The 10 Best Crime Dramas This Week (Monday 28th November – Sunday 4th December)

We’re saying goodbye to The Pact and Gangs Of London this week, but also saying hello to some good new stuff – series two of Slow Horses with Gary Oldman, and superior cosy crime drama Whitstable Pearl on Acorn TV. But also look out for some really great repeats – The Singing Detective, Murdered By…

Shetland: Is casting Ashley Jensen in the lead role a good idea?

Should Tosh now be show lead?

NORDIC NOIR New Beck will premiere in Sweden on Christmas Day

Swedish crime drama fans are getting a Christmas Day treat this year – a brand new Beck film will premiere on 25th December itself on C More. The Death Trap tells the story of Vilhelm Beck – Martin’s grandson – a police officer and on his first internship in the real world. He and his…

NORDIC NOIR SVT releases Blackwater trailer

Swedish channel SVT has released a trailer for Händelser vid vatten (Blackwater) and has revealed the transmission date. The crime drama, based on Kerstin Ekman’s novel of the same name, takes us back to midsummer eve, 1973. Annie and daughter Mia find two murdered tourists at the river’s edge near the village of Svartvattnet. It…

ITV1 gives DI Ray a second series

Parminder Nagra will return to ITV1 as Detective Inspector Rachita Ray, for a second series of acclaimed police thriller, DI Ray. The new six-part series has been commissioned will once again be set in Birmingham, and will see Leicester-born DI Ray investigating the murder of a high-profile criminal. Sensitive ethnic issues relating to the case…

Shetland: Ashley Jensen confirmed as Douglas Henshall’s replacement

The BBC has confirmed that actress Ashley Jensen will replace Douglas Henshall in forthcoming series of Shetland. Henshall starred as Jimmy Perez for seven highly successful series, and fans mourned his final episode earlier this year. Now we know who’s taking over. Jensen – whose illustrious and critically-acclaimed career includes cosy crime drama Agatha Raisin…

David Tennant: ITVX confirms Litvinenko transmission date

There’s much anticipation for ITV’s adaptation of Alexander Litvinenko’s story. The four-part drama is based on the true story of the police investigation into the poisoning of the former Russian spy. It’s being rolled out first on the network’s new streaming service, ITVX, and will then pla your on ITV1 next year. The drama takes…

Cormoran Strike returns in Troubled Blood on BBC One

This year’s Christmas telly is starting to trickle through, and we have some crime drama in among all the festive hoopla. One such series returning this holiday season is Strike, from the pen of Robert Galbraith (aka JK Rowling). Series five – subtitled Troubled Blood – is a four-part series and sees Tom Burke return…

Vienna Blood: BBC Two confirms start date for season 3

Vienna Blood on BBC Two around Christmas time has become a bit of a tradition in recent years, and the Victorian-era detective drama is back for another run this festive season. The third instalment, subtitled: Deadly Communion, starts in mid-December and comprises three episodes. It features Max Liebermann (Matthew Beard), a medical student and protegé…

The 10 Best Crime Dramas This Week (Monday 21st – Sunday 27th November)

Well, I’m back in the saddle after a tough month or so outside of this site. As the end of the year approaches, I’m trying to catch up with stuff and reviews, news and everything else. So please bear with me. With all that being said, the weekly preview is back, and it’s going to…

SERIES REVIEW Black Bird

Another true crime story…

SERIES REVIEW Candy

Jessica Biel stars in this impressive true-crime adaptation