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  1. 2 days ago · Vote up your favorite British TV shows that feature detectives - professional and amateur. Latest additions: Moonflower Murders, Hope Street, Beyond Paradise. Most divisive: Murder in Suburbia. Over 40.6K Ranker voters have come together to rank this list of The 105+ Best British Detective Series and TV Shows, Ranked.

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    • Jessica Fletcher (Murder, She Wrote) From the catchy intro to the cavalcade of guest stars with delightfully daffy Maine accents, rewatching Murder, She Wrote now is as cozy as sipping a warm cup of tea on a snowy night.
    • Columbo. He could be anybody or nobody. Shabby hair, jacket big enough to swim in, one of those faces, a voice that mumbles a low tobacco rasp. The killers barely notice the unkempt LAPD detective.
    • Sherlock and Watson. No list of pop culture detectives would be complete without the boys of Baker Street. In the last century, Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary heroes have been adapted so many times, they're practically synonymous with the word "mystery."
    • Philip Marlowe. If Sam Spade invented the hardboiled detective, Philip Marlowe perfected it. As wisecracking and hard-drinking as Spade, Marlowe also has a touch of something gentler about him, as a philosophical creature with a soft spot for chess and poetry.
  2. The detectives investigate the disappearance of a man whose wife sees his signet ring on the finger of a woman in a crowded city bus ten years later.

    • Broadchurch. 2013–2017. Olivia Colman and David Tennant play detectives looking into the murder of a young boy in this ITV series. Creator Chris Chibnall later adapted Broadchurch for American television in the Fox series Gracepoint, with Tennant back as the co-headliner.
    • Agatha Raisin. 2014– With Ashley Jensen in the title role, this comedic Acorn TV mystery series has Agatha Raisin trading in a career in public relations for a new job investigating murders in the Cotswolds village of Carsely.
    • Father Brown. 2013– Inspired by the short stories of G.K. Chesterton, this BBC One comedy-drama features Mark Williams as a disheveled Roman Catholic priest with a gift for crime-solving.
    • Luther. 2010–2019. BBC One aired five seasons of this series — starring Idris Elba as the titular detective chief inspector mired in the darkness of the crimes he investigates — and a Netflix film continuation will start streaming on March 10.
  3. 1. The Blacklist. 2013–2023 218 eps TV-14. 7.9 (284K) Rate. TV Series. A new FBI profiler, Elizabeth Keen, has her entire life uprooted when a mysterious criminal, Raymond Reddington, who has eluded capture for decades, turns himself in and insists on speaking only to her. Creator Jon Bokenkamp Stars James Spader Megan Boone Diego Klattenhoff. 2.

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  4. Aug 10, 2024 · The absurd adventures of two defective detectives, who - despite unbelievable incompetence - somehow manage to solve their cases (or be nearby when the cases are solved) and retain their jobs.

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