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1. 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: 18,378
2. 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: 6,463
3. Sherwood (II) (2022– )
TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two shocking and unexpected murders shatter an already fractured community leading to one of the largest manhunts in British history.
Stars: Adam Hugill, Lorraine Ashbourne, Perry Fitzpatrick, Philip Jackson
Votes: 9,396
4.
Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
Episode:
The Settling of the Sun
(1988)
TV-MA | 144 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Because Morse is a speaker at a University dinner when a Japanese becomes ill and is later found ritualistically murdered, he becomes everyone's alibi.
Director: Peter Hammond | Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Anna Calder-Marshall, Robert Stephens
Votes: 943
5.
The Sweeney (1975–1978)
Episode:
Big Spender
(1975)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The Smith Brothers, a vicious group of mobsters, abandon their usual strong-arm tactics to run a parking ticket scam at a car park.
Director: Viktors Ritelis | Stars: John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Garfield Morgan, Warren Mitchell
Votes: 134
6.
The Sweeney (1975–1978)
Episode:
Stoppo Driver
(1975)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After their own getaway driver is killed fleeing police, a gang blackmails a young policeman into being their driver by kidnapping his bride.
Director: Terry Green | Stars: John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Garfield Morgan, Nicola Pagett
Votes: 147
7.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
Multistorey: Part 1
(2003)
TV-14 | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Boyd has to battle his demons when the case against a mass murderer, who killed his close friend, is reopened.
Director: Robert Bierman | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Holly Aird, Claire Goose
Votes: 177
8.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
The Hardest Word: Part 1
(2004)
TV-14 | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A serial killer, possibly a man and woman working together, are responsible for a series of kinky, sex-related murders.
Director: Philippa Langdale | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Holly Aird, Claire Goose
Votes: 159
9.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
Walking on Water: Part 1
(2003)
TV-14 | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
DNA evidence clears a man of the murder of his adopted fisherman stepfather eleven years earlier, but who killed him and who was responsible for the simultaneous disappearance of three female family members?
Director: Andy Hay | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Holly Aird, Claire Goose
Votes: 166
10.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
Double Bind: Part 1
(2007)
TV-14 | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A badly decomposed body is discovered buried in a Hampstead garden, while a convicted murderer escapes from a secure psychiatric unit. The team is drawn back to a horrific double patricide from 1967.
Director: Andy Hay | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Tara Fitzgerald, Wil Johnson
Votes: 132
11.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
Anger Management: Part 2
(2004)
TV-14 | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Team effectively proves that dead man was a murder victim, not a suicide and narrows their prime suspects to three inmates at the halfway house where the crime was committed. Two of ... See full summary »
Director: Andy Hay | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Holly Aird, Claire Goose
Votes: 146
12.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
Final Cut: Part 2
(2003)
TV-14 | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The evidence points to the house being a dumping ground for dead bodies and the four corpses being the result of multiple rather than a single event.
Director: Betsan Morris Evans | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Holly Aird, Claire Goose
Votes: 130
13.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
The Hardest Word: Part 2
(2004)
TV-14 | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The body of DS Dave Marvin is found with his throat slashed in a parking lot that has connections to the case. Although there were no signs of sexual activity as in the other cases, someone... See full summary »
Director: Philippa Langdale | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Holly Aird, Claire Goose
Votes: 141
14.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
Walking on Water: Part 2
(2003)
TV-14 | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Another member of the Lovell family turns up in the family boatyard under a pile of cockles minus a head and hands.
Director: Andy Hay | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Holly Aird, Claire Goose
Votes: 141
15.
We Hunt Together (2020– )
Episode:
205
(2022)
TV-MA | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Haunted by visions from her past, Freddy makes a deadly confession which leaves her with no way out. Lola and Jackson investigate a shocking new lead which raises more questions than answers - has The Birdman outwitted them again?
Director: Rebecca Rycroft | Stars: Eve Myles, Babou Ceesay, Colin Morgan, Angus Imrie
Votes: 71
16.
Above Suspicion (2009–2012)
Episode:
Deadly Intent: Part 3
(2011)
47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Julia's husband Anthony Collingwood is an alternate identity for international drug dealer Alexander Fitzpatrick, who only seems to care about his son.
Director: Gillies MacKinnon | Stars: Kelly Reilly, Ciarán Hinds, Shaun Dingwall, Celyn Jones
Votes: 109
17.
Above Suspicion (2009–2012)
Episode:
Silent Scream: Part 1
(2012)
47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Langton suspects that the reasons he lost out on a promotion to commander is affirmative action and someone resurrecting the Fitzpatrick Case. He takes on the murder of a young actress in order to resolve these questions.
Director: Catherine Morshead | Stars: Kelly Reilly, Ciarán Hinds, Shaun Dingwall, Michelle Holmes
Votes: 109
18.
Above Suspicion (2009–2012)
Episode:
Silent Scream: Part 2
(2012)
46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Three of Amanda's lovers fall under suspicion, and Lamgton confronts Anna to find out if she is the one who cost him his promotion.
Director: Catherine Morshead | Stars: Kelly Reilly, Ciarán Hinds, Shaun Dingwall, Michelle Holmes
Votes: 100
19.
Above Suspicion (2009–2012)
Episode:
Silent Scream: Part 3
(2012)
47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Felicity's dead body is found in the mirror and it's revealed that Jeanie Bale was blackmailing Amanda's parents with her diary.
Director: Catherine Morshead | Stars: Kelly Reilly, Ciarán Hinds, Shaun Dingwall, Michelle Holmes
Votes: 94
20.
Foyle's War (2002–2015)
Episode:
The Eternity Ring
(2013)
TV-14 | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
MI5 suspects British atomic research has been infiltrated and asks Foyle to look into whether a Russian spy network could be at work in the heart of London.
Director: Stuart Orme | Stars: Ken Bones, Stephen Boxer, Kate Duchêne, Patrick Joseph Byrnes
Votes: 581
21.
Jack the Ripper (1988)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1988)
TV-PG | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
London, autumn 1888. Chief Inspector Frederick Abberline of Scotland Yard is assigned by his superiors to investigate the murder and brutal mutilation of a prostitute in the East End of ... See full summary »
Director: David Wickes | Stars: Michael Caine, Armand Assante, Ray McAnally, Lewis Collins
Votes: 179
22.
Jack the Ripper (1988)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1988)
TV-PG | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
London, autumn 1888. Chief Inspector Frederick Abberline of Scotland Yard is assigned by his superiors to investigate the murder and brutal mutilation of a prostitute in the East End of ... See full summary »
Director: David Wickes | Stars: Michael Caine, Armand Assante, Ray McAnally, Lewis Collins
Votes: 162
23.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
The Lions of Nemea: Part 1
(2014)
TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After Lewis returns to his old job, he, Hathaway and DS Maddox are swept up in another murder investigation when an American classics student is killed.
Director: Nicholas Laughland | Stars: John Light, Sian Brooke, Wesley Smith, Clive Merrison
Votes: 510