There must be a gritty TV series with realistic characters that I haven’t seen yet!!!

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DH is away with work, the children are all plugged into devices, my wine is poured but I have absolutely nothing to watch!!

I love gritty, atmospheric crime dramas with realistic characters that pull you in, I dislike fantasy, dystopian, period or Sci-fi plots or anything where the characters are more placed to look pretty than to pull you in…

Some things I’ve enjoyed over the last few years…

Happy Valley
Craith/Hidden
Sharp Objects
Man Hunt
The light in the Hall
The Fall
Dublin Murders
True Detective
The Red Riding Trilogy
Snow Angels
Hinterland

Help a lady out with great TV with similar plots as the above.

Atlanta is fantastic.

Robert Galbraith / JK Rowling on iPlayer?

Shantaram

I just watched it in a week on holiday
It was so good

The adaptations of the Cormoran Strike novels are on BBC iPlayer.

Have you gone through all the Harlen Coben ones?

Luther is amazing too

How could I have forgot to add…

Dope Sick

Mare of Easttown
Unforgotten

Strike
Luther
Line of Duty

Bad Sisters.

No offence
Rizzoli and isles

Both old but good

Young Wallander is enjoyable and "gritty".

I have watched Strike and Luther…

Luther should have been on my original list…

Strike was ok!

No offence, 3 seasons available on channel 4. Its excellent

Liked both of these!

Mare of Easttown
Broadchurch
The Wire

I’m not sure that Shantaram fits the bill for crime dramas with realistic characters. It’s mostly all a figment if that ludicrous man’s imagination.
The Tunnel is very good. And English/French take on The Bridge. Now TV I think. It’s quite gory.

Top Boy Summerhouse (original Channel 4 series) followed by Top Boy - both on Netflix.

Queen's Gambit - not gritty but a fantastic watch

High Water on Netflix, based on true events of flooding in Poland. Only six episodes but I Could Not Put It Down

Scott &;Bailey

Season 1 and 2 of The Capture on IPlayer Sherlock is very good as well although not really gritty
Do you have Netflix / Amazon Prime or Apple TV?

Bancroft
Broadchurch
The Capture
Bodyguard

Godless

Your honour
deadwater fell (or something like that on channel 4)
gangs of london

Yes I have, Netflix, Prime, Disney +, Apple TV and can also stream for the right series!!

I didn’t get on with Capture, too unrealistic, though admittedly didn’t watch the 2nd series.

I’m watching The Light in the Hall on channel 4 on demand atm, could be just the thing for you.