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    by Matthew Graham and Ashley Pharoah

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    by Toby Whithouse

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    by various writers

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    Created & written by Chris Brandon

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    Created by Declan Lawn & Adam Patterson

  • Boarders

    by Daniel Lawrence Taylor

  • Boat Story

    by Jack Williams and Harry Williams

  • Bodyguard

    by Jed Mercurio

  • Bonekickers

    by Matthew Graham

  • The Break

    by various writers

  • Broken

    by Jimmy McGovern, Colette Kane, Nick Leather, Shaun Duggan

  • The C Word

    by Nicole Taylor (based on the book by Lisa Lynch)

  • The Capture

    by Ben Chanan

  • Casualty

    by various writers

  • Champion

    by Candice Carty-Williams, Isis Davis, Edem Wornoo, Emma Dennis-Edwards, & Ameir Brown

  • The Chase

    by Pat Smart

  • Chloe

    by Alice Seabright, Kayleigh Llewellyn, & Poppy Cogan

  • A Class Apart

    by Tony Grounds

  • Common

    by Jimmy McGovern

  • Conversations with Friends

    by various writers, adapted from Sally Rooney's novel

  • The Control Room

    by Nick Leather

  • The Coroner

    by Sally Abbott, Al Smith, Mark Hiser, Bridget Colgan

  • Criminal Justice

    by Peter Moffat

  • Crossfire

    by Louise Doughty

  • The Cry

    by Jacquelin Perske (adapted from the novel by Helen FitzGerald)

  • Cuffs

    by Julie Gearey

  • The Cut

    by Al Smith

  • Dark Mon£y

    by Levi David Addai

  • Death in Paradise

    by various writers, created by Robert Thorogood

  • Dickensian

    by Tony Jordan (based on characters by Charles Dickens)

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    by various writers

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    by various writers

  • Domino Day

    Created by Lauren Sequeira

  • Dracula

    by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat

  • Dublin Murders

    by Sarah Phelps (adapted from the novels by Tana French)

  • EastEnders

    by various writers

  • The English

    by Hugo Blick

  • Exile

    by Danny Brocklehurst (based on a story by Paul Abbott)

  • The Fades

    by Jack Thorne

  • Father Brown

    by various writers (based on the stories by G. K. Chesterton)

  • Five Days

    by Gwyneth Hughes

  • Float

    by Stef Smith

  • The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies

    by Penelope Skinner and Ginny Skinner

  • Frankie

    by Lucy Gannon

  • From Darkness

    by Katie Baxendale

  • Garrow's Law

    by Tony Marchant

  • The Game

    by Toby Whithouse

  • Gentleman Jack

    by Sally Wainwright

  • Giri/Haji

    by Joe Barton

  • The Girl

    by Gwyneth Hughes

  • Gold Digger

    by Marnie Dickens

  • The Good Citizen

    by Ed McCardie

  • A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

    Adapted by Poppy Cogan from the novel by Holly Jackson

  • Granite Harbour

    By various writers

  • Grime Kids

    by Theresa Ikoko, inspired by the DJ Target bestseller

  • The Guest

    by Matthew Barry

  • Guilt

    by Neil Forsyth

  • Happy Valley

    by Sally Wainwright

  • Hattie

    by Stephen Russell

  • Hidden

    by Ronan Bennett

  • Hillsborough

    by Jimmy McGovern

  • His Dark Materials

    Adapted by Jack Thorne from the novels by Philip Pullman

  • Holby City

    by various writers

  • The Honourable Woman

    by Hugo Blick

  • The Hour

    by Abi Morgan

  • House of Saddam

    by Stephen Butchard and Alex Holmes

  • Hustle

    by Tony Jordan

  • In the Club

    by Kay Mellor

  • In the Flesh

    by Dominic Mitchell

  • Industry

    by Mickey Down and Konrad Kay

  • Informer

    by Rory Haines & Sohrab Noshirvani

  • Inside Man

    by Steven Moffat

  • Inspector George Gently

    by Peter Flannery, Timothy Prager (based on characters by Alan Hunter)

  • iPlayer Original Drama Shorts

    by various writers

  • Jamaica Inn

    by Emma Frost (based on the novel by Daphne du Maurier)

  • Just Act Normal

    by Janice Okoh

  • Killing Eve

    by Phoebe Waller-Bridge

  • Keeping Faith / Un Bore Mercher

    by Matthew Hall

  • Land Girls

    by Roland Moore

  • The Last Post

    by Peter Moffat

  • Last Tango in Halifax

    by Sally Wainwright

  • Les Misérables

    by Andrew Davies

  • Life and Death in the Warehouse

    by Helen Black

  • Life on Mars

    by Matthew Graham and Ashley Pharoah

  • Line of Duty

    by Jed Mercurio

  • The Living and the Dead

    by Ashley Pharoah

  • London Spy

    by Tom Rob Smith

  • Long Story Short

    A talent initiative from BBC Writers piaring fresh voices with local production companies to develop 7 fresh, fearless short films from the next generation of UK screen talent.

