Mark | imdb: 6.8 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
U.S. police chief Bill Hixon lands in the British town of Boston, Lincolnshire, with his 14-year-old daughter Kelsey in tow hoping they can flee their painful recent past. But this unfamiliar, unimpressed community will force Bill to question everything about himself and leave him asking whether it's Boston that needs Bill, or Bill that needs Boston?
Mark | imdb: 7.6 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective, biography |
Country | United Kingdom |
The story of one of the most infamous cases in UK criminal history, that of serial killer Dennis Nilsen. Told through the prism of three men, the series explores the personal and professional consequences of coming into contact with a man like Nilsen.
Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
A drama dealing with the abduction and murder of a young black girl, soon to be adopted by her white foster family, and the trail of lies, blame, guilt and notoriety which follow.
Mark | imdb: 8.6 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:30 |
The early days of a young Endeavour Morse, whose experiences as a detective constable with the Oxford City Police will ultimately shape his future.
Mark | imdb: 7.1 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Three adult siblings find their family thrown into disarray when their recently widowed mother, Vivien, declares she is in love with a new man. The tension his presence creates threatens to drag the whole family towards tragedy, and perhaps crime.
Mark | imdb: 7.1 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Family Liaison Officer Lisa Armstrong becomes a little too emotionally involved with a case (to the point where she might compromise it) concerning a pair of missing Morecambe twins to whose distraught parents she is assigned.
Mark | imdb: 7.1 |
Genre | fantastic, fantasy, drama, crime, detective |
Country | USA, United Kingdom |
Duration | 00:42 |
Cassie Bedford has visions... whether she likes it or not. Sometimes she encounters unsettled spirits who need her help. When her father, Detective Tom Hackett, and his new partner, former FBI agent Damien Asante, need assistance, Cassie reluctantly uses her abilities and helps solve some of the city’s most challenging cases.
Mark | imdb: 7.8 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom, France |
Duration | 01:00 |
The plot follows detectives Karl Roebuck and Elise Wasserman working together to find a serial killer who left the upper-half body of a French politician and the lower-half of a British prostitute in the Channel Tunnel, at the midpoint between France and the UK. They later learn that the killer—who comes to be nicknamed the "Truth Terrorist"—is on a moral crusade to highlight many social problems, terrorising both countries in the process
Mark | imdb: 7.1 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Two detectives are dispatched to investigate the murder of a young girl on the outskirts of Dublin, but as the case of the missing children intensifies, both are forced to confront the darkness that lies in their past.
Mark | imdb: 7.4 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 02:20 |
After seven years in prison, David Collins is acquitted of the murder of his wife. Now, he must fight to rebuild his shattered life while police search for the real murderer.
Mark | imdb: 8.1 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland |
Duration | 07:20 |
A drama set in the East End of London in 1889, during the aftermath of the "Ripper" murders. The action centres around the notorious H Division – the police precinct from hell – which is charged with keeping order in the chaotic streets of Whitechapel. Ripper Street explores the lives of characters trying to recover from the Ripper's legacy, from crimes that have not only irretrievably altered their lives, but the very fabric of their city. At the drama's heart our detectives try to bring a little light into the dark world they inhabit.
Mark | imdb: 7.7 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
A grieving mother is accused of identifying online the man she believes killed her son. But is he really a notorious child murderer or a tragic victim of mistaken identity?
Mark | imdb: 6.4 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 00:40 |
Set in a 1950s Britain rising from the ashes of the Blitz into the grip of a new Cold War, our beekeeping duo stumble into a world of murder, undercover agents and cold war conspiracy. Tuppence is a woman who sees adventure round every corner, throwing herself head first into every mystery with passion and fervour, determined to get to the truth no matter what it takes, much to the dismay of her more cautious husband Tommy.
Mark | imdb: 7.4 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 03:00 |
The extraordinary story of Gloucester housewife Janet Leach who played a key role in the uncovering of the crimes of Fred and Rosemary West.
