The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

TV Series · 7.3 / 10 · 8 Apr 2002 · English

DS Barbara Havers is assigned to work with the upper-crust DI Thomas Lynley to solve murders.

Baretta

TV Series · 6.5 / 10 · 17 Jan 1975 · English

Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a milder version of a successful 1973–74 ABC series, Toma, starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New Jersey police officer David Toma. While popular, Toma received intense criticism at the time for its realistic and frequent depiction of police and criminal violence. When Musante left the series after a single season, the concept was retooled as Baretta, with Robert Blake in the title role.

Perry Mason

TV Series · 7.7 / 10 · 21 Sept 1957 · English

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.

Agatha Christie's Poirot

TV Series · 8.2 / 10 · 8 Jan 1989 · English

From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.

Castle

TV Series · 8.0 / 10 · 9 Mar 2009 · English

After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.

Dalziel and Pascoe

TV Series · 6.4 / 10 · 16 Mar 1996 · English

In the fictional Yorkshire town of Wetherton, the unlikely duo of politically incorrect elephant-in-a-China-shop-copper DS Andrew Dalziel (pronounced Dee-ell) and his more sensitive and university educated sidekick DS, later DI, Peter Pascoe is always on hand to solve the classic murder mystery, while maintaining down-to-Earth wit and humour.

Agatha Christie's Marple

TV Series · 7.8 / 10 · 12 Dec 2004 · English

The adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and relatives in other villages, Miss Marple often stumbles upon mysterious murders which she helps solve. Although the police are sometimes reluctant to accept Miss Marple's help, her reputation and unparalleled powers of observation eventually win them over.

Homicide: Life on the Street

TV Series · 8.1 / 10 · 31 Jan 1993 · English

An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.

Ironside

TV Series · 6.9 / 10 · 28 Mar 1967 · English

When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to the police department. Detective Sergeant Ed Brown and policewoman Eve Whitfield join with him to crack varied and fascinating cases. Ex-con Mark Sanger is employed by the chief as home help but eventually becomes a fully fledged member of the team also. Officer Whitfield leaves after 4 years service, and is replaced by Officer Fran Belding.

Hill Street Blues

TV Series · 7.6 / 10 · 15 Jan 1981 · English

A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.

Crime Story

TV Series · 8.0 / 10 · 19 Sept 1986 · English

The hard-boiled saga of hair-trigger cop Lieutenant Mike Torello and his obsessive pursuit of ruthless gangster Ray Luca.

Rebus

TV Series · 6.9 / 10 · 26 Apr 2000 · English

Detective series set in and around Edinburgh, Scotland. Inspector John Rebus, whose methods earn him the wrath of his superiors, does not hesitate to circumvent the law to enforce it.