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We brought thriller writer MATT HILTON into headquarters for questioning about his TV and reading activities. Matt has written a string of bestsellers and will this weekend be giving a talk on Unarmed Combat in Crime Fiction: The Myths Dispelled at Bristol's CrimeFest. As you'd expect from a martial arts devotee and the creator of the full-blooded Joe Hunter thrillers, Matt likes a story that packs a wallop… Your favourite British crime series or thriller on TV? These days I don' [..] > read more

Sebastian Bergman, starring Rolf Lassgård PREVIEW

Published on 2012-05-21 13:45:38

Vanja Lithner (Moa Silen) and Sebastian Bergman (Rolf Lassgård). Pics: BBC Rating: ★★★★ BBC4: starts Saturday, 26 May, 9pm Story: Sebastian Bergman, a leading Swedish criminal profiler, finds his career on the skids when he returns to his hometown, two weeks late for his mother's funeral, but just in time to help the local force to solve the brutal murder of a 15-year-old boy. Gosh, our Nordic neighbours do love an oddball hero. After The Killing's surly Sarah Lund and The Bridg [..] > read more

Lewis series 6 with Kevin Whately PREVIEW

Published on 2012-05-15 09:50:47

Back on the case – Kevin Whately as Lewis. Pics: ITV Rating: ★★★½ ITV1: starts Wednesday, 16 May, 8pm Story: Botanist Liv Nash accidentally digs up the body of recently buried English Professor Murray Hawes. Lewis and Hathaway have to discover how a man fixated upon 'solving' the riddle of Lewis Carroll's 'The Hunting of the Snark' ended up in a shallow grave. > read more

Prisoners of War, Radio 4's Bookclub, The Killing novel, Lewis to end?

Published on 2012-05-10 03:34:42

• Prisoners of War, the acclaimed Israeli series on which C4's Homeland was based, starts on Sky Arts tonight at 9.30pm. It's a nifty bit of scheduling by the channel, capitalising on the huge success of the Damian Lewis/Claire Danes thriller. What's the original like? It's subtitled, and, like watching Swedish/Danish series, has the freshness of seeing a drama from a totally alien television/national culture. But it is also tense, the opener focusing on the joy and dismay that the return of t [..] > read more

Hit & Miss with Chloë Sevigny PREVIEW

Published on 2012-05-05 14:06:56

Mia makes her point to the landlord, John. Pics: BSkyB Rating: ★★★★ Sky Atlantic: starts June Story: Mia is a 'cleaner', or contract killer. She is also a transsexual. Her life is blown off course when she receives a letter from her former lover, Wendy, saying that Wendy is dying of cancer and that Mia has an 11-year-old son, Ryan. Hit & Miss is a blast of something edgy among the crush of mainstream TV crime dramas. If you want a hard-hitting series that's got balls – literally � [..] > read more

Awake starring Jason Isaacs PREVIEW

Published on 2012-04-29 06:08:46

Dead reckoning for Michael Britten (Jason Isaacs). Pics:BSkyB Rating: ★★★½ Sky Atlantic: starts Friday, 4 May, 10pm Story: Detective Michael Britten is driving with his wife and son in the car when they plunge into a ravine. He survives the smash, but finds himself living in two separate realities, with his wife alive in one existence, and his 15-year-old son in the other. Awake is a crime drama mash-up with The Twilight Zone. Jason Isaacs, one of the new breed of Brits successfully [..] > read more

Doors Open, The Killing becomes a novel, Hunted, Spies of Warsaw

Published on 2012-04-25 02:29:27

• News of interesting new dramas has been coming in almost daily announcements. Here's the poster for Hunted (formerly Nemesis), BBC1's new spy thriller series that was being touted at the MIPTV industry gathering in Cannes last week. This was commissioned just as Spooks was decommissioned last year, and it has some interesting operatives working on it. Frank Spotnitz, the guy who wrote around 50 episodes of The X Files, has scripted it, and Melissa George, the Aussie actress seen recently in [..] > read more

