Lewis
2007 · 9 seasons · ITV
Set in Oxford, Lewis follows Detective Inspector Robbie Lewis as he returns to work five years after the death of his mentor, Inspector Morse.
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McDonald & Dodds
2020 · 4 seasons · ITV
Two detectives, DCI McDonald and DS Dodds, who seemingly have nothing in common, are thrown together and forge a rumbustious friendship and entertaining partnership.
Murder Before Evensong
2025 · 1 season · Channel 5
In 1980s England, Canon Daniel Clement, the Rector of Champton, finds himself unexpectedly entangled in a murder case when a dead body turns up in the church. When Daniel announces a plan to modernize the church, the parish is suddenly divided. And then a body is found dead at the back of the church.
Patience
2025 · 2 seasons · Channel 4
Patience Evans works in a clerical role filing police records. An autistic woman, she has a special interest in solving puzzles and a secret fascination and talent for criminology—her unique perspective allows her to connect the dots through clues in a way others simply cannot.
The Bletchley Circle
2012 · 2 seasons · ITV
Four former Bletchley Park codebreakers reunite in 1950s London to use their wartime intelligence skills to solve murders and crimes that the police have overlooked. Led by Susan Gray, these brilliant women must balance their secret investigative work with the constraints of post-war domestic life.
The Brokenwood Mysteries
2014 · 12 seasons
Set in the fictional small North Island town of Brokenwood, this quirky New Zealand whodunit follows Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd, a country-music-loving veteran detective with a colourful romantic history, who investigates an implausibly high murder rate amongst Brokenwood's eccentric residents
A Touch of Frost
1992 · 15 seasons · ITV
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.
Death In Paradise 2011
2011 · 15 seasons · BBC
Set on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie, Death in Paradise follows a succession of British detectives who, thrown into leading the local police force under very different circumstances, find themselves solving ingenious, locked-room-style murders against a backdrop of shimmering seas and sun-soaked beaches. Each detective brings his own quirks and quirks to the role
Jonathan Creek
1997 · 5 seasons
Jonathan Creek, a magician's creative consultant with a natural ability for solving puzzles, works from his home in a converted windmill and uses his abilities to solve impossible crimes and mysterious murders.
Midsomer Murders
1997 · 24 seasons · ITV
Violent crimes shatter the peacefulness of the Midsomer community, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.
Murder She Wrote
1984 · 12 seasons
Murder, She Wrote follows Jessica Fletcher, a retired English teacher from the small coastal town of Cabot Cove, Maine, who becomes a bestselling mystery novelist
Shetland
2013 · 10 seasons · BBC
Set amid the dramatic, windswept landscapes of Scotland's remote Shetland Islands, Shetland follows the local police team as they investigate murders within a close-knit island community where everyone knows everyone else's business—and secrets.
Unforgotten
2015 · 6 seasons · ITV
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.
Art Detectives
2025 · 1 season · U
In the Metropolitan Police's Heritage Crime Unit, art-loving DI Mick Palmer and his straight-talking partner DC Shazia Malik investigate crimes connected to the world of art, antiques, and cultural heritage. From fake Vermeers to Viking hoards and Titanic memorabilia, each case takes them into a colourful world driven by greed, obsession, and revenge.
Father Dowling Mysteries
1989 · 3 seasons · ITV
Set in Chicago, Father Dowling Mysteries follows Father Frank Dowling, an amiable, mild-mannered Catholic priest at St Michael's parish who moonlights as an amateur detective, aided by the streetwise Sister Stephanie "Steve" Oskowski—a rather worldly nun with an unlikely talent for lock-picking.
Miss Scarlet
2020 · 7 seasons · U
London, 1882. When her father dies and leaves her penniless, Eliza Scarlet refuses to accept marriage as her only option and resolves to continue his detective agency under his name. Headstrong and clever, she becomes London’s first female private detective, working her way through the murkiest corners of Victorian London with the help of her loyal circle and the Scotland Yard detective at her side.
Moonflower Murders
2024 · 1 season · BBC
Moonflower Murders follows Susan Ryeland, a former London book editor now running a struggling small hotel in Crete with her Greek partner Andreas, who is drawn back to England when a wealthy couple offers her a substantial sum to find their missing daughter.
New Tricks
2004 · 12 seasons · BBC
When three retired detectives are brought back to form the Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad (UCOS), their old-school methods clash with modern policing but prove surprisingly effective at cracking cold cases. Led by a determined DCI who must wrangle these stubborn, brilliant mavericks, the team discovers that you can teach old dogs new tricks - even if they resist every step of the way.
Vera
2011 · 14 seasons · ITV
Set in Northumberland, Vera follows the dishevelled but brilliant Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope as she solves complex murder cases across the stunning landscapes of North East England.
Wallander
2008 · 4 seasons · BBC
Kenneth Branagh stars as Kurt Wallander, a weary, diabetic and increasingly disillusioned police inspector in the small town of Ystad in southern Sweden. His investigations into brutal crimes in the apparently sleepy backwaters of Skåne
Cadfael
1994 · 4 seasons
Once a Crusader, now a man of the cloth, Brother Cadfael uses his keen intuition to protect the innocent and bring the guilty to account in war-torn medieval England.
Grantchester
2014 · 11 seasons · ITV
In 1953 at the hamlet of Grantchester, Sidney Chambers—a charismatic, charming clergyman—turns investigative vicar when one of his parishioners dies in suspicious circumstances.
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996 · 4 seasons
Henrietta "Hetty" Wainthropp represents a unique figure in British detective fiction—a woman of ordinary means and background who possesses extraordinary observational skills and an unerring instinct for human nature.
Professor T
2021 · 4 seasons · ITV
Set against the stunning backdrop of one of the world's most prestigious educational institutions, Cambridge University, Professor T is centered around the eccentric, but brilliant Criminology Professor Jasper Tempest, who suffers with OCD and has a tortured past.