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The Best TV Shows on BBC America

Every BBC America Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Our curated list, current as of March 2025, showcases over 20 of BBC America’s highest-rated series. Icons of BBC America, The Adventures of Spot and Talking Movies made their debut in 1987 and 1999, setting industry standards. BBC America has over 20 shows broadcast from as early as 1987 and as recent as 2024.

  • Killing Eve
    Killing Eve (2018)8.0

    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.

  • Orphan Black
    Orphan Black (2013)7.8

    A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her.

  • Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
    Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016)7.7

    A comedic thriller that follows the bizarre adventures of eccentric “holistic” detective Dirk Gently and his reluctant assistant Todd. An adaptation of Douglas Adams’ wildly successful comic novels.

  • The Hour
    The Hour (2011)7.5

    A behind-the-scenes drama and espionage thriller in Cold War-era England that centers on a journalist, a producer, and an anchorman for an investigative news programme.

  • NOS4A2
    NOS4A2 (2019)7.3

    A young Victoria "Vic" McQueen discovers she has the power to unlock portals that help her find lost objects. As she delves further into this hidden universe, she encounters many other "inscape travelers" - some benevolent, and some who have been corrupted by their power. When Vic encounters Charlie Manx, an immortal who stays that way by feeding off of the souls of children, she makes a sworn enemy of Manx.

  • The Game
    The Game (2014)7.2

    "The Game" is a 1970s Cold War spy thriller set in the world of espionage. It tells the story of the invisible war fought by MI5 as it battles to protect the nation from the threats of the Cold War.

  • Almost Royal
    Almost Royal (2014)7.2

    Almost Royal is a tale of two young British aristocrats on their first trip around the United States, interacting with real-life Americans. Currently 50th and 51st in line to the throne, siblings George and Poppy Carlton are the latest Brits on the scene.

  • Orphan Black: Echoes
    Orphan Black: Echoes (2024)7.1

    In the near future, a group of women weave their way into each other's lives and embark on a thrilling journey, unravelling the mystery of their identity and uncovering a wrenching story of love and betrayal.

  • The Musketeers
    The Musketeers (2014)6.9

    Set in 17th century Paris, musketeers Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan are members of an elite band of soldiers who fight for what is just. They are heroes in the truest and most abiding sense – men that can be trusted and believed in to do the right thing, regardless of personal risk.

  • The Real History of Science Fiction
    The Real History of Science Fiction (2014)6.9

    The series heads to the very frontiers of space and science to produce the definitive television history of science fiction, told through its impact on cinema, television and literature, with the help of filmmakers, writers, actors, and graphic artists. Each episode will explore one of the enduring themes of science fiction: time travel; the exploration of space; robots and artificial intelligence; and aliens.

  • The Living and the Dead
    The Living and the Dead (2016)6.7

    Somerset 1894. When a pioneering Victorian psychologist brings his vivacious young wife to live on his family's estate, he is confronted by one disturbing case after another. Are these strange events linked merely by coincidence, or is there something more sinister - more supernatural - going on at Shepzoy?

  • The Adventures of Spot
    The Adventures of Spot (1987)6.5

    The adventures of Spot, a little yellow puppy and his family and friends.

  • Intruders
    Intruders (2014)6.5

    Members of a secret society chase immortality by seeking refuge in the bodies of others.

  • Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
    Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited (2013)6.4

    As the Doctor's newest companion, Clara Oswald, steps into the TARDIS, take a look back at previous companions that have won over The Doctor's hearts in Doctor Who: The Companions. Along the way, companions past and present talk about how the show has changed their lives, and how they've never quite managed to leave the TARDIS behind.

  • Copper
    Copper (2012)6.2

    Kevin Corcoran is a rugged young Irish immigrant policeman trying to keep the peace in the historical Five Points neighborhood in 1860s New York City while searching for information on the disappearance of his wife and death of his daughter.

  • Richard Hammond's Crash Course
    Richard Hammond's Crash Course (2012)6.2

    Richard Hammond's Crash Course is an original series made for BBC America, presented by Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond. The show's first season premiered on April 16, 2012. The show follows Hammond, as in each episode, he is given three days to learn how to operate various pieces of heavy equipment across the United States. A trailer for the series was posted on BBC America's official website on March 19, 2012. The series' first season began airing on BBC2 in the United Kingdom on September 2, 2012.

  • Talking Movies
    Talking Movies (1999)6.0

    Talking Movies is a film news programme broadcast on the BBC, that covers cinema around the world, including delivering reviews of the latest films and exclusive interviews with top Hollywood and international talent.

  • Bedlam
    Bedlam (2011)5.9

    Welcome to Bedlam Heights. Converted from an imposing former lunatic asylum, this apartment building offers the ultimate in stylish 21st century urban living. But little do its new residents suspect that behind the luxury fittings lay unimaginable horrors.

  • The Watch
    The Watch (2021)5.5

    A group of misfit cops rise up from decades of helplessness to save their corrupt city from catastrophe. Inspired by the characters created by Sir Terry Pratchett’s famous “Discworld” novels.

  • Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
    Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! (2011)5.0

    The long running NPR news quiz hosted by Peter Sagal since 1998, replacing Dan Coffey. Carl Kasell served as announcer & scorekeeper until 2014 and ceded duties to Bill Kurtis. WWDTM came to television for the first time in 2011 with a BBC America one-off special, then in 2013 a special live broadcast was shown in movie theaters across the U.S. and Canada