The Hack
2025 · 97% matchRecommended for similar Drama profile, also on ITVX.
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
Drama
Mr Bates vs The Post Office tells the story of one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British legal history. Hundreds of innocent sub-postmasters and postmistresses were wrongly accused of theft, fraud and false accounting due to a defective IT system. Many of the wronged workers were prosecuted, some of whom were imprisoned for crimes they never committed, and their lives were irreparably ruined by the scandal.Following the landmark Court of Appeal decision to overturn their criminal convictions, dozens of former sub postmasters and postmistresses have been exonerated on all counts as they battled to finally clear their names. They fought for over ten years finally proving their innocence and sealing a resounding victory, but all involved believe the fight is not over yet, not by a long way.
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Premiered
- January 1, 2024
- Ended
- January 1, 2024
If you liked Mr Bates vs The Post Office, try these
Archie: the man who became Cary Grant
2023 · 96% matchRecommended for similar Drama profile, hidden gem, also on ITVX.
Dirty Business
2026 · 95% matchRecommended for similar Drama profile, highly rated (9).
The Queen's Gambit
2020 · 95% matchRecommended for similar Drama profile, highly rated (8.5).
Lessons in Chemistry
2023 · 94% matchRecommended for similar Drama profile, highly rated (8).
The Virtues
2019 · 93% matchRecommended for similar Drama profile, hidden gem.
Reckless
2014 · 93% matchRecommended for similar Drama profile, highly rated (8).
Landman
2024 · 93% matchRecommended for similar Drama profile, highly rated (8.1).
Lost Boys & Fairies
2024 · 93% matchRecommended for similar Drama profile.
Mother
2018 · 93% matchRecommended for similar Drama profile, highly rated (8.5).
Series Similar to Mr Bates vs The Post Office
If you enjoyed Mr Bates vs The Post Office, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.
Recommended for similar Drama profile, also on ITVX.
ITV has commissioned The Hack, a 7-part ITV Studios co-production with Stan, Australia about the phone hacking scandal written by BAFTA, Tony and Olivier award winning screenwriter, Jack Thorne, with David Tennant, Robert Carlyle and Toby Jones in leading roles and produced by the team from Mr Bates vs The Post Office. Set between 2002 and 2012, the drama deftly interweaves two real life stories, the work of investigative journalist Nick Davies, played by David Tennant, who uncovered evidence of phone hacking at the News of the World, and running parallel, the story of the investigation into the unsolved murder of private investigator Daniel Morgan, led by former Met Police Detective Chief Superintendent Dave Cook, played by Robert Carlyle. Toby Jones plays former Editor-in Chief of The Guardian, Alan Rusbridger.
Recommended for similar Drama profile, hidden gem, also on ITVX.
Archie: the man who became Cary Grant will tell the story of Cary Grant's life, from his humble beginnings as Archibald Alexander Leach in Bristol, UK, to the leading man he became in later life.
Recommended for similar Drama profile, highly rated (9).
Based on a decade-long investigation into England's water companies, and telling the real stories of whistleblowers and victims who believe their lives have been destroyed after encountering sewage polluted water, Dirty Business is a major new factual drama investigating one of the biggest potential corporate scandals in British history.Dirty Business follows the story of two unlikely detectives, who notice that the fish in the river running through their idyllic Oxfordshire hamlet are dying. They contact their water company to find out why, and the company's strange and evasive reply sparks an investigation that remains ongoing to this day.
Recommended for similar Drama profile, highly rated (8.5).
Chronicling the life of an orphan chess prodigy, the story - set during the Cold War era - follows Beth Harmon from the age of eight to twenty-two, as she struggles with addiction in a quest to become the greatest chess player in the world.
Recommended for similar Drama profile, highly rated (8).
Set in the early 1950s, Lessons in Chemistry follows Elizabeth Zott, whose dream of being a scientist is put on hold in a society deeming that women belong in the domestic sphere, not the professional one. When Elizabeth finds herself pregnant, alone and fired from her lab, she musters the ingenuity only a single mother has. She accepts a job as a host on a TV cooking show, and sets out to teach a nation of overlooked housewives - and the men who are suddenly listening - a lot more than recipes... all the while craving a return to her true love: science.
Recommended for similar Drama profile, hidden gem.
The Virtues is a drama series that's equal parts unlikely love story and an exploration of the conflict between sin and virtue. The story revolves around Joseph, a moral yet troubled man who's lost everything. He finds himself compelled to travel to Ireland to confront demons from a childhood spent in the care system, resulting in savage and brutal consequences. He also crosses paths with a fiery, yet guarded woman, Dinah, who's hiding a secret.
Recommended for similar Drama profile, highly rated (8).
Reckless is set in Charleston, S.C., where a gorgeous Yankee litigator and a charming southern attorney must hide their intense mutual attraction as a police sex scandal threatens to tear the city apart.
Recommended for similar Drama profile, highly rated (8.1).
Set in the proverbial boomtowns of West Texas, Landman is a modern day tale of fortune seeking in the world of oil rigs. The series is an upstairs/downstairs story of roughnecks and wildcat billionaires fueling a boom so big, it's reshaping our climate, our economy and our geopolitics.
Recommended for similar Drama profile.
Lost Boys & Fairies follows Gabriel, a singer and artiste-extraordinaire at Cardiff's queer club-space ‘Neverland' and his partner Andy, as they adopt their first child. But Gabriel has a history and he will need to embark upon a journey of self-discovery and attempt to repair his relationship with his dad before he can truly begin to parent 7-year old Jake.
Recommended for similar Drama profile, highly rated (8.5).
This is the story of a woman becoming a mother. Soo Jin is a teacher at an elementary school. She plans to go abroad to study and teaching is just a temporary job. However, she notices that one of her student, Hye Na, is being abused by her mother and uncle at home. Soo Jin or the police cannot do anything because Hye Na doesn't know that she is being abused and says it's all good to people. As Soo Jin meets Ja Young and Seol Ak, the mother and uncle, she decides to save her from those horrible people. She makes an impulsive but sincere decision to become Hye Na's mother. Their story begins unexpectedly, but as Soo Jin and Hye Na start to believe and depend on each other, they become a real mother and daughter.