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Secret Service (British TV series)
Secret Service is a 2026 five-part ITV espionage drama adapted from Tom Bradby's novel, starring Gemma Arterton as MI6 Russia Desk head Kate Henderson hunting a Russian asset in the UK Cabinet. Directed by James Marsh, written with Jemma Kennedy, filmed in Malta and London; distinct from the 1969 Anderson puppet series.
Sherwood (2022 TV series)
Sherwood is a BBC One crime drama by James Graham set in a Nottinghamshire mining village, based on two 2004 murders including Keith Frogson's, exploring miners' strike divisions and spycops; two series, 2022 and 2024.
Snatch (TV series)
Snatch (2017–2018) is a Crackle comedy-drama series loosely based on Guy Ritchie's 2000 film, created by Alex De Rakoff, starring Rupert Grint and Luke Pasqualino as hustlers entangled with stolen gold bullion in London's underworld; 20 episodes, two seasons, mixed reviews.
Spooks (TV series)
Spooks (MI-5 in the US) is a BBC One spy drama about MI5's Counter-Terrorism section, created by David Wolstencroft, produced by Kudos, 2002–2011, 10 series, 86 episodes, Bafta-winning, famous for killing lead characters.
Stan Lee's Lucky Man
Stan Lee's Lucky Man: British Sky 1 crime drama (2016–2018) by Stan Lee and Neil Biswas. James Nesbitt plays DI Harry Clayton, a gambling-addicted Murder Squad detective whose ancient bracelet controls luck, at a price.
Steal (2026 TV series)
Steal is a 2026 British heist thriller series on Prime Video, created by Sotiris Nikias, starring Sophie Turner as Zara Dunne, caught in a £4 billion pension-fund robbery at Lochmill Capital; six episodes premiered January 21, 2026.
Strike Back: Legacy
Strike Back: Legacy is the fifth series of the action drama Strike Back, airing 10 episodes on Sky One from 3 June to 29 July 2015. It stars Sullivan Stapleton, Philip Winchester, and Michelle Yeoh as villain Li-Na of North Korea's Office 39.
Suspicion (2022 TV series)
Suspicion (2022) is an eight-episode Apple TV+ thriller, also adapted from the Israeli series False Flag (Kfulim), starring Uma Thurman as Katherine Newman, whose son Leo is kidnapped in New York; four British suspects flee the FBI and National Crime Agency. Cancelled after one season in 2023; Metascore 49, RT 46%.
The Avengers (TV series)
The Avengers (TV series): British spy-fi series, ITV 1961–1969, created by Sydney Newman, starring Patrick Macnee as John Steed with partners Cathy Gale, Emma Peel, and Tara King; 161 episodes.
The Blame (TV series)
The Blame is a 2026 six-part ITV crime drama adapted from Charlotte Langley's 2023 novel, created by Megan Gallagher, starring Michelle Keegan and Douglas Booth as detectives investigating a teenage skater's murder amid police misogyny.
The Capture (TV series)
The Capture is a British BBC One surveillance thriller created, written and directed by Ben Chanan, starring Holliday Grainger and Callum Turner, about faked CCTV, the 'Correction' programme, and deepfakes; a third series was commissioned in 2025.
The Game (2025 TV series)
The Game (2025) is a British Channel 5 psychological thriller, also known as Catch You Later, created by Tom Grieves, starring Jason Watkins as retired detective Huw Miller and Robson Green as suspected Ripton Stalker Patrick Harbottle; four episodes aired May 12-15, 2025, filmed in Spain's Basque Country, with a second series in September 2026.
The Long Shadow (TV series)
The Long Shadow is a 2023 seven-part ITV1/ITVX true crime drama by George Kay and Lewis Arnold about the Yorkshire Ripper hunt, based on Michael Bilton's Wicked Beyond Belief, centering victims rather than Peter Sutcliffe.
The Pembrokeshire Murders
The Pembrokeshire Murders is a 2021 three-part ITV true crime drama starring Luke Evans as Steve Wilkins and Keith Allen as serial killer John Cooper, adapted from Wilkins and Jonathan Hill's book Catching the Bullseye Killer.
The Professionals (TV series)
The Professionals is a British crime-action TV series (ITV, 1977-1983), created by Brian Clemens, about CI5 agents Bodie (Lewis Collins) and Doyle (Martin Shaw) under George Cowley (Gordon Jackson); 57 episodes, peak 17.6 million viewers.
The Red King (TV series)
The Red King is a 2024 British six-part crime thriller and folk-horror series created by Toby Whithouse, starring Anjli Mohindra as Sergeant Grace Narayan investigating a missing-boy cold case on the fictional Welsh island of St. Jory, home to the pagan cult of the True Way; aired on Alibi, later AMC+.
The Serpent (TV series)
The Serpent is a 2021 BBC One/Netflix eight-part true-crime drama by Mammoth Screen about Charles Sobhraj's 1970s hippie-trail murders and Herman Knippenberg's investigation, starring Tahar Rahim, Jenna Coleman and Billy Howle.
This City Is Ours
This City Is Ours is a British BBC One and iPlayer crime drama created by Stephen Butchard, produced by Left Bank Pictures, starring Sean Bean as Liverpool gang boss Ronnie Phelan in an eight-part succession saga, renewed for a second series in October 2026.
Tin Star (TV series)
Tin Star, a British crime drama by Rowan Joffé for Sky Atlantic and Prime Video (2017-2020), stars Tim Roth as police chief Jim Worth in the Canadian Rockies town of Little Big Bear; three seasons, 25 episodes, ending with Tin Star: Liverpool.
Top Boy
Top Boy is a British crime drama created by Ronan Bennett, set on the fictional Summerhouse estate in Hackney, following Dushane (Ashley Walters) and Sully (Kano). Two Channel 4 series (2011, 2013), then a Drake-backed Netflix revival (2019-2023), BAFTA-winning, with Jonny Boy and Jaq spin-offs announced.
Traces (TV series)
Traces is a British forensic crime drama (2019, 2022), written by Amelia Bullmore from Val McDermid's idea, set in Dundee's fictitious Scottish Institute of Forensic Science, produced by Red for UKTV's Alibi, advised by Dundee's LRCFS.
Treason (TV series)
Treason is a 2022 Netflix British spy thriller limited series, five episodes created by Matt Charman (Bridge of Spies), starring Charlie Cox as MI6 chief Adam Lawrence, with Olga Kurylenko and Oona Chaplin; released 26 December 2022, mixed reviews.
Trigger Point (TV series)
Trigger Point is a British ITV thriller created by Daniel Brierley, produced by Jed Mercurio's HTM Television, starring Vicky McClure as Met Police bomb disposal officer Lana Washington; four six-episode series (2022-2026), ITV's best performing 2022 drama, distributed internationally by All3Media International.
Under Salt Marsh
Under Salt Marsh: six-part 2026 Sky Original Welsh crime thriller created, written and directed by Claire Oakley, starring Kelly Reilly and Rafe Spall, set in fictional Morfa Halen, premiered 30 January 2026 on Sky and NOW, renewed for a Scottish-set series two.
Undercover (2016 TV series)
Undercover (2016) is a six-part BBC One crime drama by Peter Moffat. Sophie Okonedo plays barrister Maya Cobbina, set to become the first black Director of Public Prosecutions, whose husband Adrian Lester is a former undercover police officer.
Virdee
Virdee is a 2025 six-part BBC One British crime drama set in Bradford, adapted by A. A. Dhand from his novel City of Sinners. Staz Nair stars as DI Harry Virdee; the BBC cancelled it in February 2026 after averaging 3.3 million viewers.