Braquo series 2 PREVIEW

Published on 2012-04-22 16:20:00

Walter draws first, asks questions later. Pics: FXUK Rating: ★★★★ FX UK: from Sunday, 29 April, 10pm Story: Caplan is put on remand, Morlighem and Roxanne are reassigned to junior posts and Théo Vachewski is forced to kiss his badge goodbye...for good! But then Marceau calls on Caplan in his prison cell and offers him a deal. Braquo is very dark and a little demented. The cops here do not just cross the line, they throw themselves into the abyss. They play dirty, take drugs [..] > read more

The Bridge series 1 PREVIEW

Published on 2012-04-13 03:04:37

Saga (Sofia Helin) and Martin (Kim Bodnia) and the Bridge. Pics: BBC Rating: ★★★★½ BBC4, starts Saturday, 21 April, 9pm > read more

Cops Shows and Thrillers Online – Lovefilm and Netflix

Published on 2012-04-03 13:19:22

We're no longer slaves to the TV schedules now that many of us have catch-up TV services and an ever-increasing amount of choice on subscription services such as LoveFilm and Netflix. Here's a quick survey of what's currently available for fans of TV crime shows and thrillers. Lovefilm Instant – 5000 movies and TV episodes Available on: internet-enabled TVs, PS3, Xbox 360, computers and iPads Price: £4.99 a month (introductory offer). 30-day free trial Check out online: LoveFilm Overview: A [..] > read more

Silent Witness: Death Has No Dominion PREVIEW

Published on 2012-03-29 13:41:51

Harry (Tom Ward), Nikki (Emilia Fox) and Leo (William Gaminara). Pics BBC Rating: ★★½ BBC1, Sunday, 1 April, Monday, 2 April, 9pm Story: Leo is in turmoil when old friend Professor Lizzie Fraser commits suicide. It’s a double tragedy as Lizzie’s sister, a forensic scientist, was stabbed to death at a crime scene 10 years before. After Nikki attends her father’s memorial, she joins the team at the scene of a violent triple murder at a farmhouse. A corpse at a crime scene. One of th [..] > read more

My Murder, DCI Banks, Justified 3

Published on 2012-03-26 02:40:50

Danny (Malachi Kirby), Samantha (Simona Zivkovska), Shakilus (John Boyega). Pic: BBC BBC3 is showing My Murder tonight (26 March, 9pm), a factual drama telling the true story of Shakilus Townsend, the 16-year-old boy lured to his death by 15-year-old Samantha Joseph. Shakilus was smitten with the girl, but she betrayed him to her ex-boyfriend and his gang. This hard-hitting, sad story was written by Levi David Addai and is produced by BBC Current Affairs. This story is given added power and poi [..] > read more

One Night on BBC1 PREVIEW

Published on 2012-03-23 03:39:05

Ted (Douglas Hodge) on the edge. Pics: BBC Rating: ★★★½ BBC1, Monday 26 March to Friday 30 March, 10.35pm Story: Fitted kitchen salesman Ted has slogged away for years but is now under pressure and fears he may lost his job. Then he tangles with a group of mouthy girls from the nearby school and starts a train of events that end in tragedy. The opening episode of this four-parter about overlapping lives on a gang-infested council estate and the middle-class streets around it is unc [..] > read more

Dexter series 6 with Michael C Hall

Published on 2012-03-17 07:59:05

Making a splash – Michael C Hall as Dexter Morgan, blood spatter expert with Miami Police. Pics: FX Rating: ★★★★ FX UK, from Friday, March 30, 10pm Story: Dexter attends a 20-year high school reunion – and, as he had hoped, he finds a potential victim in the school jock… Dexter shouldn't work as TV entertainment. A psycho who murders murderers? A morally blank protagonist? It's certainly a long time since Kojak and Cagney and Lacey ruled the airwaves. And here we are [..] > read more

