Top 5 shows starring Sean Bean

English actor Sean Bean has received wide acclaim for his recent role in BBC’s Marriage, a new drama about a middle-aged husband and wife, and stars alongside Nicola Walker (The Split). While you can catch up with Marriage now on BBC iPlayer, you may be wondering what else the Bean has been in...

19/08/2022

Without further a do, here are the top 5 shows starring Sean Bean that are all available via Freesat, whether it’s on BBC iPlayer, UKTV Play, Netflix or BritBox (please note the latter two require a subscription to watch).

1. Time

BBC iPlayer

Check out Sean Bean in Time, which released just last year, and follows the story of a prisoner who was sentenced to four years in prison after he accidentally killed someone. Wracked with guilt, Mark Cobden, who is a husband, former teacher and father, is quickly confronted with the harsh realities of life behind bars. The full season is available to watch now on BBC iPlayer!

2. Broken

UKTV Play

Sean Bean stars in the UKTV Play series Broken, as Michael Kerrigan, a priest of a community parish in Northern England. While he is trying to guide a group of parishioners through the ups and downs of their lives, he begins to struggle to deal with his childhood trauma. Check it out now on UKTV Play!

3. Sharpe

UKTV Play

Another classic from Sean Bean, Sharpe is the historical fiction about a British soldier in the Napoleonic Wars called Richard Sharpe, who fights both Napoleon’s forces and the strong prejudice of British aristocracy in a collection of stories. Sharpe is available to watch on UKTV Play.

4. Snowpiercer

Netflix

Snowpiercer is a dystopian future series set seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland. The story follows the people that still inhabit a perpetually-moving train circling the globe. Sean Bean plays Joseph Wilford, known professionally as Mr. Wilford, and is the main antagonist in the series. Check out all three seasons now on Netflix!

5. Lady Chatterley

BritBox

For a bit of a throwback, BritBox is currently airing Lady Chatterley, which is based on the novel ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ by D. H. Lawrence. The story follows Lady Constance Chatterley who is married to Sir Clifford Chatterley. After Clifford is wounded in WW1, they move to his family’s estate and Constance falls for the tough-yet-quite groundskeeper, Oliver Mellors (played by Sean Bean) and an illicit affair between the pair ensues.