Favourite TV detective?

Rowan Atkinson as Maigret
Joan Hickson as Miss Marple
Shaun Evans
David Suchet
Brenda Blethyn
Neil Dudgeon (John Nettles is wooden)

From the top of my head Vera ('Now that just isn't true is it pet') or Columbo ('Just one more thing').

I liked ( well fancied) Shoestring.

Ooooh my favourite relaxation - watching Detective Films!

Recently I was very impressed with Rowan Atkinson's Maigret. He was sensitive, aloof, deeply in love with his beautiful wife (Lucuy Cohu) and the series filled me with the atmosphere of the time and place.
I am a loyal fan of Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox in "Lewis" but must admit the real star is the music by Barrington Pheloung! I adore his music!
I will always see Joan Hickson as the real Miss Marple
Vera is always good and Brenda Blethyn is superb,
but possibly my favourite Detective is Ken Stott as "Rebus".

Parklife1. I hadn't read your post before I posted mine! Honestly!! So glad you like Joan Hickson! I used to watch the series with my daughters when they were in their teens. The stories were much darker than the silly frivolous moments we had with Geraldine McEwan. I used to tell the children "When I grow up I am going to be Miss Marple!" I was already getting into my 40s...

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Loved her.

Joanna Scanlan - No offence
Martin Compston and Vicky McClure - Line of Duty

Endeavour/Morse for me every time.

Inspector Montablano (hope the spellings right)

George gently
Rebus
And a really old black and white one called Gideon that i discovered on some strange freeview channel havent a clue who the actor is

I liked Alan Davies in Jonathan Creek, although he wasn't a police employee, he was very good at solving murder mysteries. Wasn't so fond of it once Caroline Quenton left.

I also like Morse, Endeavour, and liked the relationship of the quirky Broadchurch detectives.

I do like Hastings too, in Line of Duty.

Oh yes, Joanna Scanlon was excellent in No Offence, Wiltshiregrams

Shaun Evans as Endeavour, plus the lovely Roger Alam is Inspector Thursday.
Laure Berthoud, Tin tin and Gilou in Spiral (Engrenages).
Ioan Griffiths as Daniel Harrow in the Australian TV series.

I am addicted to Killing Eve, so its Eve for me.
But I loved Robbie Coltrane in Cracker (I'm aware he was a psychologist in that).
Vera is good too ?

I used to like Quincy, although he wasn't a proper detective.

Morse: Endeavor:Vera : Foyle’s War: Joan Hickson Miss Marple: Dougie Henshall: Montebalno : Lewis.
Also loved all the Law & Order series

Lots of you have mentioned Montalbano but I can only find it with sub titles - is that correct? Don’t think sub titles are for me...shame as I got all excited thinking there was a good series I hadn’t seen!

Loved Mark McManus as Taggart too, and Frost, & Miss Marple ( Joan Hickson is the only good Miss M, totally irreplaceable)

Wallander and Jim Rockford.

Peter Davison as Campion. Grantchester
Spiral
Wallender

Taggart, closely followed by Montalbano.
Vera

Adrian Monk - the defective detective. A very funny programme.
And I love Columbo.

So many recent ones: Hastings, Vera and Luther. Past ones: Shoestring and Cracker

and Jimmy Perez - YES.

I’d forgotten about Peter Davidson in The last Detective, that was a good series - I liked his friend Mog too.
There are loads I enjoy. I love Morse, I think he’s my favourite, and also Endeavour and Lewis - and the lovely Hathaway, I was hoping they might keep him in his own series. Vera is great too. She’s like a soft old granny and lulls in the suspects, then WHAM she has them in her jaws!