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Crime drama by Sally Wainwright, with Sarah Lancashire as a police sergeant in the Yorkshire valleys battling her own demons when she becomes involved in the hunt for a kidnapped girl.

Happy Valley

Drama bringing iconic detective Sherlock Holmes firmly into the 21st century. Benedict Cumberbatch plays the astute detective, with Martin Freeman as his companion Dr Watson. 

Sherlock

Crime thriller with Adrian Dunbar, Martin Compston and Vicky McClure about a police anti-corruption unit led by Superintendent Ted Hastings. Each series follows one multi-stranded inquiry.

Line of Duty

Two hard-up strangers stumble across a haul of cocaine on a shipwrecked boat. After agreeing to sell it and split the cash, they become entangled with police, masked hitmen and a sharp-suited gangster known as 'The Tailor'.

Boat Story

Nigel McCrery's long-running crime drama delves into the murky world of forensic pathology, following the efforts of officers to solve a series of puzzling crimes.

Silent Witness

Crime drama following a detective investigating a death on a nuclear submarine - while the vessel remains on active duty. Starring Suranne Jones and Rose Leslie.

Vigil

Crime thriller based on Mo Hayder's novels about DI Jack Caffery, starring Ukweli Roach and Juliet Stevenson.

Wolf

Rural Scottish drama roughly based on Compton McKenzie's Highland novels. It stars Alastair Mackenzie as Archie MacDonald, a budding restaurateur in London. 

Monarch of the Glen

Crime drama inspired by the true story of the 1983 Brink's-Mat gold robbery, following both the police investigation and some of the criminals involved. Starring Hugh Bonneville

The Gold

An inspirational teacher is courted by a student, triggering a complex criminal case. A sinister real-life story starring Timothy Spall and Anne Reid.

The Sixth Commandment

A couple are driven apart over the decision whether to stop care for their daughter's deteriorating health in a poignant drama starring Sharon Horgan and Michael Sheen.

Best Interests

Psychological crime drama starring Idris Elba as DCI John Luther, who doesn't always stick to the letter of the law as he employs his maverick skills to hunt down twisted killers.

Luther

Epic fantasy adventure based on Phillip Pullman's acclaimed novels, with Dafne Keen as heroic protagonist Lyra.

His Dark Materials

Dory's college acquaintance Chantal goes missing and she makes it her personal mission to find her in a black comedy starring Alia Shawkat.

Search Party

Student Pip Fitz-Amobi investigates a five-year-old murder-suicide case and gets more than she bargained for. Crime drama, starring Emma Myers, Zain Iqbal and Asha Banks

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

Max Liebermann, a medical student and protegé of Sigmund Freud, helps Detective Rheinhardt in the investigation of a series of disturbing murders around 1900s Vienna.

Vienna Blood

Jonathan Harden, Sian Brooke and Katherine Devlin star in a procedural drama following three new recruits to Belfast's police force.

Blue Lights

Psychological thriller with Gillian Anderson. When a London-based female detective works on a murder case in Belfast, she becomes convinced there is a serial killer on the loose.

The Fall

Shane Meadows's first period drama, about a little-known 18th Century criminal mastermind. The cast includes established and first-time actors.

The Gallows Pole

Revival of the US drama centring on a new generation of teenagers at a New York private school whose lives are dominated by social media. Starring Blake Lively and Leighton Meester

Gossip Girl

Editor Susan Ryeland gets drawn into a web of intrigue and murder when she receives Alan Conway's unfinished manuscript of an Atticus Pünd mystery.

Magpie Murders

Five talented black teenagers receive scholarships to a prestigious boarding school only to discover they're only there to improve the school's image after a problematic scandal. Comedy series starring Derek Riddell and Harry Gilby

Boarders

Comedy drama, starring Stephen Merchant, Rhianne Barreto, Darren Boyd and Gamba Cole

The Outlaws

When a murder occurs in an ex-mining town, DCS Ian St Clair is called to investigate. Drama starring David Morrissey.

Sherwood

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