BBC First

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

Shows

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

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

Partners in Crime

Genre: Action/Adventure, Drama, Period Drama
Channel: BBC First
Summary: Espionage adventure series about a suburban married couple, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, who solve mysteries and foil plots in '50s Cold War Britain.
Starring: David Walliams, Jessica Raine, James Fleet

Wolf Hall

Genre: Miniseries, Period Drama
Channel: BBC First
Summary: Drama presenting an portrait of Thomas Cromwell, the consigliere to King Henry VIII, as he manoeuvres the corridors of power at the Tudor court.
Starring: Mark Rylance, Damian Lewis, Claire Foy

Atlantis

Genre: Action/Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Channel: VIDI, BBC First
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

The Musketeers

Genre: Action/Adventure, Period Drama
Channel: BBC Entertainment, BBC UKTV, BBC First
Summary: Set in 17th century Paris, this is a contemporary take on the story about a group of soldiers and bodyguards assigned to protect King and Country.
Starring: Tom Burke, Santiago Cabrera, Peter Capaldi

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

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

Mr Selfridge

Genre: Drama, Period Drama
Channel: BBC Entertainment, BBC First
Summary: Jeremy Piven leads the cast as Harry Gordon Selfridge in this period drama based on the life of the flamboyant and visionary American entrepreneur.
Starring: Jeremy Piven, Amanda Abbington, Ron Cook

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