City-based, metropolitan
Sherlock reimagines Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's detective for 21st-century London, following the brilliant, emotionally detached consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and army veteran Dr John Watson as they form an unlikely, unbreakable partnership solving baffling crimes for the Metropolitan Police.
Set in the fictional Arconia, an opulent Upper West Side apartment building in New York City, Only Murders in the Building follows three strangers—washed-up actor Charles-Haden Savage, flamboyant theatre director Oliver Putnam, and mysterious young resident Mabel Mora—who bond over a shared obsession with true crime podcasts, only to find themselves investigating an actual murder within their own building.
Set primarily in Los Angeles, Columbo follows Lieutenant Columbo, a rumpled, cigar-chomping LAPD homicide detective whose shambling, absent-minded manner disguises a razor-sharp analytical mind.
Endeavour follows the early career of the young Detective Constable Endeavour Morse as he solves complex cases in 1960s and 1970s Oxford.
Set in 1870s Oxford, Young Sherlock follows a disgraced 19-year-old Sherlock Holmes—raw, unfiltered, and lacking discipline—as he finds himself embroiled in a murder investigation that threatens his liberty.
Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis, plus a large cast of notable actors.
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.
Set in Toronto at the turn of the 20th century, Murdoch Mysteries follows Detective William Murdoch, a brilliant police detective who solves crimes using forensic techniques and inventions considered remarkably advanced for the Victorian and Edwardian eras—from fingerprinting to early lie detection.
Annika follows the sharp, witty and enigmatic DI Annika Strandhed as she heads up a new specialist Marine Homicide Unit (MHU) that is tasked with investigating the unexplained, brutal, and seemingly unfathomable murders that wash up in the waterways of Scotland
Set in Oxford, Lewis follows Detective Inspector Robbie Lewis as he returns to work five years after the death of his mentor, Inspector Morse.
Two detectives, DCI McDonald and DS Dodds, who seemingly have nothing in common, are thrown together and forge a rumbustious friendship and entertaining partnership.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Frank Hathaway, a hardboiled private investigator, and his rookie sidekick Lu Shakespeare form the unlikeliest of partnerships as they investigate the secrets of rural Warwickshire's residents.
War veteran Cormoran Strike operates a struggling private detective agency from a cramped London office, taking on complex cases that have baffled the police, aided by his assistant Robin Ellacott who proves far more capable than her temporary secretary role suggests. As they solve increasingly dangerous cases together, Strike battles his physical and psychological war wounds whilst an unspoken attraction grows between the mismatched pair, complicated by Robin's engagement and Strike's determination to keep their relationship strictly professional.
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.
Set in Slough, Berkshire, Mrs Sidhu Investigates follows the recently widowed Mrs. Sidhu, a high-end caterer with a taste for crime and her own Indian Aunty brand of nosy sleuthing.
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.
A retired English professor discovers she has a knack for solving mysteries, especially when they involve literary references, and teams up with her teenage mugger to form an unlikely detective duo.
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.
