Sort by IMDb Rating - Highest Rated Movies and TV Shows With Tim Fywell

1. She-Play (1990–1992)

11 min | Short, Drama

Short plays by female writers new to television drama.

Stars: Douglas Henshall, Jonathan Firth, Geraldine Somerville, Mark Benton

Votes: 58

2. Cracker (1993–1996)
Episode: To Be a Somebody: Part 1 (1994)

TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A working class man, distraught at the recent death of his father, impulsively becomes a skinhead and murders a Pakistani shopkeeper over a perceived insult.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Robert Carlyle, Tracy Gillman, Gemma Phoenix, Robbie Coltrane

Votes: 623

3. Cracker (1993–1996)
Episode: To Be a Somebody: Part 2 (1994)

TV-MA | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

As Albie continues his merciless killing spree, Fitz is brought in to investigate and realizes that Albie is actually an ordinary citizen gone wrong.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Christopher Eccleston, Edward Peel, Geraldine Somerville, Colin Tierney

Votes: 357

4. Cracker (1993–1996)
Episode: To Be a Somebody: Part 3 (1994)

TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Fitz and the police finally catch Albie, only to realize that he has a few explosive tricks in store for them.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Christopher Eccleston, Geraldine Somerville, Robbie Coltrane, Edward Peel

Votes: 345

5. Happy Valley (2014–2023)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Yorkshire-based crime drama centering on the personal and professional life of Police Sergeant Catherine Cawood.

Stars: Sarah Lancashire, Siobhan Finneran, James Norton, Rhys Connah

Votes: 64,537

6. Cracker (1993–1996)

TV-MA | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Dr Edward "Fitz" Fitzgerald is a criminal psychologist. He is rather anti-social and obnoxious but he has a gift for solving crimes. Thus he is employed as a consultant by the Manchester Police.

Stars: Robbie Coltrane, Geraldine Somerville, Kieran O'Brien, Barbara Flynn

Votes: 7,867

7. Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode: Yahrzeit: Part 2 (2007)

TV-14 | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When the team begins looking into the Dusnia Family, they find that their DNA does not match.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Tara Fitzgerald, Wil Johnson

Votes: 149

8. The English Game (2020)
Episode: Episode #1.6 (2020)

TV-14 | Drama, History, Sport

Fergus heads to London to make an appeal to the FA. Arthur pleads with his friends to act for the good of the game as the FA Cup Final approaches.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Edward Holcroft, Kevin Guthrie, Charlotte Hope, Niamh Walsh

Votes: 500

9. Happy Valley (2014–2023)
Episode: Episode #1.6 (2014)

TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Catherine's fears grow as she learns that Tommy has been spending time with Ryan.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: James Norton, Siobhan Finneran, Sarah Lancashire, Hannah John-Kamen

Votes: 1,278

10. Cracker (1993–1996)
Episode: True Romance: Part 1 (1995)

TV-MA | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A lab technician, working at the same university as Fitz, begins to electrocute male students in order to gain the attention of the psychologist.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Elizabeth Estensen, Robbie Coltrane, Emily Joyce, Katie Purslow

Votes: 290

11. Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode: Yahrzeit: Part 1 (2007)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a London flat is being rehabbed a bloody Nazi dagger is discovered in the fireplace and the team joins with a Massad agent in a hunt to solve the case.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Tara Fitzgerald, Wil Johnson

Votes: 170

12. Dracula (2013–2014)
Episode: Let There Be Light (2014)

TV-14 | 41 min | Drama, Horror, Romance

Though initiating his war with the Order of the Dragon, Grayson swears to re-setup the wireless light demonstration so he can bankrupt the oil connected members. Lady Jane organizes the ... See full summary »

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jessica De Gouw, Thomas Kretschmann, Victoria Smurfit

Votes: 639

13. Happy Valley (2014–2023)
Episode: Episode #1.5 (2014)

TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

As the net begins to close on Kevin, Catherine is depressed to learn that Tommy is free.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Sarah Lancashire, Charlie Murphy, Dominic Kay, Ryan Cerenko

Votes: 1,215

14. Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)

TV-PG | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

DI Robert Lewis and DS James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them.

Stars: Kevin Whately, Laurence Fox, Clare Holman, Rebecca Front

Votes: 15,862

15. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (2008–2009)

TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Precious Ramotswe launches the first-ever female detective agency in Botswana. She embarks on various adventures while investigating cases and must also overcome several challenges in her quest.

Stars: Jill Scott, Anika Noni Rose, Lucian Msamati, Desmond Dube

Votes: 3,842

16. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (2008–2009)
Episode: A Real Botswana Diamond (2009)

TV-PG | 58 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Precious has a few things to sort out, the main one being her old husband turning up again.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Jill Scott, Anika Noni Rose, Lucian Msamati, Desmond Dube

Votes: 108

17. Cracker (1993–1996)
Episode: True Romance: Part 2 (1995)

TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Fitz is taken off the case when it is discovered the killings are for him. Determined to catch Fitz's attention, Janice targets Mark.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Emily Joyce, Wil Johnson, Robert Cavanah, Rosemary Martin

Votes: 190

18. North Square (2000)

60 min | Drama

A closed legal world steeped in tradition.

