The Detective Files
Delve into six decades of the best detective and crime dramas from the archives.
Episode 1—Line of Duty, Series 1
Steve Arnott realises the target in his anti-corruption case is the city's top detective.
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Episode 1—Happy Valley, Series 1
Sgt Cawood's world stops when the man who drove her daughter to suicide is released.
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Episode 1—Luther, Series 1
Luther, back from suspension, must solve a seemingly perfect double murder.
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A Clubbable Woman—Dalziel and Pascoe, Series 1
The wife of a rugby star is found murdered at her Yorkshire home.
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R.I.P. Tide—Return to Paradise, Series 1
DI Mackenzie Clarke is roped into a murder investigation while on a return visit to Oz.
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Sidetracked—Wallander
What connects the suicide of a young woman and the murder of a government minister?
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Episode 1—Life on Mars, Series 1
Drama series about a detective who suffers a car crash and wakes up in 1973.
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Episode 1—The Turkish Detective, Series 1
British detective Mehmet Suleyman arrives in Istanbul to join a homicide unit.
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Episode 1—Bloodlands, Series 1
DCI Brannick investigates an abduction linked to a forgotten assassin.
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Episode 1—Shetland, Series 1
DI Jimmy Perez investigates when elderly Shetlander Mima Wilson is murdered.
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Episode 1—Hinterland, Series 1
DCI Tom Mathias investigates a suspicious disappearance in Aberystwyth.
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Episode 1—Ludwig, Series 1
Puzzle setter John ‘Ludwig’ Taylor’s life is upended when his identical twin disappears.
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Episode 1—Moonflower Murders, Series 1
Susan Ryeland is brought back to England to help with the case of a missing woman.
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Episode 1—Magpie Murders, Series 1
The editor of a top crime writer is drawn into her own mystery when he is found dead.
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Episode 1—Rebus, Series 1
A violent street attack is investigated by DS John Rebus and new detective Siobhan Clarke.
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Episode 1—Granite Harbour, Series 1
A trainee detective is thrown in at the deep end after the death of a local oil magnate.
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Episode 1—Hidden, Series 1
The death of a previously missing woman sparks a police investigation.
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Episode 1—In the Dark, Series 1
As DI Helen Weeks grapples with pregnancy, she undertakes a very personal abduction case.
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The Catalanotti Method—Inspector Montalbano
Inspector Montalbano investigates the murder of a charismatic amateur dramatics artist.
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Episode 1—The Cops, Series 1
The arrival of mysterious Sergeant Giffen causes a stir.
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A Detective's Tale—Law and Order, Series 1
A crime is viewed through the eyes of the detective investigating it.
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Look to the Lady - Part 1—Campion, Series 1
Campion and Lugg agree to help protect a priceless goblet from a gang of thieves.
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Part 1—The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, A Great Deliverance
DS Havers and Inspector Lynley are partnered together to investigate a brutal murder.
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The Wrestler's Tomb—Jonathan Creek, Series 1
Journalist Maddy Magellan launches her own investigation into the murder of a painter.
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