If you’re currently fantasising about getting away from it all, then the Brits have some escapism for you! And that escapism comes via a collection of classic British fantasy television shows.

From Doctor Who and The Last Train to Neverwhere and Sapphire & Steel, there are plenty of British fantasy shows to dig into. Want to check some of them out? Then keep reading.

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List of over 35 British fantasy TV shows

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Below is a list of over 35 British fantasy television shows. Should you want to check out some British classics, these could be the shows for you:

  • Ashes to Ashes (2008 – 2010)
  • Atlantis (2013 – 2015)
  • The Avengers (1961 – 1969)
  • Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands (2016)
  • Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967 – 1968)
  • A Christmas Carol (2019)
  • The Chronicles of Narnia (1988 – 1990)
  • Crime Traveller (1997)
  • Da Vinci’s Demons (2013 – 2015)
  • Doctor Who (1963 – Present)
  • Eternal Law (2012)
  • Ghosts (2019 – 2023)
  • Good Omens (2019 – 2026)
  • Jim Henson’s The Storyteller (1987)
  • Joe 90 (1968 – 1969)
  • The Last Train (1999)
  • Life on Mars (2006 – 2007)
  • Lost in Austen (2008)
  • Merlin (2008 – 2012)
  • The Mighty Boosh (2004 – 2007)
  • Misfits (2009 – 2013)
  • The New Avengers (1976 – 1977)
  • Neverwhere (1996)
  • Olympus (2015)
  • Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (1969 – 1970)
  • Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000 – 2001)
  • Sapphire & Steel (1979 – 1982)
  • The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007 – 2011)
  • Sinbad (2012)
  • Stingray (1964 – 1965)
  • Survivors (1975 – 1977)
  • Thunderbirds (1965 – 1966)
  • Torchwood (2006 – 2011)
  • The War of the Worlds (2019)
  • The Watch (2021)
  • Yonderland (2013 – 2016)

Seek out the above shows through streaming, TV reruns, or physical media, and you will be in British fantasy heaven.

Image: ©BBC
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Alex is a writer, editor, and blogger specialising in movies, TV, comics, retro toys, and general geekery. He is a championing voice in nerd content, an expert in pop culture, and a trusted movie critic who publishes new reviews on a weekly basis. After graduating with a degree in film & television studies from the University of Derby in the UK, Alex went on to study journalism in Sheffield, before acquiring NCTJ accreditation. Prior to a career in blogging, Alex was a magazine editor, a senior copywriter, a features writer, and a freelancer.

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