Jack the Ripper unmasked? Whitechapel 3 DVD and Justified 4

Published on 2012-03-07 10:07:58

• Jack the Ripper is unmasked – again – tonight on the Yesterday channel (Wednesday, 7 March, 9pm). Like the Who Killed Kennedy? industry, the Who Was Jack? phenomenon has supported a feverish army of theorists and scribes almost since the crimes were committed. In Prime Suspect: Jack the Ripper the story heads to Australia, where apparently there has been a new development. There lies the skull of Fredrick Bailey Deeming, Down Under's first serial killer. He was executed in 1892, four yea [..] > read more

Scott & Bailey 2 – Suranne Jones, Lesley Sharp PREVIEW

Published on 2012-03-06 09:45:51

Bailey (Suranne Jones) and Scott (Lesley Sharp). Pics: ITV Rating: ★★★½ ITV1, starts Monday, 12 March, 9pm Story: The detective constables Scott and Bailey return to duty on Manchester's Major Incident Team. Rachel Bailey's estranged brother turns up on her doorstep. She takes him in with a warning that he must put his criminal past behind him. Janet Scott tells her husband, Adrian, to leave the house after he rows with her mother. Meanwhile, the badly burned body of a disab [..] > read more

New books I WILL HAVE VENGEANCE, TV NOIR, FLESH AND BLOOD

Published on 2012-02-24 13:02:24

Something for weekend – two fresh new crime novels and a history of TV noir to keep you busy between crime series. I Will Have Vengeance by Maurizio De Giovanni This is published by Hersilia Press, the small UK outfit that specialises in translating fine Italian crime novels into English. They've come up with a really atmospheric story here, set in 1930s Naples where the enigmatic and aloof Commissario Ricciardi is investigating the murder of a wonderful tenor at the opera house. Of course, ma [..] > read more

Murdoch Mysteries series 5 PREVIEW

Published on 2012-02-23 12:40:20

Murdoch of the Klondike – with Jack London. (Pics: Alibi) Rating: ★★★½ Alibi, Tuesdays from 28 February, 9pm Story: Murdoch has left the Toronto police behind after being suspended and is prospecting for gold in the Canadian Rockies. He is heartbroken and feels guilty over a case he mishandled. But then he meets a woman who is suspected of murder… This is a quirky series – CSI meets a Victorian Toronto populated by British soap actors. Not only is it set in the past but it is a [..] > read more

Foyle's War returns 2013

Published on 2012-02-23 04:19:24

'It’s great to be wanted and a pleasure to be back,' says actor Michael Kitchen, as ITV announces the return of Foyle's War in 2013. The setting for the much-loved period detective drama will shift from the war years to 1946-47, with Foyle in a new role of Senior Intelligence Officer on the trail of various traitors. The three stories – two written by author Anthony Horowitz, one by David Kane – will include Foyle tracking down atomic spies and a true tale of government corruption. 'I have [..] > read more

Sheridan Smith in Mrs Biggs, Marton Csokas as Falcon

Published on 2012-02-20 13:11:42

Danny Mays, Charmian and Sheridan Smith. Pic: ITV Mrs Biggs, ITV1 • Sheridan Smith has been cast as Charmian Biggs in ITV1's new five-parter Mrs Biggs, about the wife of train robber Ronnie. Danny Mays will play the lad with a criminal record who wooed her – where else! – on a train. The couple struggled to stay together when her family did not like Biggs, and the tough times continued when Ronnie got involved in 1963's Great Train Robbery. He became a fugitive in Australia with Charmia [..] > read more

Sherlock Complete Series 1 & 2 – Blu-ray Review

Published on 2012-02-17 07:02:32

Sherlock Complete Series 1 & 2 Blu-ray Episodes ★★★★★ Extras ★★★★★ Even on a second and third viewing, these episodes of 21st-century Holmes still fizz with wit and invention. Seeing them again rams home how good the cast and the adaptations are. Benedict Cumberbatch as the 'high-functioning sociopath' is a superb bit of casting, while Martin Freeman's wonderful comic asides and reactions sum up perfectly the audience's response to the consulting detective's outrageous beh [..] > read more

