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The Wipers Times Based on a true story, this poignant yet comedic WWI drama revels in the resilience of the human spirit in the face of overwhelming adversity. Ben Chaplin stars as Capt. Fred Roberts, who publishes a satirical newspaper on the Western Front, using humor and wit to help his men stay sane amid the dea...
Mystery Road Season 1 Two-time Oscar nominee Judy Davis (Feud, Life with Judy Garland) and award-winning actor Aaron Pedersen (Jack Irish) star in this drama set in the Australian outback. When two boys go missing from a cattle station, Detective Jay Swan (Pedersen) teams up with local cop Emma James (Davis) to investiga...
Seven Dials Mystery Iconic actor John Gielgud (Arthur) and BAFTA Award winning actress Cheryl Campbell (Call the Midwife) star in this adaptation of Dame Agatha Christie's mystery. Young aristocrat Lady Eileen "Bundle" Brent insinuates herself into a series of murders, stolen state secrets, and a mysterious secret soci...
B&B Kevin Whately (Inspector Lewis, Inspector Morse) and Ian McNeice (Doc Martin) star in this family film about Steve Shepherd, an architect who loses his job after crossing his boss, local bigwig Horace Gilbert. To make ends meet, Steve and his daughter decide to turn their house into a bed-and-breakf...
Belonging Brenda Blethyn (Vera) and Kevin Whately (Inspector Lewis) are Jess and Jacob Copplestone, a married couple caring for his elderly relatives. But when Jacob leaves her, Jess must adapt to her new life. Based on the acclaimed novel and written by BAFTA winner Alan Plater (The Last of the Blonde Bombsh...
One Lane Bridge Season 3 Series 3 premieres in Australia January 23. In this dark crime drama with a supernatural edge, a small town in New Zealand is upended when a local man's body is found at the bottom of a one-lane bridge that's long been a locus of unexplained events. While investigating the murder, an ambitious Māori...
The Black Velvet Gown Winner of an International Emmy® for Best Drama and based on the novel by Catherine Cookson, this period drama set in 1830s England portrays the complicated relationship between a mother (Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs) and daughter (Geraldine Somerville, Gosford Park) as they fight for a better life an...
The Scarlet Pimpernel This Emmy-nominated adapation of the classic swashbucking tale stars Jane Seymour (Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman) and Anthony Andrews (Brideshead Revisited). While enemies of the new French Republic are carried to off to the guillotine, more than a few of France's hated aristocrats have escaped executio...
The Boy with the Topknot Based on an acclaimed memoir, this is the touching and humorous story of Sathnam (Sacha Dhawan, Iron Fist), a second-generation Indian raised in Britain, who struggles to reconcile his traditional upbringing with his multicultural modern life. "Soul-searching and impeccably acted" (The Telegraph), i...
The Madame Blanc Mysteries Season 2 Antiques dealer Jean White (Sally Lindsay, Mount Pleasant) is nearly bankrupt after her husband's sudden death, and so she heads to their one last asset: a cottage in antiques hub Sainte Victoire, France. There, Jean begins investigating his death, aided by sympathetic taxi driver Dom (Steve Edge)....
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? This tale of murder, suspense, intrigue, and false identities sees amateur sleuths Bobby and Frankie Derwent investigating a mysterious death. James Warwick and Francesca Annis (Tommy & Tuppence) play another witty crime-solving pair created by Agatha Christie. Also featuring John Gielgud and Eric P...
Morning Show Mysteries Season 1 When restaurateur, chef, and TV morning host Billie Blessings (Holly Robinson Peete) is framed for the murder of one of her coworkers, she teams up with Detective Ian Jackson (Rick Fox) to catch the real killer. As their impromptu alliance develops into a solid partnership, the pair solve more murde...
The Paradise Season 2 The murders of a family in cold blood deeply shake a Finnish community living in their own little paradise on the shores of the Mediterranean. Veteran detective Hilkka Mäntymäki is sent from Finland to the Costa del Sol, Spain, to help the local police on a case that will soon claim new victims.
