Mysteries: Old
by bkubena | created - 13 May 2017 | updated - 1 week ago | PublicList of mystery series that are no longer in production. Once one of these series is completely viewed, it should be moved to the “Mysteries: Viewed” list
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1. Bergerac (1981–1991)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Alcoholic and divorced father of a young daughter, DS Jim Bergerac is a true maverick who prefers doing things his own way, and consequently doesn't always carry out his investigations the way his boss would like.
Stars: John Nettles, Terence Alexander, Sean Arnold, Mela White
Votes: 1,276
2. Bron/Broen (2011–2018)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
When a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border, Danish inspector Martin Rohde and Swedish Saga Norén have to share jurisdiction and work together to find the killer.
Stars: Sofia Helin, Rafael Pettersson, Sarah Boberg, Dag Malmberg
Votes: 58,911
3. The Coroner (2015–2016)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama
A solicitor returns to the seaside town she left as a teenager to take up the post of coroner, becoming an advocate for the dead as she investigates sudden, violent or unexplained deaths.
Stars: Claire Goose, Matt Bardock, Beatie Edney, Oliver Gomm
Votes: 1,329
4. 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: 5,612
5. The Doctor Blake Mysteries (2013–2017)
TV-14 | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Dr Lucien Blake left Ballarat as a young man. But now he finds himself returning, to take over not only his dead father's medical practice, but also his on-call role as the town's police surgeon.
Stars: Craig McLachlan, Nadine Garner, Charlie Cousins, Joel Tobeck
Votes: 3,711
6. Foyle's War (2002–2015)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
As WWII rages, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front; investigating crime on the south coast of England. Later series, see the retired detective working as an MI5 agent in the aftermath of the war.
Stars: Michael Kitchen, Honeysuckle Weeks, Anthony Howell, Ellie Haddington
Votes: 12,727
7. The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001–2008)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
British crime investigation series based around aristocratic, Oxford-educated Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley ( Nathaniel Parker ) and his working-class assistant Sergeant Barbara Havers ( Sharon Small ).
Stars: Nathaniel Parker, Sharon Small, Lesley Vickerage, Paul Hickey
Votes: 4,211
8. Prime Suspect (1991)
207 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A female police detective investigates a series of serial murders while dealing with sexist hostility from her male comrades.
Stars: Helen Mirren, John Benfield, Tom Bell, Jack Ellis
Votes: 6,713
9. Kavanagh QC (1995–2001)
TV-MA | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A crusty barrister oversees difficult criminal cases while dealing with the demands of his family life.
Stars: John Thaw, Oliver Ford Davies, Nicholas Jones, Cliff Parisi
Votes: 663
10. Rizzoli & Isles (2010–2016)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Detective Jane Rizzoli and Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Maura Isles team up to solve crimes in Boston.
Stars: Angie Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Jordan Bridges, Bruce McGill
Votes: 29,906
11. The Doctor Blake Mysteries: Family Portrait (2017 TV Movie)
109 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Three murders, two weddings and a funeral - life's never been straightforward for Doctor Lucien Blake and Jean. So why would anything change now?
Director: Ian Barry | Stars: Craig McLachlan, Nadine Garner, Joel Tobeck, Rick Donald
Votes: 489
12. Heartbeat (1992–2010)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Comedy, Crime
The 1960s lives and adventures of the police constabulary, medical staff, and residents of Ashfordly and Aidensfield.
Stars: William Simons, Derek Fowlds, Tricia Penrose, Mark Jordon
Votes: 2,696
13. Winter (2015)
Not Rated | 42 min | Crime
Sydney homicide detective Eve Winter (Rebecca Gibney) solves tough, high profile cases with cool intelligence, fighting bureaucracts, criminals and plenty of advances - unwanted and wanted - to catch her prey.
Stars: Rebecca Gibney, Peter O'Brien, Matt Nable, Antonia Prebble
Votes: 834
14. Five Days (2007–2010)
TV-MA | 300 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A five-part mini-series that revolves around the disappearance of a young mother in a quiet British suburb and the circumstances that leave her children abandoned far from home.
Stars: Suranne Jones, Lee Massey, Michelle Bonnard, David Oyelowo
Votes: 2,315
15. Jack Taylor (I) (2010)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama
Ex-cop Jack Taylor earns a reputation for being a tough-as-nails private investigator who's not afraid to take on vigilantes or track down killers.
