Best TV shows on Apple TV+ (Royaume-Uni) : our Top 20

2010 · Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat · 4 seasons

Set in present-day London, a celebrated detective and his physician partner tackle contemporary crimes across the city, blending high-tech tools with razor-sharp observation to unravel baffling mysteries.

With Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Una Stubbs, Rupert Graves, Louise Brealey, Mark Gatiss and Andrew Scott

2013 · Steven Knight · 6 seasons

In the aftermath of the Great War in 1919 Birmingham, a ruthless family-run gang—infamous for sewing razor blades into the peaks of their caps—uses intimidation and cunning to expand its reach. At its center, the hard-edged and calculating Tommy Shelby stops at nothing to lift his clan from the industrial streets into positions of wealth and influence.

With Cillian Murphy, Paul Anderson, Sophie Rundle, Helen McCrory, Finn Cole, Ned Dennehy and Joe Cole

2020 · Joe Kelly, Jason Sudeikis, Brendan Hunt, Bill Lawrence · 4 seasons

An upbeat American gridiron coach relocates to England after being unexpectedly appointed to lead a professional football club despite knowing little about the sport. Confronted by disillusioned players and a skeptical community, he leans on optimism, empathy, and unconventional leadership to try to win their trust and reshape the team.

With Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Juno Temple, Jeremy Swift, Phil Dunster, Brett Goldstein and Brendan Hunt

2019 · Laurie Nunn · 4 seasons

Awkward and inexperienced, Otis, whose mother is a sex therapist, teams up with rebellious Maeve to run a clandestine sex-and-relationship counseling service for their classmates at school.

With Asa Butterfield, Gillian Anderson, Ncuti Gatwa, Emma Mackey, Connor Swindells, Kedar Williams-Stirling and Alistair Petrie

2023 · Graham Yost · 2 seasons

Centuries after the surface turned into a poisoned wasteland, thousands of people eke out an existence inside a vast underground silo. When the silo’s sheriff breaks a sacred rule and a string of unexplained deaths follows, engineer Juliette starts probing forbidden zones and buried records, unraveling a web of lies and the dark truth at the heart of their refuge.

With Rebecca Ferguson, Common, Harriet Walter, Chinaza Uche, Avi Nash, Rick Gomez and Tim Robbins

2022 · 5 seasons

A ragged MI5 unit, led by their cantankerous and infamous chief Jackson Lamb, fumbles through the shadowy, deceptive world of intelligence. With unconventional tactics, biting humor and stubborn grit, they confront hidden threats to England and try to keep the nation safe.

With Gary Oldman, Jack Lowden, Kristin Scott Thomas, Rosalind Eleazar, Christopher Chung, Saskia Reeves and Dustin Demri-Burns

2019 · 3 seasons

Raised without a family in a parallel realm where empirical inquiry, faith and sorcery overlap, Lyra pursues a missing friend and uncovers a grim network of abducted children and a baffling substance known as Dust. Her investigation becomes a deeper search for the truth about her origins and a foretold fate, and she is soon joined by Will, a boy who carries a blade that can slice portals between realities. As they piece together secrets about their parents and their roles in an ancient prophecy, the two are drawn into a sprawling conflict with heavenly powers that spans multiple worlds.

With Dafne Keen, Amir Wilson, Ruth Wilson, Will Keen, Kit Connor, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Lewin Lloyd

2002 · Derek Smith · 33 seasons

A high-octane motoring series pushes everything from everyday commuter cars to exotic performance machines through daring stunts and rigorous trials to determine whether they live up to their manufacturers' claims. This long-running programme travels the globe to stage spectacular challenges and put vehicles to the test, revealing their true capabilities through extreme, often jaw-dropping feats. The show is currently presented by Paddy McGuinness, Chris Harris and Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff.

With Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May, Ben Collins, Chris Harris, Sabine Schmitz and Paddy McGuinness

2014 · Sally Wainwright · 3 seasons

A gritty, blackly comic crime drama centered on Catherine, a seasoned and relentlessly dedicated police officer whose sharp instincts and work ethic are tested by the darkest corners of her town. While unraveling complex, dangerous cases and navigating institutional pressures, she must also shoulder deep personal grief after losing her child and take on the responsibility of raising her orphaned grandchild. Taut and emotionally charged, the series mixes suspense, dry humor and moral complexity as it examines duty, survival and the price of protecting those you love.

With Sarah Lancashire, Siobhan Finneran, James Norton, Rhys Connah, Charlie Murphy, Shane Zaza and George Costigan

2022 · Anna Symon · 1 season

Cora Seaborne, newly widowed, leaves London for the marshlands of Essex to pursue reports of a legendary serpent. Her scientific curiosity forges an unexpected partnership with the local vicar—his faith clashing and converging with her skepticism—until a devastating event prompts the community to turn on her, convinced she has drawn the creature to them.