The Clinic Season 2 Series 3 premieres February 6. In modern-day Dublin, a group of dedicated medical professionals work in a busy city health clinic. There they experience many joys and sorrows as they confront the frailty of human life, their hidden longings, and the cost of their professional ambitions. Starring Amy...
Midsomer Murders Season 22 Series 23 premieres in North America December 12. Series 22 Part 2 premieres in Australia February 13. Homicide, blackmail, greed, and betrayal: just a taste of what goes on behind the well-trimmed hedges of Midsomer County in this deliciously sinister series. But the culprits are no match for DCI T...
My Life is Murder Season 3 Lucy Lawless (Xena: Warrior Princess, Parks and Recreation) stars in this contemporary Australian detective drama as retired cop Alexa Crowe. With her old boss (Bernard Curry, Once Upon a Time) regularly asking for her insight on cold cases and a young police data-analyst (Ebony Vagulans) eager to b...
Flower Shop Mysteries Season 1 Lawyer Abby Knight (Brooke Shields) is starting over after the death of her husband. With support from her father (Beau Bridges), she opens a flower shop in her hometown, and her life is peaceful until an SUV rams her car. To track down the driver, she teams up with an ex-Marine/bartender (Brennan E...
Hailey Dean Mysteries Season 1 Series 2 premieres in Australia & New Zealand February 6. Trading in her prosecutor position for a new role as a therapist, brilliant and acutely observant Hailey Dean (Kellie Martin) becomes entangled in various murder investigations in Atlanta with her boyfriend, medical examiner Jonas (Matthew Ma...
The Brokenwood Mysteries Season 7 This quirky New Zealand mystery follows DI Mike Shepherd, who arrives to the seemingly peaceful town of Brokenwood with a classic car, a country music collection, and an indeterminate number of ex-wives. His assistant, DC Kristin Sims, is a by-the-book investigator 15 years younger than her boss's c...
HIP Season 1 A single mother of three children, Morgane is socially awkward but mentally gifted. Although born with "high intellectual potential," she scrapes by on temporary jobs. But her cleaning gig at a police station changes her life when she corrects an error in a case file. Hired as a consultant, Morgane...
Amber Season 1 An emotional journey filled with psychological insight and unexpected twists, Amber is the story of what happens after a 14-year-old goes missing and her recently separated parents work to get her back. Each episode of the four-part series reveals the perspective of one individual connected with the...
Blood Season 2 Likened to Broadchurch and The Killing by critics, this psychological mystery is "must-see TV…taut, stylish, and suspenseful" (The Irish Times). BAFTA nominee Adrian Dunbar (Line of Duty) stars as a respected doctor in a small Irish town. When his wife dies, everyone believes it was an accident--exc...
Cuffs Season 1 Packed with humor and humanity, this BBC show from the creator of Prisoners' Wives is an exhilarating ride through the challenges of frontline policing in the vibrant seaside city of Brighton. Amanda Abbington (Sherlock), Ashley Walters (Bulletproof), and Jacob Ifan (Bang) lead an ensemble cast in t...
Exile Season 1 Exile delves into dark family secrets and one man's mission to unlock them, while he struggles with his father"s deteriorating mental health. Tom Ronstadt (John Simm) returns to his hometown after 18 years away. As the reasons for his exile emerge, Tom begins to unpack the scandal his father (Jim Br...
Proof Season 2 Exploring the sinister underbelly of Europe, this compelling Irish thriller follows a journalist (Finbar Lynch, Suffragette) who discovers a link between the murder of a car thief and a network of human traffickers that reaches to the heights of government power. Also starring Orla Brady (Fringe) an...
Rebus Season 1 Leaving Latin America, South Africa, and Netherlands November 9th. Based on the novels by Ian Rankin, this gritty crime drama stars BAFTA Award winner John Hannah (Four Weddings and a Funeral) and Laurence and Olivier Award winner Ken Stott (The Hobbit) as gruff Scottish detective John Rebus. The wo...
River Season 1 Stellan Skarsgård is John River, a brilliant detective whose genius and fault line is the fragility of his mind-a man haunted by the murder victims whose secrets he must unlock. After his colleague and friend (Nicola Walker) is killed, River chases down the truth. But as his defenses are eroded by l...
