British police/detective dramas

[BigFin]

This is a too underrated genre

Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) series
Sherlock
Luther
Inspector Morse, Lewis, Endeavour
Life On Mars

 

[Hank Kingsley]

This is a too underrated genre

Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) series
Sherlock
Luther
Inspector Morse, Lewis, Endeavour
Life On Mars

All good stuff.

Love the music on Life on Mars.

I'm currently watching Ashes to Ashes which is a follow up to Life on Mars with a female cop basically suffering the same fate but a decade later. She's a bit of a looker...

And the wife and I are watching Grace. Stars John Simm who was Sam in Life on Mars.

 

[StuUKWI]

One that's a little different is Jonathan Creek. He designs magic tricks for an illusionist and solves crime with a journalist. On Amazon Primer/Britbox.

 

[calsnowskier]

This is a too underrated genre

Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) series
Sherlock
Luther
Inspector Morse, Lewis, Endeavour
Life On Mars

I only watched the US attempt at a reboot of Life on Mars, and it didn’t do much for me. Is the original good? Where can I find it streaming?

 

[BigFin]

I only watched the US attempt at a reboot of Life on Mars, and it didn’t do much for me. Is the original good? Where can I find it streaming?

I have BritBox added on with Prime

 

[Hank Kingsley]

I only watched the US attempt at a reboot of Life on Mars, and it didn’t do much for me. Is the original good? Where can I find it streaming?

I shudder to think what the soundtrack music was in the US reboot. In the Brit version the soundtrack is half the show. Ditto with Ashes to Ashes.

The Jean Genie says get the Quattro and they go racing off to the Clash and I Fought The Law. Hard to hate that.

 

[BigFin]

I shudder to think what the soundtrack music was in the US reboot. In the Brit version the soundtrack is half the show. Ditto with Ashes to Ashes.

The Jean Genie says get the Quattro and they go racing off to the Clash and I Fought The Law. Hard to hate that.

Gene Hunt is hysterical

 

[Hank Kingsley]

Gene Hunt is hysterical

He is a great character in both series.

I saw him on Top Gear as well and he was a great guest in a reasonably priced car...

 

[BigFin]

I haven’t seen Ashes To Ashes but apparently it removes the ambiguity from the Life On Mars ending

 

[Hank Kingsley]

If you liked life on Mars, you’ll like ashes to ashes.

Everything is just 10 years newer.

 

[Debbie Does]

The original Avengers with Patrick McNee and Diana Rigg.

 

[Hank Kingsley]

The Sweeney. John Thaw as Inspector Reagan.

 

[BigFin]

Happy Valley
Broadchurch
Line Of Duty

Martin Freeman has a newer one called The Responder

Bodyguard on Netflix was a great short series.

 

[BigFin]

The Sweeney. John Thaw as Inspector Reagan.

Thaw was 45 at the beginning of Inspector Morse. He looked almost 60.

 

[QuestionSocratic]

Shetland
Bloodlands
Wallander (Keneth Branagh set in Sweden but was a BBC production)
Van der Walk (set in The Netherlands but again a BBC production)
Broadchurch
The Tunnel
Foyle's War

 

[BigFin]

I’ve heard good things about The Tower.

 

[Hank Kingsley]

Prime Suspect (Helen Mirren)

Cracker (Robbie Coltrane)