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- CreatorCaroline GrahamStarsJohn NettlesJane WymarkBarry JacksonA veteran Detective Chief Inspector and his young Sergeant investigate murders around the regional community of Midsomer County.
- StarsBrenda BlethynJon MorrisonRiley JonesWith her caustic wit and singular charm, DCI Vera Stanhope leads her team as they face a series of captivating murder mysteries set against the breathtaking Northumberland landscape.
- StarsStephen TompkinsonJack DeamAndrea LoweTenacious and stubborn DCI Alan Banks unravels disturbing murder mysteries aided by his young assistants, DS Annie Cabbot and DI Helen Morton.
- CreatorNeil CrossStarsIdris ElbaDermot CrowleyMichael SmileyJohn Luther is a brilliant homicide detective with a knack for getting inside the minds of murderers. Unfortunately, his unconventional methods and personal demons put him at odds with his team.
- CreatorMark GatissSteven MoffatStarsBenedict CumberbatchMartin FreemanUna StubbsThe quirky spin on Conan Doyle's iconic sleuth pitches him as a "high-functioning sociopath" in modern-day London. Assisting him in his investigations: Afghanistan War vet John Watson, who's introduced to Holmes by a mutual acquaintance.
- CreatorRachel FlowerdayTahsin GunerStarsMark WilliamsJohn BurtonSorcha CusackIn the early 1950s, Father Brown, a Roman Catholic priest based in the fictional Cotswold village of Kembleford, uses his distinctive skills to solve various crimes.
- CreatorRobert ThorogoodStarsElizabeth BourgineDon WarringtonDanny John-JulesCultures collide when British Detective Inspector is transferred from England to the Caribbean island of Saint Marie to head the island's police department.
- StarsEssie DavisNathan PageHugo Johnstone-BurtA female sleuth sashays through the back lanes and jazz clubs of Melbourne in the late 1920s, fighting injustice with her pearl-handled pistol and her dagger-sharp wit.
- CreatorBill GallagherStarsIndira VarmaRobert GlenisterDino FetscherThe murder of a female GP in a rural playground in front of numerous witnesses draws a group of detectives into an ever-darkening mystery that takes them across Europe, aided by mysterious notes sent by the "Ghost Detective".
- StarsRachael StirlingJulie GrahamSophie RundleIn 1952, four women who worked at the wartime code-breaking centre, Bletchley Park, reunite to track down a serial killer.
- StarsKenneth BranaghRichard McCabeJeany SparkUnable to unsee the dark crimes he's tasked to investigate, Wallander's job comes at a cost to his family and relationships.
- StarsAlison O'DonnellSteven RobertsonLewis HowdenA local police team investigate crimes within the close knit island community of Shetland.
- StarsChris VanceFrançois BerléandCharly HübnerFrank Martin is an ex special ops, who now spends his life as a transporter on the other side of the law. With three rules, he always completes his contracts. One way, or the other.
- CreatorArtem LytvynenkoStarsKirill KäroIvan OganesyanNikolay ChindyaykinThey call him the Sniffer. He's the proud owner of an acute sense of smell, he knows things about you even you don't and would rather keep to yourself.
- StarsRobson GreenMark LetherenEmma HandyA psychologist gets inside of the minds of both killers and victims to aid the police in solving gruesome serial killings in Northern England.
- CreatorHoward OvermanStarsToby StephensRonny JhuttiRoger GriffithsTwo Detectives Jack and Georgina who share chemistry but have complicated personal lives.
- StarsNeill ReaFern SutherlandCristina Serban IondaDetective Inspector Mike Shepherd arrives on assignment in Brokenwood, a small town where memories - and animosities - run deep.
- CreatorDominic MinghellaMark CrowdyCraig FergusonStarsMartin ClunesCaroline CatzIan McNeiceThe trials and tribulations of Martin Ellingham, a brilliant but socially challenged doctor who moves from London to the picturesque village of Port Wenn in Cornwall.
- StarsRichard HarringtonMali HarriesAlex HarriesA noir crime drama set in Aberystwyth, Wales, where troubled DCI Tom Mathias solves murders while searching for redemption.
- CreatorMiikko OikkonenStarsVille VirtanenMatleena KuusniemiAnu SinisaloQuirky police detective, in Finland, delves into his memory palace to solve despicable crimes all the while trying to keep his family together. If Sherlock was based in Finland this would be it.