Sando Season 1 With "echoes...of Arrested Development" (Sydney Morning Herald), this madcap Australian comedy delivers riotous laughs and outlandish characters. Sacha Horler (Jack Irish, Crownies) stars as Victoria "Sando" Sandringham, the CEO of a furniture-store empire, who tries to win back her family and her b...
Hunted Season 1 Melissa George (In Treatment) stars in this spy thriller as an agent for a private security firm called Byzantium. After surviving an attempt on her life, she begins a new undercover assignment working for a wealthy criminal, all while trying to discover who wants her dead-and whether it's tied to a...
Hustle Season 4 The con is on in this captivating British drama about a group of grifters who target their marks for a series of sophisticated scams but vow never to cheat an honest person. Man-with-the-plan Mickey (Adrian Lester) leads the team, along with old-school Albert (Robert Vaughn) and short-con specialist...
Mayday Season 1 An outstanding ensemble cast including Aidan Gillen (Game of Thrones) and Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda) anchors this engrossing UK crime drama from the producers of Broadchurch. After a 14-year-old girl goes missing ahead of her central role in the local Mayday pageant, forcing residents of the loca...
Thorne Season 2 David Morrissey (The Walking Dead, The Driver) stars as DI Tom Thorne in this gritty crime drama based on the bestselling novels by Mark Billingham. Golden Globe® winner Sandra Oh (Killing Eve, Grey's Anatomy) and Aidan Gillen (Game of Thrones, The Wire) guest star. "Intense dramas…a cut above" --Th...
Trivia Season 2 Calling themselves "The Team with No Name," four individuals join together every week to compete in a local pub quiz. But as they match wits, they also contend with challenging friendships, unrequited love, and a single mother desperately in need of a break.
Whites Season 1 Set in the high-pressure kitchen of a country hotel, Whites follows the trials and tribulations of head chef Roland White (Alan Davies, QI, Jonathan Creek) and his sous chef Bib (Darren Boyd, Delivery Man, Fortitude). Roland is a fantastic chef who was on the brink of success 15 years ago. Since the...
Winter Season 2 In this gripping Aussie mystery, a small town is rocked to its core after the search for a missing teenager uncovers the corpses of five women in a field. Detective Eve Winter (Rebecca Gibney, Packed to the Rafters) is called in to investigate with her elite team of homicide detectives.
WPC 56 Season 3 In 1950s England, Gina Dawson (Jennie Jacques, Vikings) is determined to prove her mettle as the first Woman Police Constable at the Brinford Police Station-no matter the roadblocks her male colleagues throw her way. "A lovely blend of nostalgia and social history" -Daily Mail.
Capital Season 1 Premieres in North America September 6. Based on John Lanchester's bestselling novel, this complex and resonant drama starring Toby Jones and Rachael Stirling is a "beguiling" (The Daily Telegraph, UK) and "alarmingly recognizable" (The Times, UK) depiction of contemporary life in England's capital...
Kingdom Season 3 Stephen Fry (Jeeves and Wooster) stars in this "charming" (Examiner.com) British dramedy as Peter Kingdom, a compassionate solicitor running a law practice in a quaint and beautiful Norfolk town. As he handles the cases of his oddball clients, he also contends with the mysterious disappearance of hi...
Manhunt Season 1 Martin Clunes (Doc Martin) stars in this true-crime drama as DCI Colin Sutton, the lead detective on a case that captivated Britain. When a young French woman is killed in London, the investigation yields no forensics, motive, or witnesses. But when Sutton connects the crime to two other murders, he...
Poldark Season 2 This epic saga created a sensation when it first aired on Masterpiece Theatre in 1975, drawing comparisons to Gone with the Wind. Set in 18th-century Cornwall after America's War for Independence, Robin Ellis stars as Captain Ross Poldark, a young hero who returns home to find his estate in ruins, h...
Taggart Season 18 Series 1 & 2 premieres in Australia and New Zealand January 30. Meet detectives Burke (Alex Norton), Ross (John Michie), Reid (Blythe Duff), and Fraser (Colin McCredie)--a team of Glasgow cops as hard as the criminals they chase and as gritty as the city they call home. One of the UK's most popular...
