Nicole Kidman and Gwendoline Christie sign up for season two of Top Of The Lake

I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again – 2017 is shaping up to be quite a year for crime drama. One of the expected highlights is Jane Campion’s superb Top Of The Lake, which is set to return next year in an all-new location, with now an all-new suffix and all-new megastars as part of the cast. Suddenly Top Of The Lake might just have leapfrogged Twin Peaks to the, ahem, top of the must-watch list.

The Killing Times’ Euro 2016 Of Crime Drama: Happy Valley (England) v Love/Hate (Ireland)

We’re two games into our Euro 2016 Of Crime Drama, and it’s going with script so far. The two seeded team who have played – Spiral (FRA) and The Bridge (SWE) – have both won convincingly, but now it’s the turn of another seeded team, England’s Happy Valley. They’re paired with Ireland’s Love/Hate in today’s fixture. It could be tasty.

The 10 Best Crime Dramas This Week (Monday 13th – Sunday 19th June)

With the (real) Euro 2016 football dominating the schedules throughout this month (and with Wimbledon and the Olympics just around the corner) it’s safe to say that there’s a paucity of big, new drama, let alone crime drama. However, there is some fun to be had – the finale of the addictive The Disappearance is next Saturday, and there’s a new series of the glossy Chicago PD if that’s your thing.