Honour

Series Similar to Honour

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

1. Collateral

   2018 · Drama, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile.

   Drama exploring the spiraling repercussions surrounding the fatal shooting of a pizza delivery man. Set over the course of four days, the story centers on Detective Inspector Kip Glaspie, who refuses to accept that the murder is a random act of senseless violence and becomes determined to discover if there is a darker truth. Politician David Mars instantly is embroiled in the drama through his turbulent relationship with his troubled and unpredictable ex, Karen. All the while, Jane Oliver, a compassionate vicar, struggles to conceal her affair with the only witness to the crime.

2. The Long Shadow

   2023 · Drama, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile.

   The Long Shadow depicts one of the most notorious and shocking serial killer cases in the world, the hunt for Peter Sutcliffe, dubbed the Yorkshire Ripper. Between October 1975 and January 1981, police undertook the biggest manhunt in British criminal history. The search for Sutcliffe lasted five years, involved over a thousand officers and changed the way the British police worked forever.The Long Shadow will follow the desperate, cat and mouse hunt for Sutcliffe focusing upon the police investigation and the lives of the victims who fatally crossed his path.

3. Deceit

   2021 · Drama, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, hidden gem.

   Deceit tells the story of a female undercover officer, codename ‘Lizzie James', who is asked to become sexual bait for a suspected killer. The series will explore the high-pressure investigation into the murder of Rachel Nickell in 1992. 

4. The Moorside

   2017 · Drama, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile.

   Following the disappearance of nine year-old Shannon Matthews from The Moorside Estate in Dewsbury, the police and community mount a frantic search. Despite their efforts, no trace of her can be found and within a few hours the police investigation takes on the scale of a murder enquiry.Emotional public appeals for information from her mother Karen Matthews amount to nothing, and the community, led by Julie Bushby, stand by her and make extraordinary efforts of their own to find Shannon.Despite the support, doubts are beginning to creep in for some regarding Karen's behaviour. Friend and neighbour Natalie struggles with her conscience as she becomes convinced that Karen knows more than she is revealing.Just as all hope is close to fading, Shannon is found alive. The wild celebrations of Julie and the community are rapidly cut short when they learn that Shannon was being held by a man known to Karen.

5. Until I Kill You

   2024 · Drama, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile.

   Until I Kill You is the extraordinary true story of Delia Balmer, who survived a near-fatal relationship with murderer John Sweeney. The series narrates the ordeal Delia suffered at the hands of John Sweeney, and her traumatic journey through the police and criminal justice system as they attempt to prosecute him for his crimes. 

6. The Silence

   2010 · Drama, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, hidden gem.

   Drama about a deaf girl who witnesses the audacious murder of a policewoman, and is reluctantly propelled further into a loud and frightening world.

7. The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies

   2014 · Drama, Crime · ended

   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.

8. Manhunt

   2019 · Drama, Crime · ended

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

   Compelling real-life crime drama based on Met Detective Colin Sutton's memoirs.

9. White House Farm

   2020 · Drama, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, hidden gem, 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.

10. The Field of Blood

    2011 · Drama, Crime, Thriller · ended

    Recommended for similar Crime profile.

    Adaptation of Denise Mina's thriller set in 1982. When the story of a murder has huge implications for her family, newspaper copy boy Paddy Meehan battles prejudices to get to the truth. As she inches closer to revealing the truth, her investigations place her in mortal danger.