The Cry Season 1 In this "absorbing" (The Sydney Morning Herald) psychological thriller, social worker Meg Bartlet (Sarah Lancashire, Happy Valley) is grieving the stillbirth of her daughter when she befriends Christine (Emma Cunniffe, Place of Execution), whose child suffers from health problems. Coming to believe...
Crownies Season 1 Crownies are young solicitors in the Office of Public Prosecutions. Their passion for justice collides with the realities of huge caseloads rigid rules of evidence and a judicial system that struggles to protect the vulnerable and to find the truth behind human frailty. They are smart and ambitious...
Suspects Season 5 Suspects is a "fresh, very different, and absolutely cracking drama" - Daily Mail (UK). Using improvised dialogue and filming techniques usually associated with factual programming, this unique procedural crime drama follows D.I. Martha Bellamy (Fay Ripley, Cold Feet) and her team as they investigat...
The Hour Season 2 Set in the 1950s, this Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-nominated BBC drama delves into the high-stakes world of TV news. Ben Whishaw (Spectre), Romola Garai (Emma), and Dominic West (The Affair) headline an all-star cast that includes Anna Chancellor (Ordeal by Innocence) and Peter Capaldi (Doctor Who...
Balthazar Season 4 Suave, smart, and somewhat strange, Raphaël Balthazar (Tomer Sisley) can make the dead speak like no one else. As a forensic pathologist in Paris, he works with no-nonsense chief inspector Hélène Bach (Hélène de Fougerolles) to solve the city's most disturbing crimes. But there's one case that conti...
Black Box Season 1 In Black Box, the brain is the ultimate mystery. Kelly Reilly (Yellowstone) plays Dr. Catherine Black, a brilliant neurologist who can relate to the patients she helps because, as only her psychiatrist (Vanessa Redgrave) knows, she is bipolar herself. But Catherine has another secret she keeps to he...
Cape Town Season 1 Police captain Mat Joubert used to be the best, but he's been on a downward spiral since his wife's death. When he's assigned a new partner sleek, ex-elite cop Sanctus Snook Mat dislikes him immediately. Then dead bodies wearing masks start piling up, and the hostile pair realize they have a serial...
Dalgliesh Season 1 Renewed for Series 2 & 3. Based on P.D. James's global bestsellers, this riveting mystery series stars Bertie Carvel (Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Doctor Foster) as enigmatic Inspector Adam Dalgliesh. A recent widower and acclaimed poet, Dalgliesh employs his exceptional empathy and insight to plu...
The Fixer Season 1 Skeptical about the "official answers" released after an oil rig disaster, Ellie Molaro (Kathleen Robertson, Beverly Hills, 90210), an examiner with the National Accident Investigation Agency, teams up with a mysterious man named Carter (Eric Dane, Grey's Anatomy), who claims that the spill is part...
Transport Season 1 A journalist traces a microchip found in baby food. A bank manager's mistake ensnares her in a much larger scheme. A family falls apart after the father goes missing. An insurance examiner investigates what happened to a border control veterinarian. This suspenseful Nordic noir drama enters the worl...
Aftertaste Season 1 When his latest outburst goes viral, volatile celebrity chef Easton West (Erik Thomson) flees back to his Australian hometown and tries to reinvent himself through an unlikely partnership with his 19-year-old pastry wunderkind niece (Natalie Abbott). This "sharp satire" (The Guardian) also stars Rac...
Bomb Girls Season 2 During WWII, a group of women risk their lives building bombs in a Canadian munitions factory. But they are also engaged in fights of their own. Peers, friends, and sometimes rivals, the women form an unexpected kinship as they deal with the men-fathers, brothers, coworkers, suitors-not serving over...
Crossroads Season 1 Brilliant attorney Sophie Cross is enjoying a summer day at the beach with her 5-year-old son when he vanishes into thin air. It's the start of a nightmare for her and her husband, police commissioner Thomas Leclercq. Three years later the investigation has gone nowhere, and Sophie decides to take m...
