My wife and I have watched many a series and mini-series. Some of them predate the era of VHS, DVD, and streaming, though much of the older fare is now available on DVD (and sometimes on streaming media). Our long list of favorites includes these (right-click a link to open it in a new tab):

Better Call Saul
Rumpole of the Bailey
Slings and Arrows
Pride and Prejudice
Cold Lazarus
Karaoke
Love in a Cold Climate
Oliver Twist
Bleak House
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Danger UXB
Lonesome Dove
Sunset Song
Lillie
Vienna 1900
The Durrells in Corfu
The Wire
The Glittering Prizes
Bron/Broen
Wallander
Little Dorrit
Justified
Cracker
Pennies from Heaven
Mad Men
The Sopranos
Charters & Caldicott
Reckless
Our Mutual Friend
The First Churchills
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
Murder Must Advertise
The Nine Tailors
Cakes and Ale
Madame Bovary
I, Claudius
Smiley’s People
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Prime Suspect
The Norman Conquests
Bramwell
Prime Suspect 2
Prime Suspect 3
Mystery!: Cadfael
Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgement
David Copperfield
Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness
The Forsyte Saga
Elizabeth R
Jude the Obscure
Clouds of Witness
Country Matters
Notorious Woman
Five Red Herrings
Anna Karenina
Brideshead Revisited
To Serve Them All My Days

If you have more than a passing acquaintance with this genre, you will recognize that almost all of the fare is British. The Brits seem to have a near-lock on good acting and literate and clever writing.

Alas, of the series listed above, only Better Call Saul, Bron/Broen, and The Durrells in Corfu are still running. The Durrells comes to end this fall for U.S. viewers (Brits have already seen the final season). The final season of Bron/Broen has also aired in Europe, but isn’t yet available in the U.S.

As for Better Call Saul, the fifth season of which will air in 2020, there are rumors of a sixth and final season to follow.

Enjoy!