Mark | imdb: 8.4 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
'Unforgotten' follows modern police team DCI Cassie Stuart and DI Sunny Khan, who gradually unravel long-forgotten secrets which have a dramatic impact on their investigation and the four potential suspects. The slow revelation of the secrets will also affect the personal lives of both Sunny and Cassie.
Mark | imdb: 6.4 |
Genre | fantastic, fantasy, drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 00:40 |
When the body of a foreign student is discovered in the streets of the down-at-heel city of Besźel, it’s just another day’s work for Inspector Tyador Borlú of the Extreme Crime Squad. But he uncovers evidence that the murdered girl came from Ul Qoma, a city that shares a dangerous and volatile relationship with Besźel, and this case will challenge everything Borlú holds dear.
Mark | imdb: 7.2 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:00 |
Today is the day Ivy Moxham will escape from the cellar that's been her prison for the last 13 years. Today is the day she'll return to her home, to her family, to her life. Today is only the beginning. Thirteen explores how to pick up the threads of a life half-lived and how to survive as a family under the greatest pressure: how to feel again, chance love again. It is a psychological drama about who to trust when you can't even trust yourself. Ivy Moxham is a young girl. Ivy Moxham is a woman. Ivy Moxham is whoever you want her to be.
Mark | imdb: 6.9 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
An incendiary hate crime stirs civil unrest, fast-tracking rookie cop Kurt Wallander to detective in this origin story for the popular character.
Mark | imdb: 7.5 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Prime Suspect 1973 tells the story of 22-year-old Jane Tennison's first days in the police force, in which she endured flagrant sexism before being thrown in at the deep end with a murder enquiry.
Mark | imdb: 8.4 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:00 |
A dark psychological crime drama starring Idris Elba as Luther, a man struggling with his own terrible demons, who might be as dangerous as the depraved murderers he hunts.
Mark | imdb: 7.2 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:18 |
After his daughter goes missing, a widower begins uncovering the dark secrets of the people closest to him.
Mark | imdb: 7.4 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Chasing Shadows' follows a team of special operatives who are tracking down serial killers.
Mark | imdb: 7 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 00:43 |
13-year-old Sinikka vanishes on a hot summer night. Her bicycle is found in the exact place where a girl was killed 23 years ago. The dramatic present forces those involved in the original case to face their past.
Mark | imdb: 7.6 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Emma Banville, a human rights lawyer known for defending lost causes, sets out to prove the innocence of Kevin Russell, who was convicted for the murder of a school girl 14 years earlier.
Mark | imdb: 7.1 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 00:43 |
In Overton, a remote little village in the English countryside, the townsfolk have two interests which are farming and racehorses. Life there seems simple but the village teens resort to playing chicken over razor-sharp blades spinning atop farm silos and other dangerous games to kill their boredom.Then, quite suddenly, life in Overton becomes a lot less boring. Another, much more literal type of killing is revealed when someone finds the body of a local teen under the wheels of a tractor. Now a murder investigation will bring to light all those secrets this close-knit community has been hiding, and life in Overton will never be the same.
Mark | imdb: 6.9 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
During the thrilling social change of the mid-1950s, four remarkable women who previously served secretly during WWII as code-breakers, turn their skills to solving murders overlooked by police. In the process they are plunged into fascinating corners of the city, forge powerful relationships, and rediscover their own powers and potential.
Mark | imdb: 7.7 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 00:52 |
Father Brown is based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who doubles as an amateur detective in order to try and solve mysteries.
Mark | imdb: 7.4 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Based on the true story of Lanarkshire detective William Muncie’s quest to bring to justice notorious Scottish killer Peter Manuel.
Mark | imdb: 7.3 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
A web of secrets sends family man Adam Price on a desperate quest to uncover the truth about the people closest to him.
Mark | imdb: 8.4 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 00:46 |
The murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.
Mark | imdb: 7.1 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective, biography |
Country | United Kingdom |
Arthur & George is a three-part adaptation of Julian Barnes' novel about Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle as played by actor Martin Clunes. Set in 1906 in Staffordshire, Hampshire and London the drama follows Sir Arthur and his trusted secretary, Alfred ‘Woodie’ Wood as they investigate the case of George Edalji, a young Anglo-Indian solicitor who was imprisoned for allegedly mutilating animals and writing obscene letters.
