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Silent Witness

Silent Witness is a British television drama exploring crime investigations through forensic pathology. The show follows...

Detective Crime Medical British

9.3 Excellent

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Sherlock

Sherlock is a British crime drama television series adapting Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories. Benedict...

Classic Drama Detective Mystery

8.9 Great

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Peaky Blinders

Peaky Blinders portrays a Birmingham-based criminal organization operating during and after World War I. The series depi...

Period Piece Historical Drama Gangster Noir

8.7 Great

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Happy Valley

Happy Valley is a British crime drama set in the Calder Valley of West Yorkshire. The series, created by Sally Wainwrigh...

Police Procedural Psychological Thriller Nordic Strong Female Lead

8.7 Great

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Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie’s Poirot is a British mystery drama television programme adapted from Agatha Christie's crime fiction se...

Detective Mystery TV Britain

8.6 Great

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Prime Suspect

The series follows Helen Mirren’s portrayal of Jane Tennison, a pioneering female detective inspector navigating the cha...

TV Police Procedural Psychological Thriller 1990S

8.6 Great

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Life on Mars

Life on Mars is a British drama series concerning a contemporary police officer who inexplicably finds himself stranded...

Time Travel Retro Detective Mystery

8.5 Great

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Cracker

Cracker is a British crime drama centered on Dr. Edward “Fitz” Fitzgerald, a criminal psychologist collaborating with th...

TV Britain Police Procedural 1990S

8.4 Great

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Unforgotten on Masterpiece

Unforgotten is a British television drama focusing on London’s Metropolitan Police investigating historical murders and...

Detective Mystery Police Procedural Dark Crime

8.4 Great

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Ashes to Ashes

Ashes to Ashes explores crime investigation through the lens of time travel. Detective Inspector Joe Martin investigates...

Time Travel Mystery Police Procedural Psychological Thriller

8.3 Great

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Inspector Morse

Inspector Morse is a British television drama spanning thirty-three two-hour episodes, broadcast from 1987 to 2000. The...

Classic Intellectual Mystery Police Procedural

8.2 Great

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Lewis

Lewis is a British detective drama set in Oxford, following Detective Inspector Robert “Robbie” Lewis, formerly Sergeant...

Mystery Crime British Oxford

8.2 Great

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The Missing

The Missing is a British crime drama series centered around investigating missing persons cases. The show gained attenti...

Detective Mystery Crime Suspense

8.2 Great

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The Sweeney

The Sweeney followed Detectives Jack Regan and George Carter as they investigated armed robbery and violent crime within...

Crime Police Procedural Noir Gritty

8.2 Great

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Inspector George Gently

Inspector George Gently is a British crime drama set in the 1960s, focusing on the work of Inspector Gently and his team...

Classic Crime TV Britain

8.1 Great

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Whitechapel

Whitechapel is a British television drama centered around London detectives investigating crimes mirroring historical ca...

True Crime TV Dark Mystery Britain

7.8 Good

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New Tricks

New Tricks is a long-running British television drama focusing on a team of retired detectives who investigate previousl...

Detective Police Procedural Long Running Mature Audience

7.7 Good

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Dalziel and Pascoe

Dalziel and Pascoe is a British crime drama series adapted from Reginald Hill’s novels. The show centers around two dete...

Crime TV Britain Dark Comedy

7.4 Good

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The Bill

The Bill is a long-running British television series depicting the daily operations of a London Metropolitan Police team...

Classic Police Detective Police Procedural

7.3 Good

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Heartbeat

Heartbeat was a British television drama depicting police work within the North Riding of Yorkshire during the 1960s. Pr...

UK Based Crime TV Family Drama

7.0 Good