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Best British Mini Series

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Updated July 14, 2020 1.6k votes 725 voters 76.0k views40 items

List RulesLess than 10 Episodes

Quality British made mini TV series

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The Night Manager
Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie
Premiered: 2006
Genres (Tv): Drama, Espionage
The Night Manager (AMC, 2016) is a British television series directed by Susanne Bier, based... more
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The Missing
James Nesbitt, Frances O'Connor
Premiered: 2014
Genres (Tv): Psychological drama, Mystery thriller
The Missing is a British drama television series. It premiered on 28 October 2014 on BBC One... more
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Thirteen
Jodie Comer, Aneurin Barnard
Premiered: 2016
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Utopia
Fiona O'Shaughnessy, Alexandra Roach
Premiered: 2013
Genres (Tv): Drama, Thriller, Science Fiction
Utopia is a British thriller-drama action television series that debuted on Channel 4 on 15... more
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57
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Dangerous Lady
Jason Isaacs
Premiered: 1995
Genres (Tv): Miniseries
Dangerous Lady was a four-part British mini-series TV drama, which aired on ITV and was based... more
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57
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State of Play
James McAvoy, Bill Nighy
Premiered: 2003
Genres (Tv): Miniseries, Drama, Thriller
State of Play is a six-part British television drama serial directed by David Yates and... more
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This Is England '86
Joe Dempsie, Stephen Graham
Premiered: 2010
This Is England '86 is a 2010 British drama miniseries written by Shane Meadows and Jack... more
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This Is England '88
Stephen Graham, Joe Gilgun
This Is England '88 is a 2011 British drama miniseries written by Shane Meadows and Jack... more
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58
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Killing Eve
Sandra Oh, Jodie Comer
Premiered: 2018
Genres (Tv): Drama, Spy thriller
Killing Eve (BBC America, 2018) is a British drama television series developed by Phoebe... more
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This Is England '90
Joe Gilgun, Thomas Turgoose
Premiered: 2012
Genres (Tv): Drama
This Is England '90 is an upcoming British TV drama miniseries written by Shane Meadows and... more
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Unforgiven
Peter Davison, Suranne Jones
Premiered: 2009
Genres (Tv): Miniseries, Drama
Unforgiven is a three-part British television drama series written by Sally Wainwright which... more
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Appropriate Adult
Emily Watson, Dominic West
Appropriate Adult is a 2011 British television film, starring Dominic West, Emily Watson and... more
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Mrs Biggs
Sheridan Smith, Daniel Mays
Premiered: 2012
Genres (Tv): Miniseries, Drama
Mrs Biggs is a 2012 British television series based on the true story of the wife of the Great... more

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The Honourable Woman
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Stephen Rea
Premiered: 2014
The Honourable Woman is a 2014 British political–spy thriller television miniseries in eight... more
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Glue
Yasmin Paige, Jordan Stephens
Premiered: 2014
Genres (Tv): Crime, Drama, Mystery
Glue is a British television drama shown on E4. It was created and written by Jack Thorne. It... more
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The Great Train Robbery
Robert Glenister, Jack Roth
Premiered: 2013
Genres (Tv): Miniseries, Drama, Biographical film
The Great Train Robbery is a British television film in two parts, that was first broadcast on... more
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See No Evil: The Moors Murders
See No Evil: The Moors Murders is a British two-part television serial directed by Christopher... more
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Top Boy
Ashley Walters, Kane Robinson
Premiered: 2019
Genres (Tv): Crime drama
Top Boy (Netflix, 2019) is a British television crime drama series created by Ronan Bennett,... more
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15
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Looking After Jo Jo
Robert Carlyle
Genres (Tv): Drama
Looking After Jo Jo is a 1998 BBC Scotland television drama starring Robert Carlyle. John... more
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12
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Our Friends in the North
Daniel Craig, Mark Strong
Premiered: 1996
Genres (Tv): Miniseries, Drama
Our Friends in the North is a British television drama serial, produced by the BBC and... more
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17
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One of Us
Laura Fraser, Joe Dempsie Julie Graham
Premiered: 2016
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Giri/Haji
Takehiro Hira, Kelly Macdonald
Premiered: 2020
Genres (Tv): Drama
Giri/Haji (Netflix, 2020) is a British television drama created by Joe Barton. A detective... more
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12
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The Take
Tom Hardy, Brian Cox
Premiered: 2009
Genres (Tv): Action/Adventure, Drama, Adventure film, Action
The Take is a four episode British drama TV series on Sky 1 based upon the Martina Cole novel.... more

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Talk to Me
Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Laura Fraser
Premiered: 2007
Genres (Tv): Drama
Talk to Me is a British television serial, written by writer Danny Brocklehurst, produced by... more
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13
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Criminal Justice
Pete Postlethwaite, Ben Whishaw
Premiered: 2008
Genres (Tv): Miniseries, Drama, Thriller
Criminal Justice is a British television drama series produced by the BBC and first shown in... more

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Dangerous Lady

Unforgiven

Mrs Biggs

See No Evil: The Moors Murders

Looking After Jo Jo

One of Us