Law & Order: UK – FINALE OF THE WEEK

Published on 2012-02-17 04:53:57

Law & out of order – Sam gets a bit too close to victim Lucy. Pics: ITV The last series ended with the shooting of Matt Devlin (Jamie Bamber). This Friday series six of Law & Order: UK concludes with another highly charged story (again written by Emila di Girolamo) in which Devlin's replacement, DS Sam Casey (Paul Nicholls) gets a little too involved with the victim of what could be a serial attacker. A police forensics technician is stabbed to death in her home. When the same attacker app [..] > read more

Hustle – the final con

Published on 2012-02-17 04:50:29

Tonight is the final scam for Mickey Bricks and the gang. The familiar face of former team member Stacie Monroe – aka actress Jaime Murray – is back in the frame for what she calls 'the biggest con they've ever done, the con to end all cons. It’s been five years since I was last on the show and within five minutes they were teasing me as if it was yesterday. They’ve known me since I was 24 and so treat me like a little kid, which I love! Matt Di Angelo is so funny and cheeky, he’s s [..] > read more

Homeland, Damian Lewis, Claire Danes PREVIEW

Published on 2012-02-16 05:51:57

Brody (Damian Leiws) is damaged by his time in captivity. Pics: C4 Rating: ★★★★ Channel 4 Week starting 18 Feb day and time to be announced Story: Sgt Nicholas Brody has been released after eight years of captivity in a terrorist cellar in Afghanistan. He arrives home traumatised but to a hero's welcome. However, CIA operative Carrie Mathison is suspicious. She has information that a US prisoner has been 'turned', and despite not having the authority, she wants to keep Bro [..] > read more

Awake with Jason Isaacs – Sneak Peek

Published on 2012-02-15 08:17:08

Awake is a fantasy crime series premiering on NBC in the States on 1 March. It stars Jason Isaacs as a detective stuck between two realities who ends up leading a double life, and who soon discovers links between the twin worlds he inhabits. Boringly, Jason Isaacs is well-known for playing Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, when he has notched up exciting performances in series such as Brotherhood and the Beeb's Case Histories. Happily, Case Histories – based on Kate Atkinson's offbeat c [..] > read more

Those Who Kill, Laura Bach PREVIEW

Published on 2012-02-10 10:24:00

Laura Bach as Katrine Ries Jensen and Jakob Cedergren as Thomas Schaeffer. Pics: ITV Rating: ★★★½ ITV3, starts Thursday, 23 February, 10pm Story: Deputy superintendent Katrine Ries Jensen is put in charge of her first big case – the discovery of the body of a Polish prostitute in the woods. She recruits forensic psychiatrist Thomas Schaeffer to assist her, and together they soon discover another four bodies buried nearby… Comparisons between Those Who Kill and The Killing are ine [..] > read more

Inspector Montalbano NEW SERIES OF THE WEEK

Published on 2012-02-10 04:42:32

• BBC Four's Saturday night slot at 9pm, recently the preserve of noirish Scandi dramas such as Borgen and The Killing, lets in some Sicilian sunshine this weekend with a whole 10-part series of Inspector Montalbano. The stories are based on the wonderful novels by Andrea Camilleri and, while dealing with some dirty crimes, are lighter than the northern European fare. Readers will recognise the bungling Catarella, Salvo Montalbano's seaside home and his tricky relationship with Livia – to wh [..] > read more

Kidnap and Ransom 2, Trevor Eve PREVIEW

Published on 2012-02-09 09:56:58

Armed with his three mobiles – Dominic King (Trevor Eve). Pics: ITV Rating: ★★★½ ITV1, starts Thursday, 23 February, 9pm Story: Srinagar, Kashmir. Dominic King is negotiating the release of a British Asian family kidnapped while visiting their son, Mahavir. As the handover is completed, the police turn up unexpectedly and a shoot-out ensues. The kidnappers (Anwar and Leela) get away with Mahavir and in their panic they board a tourist bus, taking all the passengers hostage… Deal [..] > read more

