Once you lay out your favourite crime dramas of the year, you see certain themes and ideas replicated. We saw a bit of The Bridge in Witnesses; there was a bit of River in The Bridge, and so on. What was clear from looking back at this year’s cream of the crop was that the standard was incredibly high in 2015, without actually producing a masterpiece like a True Detective series one or a Broadchurch series one. There were plenty of outstanding moments, performances and bits, for sure, but I would say that only the top three of this list approached total awesomeness. And, I have to say, I went back and forth on our top three because each had a case to be number one. In fact, I changed positions right up until the moment I settled down to write this list. See what you think of our Top Five… Continue reading The Killing Times’ Top Crime Dramas Of The Year 2015: Part Three, 5-1
Good morning! Any site worth its salt publishes its end-of-year lists and, yes, we’re no different. We don’t do it for valedictory reasons, more for celebratory reasons. That motivation is especially strong for 2015, where there has not only been a remarkable frequency of crime drama but also a remarkable consistency. Basically, there as been a lot of good stuff. So we need to get cracking: here are our Top 15 crime dramas of 2015… 
Excitingly, this week marks the turning of the year and 2016 starting in earnest (rather than WITH Earnest) with the eagerly awaited Victorian episode of Sherlock, the return of Endeavour and a certain Inspector Montalbano. Lots to enjoy here and a great way to start the New Year. 
Just a quick note to all readers of The Killing Times to wish you and your families a very merry Christmas. It has been a packed and very consistent year of crime drama, and the site has grown and grown beyond my wildest dreams. Thanks to all of you who have read our posts, contributed your own comments and supported us through social media. Your interaction has been invaluable. Next week we’ll be running down our top 15 crime dramas of the year, but until then get stuck into the trifle and we’ll see you on the other side.
It didn’t take very long for this second series of Fargo to settle down. When it did, it was evident that this was going to be something special. We’ve had it all – humour, tension, farce, suspense, extreme violence and a cast of characters that you felt truly emotionally connected to. Episode eight might have been the best hour of television this year. That’s not to say there haven’t been times along the road where you were shouting at your TV screen (PEGGY WHY DIDN’T YOU JUST CALL THE COPS WHEN YOU RAN RYE GERHARDT DOWN? WE COULD HAVE AVOIDED ALL THIS BLOODSHED), but I like dramas like that because I trust someone like Noah Hawley to deliver the answers in time. And those answers were delivered in this finale. 
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