BBC First

Broadcast on: Defunct
Active from: 18 Oct 2015
Active until: 31 Aug 2020

Shows

A Young Doctor's Notebook

Genre: Comedy-Drama, Period Drama
Channel: BBC Entertainment, BBC First
Summary: Dark comedy drama set in the early 20th century about a young doctor's fledgling career as he begins his new life in a small Russian village in 1917.
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Jon Hamm, Adam Godley

Atlantis

Genre: Action/Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Channel: VIDI, BBC First, BBC UKTV
Summary: This fantasy series follows the adventures of Jason, Hercules and Pythagoras, who battle against some of the most famous names of Greek legend.
Starring: Mark Addy, Jack Donnelly, Robert Emms

Call the Midwife

Genre: Drama, Period Drama
Channel: BBC Entertainment, VIDI, BBC UKTV, BBC First
Summary: Period drama following newly qualified midwife Jenny Lee and the work of midwives and nuns coping with the medical problems in East London in the 1950s.
Starring: Jessica Raine, Jenny Agutter, Pam Ferris

Call the Midwife Christmas Special 2015

Genre: Drama, Specials, Period Drama
Channel: BBC First
Summary: An unexpected surprise for a grieving mother helps bring the Christmas magic home, as Nonnatus is rocked to the core when one of its own goes missing.
Starring: Jenny Agutter, Linda Bassett, Pam Ferris

DCI Banks

Genre: Drama, Anthology Series
Channel: BBC Entertainment, BBC First
Summary: Crime drama which follows Chief Inspector Alan Banks and the feisty and headstrong DS Annie Cabbot in three thrilling crime stories each season.
Starring: Stephen Tompkinson, Andrea Lowe, Lorraine Burroughs

Death in Paradise

Genre: Drama, Comedy-Drama, Police Procedural
Channel: BBC Entertainment, BBC First
Summary: A quintessential English cop is posted to a Caribbean island - which for anyone else would be paradise, but for this detective it's hell.
Starring: Ben Miller, Kris Marshall, Sara Martins

Downton Abbey

Genre: Drama, Period Drama
Channel: BBC Entertainment, VIDI, BBC Brit, Disney+, BBC First
Summary: Set in the country house of the Earl and Countess of Grantham, this period drama follows the intrigues of the Crawley family and their servants.
Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Brown Findlay, Laura Carmichael

Happy Valley

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Channel: BBC First
Summary: A police sergeant in a small town has her world turned upside down when the man she thinks is responsible for her daughter's death is released.
Starring: Sarah Lancashire, Steve Pemberton, Siobhan Finneran

Inspector George Gently

Genre: Drama, Period Drama, Anthology Series
Channel: BBC Entertainment, BBC First
Summary: Inspector George Gently is one of the few good men at Scotland Yard, a rare commodity in a police force where corruption is rife and unchecked.
Starring: Martin Shaw, Lee Ingleby

Last Tango in Halifax

Genre: Drama, Comedy-Drama
Channel: BBC Entertainment, BBC First
Summary: Celia and Alan are both widowed and in their seventies and when their grandsons put their details on Facebook they rediscover a relationship.
Starring: Derek Jacobi, Anne Reid, Sarah Lancashire