British Crime Drama

There are so many but I can't bring many to mind. I loved Happy Valley, although rather violent.

Did you watch Shetland Annie that's rather good.

Cheat was great.

Lewis?
There is one on ITV called The Bay but I haven't watched it.

Scott & Bailey and Unforgotten are two of my personal favourites. There's also DCI Banks, The Bodyguard, Save Me, Marcella and The Fall. George Gently, Grantchester and Father Brown for some old-fashioned sleuthing. Maigret set in France but British-made starring Rowan Atkinson.

Thank you, I have downloaded ‘Shetland’, ‘Cheat’ , I did enjoy Happy Valley and the others named here. am recording ‘The Bay’, too impatient to wait a week for each episode, like to record a series then watch .

SKY is sooo America!

Yes Sky is very American. Mind you we have recently started watching The Sopranos which is old and which I never fancied. We are hooked. It's brilliant.

Really Katy ? I should stop being sooo anti American programmes . I did enjoy The Waltons ?

Katy K. Try Breaking Bad and Peaky Blinders

Oh yes The Walton's Annie .

Pat I've seen Peaky Blinders. DH watched Breaking Bad as did most of my family. He has bought T-shirts with slogans from it on them. I haven't seen it but am going to watch it when we've exhausted The Sopranos. Apparently it was voted the best American series ever made.

It’s hard to choose between all three of them. I love gritty dramas. I can tolerate foul language because I’m sure it’s realistic.

No Offence was very good. We needed the subtitles though, because the wisecracks came thick and fast.

Lots of bad language and violence in The Sopranos. The men are thugs but strangely I don't want anything bad to happen to them!

I became very fond of Tony Soprano, despite everything.

Ripper Street and that other series with the bearded creepy chap, a Victorian crime series of plays.

you could always go right back to Taggart ,I love the old episodes where theres not too much blood and guts ,but I'll watch almost any crime drama,When I was a young teen I worked my way through every Agatha Christie in a few months ,I love David Suchets Poirot and there have been some C films on in the afternoons recently

I'm fond of him too pat . He's a troubled soul.

I want to rewatch the Sopranos sometime.Our daughter kept telling us we should watch it ,and initially I wasn't sure but it was brilliant,on so may levels.Not British I know.
DH and I have also really enjoyed the scandi crime series such as Wallander,the Bridge and The Killing.I quite like the subtitles as it makes me really concentrate.Trapped set in Iceland is also very good.
DH all watch any Poirot,Miss Marple ,Morse or Lewis over and again.

that other series with the bearded creepy chap

Was that Whitechapel? I was bereft when they cancelled it. I can’t remember a creepy chap though, just a very handsome detective....

The Australian one with Craig McLachlan is good,Doctor Blake I think its called set in the 50's

I prefer watching real-life documentaries on Crime. I'm wired wrong I guess.

Can’t find several of these programmes on Catch Up.

Would I find them on Netflix or is it as American as SKY?

At the moment we've got The Victim on BBC and The Widow on ITV. Both worth watching. And I'm enjoying The Bay.
But the absolute best is LIne of Duty.