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Broadchurch

2013

The murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.

Line of Duty

2012

A drama about the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anticorruption unit.

Traces

2019

While attending an online forensic course, young lab assistant discovers that the fictitious case study has a link to her past. With a help of two female professors she works on bringing a killer to justice.

The Cry

2018

The disappearance of a baby from a small coastal town in Australia is the catalyst for a journey into the disintegrating psychology of a young couple as they deal with an unthinkable tragedy under both the white light of public scrutiny and behind closed doors.

Unforgotten

2015

Dedicated detectives work tirelessly to unravel long-held secrets.

Bloodlands (2021)

2021

Northern Irish police detective DCI Tom Brannick connects a kidnapping with an infamous cold case with enormous personal significance. 20 years on, a cold case awakens with an assassin on the loose—and chilling connections to DCI Brannick's own past.

The Bay (2019)

2019

Set in the coastal town of Morecambe, Lisa Armstrong, a family liaison officer, takes on a missing persons case after a pair of teenage twins disappear — only to discover that she has a personal connection to the family, which may just jeopardise the case and her career…

Paranoid

2016

The murder of a female GP in a rural playground in front of numerous witnesses draws a group of detectives into an ever-darkening mystery that takes them across Europe, aided by mysterious notes sent by the "Ghost Detective".

The Five

2016

A mystery series created by author Harlan Coben. Jesse, a five year old boy goes missing, 20 years later his DNA shows up at a crime scene.

Des

2020

Chilling true crime drama about serial killer Dennis Nilsen. Despite Des confessing to multiple murders, the case is anything but straightforward.

Marcella

2016

Former detective Marcella Backland is devastated when her husband leaves her and their two children. He is a legal adviser to DTG construction, property developers, effectively controlled by the Gibson family. When she is visited by a senior detective on the murder squad for information regarding an unsolved serial killer 11 years previously who seems to have become active again, Marcella returns to the murder squad. She enters a world of on-line dating, prostitution, and dubious dealings of her husband's employers while trying to save her marriage.

Happy Valley

2014

Happy Valley is a dark, funny, multi-layered thriller revolving around the personal and professional life of Catherine Cawood, a dedicated, experienced, hard-working copper. She is also a bereaved mother who looks after her orphaned grandchild.

Strike

2017

Cormoran Strike, a war veteran turned private detective operating out of a tiny office in London’s Denmark Street, is wounded both physically and psychologically. His unique insight and his background as an SIB Investigator prove crucial in solving three complex cases, which have eluded the police.

Defending Jacob

2020

The series follows Massachusetts lawyer Andy Barber in the aftermath of his 14-year-old son, Jacob, being accused of murder. The allegations have a major impact on Andy’s family, and he must reevaluate what he thinks he knows about his child.

The Stranger (2020)

2020

Follows the lives of suburban families whose secrets and lies are made public by the appearance of a stranger.

The Capture

2019

Can you really believe what you see? An ambitious young DCI enters the terrifying world of deepfake technology as the fabric of reality starts to fray.

The Sinner

2017

In a small New York town, a haunted detective hunts for answers about perplexing crimes while wrestling with his own demons.

Killing Eve

2018

Two women — equally obsessed with each other — go head to head in an epic game of cat and mouse.

Liar

2017

The initial attraction between Laura Neilson and Andrew Earlham leads to a date that has far-reaching consequences on the couple and their friends and families, as secrets and lies are revealed.

Deadwater Fell

2020

A house fire devastates a close-knit community, after a seemingly happy family die in the blaze.

A Confession

2019

A Confession tells the story of how Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher deliberately breached police procedure and protocol to catch a killer, a decision that ultimately cost him his career and reputation.

Bodyguard (2018)

2018

A troubled war veteran is assigned to protect a controversial politician who may be the target of a terror plot.

Collateral

2018

Set over the course of four days, this four-part drama explores the spiraling repercussions surrounding the fatal shooting of a pizza delivery man. Refusing to accept this is a random act of senseless violence, tough and single-minded Detective Inspector Kip Glaspie is determined to discover if there is a darker truth. Politician David Mars becomes instantly embroiled in the drama through his turbulent relationship with his troubled and unpredictable ex Karen. While Jane Oliver, a compassionate vicar, struggles to conceal her affair with the only witness to the crime. Hare’s electrifying writing acts as a moving spotlight, asking crucial questions about the state of modern Britain.

Doctor Foster

2015

Gemma appears to have it all - the job, the husband, the family. But can you ever really know someone, including yourself?

Greyzone

2018

Serien handler om Victoria Rahbek, der arbejder som softwareingeniør, og som sammen med sin søn, Oskar, bliver taget som gidsler af en terrorgruppe, der samtidig planlægger et terrorangreb i Skandinavien.

Unbelievable

2019

Three years after a teenager is accused of lying about being raped, two female detectives from Colorado follow evidence of a similar case, that could reveal the truth.