With Claire Danes, Tom Hiddleston, Frank Dillane, Clémence Poésy, Hayley Squires, Gerard Kearns and Michael Jibson

2022 · Sharon Horgan, Brett Baer, Dave Finkel · 2 seasons

The Garvey sisters, bound by fierce loyalty, have always had each other’s backs. When the abusive brother‑in‑law they’d longed to see gone suddenly turns up dead, their orderly lives unravel, secrets surface, and their sisterhood is pushed to its limits.

With Sharon Horgan, Anne-Marie Duff, Eva Birthistle, Sarah Greene, Eve Hewson, Claes Bang and Brian Gleeson

2024 · Alfonso Cuarón · 1 season

A high-profile journalist whose career is built on exposing other people’s sins finds an anonymous novel waiting on her nightstand; as she reads, the pages begin to reconstruct her past and cast her as the central figure in a long-buried scandal that threatens to reveal the darkest secret she has fought to keep hidden. As fiction and reality collide, she must hunt down who is writing her life—and decide whether unmasking the truth will vindicate her or shatter everything she’s worked for.

With Cate Blanchett, Kevin Kline, Sacha Baron Cohen, Lesley Manville, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Louis Partridge and Leila George

2020 · Gareth Evans, Matt Flannery · 3 seasons

Finn Wallace’s murder leaves a power vacuum that shatters the fragile truce between the city’s rival gangs, sending alliances and loyalties spiraling into chaos. His son Sean—raw with grief, hot‑headed and impulsive—must seize control of the family’s empire, navigate a maze of betrayals and violence, and hunt down those who pulled the trigger before the streets descend into all‑out war.

With Sope Dirisu, Lucian Msamati, Michelle Fairley, Joe Cole, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Brian Vernel and Orli Shuka

2017 · 1 season

Narrated by Sir David Attenborough, this critically lauded miniseries plunges into the oceans that cover much of Earth’s surface. Although roughly two-thirds of the planet is water, researchers still know less about the seas than they do about the moon. Journeying from rugged coastlines to polar wastelands, it reveals marine life across the size spectrum—from the giant blue whale to tiny coral polyps.

With David Attenborough

2019 · James Gay-Rees · 8 seasons

Over a ruthless Formula 1 season, drivers, team bosses and owners face relentless competition and personal rivalries, fighting for victory both on the track and behind the scenes.

With Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen, Valtteri Bottas, Sergio Pérez, Carlos Sainz Jr., Charles Leclerc and Daniel Ricciardo

2009 · Martha Holmes · 1 season

David Attenborough explores the extreme lengths to which plants and animals will go to survive, exposing astonishing strategies and life-or-death gambits. The series captures breathtaking spectacles and groundbreaking first-time television footage, while revealing newly observed behaviours that reshape our understanding of the natural world.

With David Attenborough

2015 · Debbie Horsfield, Winston Graham · 5 seasons

In 1783 Britain is plunged into an unforgiving economic slump—wages sink, prices soar and unrest simmers in the streets while the financiers count their gains. Returning from the American War of Independence to his native Cornwall, Ross Poldark finds everything he once knew stripped away: his father gone, the family mine abandoned, his home in ruins and the woman he loves promised to his cousin. Against the backdrop of a harsh but breathtaking coastline, Ross must navigate loss and betrayal—and discovers that renewal and unexpected love can emerge from the most devastated places.

With Aidan Turner, Eleanor Tomlinson, Heida Reed, Ruby Bentall, Jack Farthing, Beatie Edney and John Hollingworth

2011 · Robert Thorogood · 15 seasons

An unconventional British detective partners with a savvy local police team to unravel perplexing murder cases on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie.

With Don Warrington, Élisabeth Bourgine, Danny John-Jules, Tobi Bakare, Joséphine Jobert, Ralf Little and Sara Martins

2019 · Ben Chanan · 3 seasons

Exonerated when footage tied to an Afghanistan murder is revealed to be unreliable, former soldier Shaun Emery is released and tries to start anew with his young daughter. But when compromising CCTV from a night out in London surfaces, his hard-won freedom unravels and he must fight to prove his innocence once again.

With Ben Miles, Nigel Lindsay, Ginny Holder, Lia Williams, Holliday Grainger, Ron Perlman and Cavan Clerkin

2004 · Sandy Welch, Elizabeth Gaskell · 1 season

Orry Main, a Southerner, and George Hazard, a Northerner, form a close bond as cadets at West Point, but when the nation fractures into civil war their loyalties—and those of their families—pull them in opposite directions.

With Richard Armitage, Daniela Denby-Ashe, Sinéad Cusack, Jo Joyner, Tim Pigott-Smith, Pauline Quirke and Kay Lyon