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Dark series on BBC iPlayer

Nobody does grim quite like the BBC. These are the darker dramas and crime series on iPlayer right now, included with your licence fee. Tea won't help, but have one anyway.

Find me something dark on iPlayer

Six quick questions, free, no sign-up. Starts with the dark mood, series and BBC iPlayer filled in.

Tonight's 12 picks

Updated

Picked by the same engine as the quiz, from what's streaming on BBC iPlayer right now. Refreshed daily.

  1. Sherlock

    2010 · Series · 4 seasons · 90m episodes

    A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.

    Streaming in the UK on

  2. Snowfall

    2017 · Series · 6 seasons · 65m episodes

    Los Angeles. 1983. A storm is coming and its name is crack. Set against the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic and its ultimate radical impact on the culture as we know it, the story follows numerous characters on a violent collision course.

    Streaming in the UK on

  3. Luther

    2010 · Series · 5 seasons · 53m episodes

    A dark psychological crime drama starring Idris Elba as Luther, a man struggling with his own terrible demons, who might be as dangerous as the depraved murderers he hunts.

    Streaming in the UK on

  4. Killing Eve

    2018 · Series · 4 seasons · 43m episodes

    A security consultant hunts for a ruthless assassin. Equally obsessed with each other, they go head to head in an epic game of cat-and-mouse.

    Streaming in the UK on

  6. The Night Manager

    2016 · Series · 2 seasons · 61m episodes

    Former British soldier Jonathan Pine navigates the shadowy recesses of Whitehall and Washington where an unholy alliance operates between the intelligence community and the secret arms trade. To infiltrate the inner circle of lethal arms dealer Richard Onslow Roper, Pine must himself become a criminal.

    Streaming in the UK on

  7. The Fall

    2013 · Series · 3 seasons · 57m episodes

    When the Police Service of Northern Ireland are unable to close a case after 28 days, Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson of the Metropolitan Police Service is called in to review the case. Under her new leadership, the local detectives must track down and stop a serial killer who is terrorising the city of Belfast.

    Streaming in the UK on

  8. Happy Valley

    2014 · Series · 3 seasons · 59m episodes

    Happy Valley is a dark, funny, multi-layered thriller revolving around the personal and professional life of Catherine, a dedicated, experienced, hard-working copper. She is also a bereaved mother who looks after her orphaned grandchild.

    Streaming in the UK on

  9. Inside No. 9

    2014 · Series · 9 seasons · 29m episodes

    An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.

    Streaming in the UK on

  10. Death in Paradise

    2011 · Series · 15 seasons · 53m episodes

    A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie.

    Streaming in the UK on

  11. Life on Mars

    2006 · Series · 2 seasons · 60m episodes

    A detective chief inspector from 2006 is investigating a serial killer when he is knocked over by a speeding car. Waking up, he finds himself mysteriously transported back in time to 1973. Initially struggling to come to terms with his situation, he has to come to terms with the old-fashioned technology and attitude of the day, while figuring out how he came to be trapped in the past.

    Streaming in the UK on

  12. The Capture

    2019 · Series · 3 seasons · 74m episodes

    When soldier Shaun Emery's conviction for a murder in Afghanistan is overturned due to flawed video evidence, he returns to life as a free man with his young daughter. But when damning CCTV footage from a night out in London comes to light, Shaun's life takes a shocking turn and he must soon fight for his freedom once again.

    Streaming in the UK on

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