55 Must-See British TV Shows to Add to Your Watch List

This is England actually began with a film (pictured). Director Shane Meadows brought together a cast of relative unknowns, many of whom had never acted before, to tell the story of a group of young skinheads in a Midlands town in the early 1980s who find their subculture slowly getting taken over by white nationalists . . . with many of the group going along for the ride. The film's success led to three spinoff TV series' reuniting the original cast: This is England '86, This is England '88, and This is England '90. All of them are gritty, compelling viewing.

Watch it on Amazon Prime now.