Which UK TV drama of the last 20 years deserves to be called a genuine masterpiece? Rank them!

Before every other streaming service ripped off the concept, Black Mirror was genuinely shocking British television that made you put your phone down in existential dread. Whether it peaked early is another argument entirely.

Three series, one extraordinary Sarah Lancashire, and more emotional devastation than a rainy Bank Holiday weekend. If you weren't gripped by the finale, check your pulse.

It started as a stylish period crime thriller and became a full-blown cultural phenomenon that made every man in Britain briefly consider buying a newsboy cap. Whether the later series matched the early brilliance is the real debate.

Aired in 2019 and somehow managed to predict almost everything that has gone wrong since, which is either genius writing or deeply unsettling. Emma Thompson as a populist demagogue remains one of TV's great performances.

A murder mystery that was genuinely about grief, community, and the damage secrets do — not just whodunit. The first series in particular was appointment television that had the whole country talking.