A Remarkable Place to Die
A Remarkable Place to Die is a New Zealand-Australian crime drama in which Detective Anaís Mallory leaves her career with the Sydney police and returns to her hometown of Queenstown on New Zealand’s South Island
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Agatha Christie’s Partners in Crime
1983 · 1 season · ITV
In 1920s London, newly married Tommy and Tuppence Beresford are bored with comfortable domestic life. They take over a private detective agency and solve cases in the styles of the famous fictional detectives they admire.
Return to Paradise
2024 · 3 seasons · BBC
Set in the idyllic coastal hamlet of Dolphin Cove on Australia's Illawarra coast, Return to Paradise follows Mackenzie "Mack" Clarke, a golden girl of the London Metropolitan Police whose seemingly unrivalled detective instincts are overshadowed by a career-ending scandal, forcing her to return to the childhood home—and the murky past—she left behind six years earlier.
The Mallorca Files
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
Whitstable Pearl
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.
Death Valley
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.
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
1977 · 1 season · BBC
Murder Most English is a seven-part BBC detective series from 1977., based on Colin Watson's comic crime novels.
The ABC Murders
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."
Van der Valk
2020 · 4 seasons · ITV
Set against the canals, galleries, and cosmopolitan sophistication of contemporary Amsterdam, Van der Valk follows Commissaris Piet van der Valk, a brilliant but cynical Dutch detective who solves baffling murders using insightful human observation and natural street smarts.
Sister Boniface Mysteries
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.
You’re Killing Me
2026 · 1 season · U
Set in the quaint New England town of Founders' Cove, You're Killing Me follows bestselling novelist Allie Chandler, who forms an unlikely alliance with aspiring writer and true crime podcaster Andi Walker to find the killer of a close friend
Dalziel & Pascoe
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.
The Coroner
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.
Ridley
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.
The Chelsea Detective
2022 · 4 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.
Tommy & Tuppence (2026)
2026 · 1 season · BBC
Agatha Christie’s sleuthing couple are brought into present-day London. Tommy Beresford is a crime writer who has lost his spark. Tuppence is an actor who won’t take no for an answer.
Agatha Raisin
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.
Darby and Joan
2022 · 2 seasons
Widowed English nurse Joan Kirkhope is on a quest to find answers about her husband's mysterious death, while ex-detective Jack Darby has taken to the open road to escape his past.
Ellis
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.
Towards Zero
2025 · 1 season · BBC
England, 1936. After a scandalous celebrity divorce, tennis star Nevile Strange and his ex-wife Audrey make the surprising decision to spend a summer together at Gull’s Point, the clifftop home of Nevile’s formidable aunt, Lady Tressilian, alongside his new wife Kay.
Bergerac (2025)
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.
The Good Ship Murder
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.
Van der Valk (1972)
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.
Campion
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.