Darby & Joan Season 1 Widowed English nurse Joan Kirkhope (Greta Scacchi) is on a quest to find answers about her husband's mysterious death, while ex-detective Jack Darby (Bryan Brown) has taken to the open road to escape his past. But when they collide in the Australian outback and become drawn into a series of mysteri...
Dark Angel Season 1 Dispensing death from the spout of a teapot, Mary Ann Cotton (Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey) was a prolific arsenic poisoner in Victorian England, claiming more victims than her famous male counterpart, Jack the Ripper. Dark Angel dramatizes the events that drew a troubled woman into a career of ca...
Dead Still Season 1 Brock Blennerhasset makes a living out of photographing the dead in Victorian Ireland. When a series of murders threatens to sully Blennerhasset's reputation, a tenacious detective drags him into an investigation of Dublin's criminal underbelly. Set within the fascinating historical period of postmo...
Fanny Hill Season 1 Screenwriter Andrew Davies (Bridget Jones's Diary) brings all of his sly wit to this adaptation of 18th-century Britain's most notorious novel. With a mischievous glint in her eye and plenty of knowing winks, Fanny relates her journey from wholesome naif to worldly woman.
Harry Wild Season 1 Literature professor Harriet "Harry" Wild (Jane Seymour) is adjusting to retirement when she's mugged. While recovering at the home of her son (Kevin Ryan), a detective in the Dublin police, Harry gleans a clue for his current case. But when she's rebuffed, Harry decides to solve the crime herself....
Home Fires Season 2 Series 1 & 2 leaving Latin America April 30th. Women to the front! Acclaimed actresses Samantha Bond (Downton Abbey, Outnumbered) and Francesca Annis (The Little House, Cranford) head an impressive cast in this period drama that the Wall Street Journal calls "irresistible." As World War II looms, th...
I, Claudius Season 1 Winner of an Emmy and numerous other awards, this BBC epic is a tale of ambition, debauchery, and intrigue. Rated one of the "100 Best TV Shows of All Time" by Time magazine, the series spans the history of the Roman Empire from Augustus through Claudius and stars Derek Jacobi, Patrick Stewart, Sian...
Land Girls Season 3 This BBC period drama with a charming ensemble cast follows the lives, loves, highs, and lows of members of the Women's Land Army during World War II. As men fought on the battlefields, women from all walks of life worked the farms that fed the nation, doing their part to keep the home front running...
Murderland Season 1 Three-time BAFTA Award winner Robbie Coltrane (Harry Potter, Cracker) stars in this gripping thriller about revenge, redemption, and rough justice. A girl (Bel Powley, The Diary of a Teenage Girl) witnesses the murder of her mother, and years later she contacts the original detective on the case to...
The Sounds Season 1 Set against the backdrop of the stunning Marlborough Sounds in New Zealand, Maggie and Tom arrive to escape his oppressive family and start a business. When Tom disappears, buried secrets and family plots make paradise less than perfect.
The Tunnel Season 3 When a body is found on the border between the UK and France, detectives Karl Roebuck (Stephen Dillane, Game of Thrones) and Elise Wassermann (Clémence Poésy, Tenet) form an uneasy partnership as they investigate for their respective countries. As the serial killer uses ever more ingenious methods t...
Clean Break Season 1 Car dealer Frank Mallon (Adam Fergus, Being Erica) is watching his life fall apart around him. His wife has left, his cars aren't selling, and his teenage daughter is out of control. Desperate for a solution, Frank devises a plan to fix his money problems while also getting revenge on the people who...
Finding Joy Season 2 Amy Huberman (Striking Out, The Clinic) created, wrote, and stars in this quirky, life-affirming Irish comedy. Orderly, structured Joy is dealing with a messy breakup when a new work assignment forces her to look for happiness in the most unusual places. "Huberman has warm, almost effortless likeabi...
Fingersmith Season 1 Raised in a den of petty thieves ("fingersmiths"), plucky orphan Sue Trinder (two-time Oscar® nominee Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water) agrees to help a con man (Rupert Evans, The Man in the High Castle) defraud a wealthy heiress (Elaine Cassidy, No Offence). Plans change when the two women fall in...