The Night Of

2016

After a mind-altering night of drugs and passion, Naz finds himself in the cross-hairs of a very life changing situation.

The Missing

2014

What happens in the days and years after a child's disappearance? A tense drama about never giving up hope - even when it becomes an obsession.

The Undoing

2020

Grace Fraser is living the only life she ever wanted for herself. She’s a successful therapist, has a devoted husband and young son who attends an elite private school in New York City. Overnight a chasm opens in her life: a violent death, a missing husband, and, in the place of a man Grace thought she knew, only a chain of terrible revelations. Left behind in the wake of a spreading and very public disaster and horrified by the ways in which she has failed to heed her own advice, Grace must dismantle one life and create another for her child and herself.

The Fall

2013

Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson is brought in from the London Metropolitan Police to help catch the killer when a murder in Belfast remains unsolved. As Gibson travels across from London, we are introduced to the murderer himself; Paul Spector.

The Night Manager

2016

Former British soldier Jonathan Pine navigates the shadowy recesses of Whitehall and Washington where an unholy alliance operates between the intelligence community and the secret arms trade. To infiltrate the inner circle of lethal arms dealer Richard Onslow Roper, Pine must himself become a criminal.

Vigil

2021

The mysterious disappearance of a Scottish fishing trawler and a death on-board a Trident nuclear submarine bring the police into conflict with the Navy and British security services. DCI Amy Silva leads an investigation on land and at sea into a conspiracy that threatens the very heart of Britain's nuclear deterrent.

Baptiste

2019

Julien Baptiste delves into the criminal underworld of the red light district and uncovers a complex web of deceit and lies.

Manhunt (2019)

2019

Factual based drama looking at the work of Colin Sutton, who was a Senior Investigating Officer on some of the Metropolitan Police's most high profile cases.

Before We Die (UK)

2021

Hannah Laing is a senior Police detective who is forced to make a terrible decision as her son Christian goes off the rails. With their relationship seemingly beyond repair, Hannah gets a chance at redemption when Christian becomes caught up in the investigation into the brutal murder of one of Hannah’s colleagues and their paths cross again in unexpected circumstances.

The Pact (2021)

2021

When a young brewery boss is found dead, a chain of events is triggered that draws four of his employees into a fragile pact of silence that will change their lives forever.

Too Close

2021

A forensic psychiatrist, Dr Emma Robinson, is assigned to work with Connie, a woman accused of a terrible crime who claims she can't remember anything.

The Loch

2017

In a community nourished and sustained by myth and bordered by untamed nature, the search for a serial killer becomes a matter of life and death for local detective Annie Redford, who is trying to cope with her first murder case. When the body of local man Niall Swift is found at the foot of Carn Mohr Mountain and an isolated human heart on the loch shore, the town’s normality is shattered and the nightmare begins. Chillingly, the beautiful scenery, undulating Highlands and vast, expansive loch becomes a character in its own right, adding a haunting depth to the community’s plight.

Mare of Easttown

2021

A detective in a small Pennsylvania town investigates a local murder while trying to keep her life from falling apart.

The Pembrokeshire Murders

2021

Two unsolved double murders from the 1980s cast a shadow over the work of the Dyfed Powys police force. In 2006, newly promoted Detective Superintendent Steve Wilkins decided to reopen both cases. Employing pioneering forensic methods, Wilkins and his hand-picked team found microscopic DNA and fibres that potentially linked the murders to a string of burglaries committed in the 1980s and 1990s.

In The Dark

2017

As DI Helen Weeks grapples apprehensively with pregnancy, she’s compelled to return to her loathed rural home town of Polesford, Derbyshire with her partner and fellow detective Paul. Two girls have been abducted and the man arrested is married to Helen’s childhood best friend, Linda Bates. As a result, Linda has been drawn into the centre of a media storm and the local police force is under enormous pressure to get their man. But is he guilty? And why is Helen so desperate to come to Linda’s aid, after avoiding Polesford for all these years?

Grace (2021)

2021

John Simm stars as a troubled detective in this thrilling drama, which follows the unconventional Grace as he gets drawn into the case of a missing property developer.

Innocent (2018)

2018

After seven years in jail, David Collins is finally acquitted of the murder of his wife and he vows to bring the real killer to justice.

Cheat (2019)

2019

Centered around a dangerous relationship between university professor Leah and her student, Rose. After a series of events take place, things escalate between the two leading to fatal consequences.

Deceit (2021)

2021

Gripping four-part drama, starring Niamh Algar, based on the true story of a controversial honeytrap at the heart of the 1992 police investigation into the murder of a young mother in London.

Smother

2021

When Val Ahern’s husband Denis is found dead at a foot of a cliff close to their home the morning after a family party, she begins to interrogate his relationships with his family – and begins to uncover an intricate web of lies.