Drama

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  • Daniel Feeld's frozen head

    Cold Lazarus

    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.

  • 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

  • Julie Walters as Mo Mowlam

    Mo

    The story of Mo Mowlam - the Good Friday Agreement, her life away from politics and her battle with ill-health

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  1. Brothers and Sisters Brothers and Sisters

    Compelling US drama from the producers of Alias and The West Wing. An all-star cast play a wealthy but troubled family from California grappling with love, loss and living in the modern age. [S] More on Brothers and Sisters

  2. 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

  3. 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

    Next on: Tuesday 14 February, 9PM on E4

  4. Hollyoaks Hollyoaks

    Compelling teenage soap based in Chester. Since 1995, a multitude of beautiful people have been learning the hard way how to deal with the ugly twists of adolescent life... [S] More on Hollyoaks

    Next on: Monday 13 February, 6.30PM on Channel 4

  5. 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

    Next on: Tuesday 14 February, 11.05PM on Channel 4

  6. 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

  7. Saving Grace Saving Grace

    Academy Award winner Holly Hunter stars in gritty drama Saving Grace as Grace Hanadarko, a fast-living and headstrong Oklahoma City police detective set on a path of self-destruction [S] More on Saving Grace

    Next on: Thursday 16 February, 10.35PM on More4

  8. Cathy Jamison The Big C

    US drama series The Big C follows reserved suburban wife and mother Cathy Jamison, who vows to dramatically shake up her life after she is diagnosed with terminal cancer [S] More on The Big C

    Next on: Thursday 16 February, 10PM on More4

  9. Julianna Margulies The Good Wife

    Drama starring ER actress Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick, a politician's wife who has to transform herself into a career woman when a political and sex scandal lands her husband in prison [S] More on The Good Wife

    Next on: Thursday 16 February, 9PM on More4

  10. The Gallaghers 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] More on Shameless USA

    Last broadcast: Thursday 08 September, 10PM on More4

  11. 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: Tuesday 01 November, 9PM on E4

  12. 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 [S] More on Sirens

    Next on: Tuesday 14 February, 11PM on E4

  13. Frank Shameless

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

    Next on: Tuesday 14 February, 10PM on Channel 4

  14. 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] More on Fresh Meat

    Next on: Monday 13 February, 11.10PM on E4

  15. Homeland Homeland

    Compelling US thriller starring Claire Danes and Damian Lewis. An American soldier left for dead in Iraq is rescued after years in captivity - but can the returning hero's story be trusted? More on Homeland

    Next on: Sunday 19 February, 9.30PM on Channel 4

  16. Skins: Matty Skins

    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 [S] More on Skins

    Next on: Monday 13 February, 10PM on E4

  17. Hollyoaks Hollyoaks: Omnibus

    Compelling teenage soap based in Chester. Since 1995, a multitude of beautiful people have been learning the hard way how to deal with the ugly twists of adolescent life... [S] More on Hollyoaks: Omnibus

    Next on: Sunday 12 February, 9.05AM on Channel 4

  18. Franklin and 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: Wednesday 14 September, 10.20PM on E4

  19. Erica Strange in 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 change these events [S] More on Being Erica

    Last broadcast: 03 July 2011, on

  20. Make it or Break it - the four gymnasts are pictured with their coach Make It or Break It

    US drama series following a group of four 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: Sunday 18 December, 4PM on E4

  21. 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

  22. Brooke Hayley and Peyton 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: Monday 21 November, 9PM on E4

  23. Beaver Falls Beaver Falls

    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... [S] More on Beaver Falls

    Last broadcast: Wednesday 31 August, 9PM on E4

  24. Brad Pitt in Babel Babel

    Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett star as American tourists caught up in an accidental shooting in Morocco. And what happens to them also has repercussions for people on the other side of the world. More on Babel

  25. The Devil Reaper

    On his 21st birthday, slacker Sam gets a nasty surprise: his parents only went and sold his soul to the Devil before he was born! So now he's required to work for Satan as his personal bounty hunter? Nice. [S] More on Reaper

