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.
Vibe: Rural Setting
Countryside, villages, farms
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.
Father Brown (2013 onwards)
Set in the fictional Cotswold village of Kembleford in the early 1950s, Father Brown follows a slightly rumpled, mild-mannered Catholic priest whose apparent innocence and unassuming manner belie a razor-sharp intellect and profound understanding of human nature.
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.
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.
Hamish Macbeth
In the breathtakingly beautiful Highland village of Lochdubh, laid-back Police Constable Hamish Macbeth patrols the streets with his West Highland Terrier, Wee Jock, solving crimes while determinedly avoiding promotion or transfer out of his ideal posting. With mystical elements including ghostly visions and clairvoyant premonitions, this charming Scottish mystery series blends quirky comedy, romantic entanglements, and community-focused policing in equal measure.
Murder in Provence
Among the sun-drenched hills of southern France, Antoine Verlaque and his spontaneous romantic partner Marine Bonnet solve crimes in the beautiful town of Aix-en-Provence.
Magpie Murders
When book editor Susan Ryeland receives the unfinished manuscript of bestselling author Alan Conway’s latest Atticus Pünd mystery, she discovers the final chapter is missing and Conway is dead. As Susan searches for the missing pages, she realises that Conway’s 1950s whodunit contains thinly veiled caricatures of real people in his life, and that his apparent suicide may actually be murder.
Midsomer Murders
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.
Sister Boniface Mysteries
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.