Stars: Iain Glen, Nora-Jane Noone, Killian Scott, Paraic Breathnach
Votes: 1,752
16. Above Suspicion (2009–2012)
46 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The murder of a young actress starts an investigation that uncovers on-screen tensions, a complex private life, controversial memoirs, and suspected abuse.
Stars: Kelly Reilly, Ciarán Hinds, Shaun Dingwall, Amanda Lawrence
Votes: 2,127
17. Murphy's Law (2003–2007)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
As a maverick cop with a dark past, DS Tommy Murphy fails a psychiatric assessment but is given one last chance by his boss and given a dangerous undercover assignment.
Stars: James Nesbitt, Del Synnott, Claudia Harrison, Mark Benton
Votes: 1,093
18. Pie in the Sky (1994–1997)
Not Rated | 50 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
DI Crabbe retires from the police force after being shot and sets up his own restaurant. However, his ex-boss, Chief Constable Fisher constantly calls Crabbe back on duty.
Stars: Richard Griffiths, Maggie Steed, Malcolm Sinclair, Nick Raggett
Votes: 1,092
19. Killer Net (1998– )
201 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Students get involved in a violent Internet-based game, around the same time as a series of murders - is there a connection?.
Stars: Gareth Marks, Chris Barfoot, Paul Bettany, Kathy Brolly
Votes: 422
20. Injustice (2011)
300 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A defense barrister is faced with the proposition: what can you do when you have defended the indefensible?
Stars: James Purefoy, Charlie Creed-Miles, Sasha Behar, Dervla Kirwan
Votes: 1,559
21. The Commander (2003 TV Movie)
145 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Commander Clare Blake has risen to the top of her profession in the male-dominated Metropolitan Police Service and is now the head of the serious crimes unit. Some years previously she ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Whyte | Stars: Amanda Burton, Matthew Marsh, Nicholas Jones, Martin Walsh
Votes: 404
22. The Field of Blood (2011–2013)
Not Rated | 59 min | Thriller
Glasgow 1982, a young girl investigates mysterious murders in a world of men.
Stars: Matt Costello, Jayd Johnson, Bronagh Gallagher, Ford Kiernan
Votes: 996
23. Mayday (2013)
Not Rated | 59 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Mayday in a small town steeped in pagan traditions where the crowning of the May Queen is the highlight of the day until suddenly she goes missing.
Stars: Koko Anglo, Matthew Ashforde, Caroline Berry, Daniel Coonan
Votes: 1,346
24. East West 101 (2007–2011)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
East West 101 is set around the Major Crime Squad in metropolitan Sydney. It is based upon the experiences of actual detectives in a crime unit in Sydney's western suburbs.
Stars: Don Hany, Susie Porter, Aaron Fa'aoso, Daniela Farinacci
Votes: 392
25. Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Not Rated | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The cases of a portly and eccentric criminal law barrister.
Stars: Leo McKern, Jonathan Coy, Julian Curry, Marion Mathie
Votes: 1,141
26. Rebus (2000–2004)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Set in Edinburgh, the mercurial Detective Inspector John Rebus's investigations lead him through the city's ancient beauty and into its more sinister quarters.
Stars: Ken Stott, Claire Price, Jennifer Black, Gregor Gillespie
Votes: 1,576
27. The Final Act, Part 2 (2006)
182 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Approaching retirement, Jane Tennison investigates the murder of a missing girl. But the cracks soon begin to show as Jane struggles with an alcohol problem and the death of her father.
Stars: Helen Mirren, Stephen Tompkinson, Laura Greenwood, Eve Best
Votes: 2,804
28. Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness (2003)
195 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison's (Dame Helen Mirren's) investigation of the murder of a Bosnian refugee leads her to one, or possibly two, Serbian war criminals determined to silence the last witness to a massacre a decade before.
Stars: Helen Mirren, Liam Cunningham, Oleg Menshikov, Ben Miles
Votes: 2,584
29. Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgement (1996)
200 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
Superintendent Tennison (Dame Helen Mirren) investigates a seemingly straightforward drug murder that she believes is linked to a smugly smooth crime boss.
Stars: Helen Mirren, Ray Emmet Brown, John Brobbey, Julia Lane
Votes: 2,370
30. Prime Suspect: The Scent of Darkness (1995 TV Movie)
105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A series of brutal sex murders disturbingly similar to the pattern of Superintendent Jane Tennison's (Dame Helen Mirren's) first major case leads to the awful suggestion that she may have caught the wrong man the first time.