    Last broadcast: 17 December 2010, on

  26. 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

  27. 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: Monday 12 September, 11.10PM on Channel 4

  28. 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: 23 October 2010, on

  29. 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: Wednesday 18 January, 8PM on E4

  30. Britain's Greatest Codebreaker: Alan Turing Britain's Greatest Codebreaker

    Drama documentary recording the brilliance - and the destruction - of one of the 20th century's greatest minds More on Britain's Greatest Codebreaker

    Last broadcast: Monday 21 November, 9PM on Channel 4

  31. London's Burning London's Burning

    David Morrissey and Samantha Bond star in a drama about the rioting that struck London in August 2011, telling their stories of the people who were there, based on eye witness testimony [S] More on London's Burning

    Last broadcast: Thursday 22 December, 9PM on Channel 4

  32. Hollyoaks: Best Bits 2011 - The Freshers group Hollyoaks: Best Bits 2011

    A cheeky look back at the sexiest, funniest, biggest and best moments from 2011 - a phenomenal year in Hollyoaks [S] More on Hollyoaks: Best Bits 2011

    Last broadcast: Friday 23 December, 9PM on E4

  33. Southland 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] More on Southland

    Last broadcast: Thursday 15 December, 9PM on More4

  34. The Closer: Brenda The Closer

    Complex US crime drama. World-class interrogator Brenda Leigh Johnson, an expert at obtaining confessions, heads a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile murder cases [S] More on The Closer

    Last broadcast: Thursday 29 December, 10PM on More4

  35. 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

  36. The Killing The Killing

    US drama which ties together three stories around a single murder, including the detectives assigned to the case, the victim's grieving family and the suspects. As the case unfolds, it becomes clear that everyone has a secret... [S] More on The Killing

    Last broadcast: Thursday 15 September, 9PM on Channel 4

  37. 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] More on Black Mirror

    Last broadcast: Sunday 18 December, 9PM on Channel 4

  38. The Misfits: Alisha Misfits

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

    Last broadcast: Sunday 18 December, 10PM on E4

  39. Film Drifting

    After 20 years at sea, Donald returns to stay with his aunt in her Glasgow high rise, and begins work on a secret project in his bedroom More on Drifting

  40. This Is England: Lol This Is England

    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. [S] More on This Is England

    Last broadcast: Thursday 15 December, 10PM on Channel 4

  41. Rory Gilmore Gilmore Girls

    The lives and loves of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, a single mother and her daughter who are who are more like sisters More on Gilmore Girls

  42. PressKit_Guinevere_Final Camelot

    Epic ten-part dramatisation of the Arthurian legend starring Eva Green, Joseph Fiennes, Jamie Campbell Bower and Tamsin Egerton [S] More on Camelot

    Last broadcast: 06 August 2011, on

  43. True Blood True Blood

    Mature vampire drama from the creator of Six Feet Under, which follows a telepathic barmaid called Sookie who is bored by life until she meets Bill Compton - a mysterious 173-year-old vampire [S] More on True Blood

    Last broadcast: Tuesday 29 November, 11.10PM on Channel 4

  44. Without a Trace: Jack Without a Trace

    Fast-paced, award-winning US drama. Each year, thousands of people go missing in New York. Have they been abducted or murdered, have they committed suicide - or are they on the run? [S] More on Without a Trace

    Last broadcast: Tuesday 22 November, 4.40AM on Channel 4

  45. 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)

  46. 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 [S] More on Top Boy

    Last broadcast: Thursday 03 November, 10PM on Channel 4

  47. Deadset Dead Set

    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... [S] More on Dead Set

    Last broadcast: 07 September 2009, on

  48. Hill Street Blues Hill Street Blues

    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... [S] More on Hill Street Blues

  49. 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: 05 May 2011, on

  50. Hollyoaks Later Hollyoaks Later

    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 [S] More on Hollyoaks Later

    Last broadcast: Friday 09 September, 10PM on E4

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