The Best British Shows on Netflix You've Never Heard Of
American fans of British TV have long had to make do with what BBC America and PBS choose to import. Of course, there are a lot of shows from across the pond, beyond "Downton Abbey," "Sherlock," "Doctor Who," and the Ricky Gervais original version of "The Office," that we haven't gotten to see. But Netflix has stepped into the breach and brought to these shores a lot of acclaimed British television that has gone unseen here or barely made a dent. Brew yourself a pot of Earl Grey and start binging on these series.


Gary Susman has been covering movies and TV for more than 25 years and has been a Moviefone columnist since 2009. He is a former senior writer at Entertainment Weekly, where he helped launch the award-winning PopWatch blog. He has written about entertainment for such outlets as Time, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, People, CNN, MSNBC, Life, The Village Voice, The Guardian, The Chicago Sun-Times, and The Boston Phoenix. He has been a member of the Boston Society of Film Critics since 1993. He is one of the authors of the 2011 book "LIFE 75 Years: The Very Best of LIFE."