Director: Paul Marcus | Stars: Helen Mirren, Pip Donaghy, Tim Woodward, Stephen Boxer
Votes: 2,125
31. Prime Suspect: Inner Circles (1995 TV Movie)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A seemingly straightforward sex murder investigation by Superintendent Jane Tennison (Dame Helen Mirren) leads to a hidden political scandal.
Director: Sarah Pia Anderson | Stars: Helen Mirren, Thomas Russell, James Laurenson, Helene Kvale
Votes: 2,142
32. Prime Suspect: The Lost Child (1995 TV Movie)
101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Superintendent Jane Tennison (Dame Helen Mirren) orchestrates a search for an abducted baby, but events take a turn for the worse when personal emotions cause complications.
Director: John Madden | Stars: Helen Mirren, Beatie Edney, Robert Glenister, Lesley Sharp
Votes: 2,416
33. Prime Suspect 3 (1993)
207 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Assigned to a Vice squad, Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison (Dame Helen Mirren) investigates a child murder and discovers a sinister link to the police.
Stars: Helen Mirren, Tom Bell, Karen Tomlin, David Thewlis
Votes: 3,110
34. Prime Suspect 2 (1992)
203 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison's (Dame Helen Mirren's) investigation of a murder is complicated with the unexpected participation of her secret lover in her detective unit.
Stars: Helen Mirren, Colin Salmon, John Benfield, Jack Ellis
Votes: 3,281
35. 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, Lesley Manville, Eddie Marsan
Votes: 20,474
36. The Blake Mysteries: Ghost Stories (2018 TV Movie)
84 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jean Blake is drawn into the investigation of several bizarre murders whose only connection seems to be a series of articles recently published in The Courier about Ballarat's most infamous... See full summary »
Director: Ian Barry | Stars: Nadine Garner, Joel Tobeck, Belinda McClory, David Whiteley
Votes: 395
37. Wallander (2008–2016)
TV-PG | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A television show centered on a soul-searching Swedish cop.
Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Richard McCabe, Jeany Spark, Sarah Smart
Votes: 12,827
38. Life on Mars (2006–2007)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After being involved in a car accident in 2006, DCI Sam Tyler wakes up to find himself in 1973, the era of 'Sweeney' type policing, Mark III Cortinas, and flared trousers.
Stars: John Simm, Philip Glenister, Liz White, Dean Andrews
Votes: 28,918
39. Life on Mars (2008–2009)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A present day car accident mysteriously sends a detective back to the 1970s.
Stars: Jason O'Mara, Michael Imperioli, Gretchen Mol, Jonathan Murphy
Votes: 9,810
40. The Agatha Christie Hour (1982)
52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A collection of ten hour-long dramas based on short stories by Agatha Christie.
Stars: Maurice Denham, Angela Easterling, Christopher Wren, Michael Aldridge
Votes: 216
41. Agatha Christie's Tommy & Tuppence: Partners in Crime (1983– )
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Agatha Christie's husband-and-wife sleuthing team take on a series of short whodunit mysteries.
Stars: Francesca Annis, James Warwick, Reece Dinsdale, Arthur Cox
Votes: 604
42. Quincy M.E. (1976–1983)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The cases of a coroner who investigates suspicious deaths that usually suggest murder.
Stars: Jack Klugman, John S. Ragin, Robert Ito, Joseph Roman
Votes: 5,312
43. Luther (2010–2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
DCI John Luther is a near-genius murder detective whose brilliant mind can't always save him from the dangerous violence of his passions.
Stars: Idris Elba, Dermot Crowley, Michael Smiley, Warren Brown
Votes: 121,593
44. Suspects (2014–2016)
Not Rated | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An unscripted crime/drama series centered on a team of three detectives - each with their own distinctive style of working.
Stars: Damien Molony, Clare-Hope Ashitey, Fay Ripley, Christian Brassington
Votes: 830
45. Mystery!: Campion (1989–1990)
50 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
In 1930s England, a man from an aristocratic family takes up the pseudonym Albert Campion and, with the help of his ex-burglar manservant, solves mysteries.
Stars: Peter Davison, Brian Glover, Andrew Burt, Moray Watson
Votes: 699
46. Cribb (1980–1981)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Victorian era cases of Detective Sergeant Cribb of Scotland Yard's newly formed Criminal Investigation Department.
Stars: Alan Dobie, William Simons, David Waller, Alfie Curtis
Votes: 117
47. Mystery!: Malice Aforethought (1979– )
Not Rated | 50 min | Comedy, Drama, Crime