Looking for a box set to help you while away the hours at home this April? Why not try a lavish drama? With hours and hours of glorious storylines to lose yourself in and characters to connect with, finding a seminal drama series to indulge in is a great way of passing the time.

We’ve put together the best box sets of all genres to dive into during these next few weeks, to help you while away the hours, belly laugh or hang off the edge of your seat in suspense - whatever helps you through the day. So keep checking back as we bring you the best box sets across every genre - and today, it’s all about the drama.

And of course, if you’ve got your own box set recommendations, we would love to hear them! Drop us a line over on our Instagram and let us know any that you think are must-sees, and we’ll add them to this ever-expanding list.

THE BEST DRAMA BOX SETS

Mad Men

This seven-season, multi-award-winning drama follows Don Draper, a Madison Avenue advertising man in the 1960s, as he climbs the career ladder, whilst trying to juggle a changing world landscape, a difficult family dynamic and a secret from his past that’s looming large...

Watch on Netflix

Fleabag

A two-series comedy-drama from Phoebe Waller-Bridge, that follows the titular character as she tries to navigate grief, love and life in London, never letting anybody close enough to help her.

Watch on BBC iPlayer and Amazon Prime

Downton Abbey

Searching for a period drama to lose yourself in? The opulent Downton Abbey is perfect escapist TV. The aristocratic Crawley family risk losing their estate, after the heirs die in the Titanic tragedy, and the next-in-line seems resistant to the aristocratic way of life.

Watch on ITV Hub

Shameless

This seminal 2000s drama series, that launched the career of James McAvoy, is well worth a rewatch. Set on a Manchester housing estate, this award-winning comedy-drama follows the exploits of the Gallagher family, including unemployed alcoholic patriarch Frank and his six children, and the terrifying Maguire family next door.

Watch on All4

The Good Wife

Alicia Florrick has always been a very good wife. And now, she’s under pressure like never before, as she deals with life and caring for her two children, after her husband Peter, a US State attorney, is imprisoned for a sex and corruption scandal.

Watch on Amazon Prime

Game of Thrones

The TV epic to end all TV epics - this one is perfect to get stuck into if you have a lot of time on your hands. Nine noble families wage war against each other, in order to gain control over the mythical land of Westeros, and finally sit on the Iron Throne.

Watch on Now TV

Ally McBeal

Fancy some 90s nostalgia? We’ve got you. Idealistic lawyer Ally reluctantly accepts a role at her former classmate’s cutthroat law firm - only to find that the-one-that-got-away, her ex-boyfriend Billy, also works there.

Watch on Amazon Prime

Peaky Blinders

Cillian Murphy plays the alluring and dangerous Tommy Shelby, ringleader of a Birmingham criminal gang named the ‘Peaky Blinders’, and shares the exploits of the Shelby family, in the aftermath of the First World War.

Watch on BBC iPlayer and Netflix

The Crown

Perfect escapist TV if ever we saw it! Claire Foy and Olivia Colman both take on the role of Queen Elizabeth II, supported by a cast including Matt Smith and Helena Bonham-Carter. This lavish drama chronicles the life of Elizabeth, from her time as a young princess to the present day, charting her managing life as a wife, mother and of course, the Queen.