Luck – Dustin Hoffman PREVIEW

Published on 2012-02-03 13:42:34

Rating: ★★★★½ Sky Atlantic, February It's HBO, written by Deadwood creator David Milch, directed by Michael Mann and stars Dustin Hoffman. This tale of the racetrack and revenge is as close to a dead cert as you can get. So, is Luck as good as the formbook suggests? While the opener is sprawling and low on action from Hoffman's story as Ace Bernstein, the mover and shaker just released from prison, it is a great-looking episode full of dodgy characters and rich storylines. It's also [..] > read more

Inside Men starring Steven Mackintosh PREVIEW

Published on 2012-01-28 08:33:00

Blag of nerves – honest John (Steven Mackintosh) steps up. Pic: BBC Rating: ★★★★ BBC1, starts Thursday, 2 February, 9pm Story: John Coniston manages a highly secure cash counting house. One day he finds himself in the middle of a terrifying, bloody armed robbery. Flash back to nine months earlier and John is confronting two employees he suspects to siphoning off £50,000. They expect boring, playsafe John to call the cops, but John offers them a way out… Television is so obsessed [..] > read more

Law & Order: UK series 5 PREVIEW

Published on 2011-07-01 15:15:36

Jamie Bamber as DS Devlin tracking a suspect at St Pancras. Pic: (C) ITV Plc Rating ★★★½ ITV1, from Sunday, 10 July, 9pm CrimeTimePreview has only been knocking around television's mean streets for 10 months, but in that time it's > read more

Stolen starring Damian Lewis BBC1 PREVIEW

Published on 2011-06-26 12:54:02

Damian Lewis as detective inspector Carter. Pic: BBC Rating ★★★★ BBC1, Sunday, 3 July, 9pm Plot twists, multiple murders, glamorous cops – you get none of these in this serious but emotional drama. Child trafficking and slavery is the s > read more

New Tricks series 8 PREVIEW

Published on 2011-06-25 09:26:48

Dennis Waterman, Amanda Redman, Alun Armstrong and James Bolam. Pic: BBC Rating ★★★½ BBC1 from Monday, 4 July, 9pm The New Tricks detectives are up to their old tricks as they return for summer. There's nothing fresh and no new faces to shak > read more

The Killing US version PREVIEW

Published on 2011-06-20 03:14:26

Joel Kinnaman as Holder and Mireille Enos as Linden The Killing US version Rating ★★★½ Coming to Channel 4 (in the UK), July Trying to bottle the magic of Nordic fiction and screen originality has become a favourite American quest lately > read more

Third degree: Sophie Hannah

Published on 2011-06-15 03:07:37

Sophie Hannah, 39, whose novel The Point of Rescue was recently turned into the drama Case Sensitive by ITV1, is the author of internationally bestselling psychological thrillers – Little Face, Hurting Distance, The Other Half Lives and A Room Swep > read more

Third degree: Sophie Hannah

Published on 2011-06-15 03:07:37

Dexter series 5 with Michael C Hall PREVIEW

Published on 2011-06-05 13:21:49

Bloodbath time with Dexter (Michael C Hall) © Showtime Networks Inc/FX Rating ★★★★ FX (UK), from Friday, June 17, 10pm Few dramas cram in as much tension, black humour, tenderness and horror as this opener of Dexter's fifth season. > read more

Dexter series 5 with Michael C Hall PREVIEW

Published on 2011-06-05 13:21:49

Luther series 2 with Idris Elba and Ruth Wilson

Published on 2011-06-05 11:37:03

Idris Elba returns as DCI John Luther. Pics: BBC Rating ★★★½ BBC1, from Tuesday, 14 June, 9pm Luther seems to have morphed from a crime series into a horror show as series two returns. Dark rooms, creaking staircases, sudden jolts – the s > read more

Case Histories starring Jason Isaacs PREVIEW

Published on 2011-05-31 13:11:07

Jason Isaacs as Jackson Brodie. Pic: BBC/Ruby Films/Steffan Hill Rating ★★★★ BBC1, from Sunday, 5 June, 9pm This six-parter about private eye Jackson Brodie is an out-of-the-ordinary crime series. It's based on the acclaimed novels of Kate > read more

