Grace
Set in Brighton and Hove on England’s south coast, Grace follows Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, a hard-working, dogged police officer haunted by the mysterious disappearance of his wife Sandy years earlier.
Genre: Police Procedural
Professional police investigation, team-based
Karen Pirie
Set in Scotland and based on Val McDermid’s acclaimed novels, Karen Pirie follows a young, fearless Detective Sergeant working for Police Scotland’s Historic Cases Unit as she tackles cold case murders that have remained unsolved for decades.
A Touch of Frost
Set in the fictional South Midlands town of Denton, A Touch of Frost follows Detective Inspector William Edward “Jack” Frost, a scruffy, unconventional, old-school copper whose talent for solving crimes is matched only by his talent for clashing with bureaucratic superiors.
Beyond Paradise
Beyond Paradise follows Detective Inspector Humphrey Goodman who, after leaving the Caribbean island of Saint Marie, relocates to the fictional coastal town of Shipton Abbott in Devon to be with his fiancée Martha Lloyd.
Heartbeat
Set in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield during the 1960s, Heartbeat follows the lives and adventures of rural police constables, medical staff, and village residents in a nostalgic period drama that combines gentle crime stories with community tales.
Ellis
DCI Ellis and her partner DS Harper are parachuted into failing police investigations across northern England, tackling seemingly unsolvable cases at different stations where their arrival is often met with resistance, hostility, and institutional barriers.
Life on Mars
After being hit by a car in 2006, Manchester Detective Chief Inspector Sam Tyler wakes up in 1973, where he’s now a Detective Inspector working under the command of the brutal, hard-drinking DCI Gene Hunt.
Lynley 2025
Set in the English countryside, Lynley follows the unlikely partnership between aristocratic Detective Inspector Thomas “Tommy” Lynley, the Oxford-educated Earl of Asherton, and working-class Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers. Despite their clashing backgrounds and contrasting approaches, they unite through their shared passion for justice, tackling complex mysteries while navigating issues of class, gender, and personality.
Dalziel & Pascoe
Set in the fictional Yorkshire town of Wetherton, Dalziel & Pascoe follows the unlikely partnership between the gruff, politically incorrect Detective Superintendent Andy Dalziel and his university-educated, well-mannered Detective Inspector Peter Pascoe. Despite being complete opposites who get on each other’s nerves, their contrasting approaches make them a brilliantly effective crime-solving team.
Unforgotten
Unforgotten follows a team of detectives, initially led by DCI Cassie Stuart and DI Sunny Khan, as they investigate cold-case murders. Each series focuses on a single decades-old case.