Mark | imdb: 7.7 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Trial & Retribution is a feature-length ITV police procedural television drama series that began in 1997. It was devised and written by Lynda La Plante as a follow-on from her successful television series Prime Suspect. Each episode of the Trial & Retribution series is broadcast over two nights. The 2008 series 10 had 10 episodes, the longest run of the drama so far. The latest series was number 12 which aired in February 2009.
Mark | imdb: 6.6 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 02:18 |
It's 1933, and an older and greyer Hercule Poirot has fallen out of the public eye. When he receives anonymous letters threatening murder, he must take matters into his own hands.
Mark | imdb: 7.6 |
Genre | horror, drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sherlock Holmes is a series of Sherlock Holmes adaptations produced by British television company BBC between 1965 and 1968. This was the second screen adaption of Sherlock Holmes for BBC Television.
Mark | imdb: 8.1 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 00:43 |
A motley group of London con artists pull of a series of daring and intricate stings.
Mark | imdb: 7.9 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 00:30 |
Ten strangers, drawn away from their normal lives to an isolated rock off the Devon coast. But as the mismatched group waits for the arrival of the hosts -- the improbably named Mr. and Mrs. U.N. Owen -- the weather sours and they find themselves cut off from civilization. Very soon, the guests, each struggling with their conscience, will start to die -- one by one, according to the rules of the nursery rhyme 'Ten Little Soldier Boys' -- a rhyme that hangs in every room of the house and ends with the most terrifying words of all: '... and then there were none.
Mark | imdb: 8.7 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 05:00 |
Holmes, his friend Watson (or his brother Mycroft) work to solve the mysteries of three gables, the dying detective, a golden pince-nez, the red circle, a mazarin stone, and a cardboard box.
Mark | imdb: 8.2 |
Genre | comedy, drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Jonathan Creek follows the story of Madeline Magellan, an investigative journalist. Like most journalists, she sticks her nose in where it isn't wanted, but this is what makes her such a great journalist! While writing a piece about the death of a prominent artist, she happens across a man named Jonathan Creek. Jonathan makes a living inventing magical tricks for magician Adam Klaus, and has a brilliantly lateral mind.
Mark | imdb: 6.5 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
When a seemingly perfect and happy family is murdered by someone they knew and trusted, cracks appear on the surface of a supposedly idyllic community.
Mark | imdb: 7.1 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Brighton based Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is a hard-working police officer who has given his life to the job, but his career is currently at rock bottom. He’s fixated by the disappearance of his beloved wife, Sandy, and running enquiries into long forgotten cold cases with little prospect of success. Following another reprimand for his unorthodox police methods, Grace is walking a career tightrope and risks being moved from the job he loves most.
Mark | imdb: 8.1 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:33 |
Inspector Robert Lewis and Sergeant James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them.
Mark | imdb: 7.8 |
Genre | comedy, drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Hamish Macbeth is a comedy-drama series made by BBC Scotland and first aired in 1995. It is loosely based on a series of mystery novels by M. C. Beaton. The series concerns a local police officer, Constable Hamish Macbeth in the fictitious town of Lochdubh on the west coast of Scotland. The titular character was played by Robert Carlyle. It ran for three series from 1995 to 1997, with the first two series having six episodes and the third having eight.
Mark | imdb: 6.9 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:02 |
The search for a serial killer becomes a matter of life and death for detective Annie Redford, who is trying to cope with her first murder case.
Mark | imdb: 7.6 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 00:48 |
Rosemary & Thyme is a British television mystery series starring Felicity Kendal and Pam Ferris as gardening detectives Rosemary Boxer and Laura Thyme. The show began on ITV in 2003. The third series ended in August 2007. The theme is murder mysteries in the setting of professional gardening jobs. It was created by Brian Eastman to entertain his wife, Christabel Albery, who is an avid gardener. The show was directed by Brian Farnham, Simon Langton, and Tom Clegg. Clive Exton, who helped create the show, contributed 10 of the 22 scripts.