UK Television Prime Time Dramas 2022
Major TV Drama Series shown in 2022 Produced in UK or Ireland for Broadcast in Prime Evening Slots 7-10 pm in the UK. Two Parts or More. (Includes shows premiered on ITVX, Acorn and Britbox.)
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- CreatorHarry WilliamsJack WilliamsStarsJamie DornanDanielle MacdonaldGreg LarsenWhen a man wakes up in the Australian outback with no memory, he must use the few clues he has to discover his identity before his past catches up with him.
- StarsSheridan SmithLeanne BestStephen MerchantA true-crime drama. Four young gay men are murdered in similar circumstances between 2014 and 2015 in the Barking area of London.
- CreatorRob WilliamsStarsNina SosanyaJamie-Lee O'DonnellLaura CheckleyDrama series revealing the uncensored, shocking and often darkly funny reality of life as a prison officer in a 21st century British male prison.
- CreatorHeidi ThomasStarsVanessa RedgraveLaura MainJenny AgutterChronicles the lives of a group of midwives living in East London in the late 1950s to late 1960s.Season 11
- StarsMaxine PeakeBobby SchofieldRob JarvisThe story of Anne Williams' fight for the truth of her son's death.
- CreatorDaragh CarvilleRichard ClarkStarsDaniel RyanErin ShanagherAndrew DowbigginPolice in the Morecambe Bay area in Lancashire investigate missing persons and suspicious deaths.Season 3
- CreatorRobert ThorogoodStarsElizabeth BourgineDon WarringtonDanny John-JulesA Detective Inspector is transferred from London to the island of Saint Marie in the Caribbean.Season 11
- StarsMatthew GoodeTeresa PalmerAlex KingstonDiana Bishop, historian and witch, accesses Ashmole 782 and knows she must solve its mysteries. She is offered help by the enigmatic Matthew Clairmont, but he's a vampire and witches should never trust vampires.Season 3
- StarsBrenda BlethynJon MorrisonRiley JonesWith her caustic wit and singular charm, DCI Vera Stanhope leads her team as they face a series of captivating murder mysteries set against the breathtaking Northumberland landscape.Season 11 part two
- CreatorRuth FowlerStarsMaxine PeakeSusan WokomaRakhee ThakrarWhen new HR Director Maya begins her job at Fly, she tries to shake up the old fashioned lads culture and begins investigating historic cases of misconduct.
- CreatorDaniel BrierleyStarsVicky McClureEric ShangoNabil ElouahabiDrama series following Lana Washington, an experienced bomb disposal officer working for the Metropolitan Police.
- CreatorTony SchumacherStarsMartin FreemanAdelayo AdedayoRomi Hyland-RylandsA crisis-stricken, morally-compromised first-responder tackles a series of night shifts on the beat in Liverpool.
- CreatorDan SeftonStarsAmanda RedmanDarshan JariwalaNimmi HarasgamaDoctor Ruby Walker arrives in India looking for a job and a distraction from her heartbreak. She anticipates the sunshine and picture-perfect beaches, but not the realities of work at an under-resourced hospital.Season 4
- CreatorMike BensonBarunka O'ShaughnessyStarsSheridan SmithSamuel BottomleyCecilia NobleAn emotionally troubled teacher's life begins to fall apart as she faces accusations of sleeping with a student.
- CreatorSarah KendallStarsSarah KendallKerry ArmstrongFrazer HadfieldA wealthy London housewife is forced to return to her hometown in Australia, where she's forced to confront her past and the reasons that caused her to leave years ago.Season 2
- CreatorAlice SeabrightStarsErin DohertyBilly HowlePippa Bennett-WarnerStill living with her mom and working a temporary job, Becky grapples with Instagram-perfect lives.
- CreatorDaniel BrocklehurstStarsSheridan SmithLily SutcliffeLouis Ashbourne SerkisAn idyllic family holiday in Turkey turns into a nightmare when the 16-year-old son is accused of a serious crime.
- CreatorAdam KayStarsBen WhishawAmbika ModRory Fleck ByrneSet on Labour Ward with all its hilarity and heart-lifting highs but also its gut-wrenching lows, the show delivers a brutally honest depiction of life as a junior doctor on the wards, and the toll the job can take back home.
- CreatorSteven KnightStarsCillian MurphyPaul AndersonSophie RundleA gangster family epic set in 1900s England, centering on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby.Season 6
- StarsJill HalfpennyOwen McDonnellAidan McArdleFour families gather for a dream luxury holiday but a dark secret triggers fears of betrayal and ends in murder.
- CreatorPhoebe Waller-BridgeStarsJodie ComerSandra OhFiona ShawAfter a series of events, the lives of a security operative and an assassin become inextricably linked.Season 4
- StarsLaura FraserMichael NardoneJennifer SpenceWhile attending an online forensic course, young lab assistant discovers that the fictitious case study has a link to her past. With the help of two female professors she works on bringing a killer to justice.Season 2
- CreatorNicôle LeckyStarsNicôle LeckyLara PeakeEbony AboagyeFollow irrepressible Sasha, a 25-year-old wannabe singer and rapper, as she navigates the alluring world of social media and the fine line between liberation and exploitation, a story told through her original songs.
- StarsJoe ColeLucy BoyntonTom HollanderAs the Cold War rages, ex-smuggler turned reluctant spy Harry Palmer finds himself at the centre of a dangerous undercover mission, on which he must use his links to find a missing British nuclear scientist.
- StarsTuppence MiddletonMartin CompstonTommy Finnegan"'Our House"" tells the story of Fi Lawson, who arrives home one day to find a family of strangers moving into her house--and that her husband Bram has disappeared.