- CreatorNigel McCreryRoy MitchellStarsDennis WatermanAmanda RedmanAlun ArmstrongThree retired police officers are drafted in to solve cold cases, with a touch of comedy and drama
- CreatorLynda La PlanteStarsKelly ReillyCiarán HindsShaun DingwallA team of dedicated detectives investigate gruesome murders across London.
- StarsNeil DudgeonDiana RiggPeter DavisonPaired with her reliable and devoted chauffeur, Mrs Bradley's finely honed skills of investigation seek out the truth behind the mysteries surrounding a death at the opera, crimes of passion at a circus, poisoning and family secrets.
- StarsKevin WhatelyLaurence FoxClare HolmanDI Robert Lewis and DS James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them.
- CreatorHans RosenfeldtNicola LarderStarsAnna FrielRay PanthakiJack DoolanMarcella Backland left the Metropolitan Police for the sake of her family, only to have her husband leave her. She returns to her job on the murder squad, investigating a case that seems disturbingly familiar to her.
- StarsSimon BirdJames BuckleyBlake HarrisonFollows four friends and their antics during their final years of school.
- StarsNathaniel ParkerSharon SmallLesley VickerageBritish crime investigation series based around aristocratic, Oxford-educated Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and his working-class assistant Sergeant Barbara Havers.
- CreatorPerry ChafeAllan HawcoMalcolm MacRuryStarsAllan HawcoKrystin PellerinMark O'BrienJake Doyle and his father Malachy run a private investigations agency in St. John's, Newfoundland. Their cases involve them in all sorts of dealings - not all of them on the right side of the law.
- StarsEmilia FoxDavid CavesWilliam GaminaraA team of exceptional forensic pathologists and scientists investigate heinous crimes and use their skills to catch the people responsible.
- CreatorJed MercurioStarsRichard MaddenSophie RundleVincent FranklinTroubled war veteran turned Police Officer David Budd is assigned to the Metropolitan Police's Specialist Protection Branch.
- CreatorM.C. BeatonStarsAshley JensenMatt McCooeyLucy LiemannThe Cotswolds-based PR guru turned amateur sleuth returns for a series of comedic murder-mysteries based on the books by M.C. Beaton.
- StarsPavel PriluchnyyLyubov AksyonovaKarina RazumovskayaA reckless wealthy Russian youth is arrested street racing while on drugs. His father pulls strings to get him a training job in the police, instead of a prison sentence, under threat he'll lose his inheritance otherwise.
- StarsLayton WilliamsMathew HorneCharlie WernhamComedy series about a teacher who is a bigger kid than the kids he teaches.
- CreatorMorwyn BrebnerStarsSerinda SwanRoger CrossKiley MayA newly appointed coroner investigates a string of mysterious deaths in Toronto.
- CreatorDeb CoxFiona EaggerStarsGeraldine HakewillJoel JacksonCatherine McClementsIn swinging 60's Melbourne, gorgeously reckless Peregrine Fisher inherits a windfall when the famous aunt she never knew goes missing over the highlands of New Guinea.
- StarsPaul Sun-Hyung LeeJean YoonAndrea BangThe misadventures of a Korean-Canadian family running a convenience store.
- CreatorLisa McGeeStarsSaoirse-Monica JacksonLouisa HarlandTara Lynne O'NeillThe personal exploits of a 16-year-old girl and her family and friends during the Troubles in the early 1990s in Northern Ireland.
- CreatorVictoria PileStarsSally BrettonOliver ChrisOlivia ColmanFunky hospital-based sketch-comedy-drama type show.
- CreatorDaisy CoulamStarsRobson GreenTessa Peake-JonesAl WeaverA Cambridgeshire clergyman finds himself investigating a series of mysterious wrongdoings in his small village of Grantchester.
- CreatorPaul AbbottStarsRobson GreenNicola WalkerShaun DingwallA police drama following the exploits of a crack squad within the Organized and Serial Crime Unit, a rapid-response police force serving the entire county.
- CreatorStephen M. IrwinLeigh McGrathStarsIoan GruffuddDarren GilshenanDamien GarveyHarrow tells the story of Dr. Daniel Harrow, a forensic pathologist with a total disregard for authority.