Case Histories starring Jason Isaacs PREVIEW

Published on 2011-05-31 13:11:07

Scott and Bailey with Suranne Jones and Lesley Sharp PREVIEW

Published on 2011-05-30 08:50:34

Janet Scott (Lesley Sharp) and Rachel Bailey (Suranne Jones). Pics: (C) ITV Plc Rating ★★★ ITV1, from Sunday, 29 May, 9pm BBC1 controller Danny Cohen says he axed the popular Zen series because there were too many male cop shows and he wanted > read more

Translating Law & Order: UK for Americans

Published on 2011-05-27 12:23:00

In the week that Cheryl Cole's US career crashed owing to nobody being able to translate a word she was uttering, how about this for further evidence of the huge culture chasm between us and the Yanks… Oh, I say, chaps, by the way, 'knackers' ar > read more

Translating Law & Order: UK for Americans

Published on 2011-05-27 12:23:00

Justified series 2 with Timothy Olyphant

Published on 2011-05-27 09:41:22

Big shot – Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Gives. Pics: Channel 5 Rating ★★★★ 5USA, Wednesdays, 10pm It's good to be tipping our Stetsons to deputy US Marshal Raylan Givens again. All the winning ingredients of series one are back in the curr > read more

Injustice starring James Purefoy and Dervla Kirwan PREVIEW

Published on 2011-05-26 03:20:01

James Purefoy as William Travers. Pics: (C) ITV Rating ★★★★ ITV1, Monday 6 June to Friday 10 June, 9pm The writer and creator of this drama, author Anthony Horowitz, says it's based on a simple question about barristers – 'How do people > read more

Injustice starring James Purefoy and Dervla Kirwan PREVIEW

Published on 2011-05-26 03:20:01

Luther series 2 with Idris Elba and Ruth Wilson

Published on 2011-05-23 16:49:42

Idris Elba returns as DCI John Luther. Pics: BBC Rating ★★★½ BBC1, June Luther seems to have morphed from a crime series into a horror show as series two returns. Dark rooms, creaking staircases, sudden jolts – the show is loaded with the > read more

Justified series 2 with Timothy Olyphant

Published on 2011-05-22 16:19:12

Luther series 2 coming to BBC1

Published on 2011-05-19 12:13:06

Remember Luther, the super brainy detective who showed a minor lack of judgement in becoming mates with a serial killer? Well, he's returning to BBC1 in the first week of June. Here's a taster, and our preview will follow soon… > read more

Luther series 2 coming to BBC1

Published on 2011-05-19 12:13:06

NBC's Prime Suspect with Maria Bello

Published on 2011-05-18 03:09:46

Here's a glimpse of NBC's new version of Prime Suspect, starring Maria Bello in the role made famous by Helen Mirren. It's due to go out in the States in the autumn. What do you think? Comments below, please… > read more

NBC's Prime Suspect with Maria Bello

Published on 2011-05-17 15:34:37

Scott and Bailey with Suranne Jones and Lesley Sharp PREVIEW

Published on 2011-05-16 03:19:50

Janet Scott (Lesley Sharp) and Rachel Bailey (Suranne Jones). Pics: (C) ITV Plc Rating ★★★½ ITV1, from Sunday, 29 May, 9pm BBC1 controller Danny Cohen says he axed the popular Zen series because there were too many male cop shows and he want > read more

US Killing comes to C4 • Mad Dogs series 2

Published on 2011-05-12 02:59:55

• The US version of The Killing – the Danish 20-parter and crime series of the year – will be shown on Channel 4 later this year. The original series was adored by all who found it on BBC4 on Saturday nights, but before everyone groans that th > read more

The Chicago Code with Jennifer Beals and Jason Clarke PREVIEW

Published on 2011-05-06 06:11:21

Colvin (Jennifer Beals), Wysocki (Jason Clarke) and Evers (Matt Lauria). Pics:BSkyB Rating ★★★ Sky1, from Thursday, 12 May, 9pm The Chicago Code is Sky1's slick new US cop show. The premise is interesting – tackling police/political corrupt > read more

