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On her first day on the job, rookie detective Anna Travis throws up at a crime scene and faints at a postmortem. Does she have what it takes to succeed in what's still mostly a man's world?

In this six-episode collection from the popular British crime series, Detective Chief Inspector Janine Lewis commands a team that investigates Manchester's most gruesome murders. But balancing the demands of her intense, often dangerous career with the responsibilities of single motherhood is her toughest challenge. …More

Edinburgh-based private investigator Jackson Brodie (Jason Isaacs, Harry Potter) tracks lost cats, wayward spouses, and killers on the runand does a lot of running himself to escape the memories of his traumatic past. Based on the award-winning novels by Kate Atkinson. Also stars Amanda Abbington, Natasha Little, Phil Davis, and Keith Allen  Seen on Masterpiece Mystery! …More

Fitz is an addicted gambler, a heavy drinker, and a brilliant, if deeply flawed criminal psychologist. Follow Fitz as he investigates an accused commuter train killer with amnesia, a couple who share love and murder, and the killing of a young boy that shakes a community to its core. …More

All three episodes from the first season--"A Clubbable Woman," "An Advancement of Learning," and "An Autumn Shroud"--are included in a two-disc set. 5 3/4 hrs. …More

Set in 1965, this Inspector Morse prequel finds rookie constable Endeavour Morse helping with the investigation into the murder of a 15-year-old girl. …More

Laid-back Constable Hamish Macbeth uses creative tactics to maintain order in a remote Scottish hamlet in this quirky BBC television series' debut season. …More

British crime investigation series based around aristocratic, Oxford-educated Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and his working-class assistant Sergeant Barbara Havers. …More

Inspector Morse and his partner solve mysteries and bring criminals to justice. …More

The complete first season of the TV series Jonthan Creek. …More

Unlike the outspoken cops of American police dramas, Detective Constable "Dangerous" Davies is a gentleman who just so happens to find himself in ungentlemanly situations. In the first season of this British television series, Davies dodges a strange woman's obsessive affections, suspects a woman of killing her husband, and digs up clues with his partner, Mod, to help solve a murder that happened 20 years ago. …More

After a car accident, modern-day police detective Sam Tyler wakes up to find he has been transported to 1973. Is he crazy, in a coma, or back in time? He must solve crimes using low-tech, highly aggressive 1970s methods, butt heads with his boss, and find time for a possible romance with policewoman Annie. …More

The elite team from the clandestine security service, MI-5, tackles organized crime, terrorist activities, anarchists, and more…More

Four television programs based on Caroline Graham's Inspector Barnaby mystery series. …More

Detectives Rosie McManus  and Vivien Friend lead a special crime-fighting unit that utilizes the latest resources available in electronics, forensic science and criminal psychology to solve London's most difficult murder cases. In the first season of this British police series, the Murder Investigation Team investigates the deaths of a wealthy fashion model, a convicted pedophile, a fellow officer and others. …More

Following her mishandling of a recent hostage crisis, Det. Superintendent Sandra Pullman is reassigned as the new head of the Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad, a team of investigators charged with reexamining cold cases. Determined to not allow the reassignment derail her, Pullman sets out to make the UCOS a top-notch unit with the help of semi-retired detectives Jack Halford and Gerry Standing. …More

A young man sees his girlfriend being stabbed but cannot help her; then he cannot help himself. …More

John Hannah stars as Detective Inspector Rebus in these adaptations of the novels by Ian Rankin. D.I. Rebus confronts the underworld and his own personal demons while scouring the streets of Edinburgh investigating a series of deadly crimes. …More

Rosemary Boxer and Laura Thyme, two middle-aged women, make a fresh start by opening a gardening business. Mysteries grow around these two gardening sleuths as they dig up trouble on the job and use investigative skills to get to the bottom of things.…More

Master of the moor: As a boy, Stephen Whalby took to his beloved moor to escape trouble at home. Trouble follows him there as an adult, however, when women's bodies begin turning up among the rocks, heather, and bogs. …More

The Sweeney is the Flying Squad. It is a name derived from Cockney rhyming slang (Sweeney Todd = Flying Squad), used by police and underworld alike to refer to this highly mobile force of top London crime-busters. …More

After a near-death experience, Detective Inspector Dave Creegan joins an elite police unit that investigates the most dangerous evildoers in Britain. …More

The complete first season and pilot episode of the TV series Waking the Dead. …More

The protagonist of this 12-part British drama series was Detective Chief Jack Mowbray, played by Ross Kemp. When his district was invaded by an elusive serial killer, Mowbray was browbeaten by his boss, DCS Henderson (Kenneth Cranham), to catch the murderer yesterday, if not sooner

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