Top 10 Underrated British Dramas

You'll be on the edge of your seat with these classics. For this list, WatchMojoUK counts down the Top 10 Underrated British Dramas, looking at those high-octane series that have been forgotten. Featuring the likes of The Protectors, Cadfael, The Sweeney, UFO, and many more!
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[@JennA-uf6lo]

Millie Bobby Brown was freaking brilliant in Intruders. Like, absolutely believable. I remember telling friends that she was one to watch, and that I’d be surprised if she didn’t need therapy after filming this show.

[@GigiC4]

I came of age in the 70's and I remember "UFO" very fondly but THE PRISONER blew my mind back then I had never seen anything like it before and years later when my husband and I visited the UK we made a point to stop for a night in Portmeirion in Wales where the series was filmed.

[@keiyangoshin3650]

British dramas! My favourites 😋 Something tells me I won’t recognise any of these! 🤣
Edit: I was right. 😅 But I recognised many of the fine actors, including David McCallum way before he was in NCIS!

[@nedd.8479]

The Prisoner might not be the most well known show but it has a large cult following and is one of the most influential sci-fi shows out there. One great show that isn't on this list is Doomwatch, an incredibly prescient sci-fi drama that seems to get very overlooked.

[@Queenfan-kh1bz]

Wild At Heart was an absolute classic, Du Plessi was hilarious

[@julianaylor4351]

The Professionals.....where's Lewis Collins in your clips? 😥

[@andrewjones575]

The ITV series Cracker.

[@JasonRowPhotography]

Cracker is brilliant but hardly underrated. It won multi Baftas

[@andrewjones575]

@@JasonRowPhotography It's not talked about much now & hasn't been repeated on TV recently.

[@suzawilo]

I came looking for this comment.
One of *the* best shows *ever* .

[@fabiorabelo3506]

I watched "UFO" in the time ( In Brazil !!! ) , and still love it, was amazed when the remastered Bluray version showed up in stores ...

[@Johnno9989]

The Protectors and UFO made the list, AWESOME!

[@bossman1944]

the sweeney....FUCK YEAH!

[@monomonster]

I have seen about half of the shows mentioned, either on the CBC or PBS. In Canada, we have a very sizeable fan base for The Prisoner. I have the complete series on DVD. UFO was another favourite.

[@ashleycronk3881]

Blakes Seven

[@chefbetsy9094]

Absolutely love BBC. Thank you mojo for this video. I now have more BBC television shows.😊

[@evesherlocked]

I got interested as I saw the master from Doctor who in the thumbnail 😅🤣🤣🤣
Then I noticed that he never appeared 😢(not as the master but another character (3:30)

[@charleysonnydickinsonvuori7833]

Doctor Who isn’t an underrated British drama though.

[@evesherlocked]

@@charleysonnydickinsonvuori7833 that's sort of true... Because where I live no one really knows it.... Well some of the doctors incarnations (or from the master) are relly underrated..... And because of the writing many stopped watching it.... Thankfully RTD comes back

[@charleysonnydickinsonvuori7833]

@@evesherlocked Right sorry. Forgot to take into account that it might not have blown up everywhere. I live in the UK so I’m used to it being such a huge phenomenon. It is my fav programme and I have a lot of books and some of the dvd’s.

[@jamescoogan1137]

Didn’t know there was a cadveal TV show I loved the books when my dad gave them to me so this was a great reveal

[@tbags1012]

Outlaws with Phil Daniels from 2004 was brilliant. And Minder is an obvious omission from the list

[@charleysonnydickinsonvuori7833]

When the narrator lady said The Prisoner I got excited. Still haven’t gotten around to watching it but I love that she mentioned the Iron Maiden song because it’s one of my fav songs of all time.

[@_SPREZZATURA_McGEE_]

*THE DETECTORISTS!!* ..you're welcome ":^)

[@patriciafenwick5846]

Good list! Brought back some memories.

[@patriciaaturner289]

I’ve actually seen episodes of several of these shows. Now that we have access to British series’s, I can try to catch up on those I missed.

[@sgommerable]

Some GREAT stuff there

[@elliotbutler9691]

So glad The Sweeney is number 1 😂

[@frogandspanner]

8:24 Ah! The days when correct English was spoken: "Mr Straker told me to tell you to meet him a Rupert Square", not that hideous Americanization _meet with_ .
But the commentary of this channel is riddled with Americanisations, such as _apartment_ for flat, and _season_ for _series_ . Why?

[@hayleydouglas]

Soldier Soldier is underrated for me personally

[@bengence]

You missed 'Department S'

[@leebritnell2405]

Fantastic!

[@somduttachakraborty4370]

11:04. Can anyone guess who the lady is? 🤔🤔

[@TheStephrules]

I am a simple person, I saw John Simm and I clicked on the video

[@amazantaarchives9289]

Responder is underrated also utopia UK

[@suzawilo]

Wycliffe

[@bxlxe5903]

Nice video but background music is too distracting

[@dogsbolls]

The Prisoner?

[@wobblertv8083]

I thought it was called " Blue Jam "

[@leebritnell2405]

Radio version was Blue Jam.

[@geekgirl2379]

The phrase 'straight up' is Black English (aka AAVE). Use another word next time, such as 'downright'

[@grilledcheese9297]

EASTENDERS

[@RoseTylerxx]

Not exactly underrated...

[@makaio9578]

How is that under rated