Stars: Phil Davis, Kevin McKidd, James Midgley, Rupert Penry-Jones

Votes: 319

19. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (2008–2009)
Episode: Beauty and Integrity (2009)

TV-PG | 57 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A new detective agency opens up near the Ladies. Grace investigates a beauty contest while Precious is trying to find Nandira Patel's mystery boyfriend.

Directors: Tim Bricknell, Tim Fywell | Stars: Jill Scott, Anika Noni Rose, Lucian Msamati, Desmond Dube

Votes: 110

20. Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode: Intelligent Design: Part 1 (2013)

TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The day after an alcoholic college professor who killed a young girl in a drunken accident is released from prison and returns home, he is run over by his own car.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Stephen Churchett, Alison Steadman, Crystal Leaity, Ariyon Bakare

Votes: 541

21. Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode: Intelligent Design: Part 2 (2013)

TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

While Benison College is being renovated, the desiccated body of a student who disappeared 15 years earlier is found in an attic and linked to Seager's murder.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Edward Fox, Alison Steadman, Miranda Raison, Ariyon Bakare

Votes: 484

22. Masters of Sex (2013–2016)
Episode: All Together Now (2013)

TV-MA | 54 min | Drama, Romance

Virginia and William ramp up their participation in the study. Libby bypasses William and pressures Ethan to resume the treatments. Austin and Margaret ramp up their tryst leading to differing expectations. Ethan decides to commit to Vivian.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Michael Sheen, Lizzy Caplan, Caitlin FitzGerald, Teddy Sears

Votes: 755

23. Grantchester (2014–2025)
Episode: Episode #1.6 (2014)

TV-14 | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Sidney and Geordie investigate the murder of a local policeman, and find the killer's motive is connected to events that took place in the Second World War.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: James Norton, Robson Green, Morven Christie, Al Weaver

Votes: 516

24. River (2015)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

John River is a brilliant police inspector whose genius lies side-by-side with the fragility of his mind. He is a man haunted by the murder victims whose cases he must lay to rest.

Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Nicola Walker, Adeel Akhtar, Lesley Manville

Votes: 27,235

25. A Fatal Inversion (1992)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (1992)

56 min | Crime, Drama

A couple are shocked discover a mummified baby in the pet cemetery, at Wyvis Hall. Back in 1976, Adam inherited the property from his uncle. Instead of going abroad he and friend Rufus decide to spend the long hot summer there.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Douglas Hodge, Jeremy Northam, Rachel Joyce, Philip Bowen

Votes: 10

26. Dracula (2013–2014)
Episode: Four Roses (2014)

TV-14 | 41 min | Drama, Horror, Romance

As Mina recovers from her attack, Harker joins The Order Of The Dragon and Grayson goes to war with them. Everything begins to unravel. Browning desperately searches for his children, Lady ... See full summary »

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jessica De Gouw, Thomas Kretschmann, Victoria Smurfit

Votes: 519

27. Silent Witness (1996– )

TV-14 | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A team of exceptional forensic pathologists and scientists investigate heinous crimes and use their skills to catch the people responsible.

Stars: Emilia Fox, David Caves, William Gaminara, Tom Ward

Votes: 12,711

28. Grantchester (2014–2025)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A Cambridgeshire clergyman finds himself investigating a series of mysterious wrongdoings in his small village of Grantchester.

Stars: Robson Green, Tessa Peake-Jones, Al Weaver, Kacey Ainsworth

Votes: 17,177

29. Masters of Sex (2013–2016)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Romance

Drama about the pioneers of the science of human sexuality whose research touched off the sexual revolution.

Stars: Michael Sheen, Lizzy Caplan, Caitlin FitzGerald, Teddy Sears

Votes: 38,510

30. Waking the Dead (2000–2011)

TV-14 | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Drama series following a team of detectives who investigate unsolved murders using modern technology.

Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Wil Johnson, Tara Fitzgerald

Votes: 6,432

31. Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes (2000–2001)

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Certain events which had an impact on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, while he was still a medical student under the supervision of Dr. Bell, his teacher and mentor, on whom the character of Sherlock Holmes is partly drawn from.

Stars: Ian Richardson, Charles Edwards, Simon Chandler, Mossie Smith

Votes: 774

32. Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes (2000–2001)
Episode: The Patient's Eyes (2001)

PG-13 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Dr. Arthur Conan Doyle and his mentor Dr. Joseph Bell investigate the case of a woman who believes she's being followed by an apparition while bicycling along a lonely road.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Katie Blake, Charles Edwards, Alexander Armstrong, Simon Quarterman

Votes: 421

33. River (2015)
Episode: Episode #1.3 (2015)

TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The discovery that Stevie was keeping secrets forces River to reassess how well he knew his colleague and friend. Unlocking her voicemails throws suspicion on somebody close to Stevie; somebody with real motive and a history of violence.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Nicola Walker, Adeel Akhtar, Andrei Zayats

