The Syndicate (Seasons 1–4)

What does a sudden lottery win really do to ordinary people? The Syndicate (2012) chases that question, and you can watch it online on iFILM. Kay Mellor's BBC drama opens inside a struggling supermarket that's about to shut its doors.

The staff have chipped into a lottery syndicate for years, mostly out of habit. Assistant manager Stuart Bradley and his younger brother Jamie are cornered — broke, with a young family on the line — and their desperate move carries painful consequences. Then, just when the floor seems to drop out, £18 million lands in the syndicate's lap. Splitting it cleanly, though, proves anything but simple.

Mellor takes five working-class characters and watches the money pry open everything they've hidden from one another and from themselves. The cast includes Siobhan Finneran and Lorraine Bruce. This is no glossy rags-to-riches fairy tale but a grounded study of envy, debt and what friendship costs — ideal for fans of gritty British social drama. Stream every episode of The Syndicate online on iFILM.