The big headline this week is to do with AC-12: yes, Line Of Duty is back. Elsewhere, Enid a Lucy finishes and, well… that’s about it. It’s as you were. Enjoy! 1 Line Of Duty *NEW UK PREMIERE SERIES* S5 E1/6 An attack is made on a police transport carrying seized drugs, leaving three officers…
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REVIEW: Shetland (S5 E6/6)
It so it came to pass … it was time to find out whether my theory that Alice – the woman who Jimmy Perez had fallen for – was behind the people trafficking ring on Shetland. It would’ve made sense both in this story and as a dramatic development in Jimmy’s life – he’s suffered…
INTERVIEW: Sofie Gråbøl
Sitting down with crime drama royalty.
REVIEW: 35 Awr (S1 E8/8)
Where to start with this series finale of 35 Awr? As ever, it’s always wise to go right back to the very beginning, and, in this case, that very first scene where we saw someone barricade themselves into their hotel room, a couple having sex in the shower, and a person on fire being filmed…
The 10 Best Crime Dramas This Week (Monday 21st – Sunday 27th January)
It’s pretty much as you were this week, with a few exceptions: series two of Tin Star starts on Sky Atlantic, while Frankie Drake Mysteries and Coroner start on Alibi and Universal respectively. There’s a week’s break over on BBC Four until a new Australian series starts, and we’re just waiting for confirmation on that….
Canal+ releases new trailer for Spiral
One of the sadder facts of 2019 will be the final, seventh, series of Spiral – surely the best, ever crime drama to come out of France. [UPDATE: IT’S NOT, THERE WILL BE AN EIGHTH!] The show has built a legion of fans here in the UK, and it’ll be a sad day when it…
BBC names transmission date for Silent Witness
Ah, January. That time when all the Christmas specials have gone and the schedule is filled with a veritable feast of new series. We’ve already seen that ITV’s Manhunt, BBC’s Luther and ITV’s Grantchester will be coming into the schedules in January, and now we’re told that a hardy perennial – Silent Witness – is…
The 10 Best Crime Dramas This Week (Monday 3rd – Sunday 9th December)
The slow-down at the end of the year continues, although there is new stuff out there. Most notable this week is the final and third series of Fortitude, that horror/crime mash-up. Elsewhere, there are watch-again repeats of Luther, The Sinner and True Detective. Enjoy! 1 Fortitude *NEW UK PREMIERE SERIES* S3 E1/3 Oslo sends two…
REVIEW: Beck (S7 E3/4)
After last week’s underwhelming episode, in which Beck’s detective work was sidelined by various romantic relationships, will the old warhorse get the bit between his teeth now? When a young girl finds her mother Manuela dead at the foot of the stairs, the obvious question is, did she fall, or was she pushed? Her history…
Iceland Noir dispatches: Day one
As regular readers will know, we like to get out and about and attend as many crime fiction festivals as possible. Not only are they fun, but they’re also inspirational and you never know what kind of gossip you’re going to pick up along the way – we’ve found out some exclusive television option news…
Netflix announces Elite transmission date
Netflix has done it again. Or will do it again. We’ve had a lot of Spanish crime drama over the last few years (see it all here) and now Netflix is getting in on the act. The streaming ogre has its tentacles in so many territories these days, a Spanish series was never very far…
Television’s Top 20 most memorable psychopaths
They’re mad, bad and dangerous to know.
