Must See Detective/Crime/Forensic Shows (UK & Ireland)

The murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.

A local police team investigate crimes within the close knit island community of Shetland.

A noir crime drama set in Aberystwyth, Wales, where troubled DCI Tom Mathias solves murders while searching for redemption.

With her caustic wit and singular charm, DCI Vera Stanhope leads her team as they face a series of captivating murder mysteries set against the breathtaking Northumberland landscape.

Detectives Janet Scott & Rachel Bailey investigate murders with Manchester Police's Major Incident Team.

DI Tom Thorne's only key to catching a serial killer is a survivor unable to move or communicate.

DI Tom Thorne hunts for a psychopath who may have formed a depraved partnership.

A team of exceptional forensic pathologists and scientists investigate heinous crimes and use their skills to catch the people responsible.

London detectives investigate crimes from the past, unravelling secrets left buried for years.

John Luther is a brilliant homicide detective with a knack for getting inside the minds of murderers. Unfortunately, his unconventional methods and personal demons put him at odds with his team.

Drama series following the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anti-corruption unit tasked with bringing corrupt police officers to justice.

A seemingly cold but very passionate policewoman goes head to head with a father, who is in fact a serial killer, in this procedural out of Belfast. The only thing they share is their common complexity.

Drama series following the detectives of an elite murder investigation squad in London.

A cat-and-mouse drama, which focuses on the intense mental conflict between detectives and suspects. The stories take place within the confines of a police interview suite.

Yorkshire-based crime drama centering on the personal and professional life of Police Sergeant Catherine Cawood.

Tenacious and stubborn DCI Alan Banks unravels disturbing murder mysteries aided by his young assistants, DS Annie Cabbot and DI Helen Morton.

Witty, enigmatic DI Annika Strandhed heads up the Marine Homicide Unit, tasked with solving murders in and around the Scottish waters.

A fast-tracked inspector, a hardened detective sergeant, and an expert in historical homicides investigate modern crimes with connections to the past in the Whitechapel district of London.

The streets of Whitechapel are the haunt of Detective Inspector Edmund Reid and his team of officers, who aim to maintain law and order in a place once terrorized by Jack the Ripper.

Investigating the murder of a pizza delivery man, a London detective uncovers a tangled conspiracy involving drug dealers, smugglers and spies.

John River is a brilliant police inspector whose genius lies side-by-side with the fragility of his mind. He is a man haunted by the murder victims whose cases he must lay to rest.

After a long-serving cop and a teenage girl fall to their deaths from a London tower block, Detective Sarah Collins investigates the dark heart of policing.

The missions of MI-5, the UK's domestic intelligence organization.

The story of a major road accident and a group of people who have never met, but who all share one single defining moment that will change their lives.

Follows a group of police officers on the front line wondering what they did to end up where they are now, on the ugly side of Manchester.