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A Touch of Frost
A Touch of Frost is a British detective drama on ITV from 1992 to 2010, starring David Jason as the unorthodox Detective Inspector Jack Frost in the fictional town of Denton.
Above Suspicion (TV series)
Above Suspicion is a British ITV1 crime drama (2009–2012) adapted from Lynda La Plante's Anna Travis novels, starring Kelly Reilly and Ciarán Hinds, four series, 11 episodes, cancelled 28 May 2012.
Art Detectives (TV series)
Art Detectives is a 2025 Acorn TV British crime drama starring Stephen Moyer as DI Mick Palmer and Nina Singh as DC Shazia Malik of the Metropolitan Police's fictional Heritage Crime Unit, investigating art-world murders; six episodes, renewed for a 2027 season.
Bancroft (TV series)
Bancroft is an ITV British crime thriller (2017–2020) created by Kate Brooke, starring Sarah Parish as DCI Elizabeth Bancroft, a ruthless detective hiding her role in a 27-year-old murder; two four-part series filmed around Bolton and Manchester.
Baptiste (TV series)
Baptiste is a BBC One British crime drama (2019-2021), a spin-off of The Missing starring Tcheky Karyo as retired French detective Julien Baptiste, two six-part series set in Amsterdam and Budapest, made by Two Brothers Pictures.
Bergerac (2025 TV series)
Bergerac (2025 TV series), the Bergerac reboot, is a six-part UKTV crime drama on U and U&DRAMA starring Damien Molony as Jim Bergerac, reimagining the 1981-91 John Nettles BBC series set in Jersey with one case per series and £1.2m of Jersey government funding.
Bergerac (TV series)
Bergerac is a British crime drama set on Jersey: the original BBC One series (1981–1991) starred John Nettles as DS Jim Bergerac, and a UKTV reboot with Damien Molony launched in 2025.
Beyond Paradise (TV series)
Beyond Paradise is a BBC One comedy crime drama, a Death in Paradise spin-off starring Kris Marshall as DI Humphrey Goodman and Sally Bretton as Martha Lloyd, set in fictional Shipton Abbott, Devon, and filmed mainly in Looe, Cornwall, since February 2023.
Blackshore
Blackshore is a six-part Irish crime drama (RTÉ One, 2024) created by Kate O'Riordan, starring Lisa Dwan as DI Fia Lucey, a Dublin detective sent to fictional Blackwater to investigate a murder linked to her family's past.
Broadchurch
Broadchurch is a British ITV crime drama (2013-2017) created by Chris Chibnall, starring David Tennant and Olivia Colman as detectives investigating the murder of 11-year-old Danny Latimer in a Dorset seaside town; three eight-episode series, BAFTA-winning, remade as Gracepoint.
Case Histories (TV series)
Case Histories: BBC One crime drama (2011-2013), also Jackson Brodie series, adapted from Kate Atkinson's Edinburgh-set novels, starring Jason Isaacs as the private investigator.
Collateral (TV series)
Collateral (2018) is a four-part BBC Two and Netflix British crime thriller, David Hare's first television series, starring Carey Mulligan as DI Kip Glaspie investigating the murder of a Syrian refugee pizza delivery driver in south London over four days.
Cracker (British TV series)
Cracker (British TV series), Granada/ITV crime drama 1993-1995 plus specials, created by Jimmy McGovern; Robbie Coltrane as Fitz, a maverick forensic psychologist in Manchester; three consecutive Baftas, Hillsborough storyline 'To Be a Somebody'.
Dalziel and Pascoe (TV series)
Dalziel and Pascoe is a British crime drama series adapted from Reginald Hill's novels, set in fictional Wetherton, Yorkshire. The BBC version ran 1996-2007 with Warren Clarke and Colin Buchanan; BritBox and ITV commissioned a female-led six-part reimagining with Kerry Godliman and Nina Singh in 2026.
DCI Banks
DCI Banks: British ITV crime drama (2010–2016, 32 episodes, five series) adapted from Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks novels, starring Stephen Tompkinson, Andrea Lowe, and Caroline Catz; cancelled by ITV in November 2016.
