British And European Police Dramas! My Recommendations!
I love British television. I find it better produced than the available options on America TV. With that said, Comedy is my favorite, then science fiction, and the supernatural shows. I do not like drama, after all, drama is what we live through every day! But I ran out of shows, and started to accept recommendations for police and crime dramas from my on-line British groups. I am going to work my way through a long list, some of which are shows with more than 10 seasons, and I am going to share my favorite with you here!
PS, I love recommendations from folks who can pass along shows that they think are great!
The following shows receive my highest recommendation. They are all terrific!
George Gently– (Acorn) The show is set in the 60’s, but was filmed in the 2000’s. Besides the interesting historical perspective, George is a cop who likes to see justice down. I love this show.
Bodyguard – (Netflix) The handsome Richard Madden (Cinderella, etc.) is terrific in this, and Keeley Hawkes from the Durrells is also very good in this gripping government/police vs. terrorism drama set in London.
Sherlock – (HBOMax) – Benedict Cumberbatch is amazing.
Lupin. Two seasons on Netflix. Fantastic
Pine Gap – Australian spy drama. Very enjoyable.
Doctor Foster – not a police drama, but excellent family drama!
No Offence – Police drama, I was hooked within minutes through all three seasons!
Stay Close – (Netlfix) – one season, gripping and enjoyable crime drama!
New Tricks – (BritBox) – a currrently employed Detective forms a team with three retired detectives and they solve old crimes. Well done!
Senora Volpe – (Acorn) Emilia Fox is good, the series is very short so far, and great tv watching. Plus, it’s in Italy!
Line of Duty – (BritBox) one case covered over each season. Excellent television show, and exhausting, hard not to binge entire seasons!
Cozy Mysteries!
-There is an additional genre of crime/police dramas that I consider less serious, and all with a certain amount of comedy. They are highly entertaining, and when the heavy drama gets to be too much, I fall back on these extremely pleasant and entertaining shows!
Agatha Raisin (Acorn) – murders weekly in the Cotswold! Funny and entertaining, season four is here!
The Madame Blanc Mysteries (Acorn) – You know her from Mt. Pleasant, you know him from Benidorm, and guess who is from Mrs. Brown’s Boys! I totally enjoyed this show.
Death in Paradise – (BritBox) – One murder per episode. The writing must be good, as I really feel for all the characters. And so many Brits appear throughout the 10 seasons!
Shakespeare & Hathaway (BritBox) – Charming PI’s, solving one mystery per episode. Easy to binge and enjoy! She was the Principal in Ackley Bridge.
Since I do not have enough for its own post, I am going to post miscellaneous drama recommendations here:
Good Kharma Hospital – (Amazon Prime) – great hospital drama, showcases India. Binge-worthy!
British And European Police Dramas, there are at least 12 shows in my police/crime/drama queue. I will add to this post as I start to view them all! Please leave a comment if you have any that you absolutely loved! I will report back!
Luther is really good too!
You left out VERA! My fave!