Been watching British detective shows on Prime…

[Westerly Wood]

Such good period piece detective shows on Prime from PBS.

Endeavor is awesome!

Now? Grantchester. Cool 50s/60s detective shows, murder mysteries. Really fun stuff. I getting old.

 

[bobouz]

My favorites: Foyle’s War (the very best, imho), Inspector Morse (the original series which gave us Endeavor), and Inspector Lewis (Morse’s partner in the original series). Must see stuff!

 

[The Guilds of Grot]

My wife loves British Mysteries! Besides those already mentioned there's Midsomer Murders, Rosemary & Thyme, Death In Paradise, McDonald and Dobbs, Vera, and more!

 

[fronobulax]

Inspector Morse, Inspector Lewis and Endeavor are ones I gladly re-watch.

 

[Westerly Wood]

Inspector Morse, Inspector Lewis and Endeavor are ones I gladly re-watch.

I will have to go back and watch the original Morse when it finally comes up free on Prime. But the new one, 8 seasons included with Prime, Shaun Evans as the younger Morse and Roger Allam as Fred Thursday, who I assume is really Lewis, they are fantastic. My fave character of the whole show (the newer version of Morse) is Chief Superintendent Reginald Bryte, played brilliantly by Anton Lesser. That actor is tops. All the actors are fantastic, but Lesser for me steals every scene. In such a humble, old school, sneaky way. I can't wait to watch the original.

Btw, the time period the new show focuses on is 1963-1971. Oxnard England. Filterless cigs, old English Ale, lots of cuppas of tea all day long. Just the best.

 

[AcornHouse]

Lovejoy and Rumpole!

 

[GGJaguar]

Pie in the Sky

 

[The Guilds of Grot]

Let's add Mrs. Marple and Poirot!

 

[silverfox103]

Loved The Benny Hill Show, in it's day, although definitely not a detective show. Now, I guess it's Murder in Paradise.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Good on you!

We watch lots of 'em, especially from Acorn, BBC, and BBC America. Also a lot of Masterpiece Mystery. No streaming, just disks.

Love Endeavour.

Grantchester was okay but not worth sitting through a second season. (A lot of 'em are like that, of course.)

We're on Miss Scarlett and the Duke now, and so far it's a hoot.

Prime Suspect, with Helen Mirren, is a good little string of gripping yarns.

There are also some easy-going mysteries we liked a lot where a small town is a character, including Doctor Blake (Australia), The Brokenwood Mysteries (New Zealand), and Broadchurch (England).

The most twisted plot has to be Sherlock, with Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. You really don't know what all is going on until the last episode. Great stuff.

By far the most over-the-top, and not exactly a detective story, though it's full of little mysteries and was inspired by Detective Comics (Batman, to be exact), is Pennyworth. Not for the queazy! We love it.

Last but not least, a couple that aren't Brit fare but are as good as TV mystery series get: Elementary (with Lucy Liu as Watson!) and Berlin Station, another that'll keep you guessing through the final season.

 

[Brad Little]

Not strictly PBS, but I've watched a lot of British mysteries on BritBox, as well as a few from Oz on Acorn. Liked "Grace" on Britbox (coming to PBS I think)) as I've read most of Peter James's books. From Oz, like "Brokenwood: on Acorn a lot. A few older ones on BB, "Line of Duty" and I just started "Blue Murder." Much like Endeavour, there's a prequel to Prime Suspect called "Prime Suspect: 1973" or "Prime Suspect Tennison." Acouple other oldies, "Cracker" and "A Touch of Frost." Full Britbox mystery list here: BritBox Mysteries .

 

[GGJaguar]

Let's add Mrs. Marple and Poirot!

Yes! David Suchet is the best Poirot ever!

 

[Teleguy61]

Yes! David Suchet is the best Poirot ever!

Absolutely correct!
Great production values, cast always good.
Very well done.

 

[Teleguy61]

We love all the Brit Mysteries.
We like the cozies very much--Midsomer Murders, Father Brown, Sister Boniface, Death in Paradise (earliest are best, of course), many others as well.
Recently, we have started watching a Scottish mystery called "Taggart", which is good. Tip: Must have closed captioning becasue some of the Scottish dialect is hard to understand for my American ears.

 

[The Guilds of Grot]

Now, I guess it's Murder in Paradise.

Have you seen "Beyond Paradise"? The broke Humphrey and Martha out for their own show.

We're on Miss Scarlett and the Duke now, and so far it's a hoot.

Ooh, forgot that one!

We love all the Brit Mysteries.
We like the cozies very much--Father Brown, Sister Boniface.

Ooh, forgot those as well. Extra points for knowing "Cozie"!

Not mysteries but a couple of other British favorites are; "The Detectorist" and "Mum"!

 

[davismanLV]

<veer> Also on Prime, but not detective or mystery at all, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is totally worth the watch. <veer end>

 

[Teleguy61]

Have you seen "Beyond Paradise"? The broke Humphrey and Martha out for their own show.


Ooh, forgot that one!



Ooh, forgot those as well. Extra points for knowing "Cozie"!

Not mysteries but a couple of other British favorites are; "The Detectorist" and "Mum"!

Beyond Paradise hasn't hit broadcast yet, we are looking forward to it.
And yes, Detectorist and Mum both excellent Brit humor. Toby Jones and Rachael Stirling were excellent.
Really enjoyed Rachael in Bletchley Circle, in fact the whole cast was excellent, with Julie Graham and Anna Maxwell Martin being standouts.
Martin and Stirling's relationship was brilliantly portrayed and beautifully acted.
Lesley Manville--Mum--was terrific in Magpie Murders, which was written by Anthony Horowitz, one of the original writers on
Midsomer Murders.

 

[Prince of Darkness]

I will have to go back and watch the original Morse when it finally comes up free on Prime. But the new one, 8 seasons included with Prime, Shaun Evans as the younger Morse and Roger Allam as Fred Thursday, who I assume is really Lewis, they are fantastic. My fave character of the whole show (the newer version of Morse) is Chief Superintendent Reginald Bryte, played brilliantly by Anton Lesser. That actor is tops. All the actors are fantastic, but Lesser for me steals every scene. In such a humble, old school, sneaky way. I can't wait to watch the original.

Btw, the time period the new show focuses on is 1963-1971. Oxnard England. Filterless cigs, old English Ale, lots of cuppas of tea all day long. Just the best.

Think you perhaps meant Oxford , but on this forum Oxnard is a very understandable typo

 

[Prince of Darkness]

We love all the Brit Mysteries.
We like the cozies very much--Midsomer Murders, Father Brown, Sister Boniface, Death in Paradise (earliest are best, of course), many others as well.
Recently, we have started watching a Scottish mystery called "Taggart", which is good. Tip: Must have closed captioning becasue some of the Scottish dialect is hard to understand for my American ears.

Taggart ran for a long time and outlived the title character by many years.

 

[Westerly Wood]

Death in Paradise is a fam favorite for sure. We watched all those seasons when they were on Netflix. Brilliant show.
I still think the new Endeavor is the best I have seen yet, so looking forward to catching the original.