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. Case Histories

   2011 · Drama, Crime · ended99% match

   Recommended for similar Crime profile.

   Jackson Brodie, a former policeman turned private detective, comes to the rescue of the bereaved, even as he struggles with past and present-day personal problems.Case Histories is a British drama television series based on the Jackson Brodie detective novels by Kate Atkinson. 

2. A Confession

   2019 · Drama, Crime · ended99% 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.

3. Thorne

   2010 · Drama, Crime · ended99% match

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

   Thorne, a television drama series which debuted on Sky1 in the UK on 10 October 2010, is based on crime writer Mark Billingham's novels. The series stars David Morrissey in the title role of Detective Inspector Tom Thorne, and includes Aidan Gillen, Eddie Marsan, and Natascha McElhone as supporting cast members.

4. The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies

   2014 · Drama, Crime · ended98% 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.

5. Manhunt

   2019 · Drama, Crime · ended97% match

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, also on ITV1.

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

6. In Plain Sight

   2016 · Drama, Crime · ended96% 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 · ended96% 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. Hatton Garden

   2019 · Drama, Crime · ended95% 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.

9. Appropriate Adult

   2011 · Drama, Crime · ended95% 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.

10. The Pembrokeshire Murders

    2021 · Drama, Crime · ended95% match

    Recommended for similar Crime profile, also on ITV1.

    In The Pembrokeshire Murders, the story centers around two unsolved double murders from the 1980s. In 2006, newly promoted Detective Superintendent Steve Wilkins decided to reopen both cases. Employing pioneering forensic methods, Wilkins and his team found microscopic DNA and fibres that potentially linked the murders to a string of burglaries committed in the 80s and 90s. The perpetrator of those robberies was nearing the end of his prison sentence, but if Steve Wilkins was right, he was also a serial killer. Could Steve and his team find enough forensic evidence to charge their suspect before he was released to potentially kill again?