The Shadow Line with Chiwetel Ejiofor, Christopher Eccleston PREVIEW

Published on 2011-05-02 07:42:04

Chiwetel Ejiofor, Stephen Rea and Christopher Eccleston. Pic: BBC Rating ★★★★★ BBC2 Thursday, 5 May, 9pm Of the four major new crime/thriller series on screen this week – Vera (ITV1), Case Sensitive (ITV1), Exile (BBC1) and finally The > read more

Case Sensitive with Olivia Williams PREVIEW

Published on 2011-04-30 07:39:14

DC Waterhouse (Darren Boyd) and DS Zailer (Olivia Williams) Pics: (C) ITV Plc/HAT TRICK PRODUCTIONS Rating ★★★★ ITV1 starts Monday, 2 May, 9pm; concludes Tuesday, 3 May, 9pm ITV is on a roll at the moment, putting on some sharp crime dramas > read more

Exile starring John Simm PREVIEW

Published on 2011-04-27 03:01:15

Tom (John Simm) and the barmaid, Mandy (Claire Goose). Pics: BBC Rating ★★★★½ BBC1 Sunday, 1 May, 9pm John Simm is one of the most interesting and watchable actors on British television. He must also be one of the sharpest judges of script > read more

Vera with Brenda Blethyn PREVIEW

Published on 2011-04-20 02:38:37

Brenda Blethyn as Vera. Pics: (C) ITV Plc Rating ★★★★ Vera: Hidden Depths ITV1, Sunday, 1 May, 8pm Vera, the latest fictional detective to stride onto the TV crime scene, is a far more interesting figure than the familiar old-timers around > read more

The Suspicions of Mr Whicher ITV1 PREVIEW

Published on 2011-04-13 03:09:13

Samuel, his daughter, Constance, and Mr Whicher. Pics: (C) ITV/Hat Trick Rating ★★★★½ ITV1, Easter Monday, 9pm Costume drama has taken a turn for the seedy and disturbing side of late – and it's about time. Chocolate-box series such as C > read more

The Defenders PREVIEW

Published on 2011-04-08 12:46:08

Jerry O'Connell, Tanya Fischer, Jim Belushi, and Jurnee Smollett. Pics: Robert Voets/Joseph Cultice/CBS Rating ★★★½ FX, from Friday, 8 April, 10pm Following Castle and Bored to Death, The Defenders continues the current vogue for light-heart > read more

Spiral – series 3 PREVIEW

Published on 2011-04-02 12:37:06

The team tackling the Butcher of La Villette. Pics: BBC Rating ★★★★ BBC4, from Saturday, 2 April, 9pm Spiral is far more bruising than most series put out by the Beeb and ITV. The French coppers depicted here have a way of doing things, and > read more

Lewis – series 5 PREVIEW

Published on 2011-04-02 09:45:30

Hathaway (Laurence Fox) and Lewis (Kevin Whately). Pics: (C) ITV Plc Rating ★★★ ITV1, from Sunday, 3 April, 8pm Lewis series five will be getting some viewers very excited. This spin-off from the fondly remembered Inspector Morse is as comfy > read more

Brenda Blethyn as Vera • Undisclosed

Published on 2011-03-30 02:50:34

• Two-time Oscar nominee Brenda Blethyn charmed the press at ITV1's launch for Vera, the new adaptation of Ann Cleeves' detective stories looming at the end of April. Of her being chosen for the part, the actress said, 'Vera is a huge woman, looks > read more

The Killing was a killer show

Published on 2011-03-27 07:36:36

Sarah Lund (Sofie Gråbøl). Pic: BBC Since posting about Why The Killing Is the Best Thing on TV, crimetimepreview has been inundated with comments and thousands of hits from the growing army of fans for this superb Danish thriller. Around 80 peopl > read more