Votes: 611

34. Grantchester (2014–2025)
Episode: Episode #2.2 (2016)

TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Sidney and Geordie investigate a Cambridge lecturer's fatal fall from the college spires.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: James Norton, Robson Green, Morven Christie, Al Weaver

Votes: 457

35. Grantchester (2014–2025)
Episode: Episode #3.1 (2017)

TV-14 | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Sidney receives a dead crow and a series of anonymous phone calls. Geordie calls Sidney to a body of a respected doctor found dead in the church together with a dead crow.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: James Norton, Robson Green, Morven Christie, Al Weaver

Votes: 392

36. The English Game (2020)
Episode: Episode #1.4 (2020)

TV-14 | Drama, History, Sport

Martha gets difficult news. Arthur and Alma make a grim discovery. Fergus struggles in his new role, and a match in Blackburn ends in chaos.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Edward Holcroft, Kevin Guthrie, Charlotte Hope, Niamh Walsh

Votes: 468

37. A Fatal Inversion (1992)
Episode: Episode #1.3 (1992)

58 min | Crime, Drama

Back in 1976, everybody at Wyvis Hall was in a panic when Zosie steels a baby. The baby died of cot death before it could be returned and Vivien is shot to stop her going to the police. Ten years on will the cover up to police scrutiny?

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Douglas Hodge, Saira Todd, Julia Ford, Gordon Warnecke

Votes: 9

38. The Ice House (1997)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (1997)

TV-MA | 83 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A corpse is found in a disused ice house 10 years after Phoebe's husband went missing. Police seem determined to accuse Phoebe, to the delight of the villagers.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Kitty Aldridge, Penny Downie, Frances Barber, Dave Hill

Votes: 35

39. The Ice House (1997)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (1997)

TV-MA | 89 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

As the investigation gets more intense, one of the women is subjected to a brutal attack.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: James D'Arcy, Frances Barber, Corin Redgrave, Ian Price

Votes: 33

40. River (2015)
Episode: Episode #1.4 (2015)

TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The investigation into Stevie's murder changes direction when CCTV footage shows her to be closely involved with an illegal immigrant who owned the car that was used in her murder. The police launch a manhunt to track him down.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Adeel Akhtar, Louis Mahoney, Souleiman Bock

Votes: 573

41. Chalkface (1991– )

Drama series dealing with the day-to-day events at a British comprehensive school.

Stars: Michael Higgs, Michael Simkins, Andrew Livingston, John Rowe

Votes: 6

42. The English Game (2020)
Episode: Episode #1.5 (2020)

TV-14 | Drama, History, Sport

A guilt-stricken Fergus gets shocking news from Martha. Walsh and Cartwright make a pact. The FA takes drastic action without Arthur's input.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Edward Holcroft, Kevin Guthrie, Charlotte Hope, Niamh Walsh

Votes: 434

43. Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode: Missing Persons: Part 2 (2008)

TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Reoorrists from Ireland, Algiria, and Basque country help Boyd and his team solve a case.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Tara Fitzgerald, Wil Johnson

Votes: 122

44. Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode: Conviction: Part 1 (2011)

TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Six years after the murdered corpse of an unknown young man was discovered in a reservoir Eve identifies him as medical student Karl Barclay. Karl's father Gideon takes the news stoically ... See full summary »

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Tara Fitzgerald, Wil Johnson

Votes: 99

45. Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode: Conviction: Part 2 (2011)

TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Despite murdering her husband it seems unlikely the delusional Lisbetta killed Karl. Sought out by Jakob Naz says that Mohammed, another group member, killed him before returning to ... See full summary »

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Tara Fitzgerald, Wil Johnson

Votes: 91

46. Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode: The Indelible Stain (2012)

TV-PG | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A visiting lecturer at the college of criminology who holds controversial theories on genetic predisposition toward criminal behavior is found hanged.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Harriet Madeley, Richard Southgate, David Soul, David Calder

Votes: 564

47. DCI Banks (2010–2016)
Episode: Strange Affair: Part 1 (2012)

TV-14 | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A new case becomes personal when Banks discovers that his brother Roy is missing and Roy's girlfriend has been shot dead.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Stephen Tompkinson, Andrea Lowe, Caroline Catz, Lorraine Burroughs

Votes: 363

48. DCI Banks (2010–2016)
Episode: Strange Affair: Part 2 (2012)

TV-14 | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The police discover that Jennifer and Roy were involved in a prostitution ring. Roy was importing women through his travel agency, although business partner Lambert claims ignorance. ... See full summary »

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Stephen Tompkinson, Andrea Lowe, Caroline Catz, Lorraine Burroughs

Votes: 341

49. Grantchester (2014–2025)
Episode: Episode #3.2 (2017)

TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The entire village cricket team is sick when someone poisons the beer. But everyone recovers except a young man who is found dead the next day.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: James Norton, Robson Green, Morven Christie, Al Weaver

Votes: 389

50. DCI Banks (2010–2016)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Tenacious and stubborn DCI Alan Banks unravels disturbing murder mysteries aided by his young assistants, DS Annie Cabbot and DI Helen Morton.

Stars: Stephen Tompkinson, Jack Deam, Andrea Lowe, Caroline Catz

Votes: 9,130