Shows like This England: 20 to watch next

If you loved This England (2022) — a war & politics and drama series created by Kieron Quirke and Michael Winterbottom — these 20 shows are the closest matches.

The first picks are what fans of This England most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like prime minister, based on true story and miniseries. 9 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.

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1
Zoo 2015★ 6.9
Shares: Drama
Set amidst a wave of violent animal attacks sweeping across the planet, a young renegade scientist is thrust into a race to unlock the mystery behind this pandemic before time runs out for animals and humans alike.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
2
The State Within 2006★ 7.4
Shares: Drama, War & Politics
The State Within is a six-part British television political thriller serial written and created by Lizzie Mickery and Daniel Percival, broadcast on BBC One from 2 November to 7 December 2006. After a plane explodes over Washington DC, panic begins to envelop the British embassy, and its ambassador to Washington, Mark Brydon, finds himself caught in a potentially damaging diplomatic incident.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
3
Shōgun 1980★ 7.6
Shares: Drama, War & Politics
An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in complex political games in feudal Japan.
Stream in India on VI movies and tv
4
Under the Dome 2013★ 7.1
Shares: Drama
A small town is suddenly and inexplicably sealed off from the rest of the world by an enormous transparent dome. While military forces, the government and the media positioned outside of this surrounding barrier attempt to break it down, a small group of people inside attempt to figure out what the dome is, where it came from, and when (and if) it will go away.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, JioHotstar, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
5
Obi-Wan Kenobi 2022★ 7.0
Shares: Drama, War & Politics
During the reign of the Galactic Empire, former Jedi Master, Obi-Wan Kenobi, embarks on a crucial mission to confront allies turned enemies and face the wrath of the Empire.
Stream in India on JioHotstar, VI movies and tv
6
Ahsoka 2023★ 7.4
Shares: Drama, War & Politics
Former Jedi Knight Ahsoka Tano investigates an emerging threat to a vulnerable galaxy.
Stream in India on JioHotstar, VI movies and tv
7
The Crimson Field 2014★ 7.5
Shares: Drama, War & Politics
In a tented field hospital on the coast of France, a team of doctors, nurses and women volunteers work together to heal the bodies and souls of men wounded in the trenches.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
8
Battlestar Galactica 2003★ 8.2
Shares: Drama
A re-imagining of the original series in which a "rag-tag fugitive fleet" of the last remnants of mankind flees pursuing robots while simultaneously searching for their true home, Earth.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
9
Downton Abbey 2010★ 8.1
Shares: Drama
A chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era—with great events in history having an effect on their lives and on the British social hierarchy.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
10
I, Claudius 1976★ 7.8
Shares: Drama, War & Politics
Acclaimed blackly comic historical drama series. Set amidst a web of power, corruption and lies, it chronicles the reigns of the Roman emperors - Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula and finally Claudius.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
11
Brimstone 1998★ 7.5
Shares: Drama
Brimstone is a short-lived Fox television series, featuring a dead police detective whose mission is to return to Hell 113 spirits who have escaped to Earth. The series ran for only one partial season. Since cancellation, Brimstone reruns have aired on Syfy in the United States from the summer of 1999 onward. The reruns have no set schedule, but are usually aired in marathons during the channel's seasonal events like "Creatureland", "Inhumanland" and "the 31 Days of Halloween". Chiller also began airing reruns, on July 28, 2007. It currently airs in sporadic weekday marathons, like Syfy, and has no set airing schedule.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
12
VisionQuest 2026★ 8.4
Shares: Drama
With a bounty on his head, Vision must confront his nature and resist Ultron's influence to survive.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
13
Debris 2021★ 7.0
Shares: Drama
Two federal agents from two different continents, and two different mindsets, must work together to investigate when wreckage from a destroyed alien spacecraft has mysterious effects on humankind.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
14
Our World War 2014★ 7.6
Shares: Drama
Our World War is a gripping factual drama series offering viewers first-hand experience of the extraordinary bravery of young soldiers fighting 100 years ago. Drawing on real stories of World War One soldiers it uses the visual techniques and imagery familiar from modern warfare – POV helmet camera footage, surveillance images and night vision – to immerse the BBC Three audience in life on the Western Front. Each episode is closely based on first-hand testimony, interviews and memoirs that reveal often hidden and sometimes disturbing aspects of the combat experience.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
15
SkyMed 2022★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
Life, death and drama at 20,000 feet. The series weaves together intense character journeys and high-stakes medical rescues, as we follow the triumphs, heartbreaks and tribulations of budding nurses and pilots flying air ambulances in remote Northern Canada. They’re all in over their heads, and on their own, with no one to rely on but each other.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
16
Casualty 1986★ 6.2
Shares: Drama
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
17
Thai Cave Rescue 2022★ 7.7
Shares: Drama
A Thai youth soccer team and their assistant coach are trapped within Tham Luang Cave, prompting a global rescue effort.
Stream in India on Netflix
18
The Andromeda Strain 2008★ 6.2
Shares: Drama
A U.S. satellite crash-lands near a small town in Utah, unleashing a deadly plague that kills virtually everyone except two survivors, who may provide clues to immunizing the population. As the military attempts to quarantine the area, a team of highly specialized scientists is assembled to find a cure and stop the spread of the alien pathogen, code-named Andromeda.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Resident 2018★ 8.4
Shares: Drama
A tough, brilliant senior resident guides an idealistic young doctor through his first day, pulling back the curtain on what really happens, both good and bad, in modern-day medicine.
Stream in India on VI movies and tv
20
Sons of Liberty 2015★ 6.8
Shares: Drama
A radical group of young men band together in secrecy to change the course of history and make America a nation.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now