{"id":357978,"date":"2026-04-01T04:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T04:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/357978\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T04:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T04:32:12","slug":"3-part-british-detective-drama-praised-as-gripping-from-start-to-finish-will-be-removed-on-netflix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/357978\/","title":{"rendered":"3-part British detective drama praised as ‘gripping from start to finish’ will be removed on Netflix"},"content":{"rendered":"

Black Work, a three-part detective drama that first aired on ITV in 2015 and stars Sheridan Smith, is being removed from Netflix soon. After being added a year ago, the last day the series will be available to watch on the streaming service is Sunday, 19 April.<\/p>\n

The show follows police officer Jo Gillespie, who is shocked to learn that her husband has been shot after working undercover for years.<\/p>\n

Defying orders, she begins her own investigation. In doing so, she risks not only her own life but also uncovering more about her husband.<\/p>\n

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Related: Best streaming services UK 2026 \u2013 including Disney+, Netflix, iPlayer and Apple TV<\/a><\/p>\n

As well as Smith, the series stars Geraldine James, Douglas Henshall, Ace Bhatti, Matthew McNulty, Honor Kneafsey, Andrew Knott, Oliver Woollford, Sharon Duce, and Phil Davis.<\/p>\n

When it was added to Netflix last year, it became the second most-watched TV show on the service in the UK<\/a> in the daily charts.<\/p>\n

It didn’t receive a lot of attention from critics upon release, although The Guardian<\/a> called it “pacy, tight and intriguing” and the New York Times<\/a> said it was “worth watching because of [Sheridan]”.<\/p>\n

It has more reviews from users on IMDb<\/a>, where it has an above-average 6.7\/10 score from 2,700 ratings.<\/p>\n

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Related: “Compelling” mystery thriller starring Sheridan Smith confirmed at ITV with more cast announced<\/a><\/p>\n

From the positive reviews, one fan wrote<\/a>: “Sheridan Smith is on another level to nearly every other British actress and on TV no one beats her… you will find yourself rooting for her.”<\/p>\n

One particularly positive fan review<\/a> dubbed it “gripping from start to finish”, saying the show doesn’t drag things out.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Netflix has just added Care<\/a>, the 80-minute BBC drama from 2018 that stars Smith, to its library.<\/p>\n

Black Work is streaming on Netflix until 19 April, and is also available to stream on ITVX.<\/p>\n

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Joe Anderton is a freelance news writer at Digital Spy, having worked there since 2016. In his time, he’s covered a host of live events and interviewed celebrities big and small. A big fan of TV<\/a> and movies<\/a> both mainstream and obscure, Joe also enjoys video games and in particular PlayStation. Joe currently does not use Twitter, but he only ever used it to tell people to watch the film Help! I’m a Fish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Black Work, a three-part detective drama that first aired on ITV in 2015 and stars Sheridan Smith, is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357979,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[147144,149799,2115,189004,2117,156,2116,111,139,69,189003,437],"class_list":{"0":"post-357978","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-collection-latest-news","9":"tag-collection-netflix","10":"tag-content-type-news","11":"tag-contentid-1252fbc0-90b2-4fda-81fb-ba0993428132","12":"tag-displaytype-standard-article","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-locale-gb","15":"tag-new-zealand","16":"tag-newzealand","17":"tag-nz","18":"tag-shorttitle-gripping-british-detective-drama-will-leave-netflix-soon","19":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}