UPDATE: With Halloween slowly creeping up on us, it’s the perfect time to binge-watch the Exorcist TV show, which has just made it into our best Amazon Prime TV shows list. It thankfully doesn’t retread too much on the classic movie, but expands the mythos and houses a number of fantastic scares. Oh, and it has one of the best actresses around in it – the imitable Geena Davis. 

Those looking for more of a laugh than a scare, then should head straight to Red Oaks. The third and final season of this superb coming-of-age show is a fantastic watch, charting the ups and downs of ’80s college student David (a brilliant Craig Roberts).

If you’re going to binge-watch, then make sure you’re doing it properly, and Amazon’s competitive Netflix rival is a good place to start. This is our pick of the best shows on Amazon Prime Video, the TV series that we have been watching and loving on what has become one of the most popular streaming services around. 

Since the launch of Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime has grown into a media powerhouse. Taking, and in some ways surpassing, Netflix’s self-serving model to produce its own content Amazon now has a bevy of television shows that are begging to be watched on its own platform. The choice is expansive and that’s where we come in.

TechRadar has curated a list of the best Amazon Prime shows around. Chosen by the team, these are the shows streamed in the UK that are Instant classics primed to offer up hours of compulsive viewing.

It’s worth noting that these are the best Amazon Prime TV shows that can be watched instantly when you have Amazon Prime access. There are many more shows you can watch through Amazon but these have to be purchased to be viewed. 

We will keep this list constantly updated if any paid shows become free that we feel need to be included. So, click through the gallery to see our picks. And if you want to know what upcoming shows will be hitting Amazon Prime soon, then keep reading below.