7 of the best hidden-gem ITV programmes with 100% Rotten Tomatoes scores

Reality TV play is successful afloat plaything implicit on ITV, with Big Brother reaching its last and I’m A Celebrity kicking disconnected conscionable hours later.

But if you’re looking for much play to binge alternatively than patiently waiting a fewer much hours to spot the antics successful the jungle, we’ve got you covered.

Streaming work ITVX has plentifulness to connection with nostalgic boxsets, fan-favourites and award-winning shows waiting to beryllium watched.

We’ve rounded up conscionable 7 of the best, that person each achieved cleanable 100% scores connected Rotten Tomatoes.

Nolly

Helena Bonham Carter took connected the relation of Noele ‘Nolly’ Gordon for this ITV series, which premiered past twelvemonth and was created by Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies.

It followed the beloved Crossroads histrion who was unceremoniously axed successful a daze determination successful 1981.

Nolly played Meg Richardson successful the soap earlier her autumn from grace, with Harry Potter histrion Helena saying of taking connected the role: ‘Noele Gordon was a fascinating, complex, superb and gutsy pistillate – nary of which I knew earlier I work Russell T Davies’ script.

‘I’m truthful thrilled to assistance archer Nolly’s agelong overdue and mostly forgotten story. Russell’s screenplay is simply a enactment of brilliance and I anticipation I’ll bash him and Nolly justice. I can’t hold to start.’

The biographical miniseries has been hailed arsenic ‘so good written, truthful good formed and executed’ connected Rotten Tomatoes, with 1 professional calling it ‘a wide contender to beryllium 1 of the champion miniseries of the year’.

The Tower

Another hidden gem disposable connected ITVX is constabulary play The Tower, based connected Kate London’s Metropolitan publication series.

It stars Gemma Whelan, Tahirah Sharif and Jimmy Akingbola, and is acceptable successful southbound London.

Comparable to Line of Duty, the archetypal play of The Tower followed the decease of a constabulary serviceman and teenage civilian aft they fell from a operation artifact nether mysterious circumstances.

The 2nd play of the gripping bid centred connected crimes against women, with a missing miss case, arsenic good arsenic home violence, portion the 3rd explored weapon crime.

The Tower has yet to beryllium renewed for a 4th season, but fans person been near begging for more.

The Twelve

Fans were near ‘on the borderline of their seats’ erstwhile the 2nd play of The Twelve deed ITVX this year.

Based connected a Belgian mini-series, the play archetypal aired successful Australia successful 2019, and racked up a cleanable 100% people connected Rotten Tomatoes.

It followed the communicative of Kate Lawson, who went connected proceedings for the alleged execution of her niece and however the 12 jurors bring their idiosyncratic lives and prejudices to the courtroom.

The 2nd play focuses connected Bernice Price (Kris McQuade) who was recovered dormant connected her family’s property, with Sam Neill reprising his relation arsenic transgression barrister Brett Colby.

‘It’s a grimly convoluted but gripping tale, with a chiseled accent connected the manipulation of women by toxic antheral figures,’ 1 Rotten Tomatoes professional summarised.

Holding

Graham Norton’s caller Holding was transformed into a TV adaptation successful 2022, pursuing Sergeant Patrick Joseph (Conleth Hill) discovering secrets astir a quiescent Irish town.

When helium comes crossed a skeleton astatine a gathering site, his beingness successful a peaceful Cork colony is thrown into chaos.

The bid besides stars Siobhan McSweeney, Charlene McKenna and Helen Behan.

‘I conscionable thought helium was a truly multi-faceted character, but nary of the benignant of clichés that you’d expect from a starring detective and something. So yeah, [that anti-hero aspect] did entreaty to me. And I deliberation it was developed from the caller arsenic well… truthful it was conscionable a gift,’ Conleth told RadioTimes of the role.

Anne

Anne delved into the tragedy of the Hillsborough disaster, based connected existent events of 1 mother’s combat to get justness for her son.

97 radical died arsenic a effect of being crushed astatine Leppings Lane during the FA Cup semi-final betwixt Liverpool and Nottingham Forest connected April 15 1989.

An archetypal inquest was quashed successful December 2012, pursuing a run by the bereaved families, and the High Court ordered a caller hearing.

The 2nd inquest recovered successful 2016 that 96 of the radical who died successful the catastrophe were unlawfully killed, overturning the archetypal verdict of accidental death. The 97th victim, Andrew Devine, died successful 2021 aft suffering encephalon damage.

The Maxine Peake-starring bid followed the 3.15pm chopped disconnected clip from the archetypal inquest, successful which lone the events earlier were investigated.

The amusement has won unanimous praise, but the astir important feedback came from the girl of the existent Anne Williams, Sara, who told writer Kevin Sampson that she had an ‘uncanny’ resemblance to her parent successful the series. 

Prime Suspect

Another award-winning ITV constabulary play with a cleanable Rotten Tomatoes people is Prime Suspect, which starred Dame Helen Mirren as DC Jane Tennison.

Across 7 seasons, not lone did viewers witnesser Tennison uncovering assorted cases, but besides warring to asseverate herself successful a male-dominated profession.

The amusement has won respective Bafta awards, Emmy awards and a Peabody award, with Dame Helen winning 3 Bafta TV awards for champion actress, and having been nominated a further 3 times, arsenic good arsenic 2 Emmy wins and 4 nominations for outstanding pb histrion successful a constricted bid oregon movie.

Speaking of her iconic role, which began successful 1992, Dame Helen told Harper’s Bazaar successful 2022: ‘I was precise fortunate that Prime Suspect was specified an iconic infinitesimal successful television.

‘In general, successful the presumption of women connected screen. Culturally, it was rather an important moment. It was a relation that transformed however radical looked astatine maine astatine that time.’

Prey

Crime thriller Prey was branded an ‘engrossing, dynamic series’ aft the archetypal play launched successful 2014.

It followed DC Marcus Farrow (John Simm) whose beingness fell isolated aft uncovering retired his ex-wife and lad had been murdered, with each the grounds pointing to him.

The constabulary serviceman ends up connected the run, portion trying to find retired who killed his family.

Season two, which followed successful 2015, saw Philip Glenister arsenic situation serviceman David Murdoch, who is connected a hunt to prevention his girl aft she was kidnapped.

‘Prey… is simply a adjacent cleanable blend of well-crafted characterizations wrong the discourse of a credibly gripping execution case,’ 1 professional praised connected Rotten Tomatoes, portion others urged fans of British constabulary dramas to watch.

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