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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.
Underbelly (TV series)
Underbelly is an Australian true crime drama anthology that premiered on Nine Network in February 2008, dramatizing the 1995–2004 Melbourne gangland killings from the book Leadbelly; banned in Victoria, it won seven AFI Awards and spawned a franchise of seasons and telemovies.
Underbelly: The Golden Mile
Underbelly: The Golden Mile, the third season of the Underbelly true-crime franchise, aired on the Nine Network from 11 April 2010; 13 episodes dramatizing Kings Cross, Sydney, 1988–1999, centered on John Ibrahim, Kim Hollingsworth, corrupt police, and the 1995 Wood Royal Commission.
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.
Undercover (2019 TV series)
Undercover (2019) is a Belgian-Dutch Dutch-language crime drama created by Nico Moolenaar for Eén and Netflix, in which agents Bob Lemmens and Kim De Rooij infiltrate ecstasy producer Ferry Bouman's campground; based on the Janus Van Wesenbeeck case.
Unforgettable (American TV series)
Unforgettable (2011–2016) is an American CBS/A&E police procedural starring Poppy Montgomery as detective Carrie Wells, who has hyperthymesia (near-total autobiographical memory) and works Queens homicides with Al Burns (Dylan Walsh).
Unforgotten
Unforgotten: British ITV cold-case crime drama (2015– ) created by Chris Lang; Sanjeev Bhaskar's DI Sunny Khan with DCI Cassie Stuart (Nicola Walker), later DCI Jess James (Sinéad Keenan), solving one decades-old murder per six-episode series.
Untitled Charlie Brooker series
Untitled Charlie Brooker Project, later titled Charlie Brooker's Blackmere, is a Netflix crime spoof series created by Charlie Brooker, starring Paddy Considine, Georgina Campbell, and Lena Headey, debuting early 2027.
Van der Valk
Van der Valk is a British detective franchise about Amsterdam commissaris Piet van der Valk, created by novelist Nicolas Freeling. It spans the ITV original (1972–1992, Barry Foster, theme "Eye Level") and the 2020 reboot starring Marc Warren on ITV and PBS Masterpiece.
Vera (TV series)
Vera (ITV1, 2011–2025) is a British crime drama starring Brenda Blethyn as DCI Vera Stanhope, adapted from Ann Cleeves' novels and set in Northumberland and Newcastle; it ran 14 series and ended January 2025.
Vigil (TV series)
Vigil (BBC One, 2021–) is a British police thriller by Tom Edge starring Suranne Jones and Rose Leslie; series 1 investigates a death aboard a Trident Vanguard-class submarine, later series cover RAF drones and an Arctic station, drawing over 13 million UK viewers and an International Emmy.
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.
Waking the Dead (TV series)
Waking the Dead: BBC One British police procedural crime drama (2000–2011) created by Barbara Machin; 92 episodes, 9 series; Trevor Eve as DSU Peter Boyd leading a London cold-case unit; spin-off The Body Farm.
Walker, Texas Ranger
Walker, Texas Ranger: CBS action crime drama (1993-2001) starring Chuck Norris as Dallas-based Ranger Cordell Walker; Saturday-night hit peaking at 19.4 million viewers; rebooted on The CW with Jared Padalecki.
We Own This City
We Own This City: 2022 HBO six-episode limited series by David Simon and George Pelecanos, adapted from Justin Fenton's book about Baltimore's corrupt Gun Trace Task Force, starring Jon Bernthal.
Wentworth (TV series)
Wentworth, also known as Wentworth Prison, is an Australian television drama series first broadcast in 2013 on Foxtel's Showcase, reimagining the 1979–1986 prison drama Prisoner in a modern women's prison.
White Collar (TV series)
White Collar is a USA Network crime drama (2009–2014, six seasons) created by Jeff Eastin, starring Matt Bomer as con artist Neal Caffrey consulting for FBI agent Peter Burke (Tim DeKay); a sequel, White Collar Renaissance, remains unproduced.