- CreatorStephen ButchardStarsRay WinstoneSuranne JonesJoe AbsolomEx Cop turned private investigator Vincent Gallagher and his team of PI's do whatever it takes to tackle cases that come to them.
- CreatorPaul Matthew ThompsonJude TindallStarsMark BentonJo JoynerPatrick Walshe McBrideAn oddball couple of private detectives named Luella Shakespeare and Frank Hathaway investigate crime in Stratford-upon-Avon.
- CreatorStuart OrmeStarsIain GlenNora-Jane NooneKillian ScottIrish ex-cop Jack Taylor solves crimes as a maverick private investigator. Based on Ken Bruen's crime-drama books.
- StarsMatthew GoodeTeresa PalmerAlex KingstonDiana Bishop, historian and witch, accesses Ashmole 782 and knows she must solve its mysteries. She is offered help by the enigmatic Matthew Clairmont, but he's a vampire and witches should never trust vampires.
- CreatorPaul AbbottStarsJoanna ScanlanElaine CassidyWill MellorFollows a group of police officers on the front line wondering what they did to end up where they are now, on the ugly side of Manchester.
- CreatorClaire TonkinRick MaierStarsLucy LawlessEbony VagulansRawiri JobeMy Life is Murder follows the adventures of fearless private investigator Alexa Crowe, who solves the most baffling crimes as well as coping with the frustrations of everyday life.
- CreatorDaniel BrocklehurstJoe GilgunStarsJoe GilgunMichelle KeeganRyan SampsonComedy series about Vinnie and Dylan, who have grown up together and are inseparable. When Dylan's girlfriend wants to move in search of a better life for her and her son, he must face the hardest decision of his life.
- CreatorKen CuperusWill DixonStarsJohn ReardonMayko NguyenKevin HanchardDetective Charlie Hudson teams up with what he calls his "highly trained law enforcement animal" German Shepherd dog named Rex who he prefers to team up with because he doesn't talk his ear off.
- StarsTom BurkeHolliday GraingerKerr LoganWar veteran turned private detective Cormoran Strike solves brutal murders with the help of his trusted partner Robin Ellacott.
- CreatorCath StaincliffeStarsCaroline QuentinIan KelseyPaul LoughranSingle mother DCI Janine Lewis struggles with the problems of bringing up four children while leading her team of detectives in solving high-profile murders.
- CreatorJoe MarkhamJoe ParhamStarsMel GiedroycSue PerkinsKatherine ParkinsonFran and Jamie are best friends and business partners - they just happen to kill people for a living. Having stumbled into a career in contract killing, the misfit duo are definitely not your typical killers for hire.
- CreatorJulian UnthankStarsMartin TrenamanJulie GrahamSarah WoodwardThree crime-writing sisters and their 28-year old niece use their extensive knowledge of crime to solve whodunit style murders in the picturesque English village of Wildemarsh.
- CreatorRobert MurphyStarsJason WatkinsTala GouveiaLily SacofskyA shy and enigmatic Detective Sergeant is partnered with a wildly ambitious Detective Chief Inspector to solve crimes in the historic city of Bath.
- CreatorJohn BanasJohn HugginsonStarsShane BourneNadine GarnerAaron PedersenOn the Homicide floor of a police headquarters in Melbourne, Australia, detectives work to bring justice for the deceased.
- StarsRobert CarlyleRalph RiachBrian PettiferHamish Macbeth is a police constable in the small Scottish town of Lochdubh, who occasionally bends the rules when it suits him or when it can help some of his fellow eccentric townsfolk.
- StarsGuido CaprinoJane AlexanderLucia OconeYoung inspector Luca Manara is a playboy. He works in a little Police Station in Tuscany. He drives his bike, a Triumph Bonneville, also for his job, chasing thieves. He loves jazz music, beautiful girls and Lara.
- CreatorJennifer RoweHal McElroyStarsLucy BellPeter MochrieGeoff MorrellCenters on homicide detective odd couple, Tessa Vance, and her partner Steve Hayden. Shot in Sydney, Australia, the show was known for portraying gripping crime drama, while displaying the grittier side of urban Sydney.
- CreatorPaul MarquessStarsHugo SpeerSharon SmallBailey PatrickDrama series following the detectives of an elite murder investigation squad in London.
