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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.
Frauds (TV series)
Frauds is a 2025 six-part ITV heist drama created by Suranne Jones and Anne-Marie O'Connor, starring Jones and Jodie Whittaker as conwomen Bert and Sam planning an art heist in Spain; distinct from a 2014 Fox comedy project of the same name.
Gangs of London (TV series)
Gangs of London is a British crime action-drama created by Gareth Evans and Matt Flannery for Sky Atlantic (2020), also on AMC. It follows London gangs after crime boss Finn Wallace's assassination; three seasons, 25 episodes, a fourth confirmed.
Giri/Haji (義理/恥)
Giri/Haji (義理/恥, Duty/Shame) is a 2019 BBC Two and Netflix eight-episode British-Japanese crime drama by Joe Barton, following Tokyo detective Kenzo Mori searching London for his yakuza-linked brother; cancelled after one season despite acclaim.
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.
Guilt (British TV series)
Guilt is a BBC Scotland/BBC Two black comedy-drama thriller (2019-2023) written by Neil Forsyth, starring Mark Bonnar and Jamie Sives as Edinburgh brothers covering up an accidental hit-and-run across three four-part series.
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.
Heartbeat (British TV series)
Heartbeat is a British ITV police period drama set in 1960s Yorkshire, based on Nicholas Rhea's Constable novels, running 18 series and 372 episodes from 1992 to 2010, filmed mainly in Goathland.
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.
Hidden Assets
Hidden Assets is an Irish-Belgian crime drama (RTÉ One, 2021–) following the Criminal Assets Bureau; created by Peter McKenna and Morna Regan, starring Angeline Ball and Wouter Hendrickx, three seasons, Acorn TV co-production.
Hinterland (TV series)
Hinterland (Y Gwyll, 'the dusk') is a Welsh crime drama set in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, starring Richard Harrington as DCI Tom Mathias. Shot back-to-back in Welsh and English for S4C and BBC, it ran three series (2013-2016) and founded Welsh noir.
Hit Point (TV series)
Hit Point is a 2026 British six-part crime drama, U&Dave's first original scripted series, written by Howard Overman, directed by David Caffrey, starring Nick Blood and Saffron Hocking as detectives in London's underworld.
Hope Street (TV series)
Hope Street is a BBC cosy police drama set in fictional Port Devine, Northern Ireland, filmed in Donaghadee, County Down. Created by Paul Marquess and Susanne Farrell, first aired 2021; five series to date, led by Amara Karan as DC Leila Hussain.
Hustle (TV series)
Hustle is a BBC One crime drama created by Tony Jordan about London con artists running long cons on greedy marks, airing 2004–2012 in eight series of six episodes, spun off into The Real Hustle.
I Fought the Law (TV series)
I Fought the Law is a 2025 four-part ITV true crime drama starring Sheridan Smith as Ann Ming, whose campaign overturned the UK double jeopardy law after her daughter Julie Hogg's 1989 murder and her killer's retrial.
In Flight (TV series)
In Flight is a 2025 six-part Channel 4 crime thriller starring Katherine Kelly as flight attendant Jo Conran, blackmailed into smuggling heroin after her son is jailed for murder in Bulgaria; created by Mike Walden and Adam Randall, produced by Buccaneer Media.
Inside Man (2022 TV series)
Inside Man (2022) is a four-part BBC One psychological thriller written by Steven Moffat, directed by Paul McGuigan, starring David Tennant, Stanley Tucci, Dolly Wells, and Lydia West, streaming on Netflix from October 31, 2022.
Insomnia (TV series)
Insomnia (2024) is a six-part Paramount+ UK psychological thriller adapted by Sarah Pinborough from her 2022 novel, starring Vicky McClure as lawyer Emma Averill, who stops sleeping before her 40th birthday fearing her mother's psychotic breakdown; Left Bank Pictures, directed by Börkur Sigthorsson, premiered 23 May 2024.
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.
Kin (Irish TV series)
Kin (Irish TV series): RTÉ gangland drama by Peter McKenna and Ciaran Donnelly about the Kinsella crime family versus the Cunningham cartel; two eight-part series 2021–2023, 687,000 RTÉ viewers, third series confirmed for 2027.
Law & Order: UK
Law & Order: UK is a British ITV1 crime drama (2009-2014), produced by Kudos, Wolf Films, and NBC Universal, adapting every episode from a US Law & Order teleplay for English courts, running 53 episodes across 8 series.
Lewis (TV series)
Lewis (Inspector Lewis) is an ITV British crime drama, 2006–2015, a spin-off sequel to Inspector Morse: DI Robert Lewis (Kevin Whately) and DS James Hathaway (Laurence Fox) solve Oxford murders across 9 seasons and 33 episodes.