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What to watch: Best New Crime Dramas This Week (11 Feb-18 Feb)
We’ve got lots to choose from this week! The White Lotus Season 3 takes us to a gorgeous resort in Thailand for more vacation drama, murder and mayhem. Series 6 of excellent cold case drama… Keep reading →
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What to watch: Best New Crime Dramas This Week (3 Feb-10 Feb)
It’s a big week for crime drama fans — we’ve got Series 6 of Unforgotten. Yes, we all sorely miss the wonderful Nicola Walker, but Jessie and Sunny (Sinéad Keenan and Sanjeev Bhaskar) are proving… Keep reading →
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Inside Paradise: Surprising Twists in Hulu’s New murder-mystery series
Posted in: ReviewsParadise is set in a serene community inhabited by some of the world’s most prominent individuals. But this tranquillity explodes when a shocking murder occurs. The Guardian calls the new Hulu series “a whodunnit with wit,… Keep reading →
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What to watch: Best New Crime Dramas This Week (27 Jan-3 Feb)
I am already missing the brilliantly intense international spy thriller The Agency. After that cliffhanger of an ending (what a spy will do for love!) Season 2 can’t come fast enough. But on to this… Keep reading →
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Bad Sisters Review: Dark Secrets and Dublin Drama
Posted in: ReviewsDark secrets, sister drama and delightful Dublin landscapes make Bad Sisters one of the best shows streaming right now. If you haven’t watched it yet there’s Seasons 1 and 2 to catch up on, though… Keep reading →
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What to watch: Best New Crime Dramas This Week (20 Jan-27 Jan)
As 2025 begins with a bang for crime drama fans, here are my top three pics to stream: Protection a fast-paced cop drama with the always brilliant Siobhan Finneran as a witness protection officer; The… Keep reading →
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Ultimate Holiday Guide: Best Crime Dramas and Movies 🎁
Whether you’re in the mood for Naughty or Nice, here’s your complete guide to What to Watch over the holidays. We’ve got the rundown on the best new crime dramas to stream this season. As… Keep reading →
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What to watch: Best New Crime Dramas This Week (10 Dec – 17 Dec)
The BBC detective drama Strike returns for another series, promising more great chemistry between Holliday Grainger and Tom Burke’s Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott as they solve a new murder mystery in London. Season 6 focuses… Keep reading →
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What to watch: Best New Crime Dramas This Week (3 Dec – 10 Dec)
This week we get exciting new Netflix spy drama Black Doves, with Keira Knightley, Ben Whishaw and Happy Valley’s Sarah Lancashire. And Dalgliesh Season 3 debuts on Channel 5, taking us back to the 1970s… Keep reading →
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What to watch: Best New Crime Dramas This Week (25 Nov – 2 Dec)
Hopefully you loved the first episode of Get Millie Black as much as me? The HBO Original Limited Series did not disappoint! And the reviews agree. But on to this week. New spy drama The… Keep reading →
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Why Lioness is the Best Show on TV Right Now
Posted in: ReviewsThe episodes just keep getting better. Lioness and its stellar cast is by far the best thing on TV right now. Last night’s episode, Shatter the Moon, did not disappoint. From the emotionally charged return… Keep reading →
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What to watch: Best New Crime Dramas This Week (19-26 November)
This week, one we’ve all been waiting for: Get Millie Black. Billed as an ex-Scotland Yard detective returning to Kingston, Jamaica, who comes across a missing person case that will rock the very foundation of… Keep reading →
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Subscribe: Best New Crime Dramas This Week (12 November-19 November)
A big treat this week with the start of The Day of the Jackal — an assassin thriller TV series based on the 1971 bestseller by Frederick Forsyth, and starring Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch. There’s lots more… Keep reading →
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The Diplomat Season 2 Review: Shocking Cliffhanger Revealed
Posted in: ReviewsReviewers are raving about Season 2 of The Diplomat on Netflix. A cliffhanger of an ending no one saw coming! The Guardian says “Season two carries straight on from the explosive twist that ended the… Keep reading →
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Subscribe: Best New Crime Dramas This Week (4 November-11 November)
Crime-comedy is an increasingly popular genre — and we’ve got one this week you are going to love! Ludwig is streaming on BBCiPlayer — and is already a huge hit. Meanwhile, Season 2 of Ridley… Keep reading →
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Top Pick: Ludwig
Posted in: UncategorizedCrime comedy is a thing: ‘’The David Mitchell cozy crime series became the BBC‘s biggest comedy launch since 2018.’’ ‘’Created by Mark Brotherhood, the series stars Peep Show’s Mitchell as John ‘Ludwig’ Taylor, a reclusive puzzle-setter who becomes an unlikely… Keep reading →
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Best New Crime Dramas This Week (28 October-3 November)
Posted in: Uncategorized‘Tis the season for political / spy thrillers! Season 2 of Lioness (and what a thrilling opener complete with creator Taylor Sheridan himself playing a bad ass!) is streaming and is joined this week by… Keep reading →
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Best New Crime Dramas This Week (21-28 October)
Posted in: UncategorizedSome more big ones for you this week! Birmingham detective series DI Ray continues, as Taylor Sheridan’s brilliant Lioness returns for season 2 in the CIA’s women-led war on terror. Acorn TV brings us the… Keep reading →