  • Looking After Jo Jo

    by Frank Deasy

  • Lost Boys and Fairies

    by Daf James

  • Luther

    by Neil Cross

  • Magpie Murders

    by Anthony Horowitz

  • Marvellous

    by Peter Bowker

  • Mayflies

    by Andrea Gibb (Adapted from the novel by Andrew O'Hagan)
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  • Merlin

    by Julian Jones, Howard Overman

  • The Missing

    by Harry & Jack Williams

  • Moonflower Murders

    by Anthony Horowitz

  • Moving On

    by various writers

  • Mr Loverman

    Adapted by Nathaniel Price from the novel by Bernadine Evaristo

  • Mrs Wilson

    by Anna Symon

  • Murdered By My Boyfriend

    by Regina Moriarty

  • Murdered By My Father

    by Vinay Patel

  • The Musketeers

    by Simon J Ashford, Simon Allen (based on characters by Alexandre Dumas)

  • My Jihad

    by Shakeel Ahmed

  • My Left Nut

    by Michael Patrick & Oisín Kearney

  • My Murder

    by Levi David Addai

  • The Nest

    by Nicole Taylor

  • New Tricks

    by Roy Mitchell, Julian Unthank

  • The Night Manager

    by David Farr (based on the novel by John le Carré)

  • Nick Nickleby

    by Joy Wilkinson (based on the novel by Charles Dickens)

  • Nightsleeper

    by Nick Leather

  • The Night Watch

    by Paula Milne (based on the novel by Sarah Waters)

  • Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue

    by Anthony Horowitz

  • Normal People

    by Sally Rooney and Alice Birch. Adaptation of Sally Rooney’s best-selling novel.

  • The North Water

    by Andrew Haigh based on Ian McGuire's 2016 novel.

  • Noughts and Crosses

    by various writers

  • Ordinary Lies

    by Danny Brocklehurst

  • Our Girl

    by Tony Grounds, Loren McLaughlan, Amy Roberts

  • The Paradise

    by Bill Gallagher

  • Paradise Heights

    by Ashley Pharoah

  • The Passing Bells

    by Tony Jordan

  • Peaky Blinders

    by Steven Knight

  • The Politician's Husband

    by Paula Milne

  • Prisoners' Wives

    by Julie Gearey

  • Pulse

    by Paul Cornell

  • Rain Dogs

    by Cash Carraway

  • Ralph & Katie

    by various writers

  • Real Men

    by Frank Deasy

  • Rebus

    Written by Gregory Burke based on the Inspector Rebus novels by Sir Ian Rankin

  • Red Rose

    by The Clarkson Twins

  • Remember Me

    by Gwyneth Hughes

  • The Replacement

    by Joe Ahearne

  • The Responder

    by Tony Schumacher

  • Restless

    by William Boyd

  • Reunion

    by William Mager

  • Ridley Road

    by Sarah Solemani

  • Ripper Street

    by Richard Warlow

  • River City

    by various writers

  • Roadkill

    by David Hare

  • The Salisbury Poisonings

    by Adam Patterson and Declan Lawn

  • The Secrets: The Conversation

    by Sarah Solemani

  • The Secret of Crickley Hall

    by Joe Ahearne (based on the novel by James Herbert)

  • The Serpent

    By Toby Finlay & Richard Warlow

  • Shakespeare & Hathaway

    by Paul Matthew Thompson & Jude Tindall

  • Sherlock

    by Steven Moffat, Steve Thompson, Mark Gatiss (based on the stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

  • Sherwood

    by James Graham

  • Shetland

    by various writers

  • Shoot the Messenger

    by Sharon Foster

  • Show Trial

    by Ben Richards

  • Silk

    by Peter Moffat

  • Silent Witness

    by various writers

  • The Sixth Commandment

    by Sarah Phelps

  • The Split

    by Abi Morgan

  • Spooks

    by Neil Cross

  • Stanley Park

    by Leo Richardson

  • Steeltown Murders

    by Ed Whitmore

  • Strike

    Adapted by Ben Richards and Tom Edge from the novels by JK Rowling writing as Robert Galbraith

  • Survivors

    by Adrian Hodges

  • The Syndicate

    by Kay Mellor

  • Taboo

    by Steven Knight

  • Ten Pound Poms

    by Danny Brocklehurst

  • This City is Ours

    by Stephen Butchard

  • This is Going to Hurt

    by Adam Kay

  • Time

    by Jimmy McGovern

  • Together

    by Dennis Kelly

  • To Walk Invisible

    by Sally Wainwright

  • Torchwood

    by various writers

  • The Tourist

    by Harry and Jack Williams

  • Trust Me

    by Dan Sefton

  • Unforgivable

    by Jimmy McGovern

  • Us

    by David Nicholls

  • A Very British Scandal

    by Sarah Phelps

  • A Very English Scandal

    by Russell T Davies (based on the book by John Preston)

  • The Victim

    by Rob Williams

  • Vigil

    by Tom Edge and others

  • Virdee

    by AA Dhand

  • Waking the Dead

    by Ed Whitmore

  • Waterloo Road

    by various writers

  • What Remains

    by Tony Basgallop

  • White Girl

    by Abi Morgan

  • Whoniverse

    by various writers

  • Wolf

    by Megan Gallagher (Based on the novel by Mo Hayder)

  • Wolf Hall / The Mirror and the Light

    Adapted by Peter Straughan from the novels by Hilary Mantel

  • World on Fire

    by Peter Bowker

  • Wreck

    Series 1 and 2 by Ryan J Brown

  • Years and Years

    by Russell T Davies

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