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We all know the prestige US drama TV series, your Game of Thrones, your Mad Men, your The Wire, but UK telly has a different tradition innit, the HGATR TV threads on here focus on comedies, UK-wise, and our acclaimed dramas tend to be shorter. NEVERTHELESS what do YOU think are the best UK Drama series???

Our Friends In The North.

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Midsomer Murders (not a joke answer)

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Boys from the blackstuff

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Happy Valley

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Top Boy.

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All the This Is Englands.

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Bodies & Line of Duty

Red Riding

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Cracker, not seen it but the Red Riding adaptations are meant to be fantastic. Prime Suspect.

Feel like we do grisly serial killer police drama/kitchen sink stuff pretty well

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Not as good as the books, obv, but still astonishing.

The Jimmy McGovern TV film about Hillsborough.

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Not read the books (honestly donโ€™t think I have the stomach knowing what I know about the story)

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Holding On
State Of Play

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Loads of Dennis Potter stuff

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Oh theyโ€™re absolutely grim and not easy to get through at all but stunningly good if you can.

hollyoaks

Coronation Street

The Come Dine with Me week in Preston

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Grange hill (not a joke)

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