Same crimes, different times. In the sequel to Life on Mars, DCI Gene Hunt rolls up his sleeves and embraces the 1980s with a new time-travelling partner, DI Alex Drake.

Well-to-do Inspector Lynley is unexpectedly paired with working class DS Havers in this intriguing murder mystery series.

Two quick-witted detectives solve brutal crimes in a sleepy suburban town.

One of the most popular detective dramas in television history based on the novels of Colin Dexter. Starring John Thaw as the cantankerous and complex Inspector Morse, and Kevin Whately as his long-suffering sidekick Sergeant Lewis.

Meet DI Jack Frost - an unconventional detective with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice. With his sloppy and abrupt style, he attracts trouble like a magnet.

In this sharp adaptation of Ian Rankin's novels, the curmudgeonly DI John Rebus' investigations lead him throughout Edinburgh, from its ancient beauty and into its more sinister quarters.

Helen Mirren stars as Jane Tennison in this seminal, BAFTA-winning drama following a complex detective who battles to prove mettle in a male-dominated world.

A gripping drama starring Ross Kemp, about a hunt for a serial killer and its consequences for one policeman, his colleagues and his family. When a woman is found murdered in Bristol the investigation is linked to three similar attacks in Wales.

After suffering near-fatal injuries in a car crash, a present-day Manchester detective awakes to find himself living in 1973 in this award-winning drama starring John Simm.

Is it possible to move on from traumas of the past? This razor sharp thriller starring Robbie Coltrane (Harry Potter) tells a murder story through the eyes of the detective, the victim, and her daughter.