Flesh and Blood

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If you enjoyed Flesh and Blood, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. Collision

   2009 · Drama, Crime · ended96% match

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   Police drama series. Troubled detective John Tolin returns to work after an extended period of leave, and is handed a complicated case involving a shocking road traffic accident.

2. Smother

   2021 · Drama, Crime, Thriller · ended95% match

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   Set in a small town on the wild and rugged coast of County Clare, Val Ahern, a devoted mother is determined to protect her family and particularly her three daughters Jenny, Anna and Grace, at any cost. When Val's husband Denis is found dead at a foot of a cliff near their home the morning after a family party, Val attempts to investigate the events that unfolded the night before.

3. The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies

   2014 · Drama, Crime · ended94% match

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem, also on ITV1.

   This drama tells the real-life story of retired schoolteacher Christopher Jefferies who was initially questioned by police as a suspect in the murder of Jo Yeates who rented a flat from him. He was vilified by the press, partly on account of his eccentric appearance and long flowing hair, even after he had been released on bail by the police.

4. Honour

   2020 · Drama, Crime · ended94% match

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   Based on the heartbreaking true story of Banaz Mahmod, the young Londoner murdered by her own family for falling in love with the wrong man, Honour follows Detective Chief Inspector Caroline Goode's passionate search to discover the fate of missing 20-year old Banaz.

5. Manhunt

   2019 · Drama, Crime · ended94% match

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, also on ITV1.

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6. In Plain Sight

   2016 · Drama, Crime · ended94% match

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, hidden gem, also on ITV1.

   In Plain Sight is a new three-part mini-series based on the true story of Lanarkshire detective William Muncie's quest to bring to justice notorious Scottish killer Peter Manuel.Muncie first arrested Manuel in 1946 for housebreaking, but also successfully convicted him for a string of sexual assaults. Manuel vowed revenge. Released from prison in 1955, Manuel embarked on a two-year killing spree, claiming eight lives in the close-knit communities of South Lanarkshire. Manuel evaded capture for so long because he was unlike anything the local police had ever encountered: A murderer without any discernible motive whose victims were chosen at random. Muncie was the one man who had Manuel's measure and doggedly refused to give up until Manuel was brought to justice.

7. White House Farm

   2020 · Drama, Crime · ended94% match

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, also on ITV1.

   White House Farm is a factual drama that tells the story of when members of the same family were murdered at an Essex farmhouse.

8. A Confession

   2019 · Drama, Crime · ended94% match

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, also on ITV1.

   A Confession tells the story of how Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher deliberately breached police procedure and protocol to catch a killer, a decision that ultimately cost him his career and reputation.

9. Hatton Garden

   2019 · Drama, Crime · ended94% match

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, also on ITV1.

   Hatton Garden is a 4-part true life drama based on the jewellery and cash heist at the heart of London's diamond district executed by an elderly gang of career criminals across the Easter Bank Holiday weekend in April 2015.

10. Appropriate Adult

    2011 · Drama, Crime · ended93% match

    Recommended for similar Crime profile, highly rated (8), also on ITV1.

    Dramatisation of the case of serial killers Fred and Rose West, focusing on the way in which they were brought to justice.