White Lines (TV series)
White Lines is a 2020 Netflix crime drama created by Money Heist's Álex Pina, produced by Left Bank Pictures and Vancouver Media. One 10-episode bilingual English-Spanish season follows Zoe Walker (Laura Haddock) investigating her DJ brother's death in Ibiza; canceled after one season.
Whitechapel (TV series)
Whitechapel is a British ITV crime drama (2009-2013, Carnival Films) created by Ben Court and Caroline Ip, in which DI Chandler, DS Miles, and adviser Edward Buchan solve modern East End murders echoing historical crimes such as Jack the Ripper and the Kray twins.
Wild Cards (TV series)
Wild Cards (2024–) is a Canadian comedic crime procedural created by Michael Konyves for CBC and The CW, starring Vanessa Morgan as con artist Max Mitchell and Giacomo Gianniotti as detective Cole Ellis; filmed in Vancouver, renewed through season 4.
Will Trent
Will Trent: ABC crime drama series (2023-present) adapted from Karin Slaughter's Atlanta-set novels, starring Ramón Rodríguez as a GBI special agent raised in foster care; four seasons, renewed for a fifth, filming in Atlanta.
Winter (2026 TV series)
Winter (2026) is a six-part ITV1 crime drama starring Richard Armitage as Bristol forensic pathologist Dr Ethan Winter and Annabel Scholey as DI Lauren Bell, adapted from the French series Balthazar, premiering 30 September 2026.
Wire in the Blood
Wire in the Blood is a British ITV1 crime drama (2002–2008) adapted from Val McDermid's Tony Hill/Carol Jordan novels, starring Robson Green as clinical psychologist profiler Dr Tony Hill with Hermione Norris, later Simone Lahbib, produced by Coastal Productions.
Wisdom of the Crowd
Wisdom of the Crowd, also known by its Israeli original format title, is a 2017 CBS crime drama, 13 episodes, starring Jeremy Piven as Jeffrey Tanner, who builds the crowdsourced crime-solving app Sophe to find his daughter's killer; cancelled amid Piven misconduct allegations.
Wiseguy (TV series)
Wiseguy: American CBS crime drama (1987–1990), 75 episodes, starring Ken Wahl as undercover OCB agent Vinnie Terranova; created by Stephen J. Cannell; pioneered 4-to-10-episode story arcs with villains Ray Sharkey and Kevin Spacey.
Wisting (TV series)
Wisting is a Norwegian crime drama based on Jørn Lier Horst's novels, starring Sven Nordin as Larvik detective William Wisting. Premiered on Viaplay 11 April 2019, ran five seasons to 2025, sold to BBC Four, Carrie-Anne Moss joined season one.
Without a Trace
Without a Trace: CBS crime drama (2002–2009, 7 seasons, 160 episodes) about an FBI Missing Persons Unit in New York, created by Hank Steinberg, starring Anthony LaPaglia; also a 1983 film directed by Stanley R. Jaffe about a child's abduction.
Wycliffe (TV series)
Wycliffe: British ITV detective drama (1993–1998) based on W. J. Burley's novels, starring Jack Shepherd as a Cornish Detective Superintendent; 36 episodes filmed in Cornwall, HTV production, ended after a cast illness dispute.
X Company
X Company is a Canadian WWII espionage drama series (2015–2017) on CBC, created by Mark Ellis and Stephanie Morgenstern of Flashpoint, about five recruits trained at the real Camp X spy school near Lake Ontario; three seasons, 28 episodes, filmed in Budapest.
Your Friends & Neighbors (TV series)
Your Friends & Neighbors is an Apple TV drama created by Jonathan Tropper, starring Jon Hamm as hedge fund manager Coop Cooper, who burgles wealthy neighbors in Westmont Village after being fired; Season 1 premiered April 11, 2025.