- StarsJohn ThawKevin WhatelyJames GroutChief Inspector Morse has an ear for Western classical music, a taste for beer, and a nose for crime. He and Detective Sergeant Robert Lewis solve intriguing cases in and around the Oxford area.
- StarsDawn FrenchJames FleetTrevor PeacockA boisterous female minister comes to serve in an eccentricly conservative small town's church.
- CreatorDerren LittenStarsJake CanusoJanine DuvitskiTony MaudsleyBritish comedy series following holidaymakers at the Solana Resort in Benidorm. Hilarity ensues as guests try to get value for their Euros.
- CreatorReginald HillStarsWarren ClarkeColin BuchananDavid RoyleSuperintendent Dalziel and partner DI Pascoe investigate murder, and find a bond forming between them despite their blatantly different personalities.
- StarsDavid JasonBruce AlexanderJohn LyonsDI Jack Frost is an unconventional policeman with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice. Sloppy, disorganized, and disrespectful, he attracts trouble like a magnet.
- CreatorJohn BowenDavid CookStarsPatricia RoutledgeDominic MonaghanDerek BenfieldHetty wakes on her 60th birthday and decides to become a private investigator. With assistance from a teenager called Geoffrey and her husband Robert, combined with her own common sense, Hetty is confident she can solve any case.
- CreatorDudi AppletonJim KeebleDavid GriffithsStarsRob LoweBronwyn JamesTony PittsUS police chief Bill Hixon lands in Lincolnshire with his 14 year-old daughter Kelsey, hoping to flee their recent painful past. New community forces Bill to question everything about himself.
- CreatorGlenn ChandlerStarsBlythe DuffJames MacPhersonRobert RobertsonThe Maryhill CID investigates gruesome murders against the bleak backdrop of the city of Glasgow.
- CreatorJohn HawkesworthStarsPeter DavisonBrian GloverAndrew BurtIn 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.
- StarsRebecca GibneyClaudia KarvanMavournee HazelForensic psychiatrist Jane Halifax after 20 years returns to her old job helping the police. This time to help find a sniper that's on the loose before it's too late.
- CreatorBen CourtCaroline IpStarsRupert Penry-JonesPhil DavisSteve PembertonA fast-tracked inspector, a hardened detective sergeant, and an expert in historical homicides investigate modern crimes with connections to the past in the Whitechapel district of London.
- CreatorBarbara MachinStarsTrevor EveSue JohnstonWil JohnsonDrama series following a team of detectives who investigate unsolved murders using modern technology.
- CreatorRichard HarrisStarsPeter DavisonSean HughesRob Spendlove"Dangerous" Davies always gets the cases no one else wants, and no one notices when he eventually succeeds. But his old-fashioned decency and dogged determination have won him legions of loyal fans.
- CreatorLaurie NunnStarsAsa ButterfieldGillian AndersonNcuti GatwaA teenage boy with a sex therapist mother teams up with a high school classmate to set up an underground sex therapy clinic at school.
- CreatorSimon AllenStarsRichard DormerLara RossiAdam HugillA group of misfit cops rise up from decades of helplessness to save their corrupt city from catastrophe.
- CreatorMathew BayntonJim HowickLaurence RickardStarsLolly AdefopeMathew BayntonSimon FarnabyA group of spirits restlessly squabble in an abandoned country house. To their despair, a young couple inherits the house with hopeful plans to renovate it into a luxury hotel.
- CreatorDan SeftonStarsElen RhysJulian LoomanMaría Fernández AcheA British and German detective clashing over how to police the Spanish island of Mallorca.
- StarsBrendan O'CarrollJennifer GibneyEilish O'CarrollA comedy centered on a loud-mouthed Irish matriarch whose favorite pastime is meddling in the lives of her six children.
- StarsJack ShepherdHelen MastersJimmy YuillSet in Cornwall, Detective Superintendent Charles Wycliffe, who works along with his colleagues DI Doug Kersey and DI Lucy Lane, investigates murder cases with his trademark determination and clinical accuracy.
- CreatorDavid FarrStarsEsme Creed-MilesMireille EnosÁine Rose DalyIn equal parts high-concept thriller and coming-of-age drama, HANNA follows the journey of an extraordinary young girl raised in the forest, as she evades the relentless pursuit of an off-book CIA agent and tries to unearth the truth behind who she is.
