy drama following four young nurses struggling to cope with life, death and lunacy on the wards of St Margaret's Hospital

The Mimic

5 Episodes

A heart-warming comedy series centred on the fortunes of Martin Hurdle, an everyday maintenance man with an uncanny ability to mimic voices

Beaver Falls

2 Series, 12 Episodes

Three British graduates have blagged a job at Beaver Falls, an elite American summer camp. The guys just want a summer of fun. But the job requires them to set an example to the gorgeous teenage offspring of California's rich and powerful. Yeah, like that's really going to happen...

Elizabeth I

2 Episodes

Helen Mirren portrays the 'Virgin Queen' in her later years in this major two-part drama by Nigel Williams. Also starring Jeremy Irons, Hugh Dancy, Ian McDiarmid and Patrick Malahide.

The Politician's Wife

3 Episodes

When an MP's wife discovers that he's having an affair, she plots her revenge...

Dead Set

5 Episodes

Bloody, sharp satire from Charlie Brooker. Zombies are rampaging throughout Britain. Blissfully unaware of gory events outside, the Big Brother housemates are in for the ultimate eviction night...

The Devil's Whore

4 Episodes

Colourful four-part drama about the seismic events of 17th-century England, when political disobedience turned to revolution and bloody civil war, and English history was changed forever

Princes in the Tower

1 Episode

A gripping drama looking at one of the greatest mysteries of British history - what really happened to the two little princes imprisoned by Richard III? Did one of them secretly survive?

Queer as Folk

2 Series, 10 Episodes

Set in and around the Manchester 'scene', this groundbreaking Channel 4 drama was written by Russell T Davis, and documents the lives and loves of three young gay men: Stuart, Vince and Nathan

The Promise

4 Episodes

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.

Pleasureland

1 Episode

Provocative drama about a group of Liverpudlian teenagers who can't wait to grow up and are hungry to experience anything they can

The Somme

1 Episode

Told through letters, diaries and journals written at the time, the film draws on the thoughts and feelings of the men who fought there to capture the eyewitness experience of the Battle of the Somme

Hollyoaks Later

4 Series, 20 Episodes

The successful late-night extension of Channel 4's flagship teen drama presents five brand new episodes on E4 exploring the lives and loves of some of the Hollyoaks regulars

Secret State

4 Episodes

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

Born with Two Mothers

1 Episode

A provocative drama about an IVF mix-up which results in a white woman giving birth to a black boy

Honeymoon

1 Episode

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...

Any Human Heart

4 Episodes

Jim Broadbent, Matthew Macfadyen and Sam Claflin take the lead role in William Boyd's funny, moving and ambitious adaptation of his best-selling novel, exploring one man's tumultuous and unpredictable journey through the 20th century

Everyday

1 Episode

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

Falling Apart

1 Episode

This is a powerful and contemporary drama charts the course of Clare and Pete's marriage from its blissful beginnings to its tragic end due to domestic violence

I Am Slave

1 Episode

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

Sirens

6 Episodes

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

Longford

1 Episode

Compelling feature-length drama set in the last three decades of Lord Longford's life, during which time he waged a controversial campaign to win parole for Moors murderess Myra Hindley

Complicit

1 Episode

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

New Love

1 Episode

A futuristic vision of relationships where men and women act out the fantasy of love instead of daring to really feel it

Sex Traffic

2 Episodes

A powerful two-part drama about two young Moldovan sisters kidnapped and trafficked through Europe to the dark side of London, betrayed by pimps and police, and fighting for their lives.

Hollyoaks: Best Bits 2011

1 Episode

A cheeky look back at the sexiest, funniest, biggest and best moments from 2011 - a phenomenal year in Hollyoaks

Britz

2 Episodes

Peter Kosminsky's BAFTA award winning drama about a British Muslim family who are pulled in radically different directions by their conflicting personal experiences in post 9/11 Britain

The Deal

1 Episode

A drama probing the enduring, complex and often tense relationship between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown

The Queen's Sister

1 Episode

A drama, starring Lucy Cohu, capturing the intimate details of Princess Margaret's private inner world as it charts her troubled life