Death in Paradise (TV series)
Death in Paradise is a BBC One crime comedy-drama created by Robert Thorogood, airing since 2011, set on fictional Caribbean island Saint Marie and filmed in Guadeloupe, with five lead detectives and spin-offs Beyond Paradise and Return to Paradise.
Death Valley (British TV series)
Death Valley is a BBC One comedy crime drama created by Paul Doolan, starring Timothy Spall as retired TV-detective actor John Chapel and Gwyneth Keyworth as DS Janie Mallowan, solving murders in Wales; series 1 premiered 25 May 2025 to 2.9 million viewers.
Dempsey and Makepeace
Dempsey and Makepeace: British ITV crime drama (1985–1986) by London Weekend Television, created by Ranald Graham, starring Michael Brandon and Glynis Barber as mismatched New York and London detectives who later married.
Dublin Murders
Dublin Murders is a 2019 eight-part BBC, RTÉ, and Starz crime drama, also called The Dublin Murders, adapting Tana French's In the Woods and The Likeness into one story, starring Killian Scott and Sarah Greene as Garda detectives in 2006 Celtic Tiger Ireland.
Father Brown (2013 TV series)
Father Brown (2013 TV series): BBC One Daytime period detective drama starring Mark Williams as Chesterton's priest-detective, set in 1950s Cotswolds village Kembleford; made by BBC Birmingham Drama Village, running since January 2013.
Five Days (TV series)
Five Days is a BBC One crime drama serial co-produced with HBO and written by Gwyneth Hughes, in which five episodes each cover one non-consecutive day of a police investigation; series 1 (2007) drew 6.5 million viewers and series 2 aired in 2010.
Grace (TV series)
Grace (TV series) is an ITV crime drama, 2021–, adapted from Peter James's Roy Grace novels, starring John Simm as Brighton detective Roy Grace and Richie Campbell as Glenn Branson, in 120-minute feature episodes.
Grantchester (TV series)
Grantchester is a British ITV period crime drama (2014–2026), adapted by Daisy Coulam from James Runcie's The Grantchester Mysteries. Set in 1950s Cambridgeshire, it pairs DI Geordie Keating (Robson Green) with three vicar sleuths, ending with an 11th season in June 2026.
Hamish Macbeth (TV series)
Hamish Macbeth: BBC Scotland comedy-drama (1995-1997, BBC One, 20 episodes, 3 series) starring Robert Carlyle as a Highland village constable in fictional Lochdubh, loosely adapted from M.C. Beaton's novels and filmed in Plockton.
Hard Sun
Hard Sun is a 2018 BBC One and Hulu six-part pre-apocalyptic crime drama by Neil Cross, starring Jim Sturgess and Agyness Deyn as London detectives who uncover proof Earth ends in five years; also a Sunhouse song and a sunscreen brand.
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates is a British crime comedy-drama starring Patricia Routledge as a 60-year-old Lancashire woman who becomes a private detective, airing on BBC One from 1996 to 1998.
Inspector George Gently
Inspector George Gently: BBC One British period crime drama (2007-2017, 8 seasons, 25 feature-length episodes) adapted by Peter Flannery from Alan Hunter's novels, starring Martin Shaw as an incorruptible 1960s North East England detective with Lee Ingleby as DS John Bacchus.
Inspector Morse (TV series)
Inspector Morse (TV series): British ITV detective drama, 1987-2000, 33 two-hour films starring John Thaw and Kevin Whately, adapted from Colin Dexter's Oxford novels; spawned Lewis and Endeavour; peak audience 18.8 million in Britain, about 1 billion worldwide.
Jack Taylor (TV series)
Jack Taylor: Irish crime drama TV series (2010-2016) adapted from Ken Bruen's novels, starring Iain Glen as a Galway ex-Garda turned private investigator; three seasons of nine 90-minute films, produced by Telegael with ZDF.
Jonathan Creek
Jonathan Creek: BBC One comedy-drama (1997–2016) created by David Renwick, starring Alan Davies as a magician's trick designer who solves impossible crimes from his windmill home, with Caroline Quentin and later companions; BAFTA-winning howdunnit.