Drama

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3 Episodes

Provocative three-part drama focusing on seven former school friends whose lives are undergoing seismic change as they hit that landmark age

A Running Jump

1 Episode

Sports-infused comedy about a man trying to buy a second-hand car in London's East End

A Very British Coup

2 Episodes

Based on the novel by Chris Mullin, this political thriller stars Ray McAnally as the newly elected left-wing prime minister Harry Perkins, who soon finds himself up to his neck in conspiracy

Annie's Bar

10 Episodes

Political soap with scenes shot just hours before transmission. Set in and around Annie's Bar - the legendary watering hole and gossip shop in the House of Commons

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

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...

Behaving Badly

4 Episodes

A four-part drama adapted from the novel by Catherine Heath that sees a spurned wife change from a splendidly behaved woman into one that indulges in the intoxicating delights of misbehaviour

Big Women

4 Episodes

Fay Weldon's drama about a group of female friends who set up a feminist publishing house, starring Daniela Nardini

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

Bombay Blue

6 Episodes

Clever crime drama that travels from the streets of Glasgow to the beating sun of Bombay

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

Boss

3 Episodes

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

Boyz Unlimited

6 Episodes

This six-part comedy series charts conman Nigel Gacey's attempt to manufacture a brand new boy band from scratch

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

Brookside

8 Episodes

Phil Redmond's classic, ground-breaking soap set in a housing estate on the outskirts of Liverpool. Brookside first aired on Channel 4 in 1982 and ran for 21 years.

Buried

8 Episodes

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

The Camomile Lawn

5 Episodes

Classic adaptation of Mary Wesley's much-acclaimed second novel. As storm clouds gather over Europe in 1939, five cousins meet to pay tribute to a world that will never be the same again.

Closing Numbers

1 Episode

This hard-hitting drama about a husband having an affair with another man was the centrepiece of Channel 4's contribution to the 1993 World Aids Day

Cold Lazarus

4 Episodes

Dennis Potter's last epic drama, starring Albert Finney. The year is 2368 and a group of scientists are on the brink of a breakthrough as they begin to tap into the memory of a man who died in the 1990s.

Coming Up

3 Series, 21 Episodes

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

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

Dance for Eternity

1 Episode

An award-winning atmospheric drama from first time director Michael Gilroy. Two lovers make a promise to each other that will change their lives forever...

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 Deal

1 Episode

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

Derek

8 Episodes

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

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

Dockers

1 Episode

Feature-length drama depicting the struggles of a small group of Liverpool dockers. Written by working dockers, with the help of screenwriter Jimmy McGovern and novelist Irvine Welsh.

Double Lesson

1 Episode

The fictional story of a secondary school teacher who, one Monday afternoon, attacks a pupil in his class

Dressing for Breakfast

3 Series, 21 Episodes

Comedy about friends, family and relationships. Louise is single, bright and attractive and, although she likes her independence, would love to meet Mr Right. Or at least Mr Reasonably OK...

Echoes

4 Episodes

A compelling and evocative story of love, friendship and obsession. Set in a small Irish town between 1952 and 1962, two children make education the escape route to a better life.

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.

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

Fallout

1 Episode

A policeman returns to the estate where he grew up to investigate the murder of a young boy. Lennie James stars in this powerful drama about race and law and order.

Family Money

4 Episodes

Award-winning Claire Bloom stars in this adaptation of Nina Bawden's novel, which takes an ironic look at family relationships and money, subtly laced with a sense of menace

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

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

GBH

7 Episodes

Alan Bleasdale's Bafta-nominated drama, starring Robert Lindsay and Michael Palin. The epic - and sometimes hilarious - story of the madness of power, and how it affects the lives of two men.

Gas Attack

1 Episode

In this futuristic feature-length drama, an extremist group releases anthrax into a community of Kurdish asylum seekers in Glasgow, with devastating effects

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

The Government Inspector

1 Episode

Drama telling the story of Dr David Kelly, an expert caught between the government and the BBC over the war in Iraq

The Gravy Train Goes East

4 Episodes

This four-part political drama delves deep into the fictitious Balkan state of Slaka in the aftermath of its liberation from Communism

The Hamburg Cell

1 Episode

Based on two years of exhaustive research, The Hamburg Cell was the first major television dramatisation of the September 11 plot

Hill Street Blues

4 Series, 146 Episodes

Gritty and groundbreaking US ensemble drama that chronicles the lives of the overworked staff of an inner city American police precinct. Remember, let's be careful out there...

Hollyoaks

21 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...

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

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

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...

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...