Shows Like Bluestone 42

If you liked Bluestone 42 (2013), a comedy and drama series, here are 20 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Hogan's Heroes (1965)
★ 7.5/10Also war & politics and comedy
From a German prisoner of war camp during World War II, Colonel Robert E. Hogan coordinates an international crew of Allied prisoners running a Special Operations group.
2
Yes Minister (1980)
★ 8.3/10Also comedy and war & politics
Satirical sitcom set in the office of a UK Cabinet minister, Jim Hacker MP, who struggles with Civil Service bureaucracy and political machinations as he tries to get on with government business.
3
The Final Cut (1995)
★ 7.7/10Also drama and comedy
Seasoned politician Francis Urquhart tries to establish his legacy before retirement by negotiating an end to the Cyprus, but the island hides secrets from his past that could destroy him.
4
A Small Light (2023)
★ 8/10Also drama and war & politics
Miep Gies didn't hesitate when her boss Otto Frank came to her and asked her to hide his family from the Nazis during World War II. For the next two years, Miep, her husband Jan, and the other helpers watched over the…
5
Girlfriends (2000)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and comedy
A friend group of black women face life's tests and triumphs together. From dating to divorce, and friends to family to relationships, Joan, Maya, Lynn and Toni support each other despite their differing backgrounds.
6
Foyle's War (2002)
★ 7.9/10Also drama and war & politics
As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940. Later series sees the…
7
Gavin & Stacey (2007)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy and drama
Essex and Wales collide when Gavin and Stacey fall in love - bringing their friends, family and baggage with them.
8
Martin (1992)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy and drama
Sassy sitcom centering on radio and television personality Martin Payne. Series focuses on his romantic relationship with girlfriend Gina, her best friend Pam and escapades with best friends Tommy and Cole.
9
12 O'Clock High (1964)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and war & politics
This series chronicles the adventures--in the air and on the ground--of the men of the 918th Bombardment Group of the U.S. Eighth Air Force. First commanded by irascible General Frank Savage--and later by Colonel Joe…
10
Pearson (2019)
★ 7.3/10Also war & politics and drama
Powerhouse lawyer Jessica Pearson adjusts to the dirty world of Chicago politics.
11
Our Girl (2014)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and war & politics
Drama following the extraordinary adventures of female medics in the British Army.
12
How I Met Your Father (2022)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and drama
In the near future, Sophie tells her son the story of how she met his father: a story that catapults us back to the year 2021 where Sophie and her close-knit group of friends are in the midst of figuring out who they…
13
House of Cards (1990)
★ 8.1/10Also war & politics and comedy
Frustrated at a new moderate Conservative government and deprived of a promotion to a senior position, chief whip Francis Urquhart prepares a meticulous plot to bring down the Prime Minister then to take his place.
14
Combat! (1962)
★ 8/10Also war & politics and drama
Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American soldiers fighting the Germans in France during World War II. The…
15
Taxi (1978)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy and drama
Louie De Palma is a cantankerous, acerbic taxi dispatcher in New York City. He tries to maintain order over a collection of varied and strange characters who drive for him. As he bullies and insults them from the…
16
Cuckoo (2012)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and drama
Cuckoo is every parent's worst nightmare - a slacker full of outlandish, New Age ideas. Ken is the over-protective father of a girl who's impulsively married an American hippie on her gap year.
17
Manhattan (2014)
★ 7/10Also drama and war & politics
Set against the backdrop of the greatest clandestine race against time in the history of science with the mission to build the world's first atomic bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Flawed scientists and their families…
18
Broad City (2014)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and drama
Broad City follows two women throughout their daily lives in New York City, making the smallest and mundane events hysterical and disturbing to watch all at the same time.
19
Rumpole of the Bailey (1975)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and comedy
Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It stars Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an aging London barrister who defends any and all…
20
Stoked (2009)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and comedy
At the famed Surfer's Paradise Resort, six teenage groms will spend their first summer away from home, work the hardest they've ever worked in their lives and, most importantly, have the opportunity to surf the epic…