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The Best TV Shows on BBC America

Every BBC America Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Peruse our comprehensive roster of BBC America’s top shows, encompassing over 20 distinct series as of November 2024. Premiering in 1987 and 2011, The Adventures of Spot and The Hour are among BBC America’s most celebrated shows. With its programming history stretching from 1987 to 2024, BBC America offers an impressive lineup of over 20 shows.

  • Top Gear: Ambitious But Rubbish
    Top Gear: Ambitious But Rubbish (2015)8.5

    This compilation show presented by Richard Hammond takes a look back at Top Gear's most famous creations from the past 21 seasons. Relive many of the greatest and boldest endeavors in all their splendor, including the Train-Cars, James' Caravan Airship, the Hammerhead Eagle-i Thrust and the Hovervan.

  • Killing Eve
    Killing Eve (2018)7.9

    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.

  • The Game
    The Game (2014)7.4

    "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.

  • 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.

  • Eden: Untamed Planet
    Eden: Untamed Planet (2021)7.2

    Explore six of the last untouched locations on earth. The documentary series presents life as nature intended, following the unique way wildlife has adapted to these environments and continues to rise to new challenges over the course of a year.

  • 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)7.0

    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.

  • Fleming
    Fleming (2014)7.0

    Set at the outbreak of WWII – mischievous playboy Ian Fleming is untroubled by the specter of impending war – chasing women, collecting rare books and living off his family fortune. Forever in the shadow of his brother Peter, and an eternal disappointment to his formidable mother Eve, Fleming dreams of becoming the ‘ultimate’ man – a hero, a lover, a brute and the one who always gets the girl. He is finally given some direction in his life when he’s recruited by the Director of Naval Intelligence to help in the effort against the Nazis. Suddenly, Fleming finds his chance to shine and prove his worth.

  • The Real History of Science Fiction
    The Real History of Science Fiction (2014)6.8

    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)6.8

    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.

  • Undercover
    Undercover (2016)6.5

    Undercover follows Maya, the first black Director Of Public Prosecutions. Just as she is about to take up the post and her life comes under intense public scrutiny, she learns that that her husband Nick has been lying to her for years. Twenty years ago Nick was a fearless and dedicated undercover officer, infiltrating organisations considered a danger to society because of their political beliefs. Nick built himself a fake past and now with his wife unsuspecting and his conscience killing him – his secret identity may compromise the new Director of Public Prosecutions.

  • 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.

  • Bedlam
    Bedlam (2011)6.0

    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.