Fans Hail TV Thrillers and Period Dramas

Recent fan reactions and coverage praise a broad range of television — from gritty thrillers and crime sagas to prestige period dramas and political satire — as underrated classics or outright masterpieces. The US-set Banshee is singled out as a visceral, underseen thriller, while BBC adaptations such as War and Peace and Netflix’s The Crown are lauded for sumptuous production values. The BBC’s Time has been celebrated as a powerful, BAFTA-winning prison drama, and cult favourites like Life on Mars continue to command strong fan devotion. Contemporary British thrillers including Line of Duty and Bodyguard, long-running satire Yes Minister, and ITV’s catalogue of dramas are also credited with gripping storytelling and sustained critical praise.