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Set in England's West Midlands in 1956, the show follows determined Gina Dawson, the first woman police constable to serve in her hometown, as she struggles to gain acceptance in the male-dominated world of policing. Sometimes dismayed by the patronizing sexism, bullying, corruption and racial prejudice that she encounters every day, Gina remains undaunted and sets out to prove her worth, make a difference and earn some respect.
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On her first day on the job, rookie detective Anna Travis throws up at a crime scene and faints at a postmortem. Does she have what it takes to succeed in what's still mostly a man's world? Above Suspicion: For eight years, someone has been murdering women, following the same brutal ritual each time. The Red Dahlia: A young woman's body is found by the Thames, horribly mutilated and drained of blood.
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When the brutal murder of a famous young actress brings DI Anna Travis face-to-face with her old boss, DCS James Langton, the two must find a killer and deal with their own sexually charged relationship. She's determined to get ahead; he's angry about being passed over for promotion and obsessed with finding the person on his team who betrayed him. Meanwhile, there are too many suspects, and the body count is rising.
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"The "wickedly offbeat" (Parade), contemporary mystery series follows the adventures of newly promoted Detective Sergeant Matilda Stone and her three crime-writing aunts as they solve murders in the picturesque English region of Wildemarsh. Though Matilda's strict boss warns her that homicides are police-only matters, her aunts can't help but offer their expertise, as well as unsolicited dating advice. As Matilda contends with a novelist killed during...
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Suave, smart, and somewhat strange, Raphael Balthazar can make the dead speak like no one else, as a forensic pathologist in Paris.
"Seven months after his life was upended, Balthazar (Tomer Sisley) is still dealing with the fallout from his partner leaving and the revelations about his wife. Then Captain Camille Costes (Constance Labbé) steps in to work with the troubled forensic pathologist. Outspoken and boundlessly energetic, she has a bone...
7) Vera: Set 10
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"The indomitable Vera and her trusted team unravel more complex cases, exploring stories of corporate corruption, organized crime and deeply buried personal guilt" --Container.
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"One of Britain's most thrilling series" (Entertainment Weekly) returns as the elite squad of detectives begin investigating a string of murders with links to the police force. Could the killer be a fellow officer? The case has deeply personal ramifications for the team led by DI David Bradford, involving DS Vivienne Cole's ex-husband and threats to DC Rob Brady's family. As they try to discover if a murderer lurks among their ranks, the detectives...
10) Vera: Set 7
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Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope and her assistant Detective Sergeant Aiden Healy work to solve four more perplexing cases, set in rural Northumberland.
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"One of Britain's most thrilling series" (Entertainment Weekly) returns as the elite squad of detectives begin investigating a string of murders with links to the police force. Could the killer be a fellow officer? The case has deeply personal ramifications for the team led by DI David Bradford, involving DS Vivienne Cole's ex-husband and threats to DC Rob Brady's family. As they try to discover if a murderer lurks among their ranks, the detectives...
12) Vera: Set 9
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The central character is Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope. Who is obsessive about her work and driven by her own demons. If she's lonely she doesn't show it and faces the world with caustic wit, guile, and courage. Her trusted an dlong suffering colleague is Sergeant Joe Ashworth. Together they approach every new case with unparalleled gusto and professionalism.
13) Vera: Set 8
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As disheveled and indomitable as ever, DCI Vera Stanhope leads her tightly knit team of Northumberland police through four more daunting cases. No one seems to know anything about the police officer whose body turns up in a slaughterhouse incinerator, the woman killed in a car crash meant to look like an accident, the suburban neighbor found dead in her back garden, and the teenager whose body floats to the surface of a reservoir. How will Vera break...
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The elite murder squad returns. As the detectives solve each case (skeletal remains dug up in the garden, the brutal murder of a pub landlord, a teenage au pair found dead, the double-shooting of a father and son), there's one mystery Detective Inspector David Bradford can't unravel. Where is his wife Sarah? As the other detectives investigate why David is lying to them about the night Sarah disappeared, they begin to think the unthinkable: did the...
15) Hot pursuit
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An uptight and by-the-book cop tries to protect the outgoing widow of a drug boss as they race through Texas pursued by crooked cops and murderous gunmen.
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As punishment for messing up a kidnap rescue and shooting a dog in the process, Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman is re-assigned to the newly created unsolved murder squad. Due to a manpower shortage her team is made up of veteran detectives brought back onto the police force, bringing a 1970's mentality to modern policing. The team's first case is to re-investigate a twenty year old murder conviction which has suddenly come into question due...
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For eight years, the old dogs of the Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad--veteran detectives Jack Halford (James Bolam, The Beiderbecke Affair), Brian Lane (Alun Armstrong, Garrow's Law), and Gerry Standing (Dennis Waterman, The Sweeney)--have been a close-knit team. Led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman (Amanda Redman, Sexy Beast)their beautiful, younger boss, they have solved cold cases with classic policing skills and easy camaraderie....