Top 10 true crime dramas
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Top 10 dramas based on or inspired by true crime if you love Sherwood on BBC One

Is you're gripped by Sherwood, then you'll love these dramas which you can stream right now

BBC One’s Sherwood is the best of the best dramas, inspired by a real life crime – and, if you’re loving it, you need to watch these top 10 true crime dramas, too.

Sherwood has had us hooked, as it told the shocking story of two murders in a former mining community in Nottingham.

Creator James Graham took inspiration from tragic real-life killings that took place in 2004.

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So, if you enjoyed watching David Morrissey taking on the largest manhunt in British history, then you’ll need to check out these must-see dramas too.

Here’s our compilation of the top 10 true crime dramas that are available to stream right now.

David Fynn and Luke Evans star in The Pembrokeshire Murders (Credit: ITV1)
David Fynn and Luke Evans star in The Pembrokeshire Murders (Credit: ITV1)

Stephen Merchant as Stephen Port in Four Lives

Little Boy Blue on ITV1

Freddie Fox as Jeremy Bamber

Eddie Marsan and Monica Dolan

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The cast of Honour on ITV1

Colin Firth as Michael Peterson, and Toni Collette as Kathleen Peterson in the eight episode series The Staircase

David Tennant as serial killer Dennis Nilsen

The Serpent now available in Netflix

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Stephen cast on ITV1

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