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The New Statesman
1987 ★ 7.5The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time. The New Statesman is a British sitco
Daily Politics
2003 ★ 8.0Daily Politics is a British television show launched by the BBC in 2003 and presented by Andrew Neil and Jo Coburn. The programme takes an in-depth look at the
Yes, Prime Minister
1986 ★ 8.4James Hacker MP the Government's bumbling minister for Administrative Affairs is propelled along the corridors of power to the very pinnacle of politics - No. 1
The Chief
1990 ★ 7.0The Chief is a British crime drama transmitted on ITV from 20 April 1990 to 16 June 1995. Produced by Anglia Television, it centred on the politics at the top o
Churchill's People
1974 ★ 5.0Churchill's People is a British anthology series based on A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Winston Churchill's four-volume history of Britain and its
The Undeclared War
2022 ★ 6.2In the post-pandemic world of 2024 during an upcoming British general election involving the UK’s first Black Conservative prime minister, a leading team of ana
David Jason's Secret Service
2017 ★ 1.0Actor and British national treasure Sir David Jason travels around the UK and beyond to reveal the secret places and people who act as guardians and gatekeepers
Yes Minister
1980 ★ 8.3Satirical sitcom set in the office of a UK Cabinet minister, Jim Hacker MP, who struggles with Civil Service bureaucracy and political machinations as he tries
G.B.H.
1991 ★ 6.3GBH was a seven-part British television drama written by Alan Bleasdale shown in the summer of 1991 on Channel 4. The protagonists were Michael Murray, the Mili
A Spy Among Friends
2022 ★ 6.5Follow the defection of notorious British intelligence officer and KGB double agent, Kim Philby, through the lens of his complex relationship with MI6 colleague
Ultimate Force
2002 ★ 6.8This covert combat series focuses on the Red Troop, an elite group of soldiers from the British military's Special Air Service group. Ultimate Force is a Britis
House of Cards
1990 ★ 8.1Frustrated at a new moderate Conservative government and deprived of a promotion to a senior position, chief whip Francis Urquhart prepares a meticulous plot to
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1968 ★ 6.2During the Crimean War between Britain and Russia in the 1850s, a British cavalry division, led by the overbearing Lord Cardigan, engages in an infamously reckl
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1968 ★ 7.0In an English boys' boarding school, social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands of distanced and ineffectual teachers and callously vicious
Darkest Hour
2017 ★ 7.4In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it could mean
Spitting Image
1984 ★ 7.2Spitting Image is an award winning British satirical puppet show, created by Peter Fluck, Roger Law and Martin Lambie-Nairn. The series was produced by Spitting
A Very British Coup
1988 ★ 7.9Working-class, left-leaning Harry Perkins is elected PM. As he works to implement social change via democratic process, the conservatives and their allies quiet
Lost Empires
1986 ★ 5.8In 1913, young Richard Herncastle joins his Uncle Nick's magic act and is introduced to the enchanted world of the British music hall. Travelling from one city
Spyship
1983 ★ 7.5When an ordinary British fishing vessel and its 36-man crew mysteriously disappears off the coast of Norway, journalist Martin Taylor is determined to find out
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
★ 7.1Based on the week’s news and fronted by guest hosts, this extended version of the satirical news quiz features more of the stuff that wouldn't fit into the regu
Sharpe
1993 ★ 8.0Sharpe is a British series of television dramas starring Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier in the Napoleonic Wars. Sharpe is the hero of
Young Winston
1972 ★ 6.2This historical drama is an account of the early life of British politician Winston Churchill, including his childhood years, his time as a war correspondent in
Disraeli
1978 ★ 7.6Disraeli is a British four part serial about the great statesman and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Benjamin Disraeli. Disraeli is a 1978 British four‑pa
Hostage
2025 ★ 6.8When the British prime minister's husband is kidnapped and the French president starts receiving threats, both leaders must face an impossible choice. Hostage i