Looking for a really long mind-engaging quality drama series

[Yetmorebeanstocount]

I enjoyed:
The Expanse
The Man in the High Castle

Only Amazon or i-Player, NOT Netflix or Sky or any other service.

Any suggestions?

Enjoying these suggestions.

Seconding
Rome*
House of Elliot*
The Wire
The Sopranos
The Good Wife

did you watch
Six Feet Under
Poldark
Mad Men
The Forsyte Saga
Masters of Sex*
ER
Silk*

Cancelled before they came to a rounded end but still enjoyable

The Gilded Age
The Americans has been recommended to me but not started that yet
Greys Anatomy - the earlier seasons are great the new ones a bit meh
The Wire
The Sopranos
Slow Horses

Oh. Ive been waiting! How annoying

Homeland maybe but I'm not sure what service it's on.

The Wire is the best.

Whole you're deciding, The Bodyguard is a cracker though short. I watched it on player but it was a while ago.

Homeland is on Netflix.

I thought Manifest was also on Netflix, at least partly. @Yetmorebeanstocount there are 4 seasons of it so be sure you have access to them all and not just the first one.

The Americans

I enjoyed both The Americans and Homeland.

Manifest is on Netflix, seasons 1,2 and 4, but season 3 is still on Sky/Now and doesn't expire until June 2025 from there.

The Americans, no idea what platform it's on.

Someone might have already said this but Line of Duty.

The Sopranos
The Wire
Mad Men
Game of Thrones
Breaking Bad

I also really enjoyed The Romanoffs a few years ago but it was just one season as opposed to a sweeping box set.

If you don't mind the adverts, ITVx has some great shows. 12 Monkeys is long and quite drama/sci-fi.

Larkrise to Candleford on ITV

The Americans is on Channel 4

I'm halfway through rewatching, first watched it on Netflix.

@EineReiseDurchDieZeit I never realised (or possibly forgot) that your username comes from Dark. We still laugh about Dark (me, DD and my friend) how we'd all synchronise watching an episode with notepads and family trees and Dark wiki to try and make sense.

Don't think I've seen it mentioned but Fargo is on Amazon?

@ASighMadeOfStone

Yes it's the name of the book! The one written by HG Tannhaus that seems to have no origin.

Noted that you don’t want police or crime stuff.

Can you clarify when you say no other platforms, do you specifically mean no other subscription services, or are you excluding the apps for ITV, channels 4 and 5 and the Drama app I linked to above, which are all free to air?

There are two series of six episodes of The Newsreader on Iplayer and I enjoyed that more than The Morning Show. It’s set in mid 80s Australia and references real life events.

That said, for people who have Apple+ or who take a trial, there’s quite a bit on there. The Morning Show as mentioned, Slow Horses which is brilliant, highly acclaimed, but about spies and so sits alongside the crime genre. The New Look, which I also loved. Set in Paris during World War II. Ostensibly about couture fashion, Coco Chanel and Christian Dior, it’s about so much more. Would recommend.

‘Hell on Wheels’ is a great series set in the American west, I think it’s on Amazon and has 5 or 6 seasons.

‘what we do in the shadows’ is a fantastic series about vampires living in America. It’s on iplayer and is extremely well written, very funny.

‘Colin from accounts’ is on iplayer, unfortunately only one series so far but really good scripts/acting. Comedy drama.

if you do end up getting Netflix I can highly recommended ‘Love’ and ‘Loudermilk’ both are 3 or 4 seasons and are extremely accurate portrayals of real life, a lot of heart and genuine connection towards the characters but funny too. I suppose they’d been called comedic dramas (not sit com).

Can't find Handmaid's tale on the BBC iplayer. It was on Channel 4, now unavailable.

I don't know why but this thread has made me think of Murder One which was on years ago! Well over 20 years but I loved it! I've just looked for it and It's on Amazon and Apple!

Phenomenal tv series!!

Annoyingly there's just too much crime drama. Channel 4 has lots of World Drama, but it is dominated by that genre. However there is the delightful Seaside Hotel. I like Sci-fi, but don't often find anything I like. I thought the Expanse and Dark were both dreadful. Will give High Castle a watch.

Mad Men is hands down my favourite long runner.

@QuickDraining handmaids Tale is on Amazon Prime

So do l.

That leaves very little to watch!

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