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Harry Wild

United States2022 · 4 seasons · Channel 4, U

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.

Van der Valk

Netherlands2020 · 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.

The Chelsea Detective

United Kingdom2022 · 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.

Van der Valk (1972)

United Kingdom1972 · 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.

Granite Harbour

United Kingdom2022 · 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.

Benidorm Is Murder

United Kingdom2026 · 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.