Aline Templeton: Third Degree

Published on 2011-03-22 15:47:59

Aline Templeton is the author of the series of novels about DI Marjory Fleming, set in Scotland. Her stand-alone mysteries include Past Praying For, The Trumpet Shall Sound and Shades of Death. She lives in Edinburgh. She was brought into crimetimepr > read more

Bored to Death, Sky Atlantic, PREVIEW

Published on 2011-03-20 14:37:05

Jonathan (Jason Schwartzman) gets his first client. Pics: BSkyB Rating ★★★ Sky Atlantic, from Monday, 28 March, 10.15pm Hats off to Jonathan Ames for convincing HBO's honchos to green-light a comedy series called, of all things, Bored to Dea > read more

Martina Cole's The Runaway, Sky1 – PREVIEW

Published on 2011-03-15 04:16:54

Newcomer Joanna Vanderham as Cathy. Pics: BSkyB Rating ★★★★½ Sky1, from Thursday, 31 March, 9pm Some people read one Martina Cole novel and stop there – the books being too nasty for their taste. So this brutish new series about London > read more

Waking the Dead series 9 PREVIEW

Published on 2011-03-11 11:36:26

Grace, Spence, Boyd, Eve and Sarah. Pic: BBC Rating ★★★ BBC1, Harbinger Part 1 Sunday, 13 March, 9pm; Part 2 Monday, 14 March 9pm This is the final series for Det Supt Peter Boyd and his Cold Case Unit. They were at the cutting edge of > read more

Stephen Booth: Third Degree

Published on 2011-03-11 11:35:56

Award-winning crime author Stephen Booth has written 11 mysteries involving the detectives Ben Cooper and Diane Fry with a distinctive, sometimes menacing Peak District setting. He was a newspaper and magazine journalist for 25 years before publishin > read more

Why The Killing is the best thing on television – 10 reasons

Published on 2011-03-08 14:05:39

Sarah Lund (Sofie Gråbøl), non-confrontational but very strong. Pics: BBC The Killing is tucked away on BBC4 (Saturdays 9pm), but don't underestimate this Danish cult hit – it's the best series currently on TV. 1 Sarah Lund Actress Sofie Gråbø > read more

• Crime Zapper – Whitechapel, The Suspicions of Mr Whicher •

Published on 2011-03-04 03:55:42

• News that ITV has commissioned a third series of Whitechapel for 2012 brings to mind images of the network trying to flog a dead nag back to life. Come on, guys. The first outing in which Rupert Penry-Jones and Phil Davis as mismatched cop colle > read more

• Crime Zapper – Ciao, Zen; Emerald Noir •

Published on 2011-02-24 03:18:47

• The Twitter-verse is a-flutter with the news that Zen is already sleeping with the fishes after just three pretty well-received episodes, thanks to the BBC's new godfather of BBC1, Danny Cohen. It pulled in a good average audience of 5.7m viewers > read more

Law & Order: UK – Series 4 PREVIEW

Published on 2011-02-23 02:35:02

Brooks and Devlin (Pics: (C) ITV Plc/Kudos) Rating: ★★★½ ITV1, Mondays 9pm, from 7 March When ITV gets its hands on a crime series that looks half decent, boy, do they flog it. This is the fourth series of Law & Order: UK since > read more

Castle Series 3 PREVIEW

Published on 2011-02-20 02:22:38

Main cast including Beckett and Castle (centre). Pics: Alibi Rating ★★★½ Alibi, Wednesdays, 9pm, from 9 March The recent vogue in UK television has been for crime series to become distressingly grim. An episode of Taggart recently feat > read more

Murdoch Mysteries Series 4 PREVIEW

Published on 2011-02-19 10:50:29

Constable Crabtree (Jonny Harris), Julia Ogden (Hélène Joy), Murdoch (Yannick Bisson) and Insp Brackenreid (Thomas Craig). Pics: Alibi Rating ★★★ Alibi, Tuesdays, 9pm, from 15 February The modern-day obsession with gory forensics and series > read more

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