Best Sarah Lancashire TV shows and films

Crime drama by Sally Wainwright, with Sarah Lancashire as a police sergeant in the Yorkshire valleys battling her own demons when she becomes involved in the hunt for a kidnapped girl.

A social worker is caught up in a police investigation when a young girl goes missing on one of her supervised visits. Four-part drama, starring Sarah Lancashire

Drama about the residents of a fictional Welsh town coming to terms with an explosion on a construction site that kills several teenagers. Sarah Lancashire stars

Cases of a woman and her male assistant who work for the fictional CJRA (Criminal Justice Review Agency), an organization which seeks out miscarriages of justice.

Jamie New celebrates his 16th birthday with a gift of glittery red heels from his supportive mother, Margaret. Nurturing a dream of performing on stage, Jamie recruits Hugo Battersby aka drag doyenne Loco Chanelle as his mentor to step confidently into the spotlight. Comedy drama, starring Max Harwood, Sarah Lancashire, Lauren Patel and Shobna Gulati

Sally Wainwright's comedy drama with Derek Jacobi and Anne Reid. Old friends Celia Dawson and Alan Buttershaw fall in love again when they are reunited over the internet after 60 years.

Drama series set in a small Yorkshire town, focusing on the professional and personal lives of the district nurses who work there. The original leads were Sarah Lancashire and Pam Ferris.

Drama inspired by Julia Child's extraordinary life and her long-running television series, The French Chef. Starring Sarah Lancashire and David Hyde Pierce

Wartime comedy based on the BBC TV sitcom, starring Toby Jones, Bill Nighy and Catherine Zeta-Jones. England, 1944: when a glamorous reporter is sent to profile the Home Guard of Walmington-on-Sea, it's not long before romance rears its head. Meanwhile, MI5 has reason to believe a German spy is operating in the town...

'The Paradise' is a costume drama set in a Victorian city in the north of England. It tells the story of a love affair set against the backdrop of The Paradise, the country's first department store. Denise Lovett (Joanna Vanderham) takes a job at the store and is soon seen by its owner, John Moray (Emun Elliott), as a rising star, much to the annoyance of head of ladieswear Miss Audrey (Sarah Lancashire). In pursuit of Moray's affections is the upper class daughter of a rich banker, Katherine (Elaine Cassidy), who is determined to get what she wants. It premiered on BBC One in 2012.

Fantasy comedy starring Himesh Patel and Lily James. Cycling home after a gig, aspiring musician Jack is hit by a bus during a strange power cut. He wakes up to find himself in a world where nobody has heard of the Beatles, so takes advantage of this by passing their songs off as his own. Success soon comes his way, but it threatens to come between him and his manager and best friend, Ellie.

"Lark Rise to Candleford" is a BBC period drama adapted from Flora Thompson's trilogy of semi-autobiographical novels about the English countryside towards the end of the 19th century. Laura Timmins (Olivia Hallinan) leaves her friends and family in the hamlet of Lark Rise to start her first job at the post office in the wealthier neighbouring market town of Candleford. She works for postmistress Dorcas Lane (Julia Sawalha), who offers her a warm welcome when the other residents of Candleford are not so friendly. The popular programme ran for four series on BBC One between 2008 and 2011.

A political thriller that sits at the intersections of police, politics and the press, and is as much a family saga as it is a savage drama. Richard Gere stars.

Long-running drama with the residents of England's most famous cobbled street

Sci-fi drama following the adventures of a Time Lord and his time-travelling companion as they explore the universe in his Tardis. William Hartnell (1963-66) was the first Doctor to pilot the Tardis, taking it from a junkyard at 76 Totter's Lane into the realms of the fourth dimension. He was succeeded by Patrick Troughton (1966-69), Jon Pertwee (1970-74), Tom Baker (1974-81), Peter Davison (1981-84), Colin Baker (1984-86) and Sylvester McCoy (1987-89, 1996). The series was axed in 1989. A TV movie starring Paul McGann as the Doctor appeared in 1996, but it wasn't until 2005 that a revamped version materialised on BBC One with Christopher Eccleston (2005) at the controls of the Tardis. He was followed by David Tennant (2005-10), Matt Smith (2010-13) and Peter Capaldi (2013-). The world's most famous Time Lord has been accompanied by a variety of young companions and has battled many foes, most famously the Daleks, Cybermen and the Master. 'Doctor Who' premiered on BBC One in November 1963.