- CreatorBrian GleesonDomhnall GleesonMichael MoloneyStarsPom BoydBrian GleesonDomhnall GleesonA 32-year-old misanthropic musician named Frank lives in Dublin with his mother.
- StarsEllie HaddingtonMichelle TerryJune WatsonA cafe in Weston-super-Mare run by generational trio Mary, Carol and Sarah.
- StarsSarah AlexanderJo JoynerNicholas BurnsMarley has a rare gift, she can talk to the dead. However, this gift is a mixed blessing as the ghosts she can currently communicate with sadly include her husband Adam, her lover Michael and the local vicar.
- CreatorJimmy McGovernStarsRobbie ColtraneGeraldine SomervilleKieran O'BrienDr 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.
- StarsBarney WhiteBen MillerFrances de la TourProfessor Jasper Tempest, a genius Cambridge University criminologist with OCD and an overbearing mother, assists the police in solving crime.
- CreatorKieran PrendivilleStarsFrankie McCaffertyJoe SavinoDeirdre DonnellyAn English priest is transferred to a small Irish village.
- StarsLesley ManvillePeter MullanSam SwainsburyAfter the death of her husband, a woman attempts to rebuild her life while surrounded by her sometimes problematic family and friends.
- CreatorTom EdgeStarsSuranne JonesRose LeslieGary LewisThe mysterious disappearance of a Scottish fishing trawler and a death onboard a Trident nuclear submarine bring the police into conflict with the Navy and British security services.
- CreatorPip HallPhilip SmithStarsDominic Ona-ArikiPhoebe McKellarJoel TobeckDuring a murder investigation at Queenstown's infamous One Lane Bridge, ambitious young Maori Detective, Ariki Davis, inadvertently reawakens a spiritual gift that endangers the case, his career and his life.
- CreatorSteve JaggiStarsMiah MaddenGeorgia-May DavisSana'a ShaikDive Club follows the story of a feisty group of teen divers who search for their friend when she disappears after a cyclone hits Cape Mercy, their small coastal town.
- CreatorNick WalkerStarsNicola WalkerJamie SivesKatie LeungWitty, enigmatic DI Annika Strandhed heads up the Marine Homicide Unit, tasked with solving murders in and around the Scottish waters.
- StarsBabou CeesayNatalia TenaAmanda AbbingtonThe adventures of Professor Wolfe Kinteh, a crime scene investigator in the north of England.
- CreatorMizzi MeyerStarsGreg DaviesZita SattarJane LewisPaul 'Wicky' Wickstead, a state-certified cleaning technician, is responsible for the removal of any signs of death from crime scenes.
- CreatorGreg DaviesStarsGreg DaviesRoisin ConatyMike WozniakA deadbeat drama teacher gets a wake-up call when his girlfriend leaves him.
- CreatorRobin FrenchKieron QuirkeStarsGreg DaviesHelen BaxendaleTyger Drew-HoneyCuckoo is every parent's worst nightmare - a slacker full of outlandish, New Age ideas.
- CreatorSally LindsaySue VincentStarsSteve EdgeAlex GaumondSally LindsayAntiques expert moves to France suspicious of how her husband died and uses her skills to become a PI aiding the local police and simultaneously bonding with the town's popular taxi driver.
- StarsBertie CarvelCarlyss PeerJeremy IrvineFollows Dalgliesh's crime-fighting career from 1970s England to the present day.
- CreatorKelly JonesStarsBen AldridgeDeclan BennettSiobhán CullenFollows detective Matthew Venn as he returns to an evangelical community in which he grew up to attend his father's funeral.
- CreatorAndrew PayneStarsRichard GriffithsMaggie SteedMalcolm SinclairDI Crabbe retires from the police force after being shot and sets up his own restaurant. However, his ex-boss, Assistant Chief Constable Fisher constantly calls Crabbe back on duty.
- CreatorPaul MarquessSusanne FarrellStarsKerri QuinnDes McAleerCiarán McMenaminThe arrival of DC Leila Hussain sets tongues wagging - what brings this big city girl to a sleepy Northern Irish seaside town?
- CreatorDaniel BrierleyStarsVicky McClureEric ShangoNabil ElouahabiDrama series following Lana Washington, an experienced bomb disposal officer working for the Metropolitan Police.