
DCI Banks(2011)
A thrilling drama based on the novels by Peter Robinson. Stephen Tompkinson and Andrea Lowe star as the tenacious and stubborn Chief Inspector Alan Banks and the feisty and headstrong Detective Sergeant Annie Cabbot.


Retired Detective Inspector Alex Ridley is lured back into service as a consultant detective when his former protégée, Carol Farman, needs help cracking a complex murder case.

Adrian Dunbar
DI Alex Ridley

Bronagh Waugh
DI Carol Farman

Terence Maynard
DCI Paul Goodwin

George Bukhari
DC Darren Lakhan

Julie Graham
Annie Marling

Georgie Glen
Dr. Wendy Newstone

Bhavna Limbachia
Geri Farman

Tareq Al-Jeddal
Jack Farman
Ridley is a mystery, drama, crime series that first aired in 2022 exploring themes of based on novel or book, police detective, lancashire, police procedural. Created by Paul Matthew Thompson, it stars Adrian Dunbar, Bronagh Waugh, Terence Maynard. Retired Detective Inspector Alex Ridley is lured back into service as a consultant detective when his former protégée, Carol Farman, needs help cracking a complex murder case.
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Jack Frost is a gritty, dogged and unconventional detective with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice who attracts trouble like a magnet. Despite some animosity with his superintendent, Norman “Horn-rimmed Harry” Mullett, Frost and his ever-changing roster of assistants manage to solve cases via his clever mind, good heart, and cool touch.

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A dark psychological crime drama starring Idris Elba as Luther, a man struggling with his own terrible demons, who might be as dangerous as the depraved murderers he hunts.

Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson transfers from Atlanta to LA to head up a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile murder cases. Johnson's quirky personality and hard-nosed approach often rubs her colleagues the wrong way, but her reputation as one of the world's best interrogator eventually wins over even her toughest critics.

Follow the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers identified as "Crime Scene Investigators".