UK & Ireland Crime Shows
A comprehensive list of all UK & Irish crime shows I've seen, or will potentially see, typically shown on BBC, ITV and Sky.
Excluded: comedy, fantasy, spies, etc.
Also noted: Location & any actors I'm particularly interested in seeing.
See Also:
UK - Detective Knocking About
US - Detective Knocking About
Excluded: comedy, fantasy, spies, etc.
Also noted: Location & any actors I'm particularly interested in seeing.
See Also:
UK - Detective Knocking About
US - Detective Knocking About
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- CreatorHans RosenfeldtNicola LarderStarsAnna FrielRay PanthakiJack DoolanMarcella Backland left the Metropolitan Police for the sake of her family, only to have her husband leave her. She returns to her job on the murder squad, investigating a case that seems disturbingly familiar to her.Location: London, England & Lisburn, Northern Ireland
Featuring: Anna Friel - CreatorNeil CrossStarsIdris ElbaDermot CrowleyMichael SmileyJohn Luther is a brilliant homicide detective with a knack for getting inside the minds of murderers. Unfortunately, his unconventional methods and personal demons put him at odds with his team.Location: London, England
Featuring: Idris Elba - StarsStephen DillaneClémence PoésyCédric VieiraA prominent French politician is found dead on the border between the U.K. and France, and two agents must work together on behalf of their respective countries to find the murderer.
- CreatorChris LangStarsSanjeev BhaskarJordan LongCarolina MainLondon detectives investigate crimes from the past, unravelling secrets left buried for years.Location: London, England
Featuring: Nicola Walker - CreatorPeter McKennaStarsSimone KirbyWouter HendrickxCathy BeltonA year on there is a new boss and old enemies. Criminal Asset Bureau's Claire Wallace finds herself at odds with CTU's Christian De Jong when CAB is drawn back to the Antwerp investigation. A familiar face returns but can she be trusted?Location: Limerick, Ireland
- CreatorSimon DonaldStarsRichard DormerBjörn Hlynur HaraldssonSienna GuilloryPerched on the edge of the Arctic Circle, Fortitude is one of the safest towns on earth. There has never been a violent crime here. Until now.Location: Svalbard, Norway
Featuring: Sofie Gråbøl - StarsNiamh AlgarEddie MarsanHarry TreadawayFollows the true story of a controversial honeytrap at the heart of the 1992 police investigation into the murder of a young mother in London.Location: London, England
Featuring: Niamh Algar, Eddie Marsan - StarsTim RothNico MirallegroSamantha MortonA three-part drama about serial killer John Christie and the murders at 10 Rillington Place in the 1940s and early 1950s.Location: London, England
Featuring: Tim Roth, Samantha Morton, Jodie Comer - StarsTom BurkeHolliday GraingerKerr LoganWar veteran turned private detective Cormoran Strike solves brutal murders with the help of his trusted partner Robin Ellacott.Location: London, England
Featuring: Holliday Grainger - CreatorBen ChananStarsHolliday GraingerBen MilesLia WilliamsWhen a British soldier is charged with a crime, the tenacious young detective handling his case begins to uncover a conspiracy.Location: London, England
Featuring: Holliday Grainger - StarsLaura FraserMichael NardoneJennifer SpenceWhile attending an online forensic course, young lab assistant discovers that the fictitious case study has a link to her past. With the help of two female professors she works on bringing a killer to justice.Location: Dundee, Scotland
Featuring: Laura Fraser - CreatorTom EdgeStarsSuranne JonesRose LeslieGary LewisThe mysterious disappearance of a Scottish fishing trawler and a death onboard a Trident nuclear submarine bring the police into conflict with the Navy and British security services.Location: Submarine & Naval Base, Scotland
Featuring: Anjli Mohindra - CreatorBen CourtCaroline IpStarsRupert Penry-JonesPhil DavisSteve PembertonA fast-tracked inspector, a hardened detective sergeant, and an expert in historical homicides investigate modern crimes with connections to the past in the Whitechapel district of London.Location: London, England
- CreatorRichard WarlowStarsMatthew MacfadyenAdam RothenbergMyAnna BuringThe streets of Whitechapel are the haunt of Detective Inspector Edmund Reid and his team of officers, who aim to maintain law and order in a place once terrorized by Jack the Ripper.Location: London, England
- CreatorNick WalkerStarsNicola WalkerJamie SivesKatie LeungWitty, enigmatic DI Annika Strandhed heads up the Marine Homicide Unit, tasked with solving murders in and around the Scottish waters.Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Featuring: Nicola Walker - StarsCarey MulliganNathaniel Martello-WhiteHayley SquiresInvestigating the murder of a pizza delivery man, a London detective uncovers a tangled conspiracy involving drug dealers, smugglers and spies.Location: London, England
Featuring: Nicola Walker, Carey Mulligan - StarsLauren LyleBarrie HunterAriyon BakareAfter the promotion to Police Scotland's Historic Cases Unit, Karen Pirie reopens the cold case of a murdered barmaid. Her investigation unearths flaws in the original 1995 inquiry.Location: St. Andrews, Scotland
- CreatorAbi MorganStarsStellan SkarsgårdNicola WalkerAdeel AkhtarJohn River is a brilliant police inspector whose genius lies side-by-side with the fragility of his mind. He is a man haunted by the murder victims whose cases he must lay to rest.Featuring: Nicola Walker
- CreatorJed MercurioStarsRichard MaddenSophie RundleVincent FranklinTroubled war veteran turned Police Officer David Budd is assigned to the Metropolitan Police's Specialist Protection Branch.Location: London, England
Featuring: Sophie Rundle, Anjli Mohindra - CreatorAllan CubittStarsGillian AndersonJamie DornanJohn LynchA seemingly cold but very passionate policewoman goes head to head with a seemingly passionate father who is in fact a cold serial killer in this procedural out of Belfast. The only thing they share is their common complexity.Featuring: Gillian Anderson
- CreatorSally WainwrightStarsSarah LancashireSiobhan FinneranJames NortonYorkshire-based crime drama centering on the personal and professional life of Police Sergeant Catherine Cawood.Location: Calder Valley, England
- StarsJim McMeekinLaura FraserSiobhan FinneranThe search for a serial killer becomes a matter of life and death for detective Annie Redford, who is trying to cope with her first murder case.Location: Loch Ness, Scotland
Featuring: Laura Fraser - CreatorDaragh CarvilleRichard ClarkStarsDaniel RyanErin ShanagherAndrew DowbigginPolice in the Morecambe Bay area in Lancashire investigate missing persons and suspicious deaths.Location: Morecambe bay, England
- StarsAlison O'DonnellSteven RobertsonLewis HowdenA local police team investigate crimes within the close knit island community of Shetland.Location: Shetland Isles, Scotland
- CreatorChris ChibnallStarsDavid TennantOlivia ColmanJodie WhittakerThe murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.Featuring: Olivia Colman, Jodie Whittaker