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

120 replies

TheChristmasElf · 07/01/2023 20:29

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.

OP posts:
Aspergirl77 · 07/01/2023 21:58

Mindhunter
The Fall
Broadchurch

and some true crime dramas
Des
White House Farm

All great!

NelliesNemesis · 07/01/2023 21:59

Same here OP!

Currently watching No Offence on All4. Really enjoying it and can’t believe I missed it when it was on.

MaudGone · 07/01/2023 22:09

Love/Hate, Irish crime drama on ITV website. The ITV site has ridiculous amounts of adverts during the shows, but they stopped playing for me after I watched a few episodes.

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elizzza · 07/01/2023 22:23

No comment on some of these suggestion, but Save Me is actually a gritty crime drama with realistic characters.

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stopbeeping · 07/01/2023 20:30

Shantaram

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tiggergoesbounce · 07/01/2023 22:34

Yellowstone is really good. It didn't look like something i would get into, but it's really good.
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stopbeeping · 07/01/2023 21:53

Oh! I thought it was a true story?
Isn't the series to be continued? I loved it 🤐

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The writer rather embellished events.

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