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Categories: Drama: Crime

  1. Monk

    Crime drama about a private police consultant with an obsessive-compulsive disorder

    BBC Two

  2. Dalziel and Pascoe

    Detective drama series about a mismatched cop duo, based on the books by Reginald Hill

    BBC One

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  3. Murder, She Wrote

    Detective drama series following the adventures of Jessica Fletcher

    BBC Two

  4. Falco

    Anton Lesser stars as Roman detective, Falco. Written by Lindsey Davis.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  5. Hustle

    Drama series about a team of con artists.

    BBC One

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  6. Readings to Die For

    Series of readings from James Sallis' crime novels

    BBC Radio 7

  7. Holby Blue

    Drama series about the challenges facing the police officers and CID unit of Holby South

    BBC One

  8. Paul Temple

    The adventures of writer and amateur private detective, Paul Temple

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  9. The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

    Drama series about upper-crust DI Thomas Lynley and working class DS Barbara Havers.

    BBC One

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  10. Nero Wolfe Mysteries

    Drama series about the genius detective and his assistant Archie Goodwin

    BBC Two

  11. Agatha Christie

    Classic stories by the mistress of the whodunit.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  12. Silent Witness

    Drama series about a team of forensic pathologists.

    BBC One

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  13. Jonathan Creek

    Drama series featuring an illusions expert who solves seemingly impossible crimes.

    BBC One

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  14. Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

    Amateur detective Hetty is on the case. The classic crime drama with Patricia Routledge.

    BBC Two

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  15. Messiah

    Crime drama series following the investigations of DCI Red Metcalfe

    BBC One

  16. Shoestring

    Bristol-based drama about a private detective with his own radio show.

    BBC Four

  17. Bergerac

    Police drama series set in Jersey.

    BBC One

  18. Hamish Macbeth

    Drama series about a young policeman whose beat is a seemingly sleepy Highland village.

    BBC One

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  19. Petrella

    Crime series featuring Michael Gilbert's London-based detective Petrella

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  20. Hercule Poirot

    Classic mystery stories by Agatha Christie, featuring Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  21. DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body

    Annette Badland stars as Sue Rodwell's detective investigator.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  22. P Division

    Crime thrillers set in Glasgow, written by Peter Turnbull

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  23. Cadfael

    Brother Cadfael is a Benedictine monk, a herbalist and an amateur sleuth

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  24. Baldi

    The Franciscan Priest and Philosophy lecturer turns amateur sleuth to solve mysteries

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  25. Inspector George Gently

    Crime drama about an old-school detective trying to cope with Britain in the 1960s.

    BBC One

  26. The Blackburn Files

    Fine Time Fontayne stars as Stephen J Blackburn, ex-pitman turned private investigator

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  27. McLevy

    Brian Cox stars as the Victorian sleuth solving crimes on the streets of Edinburgh.

    BBC Radio 4

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  28. Lord Peter Wimsey

    Adapted from the short stories by Dorothy L. Sayers about an aristocratic sleuth

    BBC Radio 7

  29. Z Cars

    Long-running series featuring the life and work of policemen stationed at Newtown.

    BBC One

  30. Juliet Bravo

    Police drama series set in Hartley in Yorkshire.

    BBC One

  31. Baroness Orczy - The Teahouse Detective

    Baroness Orczy's sleuth takes on another case while sitting at his table in a tea shop

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  32. Dixon of Dock Green

    Dramatisations of the classic 1950s TV series featuring London policeman George Dixon

    BBC Radio 4

  33. Between the Lines

    Drama about internal investigations within the police force.

    BBC One

  34. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective. Starring Clive Merrison and Michael Williams

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  35. Dixon of Dock Green

    Police drama starring Jack Warner as PC George Dixon.

    BBC One

  36. The Return of Sherlock Holmes

    The further adventures of the great detective, from the books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  37. Julie Enfield Investigates

    Imelda Staunton stars as the feisty Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  38. VI Warshawski

    The crime investigations of Sara Paretsky's Chicago private eye VI Warshawski.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  39. Colin Dexter Short Stories

    Readings of short stories by the creator of the inimitable Inspector Morse, Colin Dexter.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  40. The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    Series of stories continuing the exploits of Arthur Conan Doyle's great detective

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  41. London Particulars

    Series about two Peelers, Pip and Tom, who solve crimes in Victorian London

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  42. Edgar Wallace: Short Stories

    Readings of short stories by the British crime writer

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  43. Thrilling Stories of the Railway

    Detective stories written by Victor Whitechurch

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  44. Maigret

    Georges Simenon's detective, Jules Maigret, uses his unique style to investigate crimes

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  45. Miss Marple

    Detective drama series featuring Agatha Christie's famous amateur sleuth.

    BBC One

  46. Psych

    Detective comedy series

    BBC Two

  47. The Wire

    Critically acclaimed American crime drama series set in Baltimore

    BBC Two

  48. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

    Series about Botswana's first female detective, based on Alexander McCall Smith's novels.

    BBC One

  49. Crime Catch-Up

    Repeat of a crime drama broadcast earlier in the week

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  50. Trueman and Riley

    Yorkshire's bickering detective duo crack crimes. Stars Robert Daws and Duncan Preston.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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