Best Crime Dramas

[Paigntonian]

While Line of Duty is still, in my, view at the top of the list have been watching Above Suspicion (Lynda La Plante TV 2009-2012). All episodes on You Tube, quite superb.

[Ken4155]

I think Line Of Duty is excellent tv, and Above suspicion is also binge-worthy, but my favourite 'crime drama' as Hugo Blick's 'The Shadow Line' from 2011. Some top names appear alongside the leading role, Chiwetel Ejiofor, during the 7 episodes, including Christopher Eccleston, Rafe Spall and Stephen Rea. It involves the investigation of a murder, not just by the police, but by members of the criminal world. Unfortunately it is only available through Blueray and by purchase from Amazon Prime.

[Smowball]

Love it

[Patsy33]

Line Of Duty is the best Crime Drama we have ever watched.

[maggiebee]

Love Line of Duty and patiently awaiting its return. Binge watching Spiral at the moment and loving it.

[Crucigram]

Line of Duty is fantastic but I also really enjoyed Dexter.

[Smowball]

I like Endeavour as well lol

[Ken4155]

maggie, when i watched the last ever season (8) of Spiral on BBC4 recently, i knew i hadn't watched 7 series prior to this. So i began to play catch up and, just last night, finished watching series 4. As soon as Series 5 began, i knew that's where i had begun watching it.

[emmie]

I love Line of Duty, but for some Scandanavian crime drama, you can't beat The Bridge. Excellent performances from the whole cast.

[barry1010]

Luther, Cracker, Prime Suspect, Blood in the Wire, Morse are among my favourites but I think Line of Duty is at the top of a very long list. Love crime dramas

[Peter Pedant]

Linay of Duty is written by Jed Mercurio who did Cardiac Arrest around twenty years ago
new one out this week end ( new series about X )

Dr Jed was anaesthetic reg in Bham in the 8os and wrote about the workers there. I was one of the other registrars and the sister who rips our hero off for wearing 'the wrong check shirt - and dont get it wrong again!" was sister in charge of the ITU at the old accky. The dear old boy who looked fter the juniors was - - - made up - a fantasm

[Peter Pedant]

there are some v good foreign language ones
Capitani is worf a butchiss

Spiral - really about the seven series long luuuurve affair bewteen Gilou and Laure ( man and girl - settle down, settle down)

the shield ( on FOUR I think)

[fbg40]

I like the Bosch series on Prime. Having read the books, thought I'd give them a go - not disappointed. Each to his own though.
FBG40

[maggiebee]

Ken4155 - think that's what I did too. When I went back to series one I had the feeling that I knew some of the characters, especially Josephine and Roban. Now on series four and think I'm getting near to the episodes I watched so long ago.
Have also watched the first episode of The Bridge which I enjoyed.
Missing Montalbano - like losing a good friend.

[Ken4155]

Bosch, another great crime drama. And, as i've said on here before, Titus Welliver plays the part exactly as i imagined from reading thee books. I regularly check to see if a new series is ready to binge-watch.

[maggiebee]

Ken4155 - have taken a note of Bosch. Interesting fact (for me) about Roban - he is one day younger than me. Must have been a good year lol.

[Paigntonian]

Thanks one and all.

[tiggerblue10]

Prime Suspect, especially the first three series was excellent. I also love many of the Nordic Noire Scandi dramas like The Bridge.

[gingejbee]

Re: Scandi dramas...just finished watching Series 1 of All The Sins...Series 2 is also available and takes place 15 years before Series 1.
(Walter Presents on All4), Recommended.

[brainiac]

A really good one was Between The Lines from the early nineties:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Between_the_Lines_(TV_series)

[emmie]

Baptiste was excellent, The Missing another brilliant offering.