Cozy Crime TV Shows Made in the United KingdomEvery show listed here was made in the United Kingdom. Each one has a spoiler-free cast and character guide.
1981 · 9 seasons · BBC
Set on the picturesque island of Jersey, Bergerac follows Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac, a recovering alcoholic and divorced father who works for Le Bureau des Étrangers (The Foreigners' Office), investigating crimes involving non-Jersey residents. Unorthodox and maverick in his methods, Bergerac navigates complex cases among Jersey's wealthy tax exiles and criminals while driving his iconic burgundy 1947 Triumph Roadster.
2021 · 3 seasons · Channel 5
Set in mid-1970s England, Dalgliesh follows Commander Adam Dalgliesh. Dalgliesh investigates murders that expose the darker secrets
2021 · 6 seasons · ITV
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.
2024 · 3 seasons · U
Judith, Suzie and Becks start an investigation. To assist with official police investigation, headed by Tanika, They must suspect witnesses, and face down real danger as they work against the clock to stop the killer in their tracks.
2019 · 3 seasons · BBC
The Mallorca Files follows the unlikely partnership between Miranda Blake, a serious, by-the-book British detective, and Max Winter, a laid-back, unconventional German detective
2021 · 3 seasons · Channel 4, U
With her son grown up, single mom Pearl Nolan decides to pursue her lifelong dream and launches a private detective agency, which she runs from her family's restaurant in the coastal town of Whitstable. Drawn by her caring nature, locals soon flock to her with all manner of cases.
2025 · 2 seasons · BBC
Thrown together by the murder of John's neighbour, John and Janie are an odd, yet hilarious duo with opposing instincts. Every week, they get to the bottom of gripping murders, with various stunning Welsh locations providing a backdrop to their investigations.
1977 · 1 season · BBC
Murder Most English is a seven-part BBC detective series from 1977., based on Colin Watson's comic crime novels.
2018 · 1 season · BBC
Set in 1933, several years after his heyday, an older, greyer, and largely forgotten Hercule Poirot begins receiving taunting letters threatening murder from a mysterious sender who signs themselves only "A.B.C."
2022 · 4 seasons · BBC
First there was Father Brown. Now, say hello to Sister Boniface. This clever, moped-riding nun is the police's secret weapon for solving murders in this divine Father Brown spin-off.
1996 · 12 seasons · BBC
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.
2015 · 2 seasons · BBC
Set in the fictional South Devon coastal town of Lighthaven, The Coroner follows Jane Kennedy, a high-flying solicitor who returns to the seaside town she left as a teenager following the breakdown of a relationship, taking up the post of coroner and becoming an advocate for the dead.
2022 · 2 seasons · ITV
Alex Ridley, a recently retired Detective Inspector grieving the loss of his wife and daughter, who is drawn back into police work as a consultant when his former protégée, DI Carol Farman, needs help cracking a complex murder.
2022 · 3 seasons · U
Detective Inspector Max Arnold, whose lifestyle on a battered houseboat in Chelsea's Cheyne Walk contrasts sharply with the affluent elite whose crimes he helps solve.
2016 · 4 seasons · Sky
Burnt out on office politics, Agatha Raisin retires early to a picturesque village in the Cotswolds and soon finds a second career as an amateur detective investigating mischief, mayhem, and murder in her deceptively quaint town.
2024 · 2 seasons · Channel 5
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.
2025 · 1 season · U
A modern reimagining of the classic series, the 2025 Bergerac follows Detective Jim Bergerac as he returns to work after six months' bereavement leave following his wife's death.
2023 · 2 seasons · Channel 5
Former police detective Jack Grayling, pursuing his dream of becoming a cabaret singer on a luxury Mediterranean cruise ship, investigates a series of murders on board with the help of the ship's first officer, Kate Woods.
1972 · 5 seasons
Set in Amsterdam, Van der Valk follows Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk, a cynical yet intuitive Dutch detective who investigates murders, kidnappings, and political corruption.
1989 · 2 seasons
Campion is a television show made by the BBC, adapting the Albert Campion mystery novels written by Margery Allingham. Two series were made, in 1989 and 1990, starring Peter Davison as Campion, Brian Glover as his manservant Magersfontein Lugg and Andrew Burt as his policeman friend Stanislaus Oates.
2022 · 3 seasons · BBC
Set in Aberdeen, Scotland, Granite Harbour follows Davis Lindo, a former Royal Military Police sergeant whose dreams of becoming a New Scotland Yard detective are dashed when he's despatched north to train as a Detective Constable in the unfamiliar "Granite City.
2026 · 1 season · Channel 5
Set in the sun-soaked Spanish holiday resort of Benidorm, Benidorm Is Murder follows Dennis Crown, a burned-out former British detective who traded the daily grind of UK policing for a quieter life running a bar, only to find peace short-lived when tourists start turning up dead.
2025 · 1 season · Channel 5
Set in the mystery-shrouded Peak District, the series follows two mismatched young detectives: affable local Ben Cooper and guarded newcomer Diane Fry.
1972 · 5 seasons · BBC
Set in 1920s and 1930s England across country estates, London gentlemen's clubs, and rural villages, Lord Peter Wimsey follows an aristocratic amateur detective