Foyle's War Season 10 Combining historical accuracy with compelling mysteries, this award winning British series is "a triumph from start to finish" (The Wall Street Journal). Michael Kitchen stars as Christopher Foyle, the upright, laconic detective tasked with investigating cases on the home front as WWII ravages the s...
Girlfriends Season 1 Leaving Latin America April 30th. Acclaimed actresses Phyllis Logan (The Good Karma Hospital, Downton Abbey), Miranda Richardson (Harry Potter films), and Zoe Wanamaker (Poirot) star in this addictive new drama from Kay Mellor, the BAFTA Award-winning creator of Love, Lies & Records. Three women of...
Glorious 39 This WWII thriller from acclaimed writer/director Stephen Poliakoff follows an aristocratic young Englishwoman (Romola Garai, Emma) who stumbles across a trove of hidden recordings and unfurls a tangled web of dark secrets, menace, and betrayal. The all-star cast includes Bill Nighy, David Tennant,...
Jack Taylor Season 3 Jack Taylor (Iain Glen, Game of Thrones, Downton Abbey) is a former cop turned private investigator in this gripping drama hailed as "brilliant" (The People, UK) and "impressive" (Daily Mail). Based on the bestselling novels of Ken Bruen, the series follows Jack as he investigates some of Ireland's...
Jamaica Inn Season 2 Based on the beloved gothic novel by Daphne Du Maurier, Jamaica Inn follows Mary Yellan, an orphan sent to the rugged coast of Cornwall to live with her aunt. Mary is met by a brutish, menacing man-her uncle, Joss. She soon learns that no guests stay at the inn, and Joss is part of a savage gang of...
Liverpool 1 Season 2 Striking a "satisfying balance between crime-fighting and private emotional upheaval" (The Glasgow Herald), this gritty police procedural follows vice-squad detectives Isobel de Pauli (Samantha Womack, Mount Pleasant) and Mark Callaghan (Mark Womack, Babylon) as they fight crime and corruption in Li...
Pitching In Season 1 Daffodil Dunes is a cozy camping-park community on the scenic and serene north Wales coast. When owner Frank (Larry Lamb, Gavin & Stacey, New Tricks) announces that he plans to sell the park to an enticing estate agent (Hayley Mills, The Parent Trap, Pollyanna), his strong-willed daughter, Carys (Ca...
The Circuit Season 2 Aaron Pedersen (Mystery Road, Jack Irish) is Drew Ellis, an Indigenous lawyer who joins the Aboriginal Legal Service on a circuit court serving a vast and remote region of the Australian outback. In this challenging and chaotic world, Ellis gets a rude awakening as he realizes that one law for two c...
The Murders Season 1 The daughter of a decorated policeman killed in the line of duty, Detective Kate Jameson is determined to be a good cop like her father and to make her mark in homicide. But when Kate breaks the number one rule of policing never leave your gun unattended her partner gets killed. Now she is haunted b...
White Sands Season 1 To solve the brutal murder of a German surfer, two mismatched cops are deployed to the tourist paradise of Hvide Sande on the Danish coast. Since no one in the town trusts the police, Danish undercover expert Helene and German homicide detective Thomas pose as a married couple. They quickly realize...
City of Vice Season 1 London, 1753. Amidst a soaring crime epidemic, the new magistrates of Westminster, novelist Henry Fielding (Ian McDiarmid, Star Wars) and his blind half-brother, John (Iain Glen, Game of Thrones), decide to set up the city's first professional police force: the Bow Street Runners. "Like 'Deadwood' c...
Fallen Angel Season 1 This riveting miniseries explores the mind and motivation of a psychopath (Emilia Fox, Delicious), moving backwards through time to learn where it all went wrong. Ethereal beauty Angel Wharton is the devil in disguise. But what--or who--made her that way? Is it the fault of Angel's father (Charles D...
Four Seasons Season 1 Based on the works of Rosamunde Pilcher, this sweeping saga follows a momentous year in the life of the Combe family at their magnificent estate on the Cornish coast. When Julia (Senta Berger) returns after being banished years earlier, it upends life at Endellion, unlocking secrets from the past th...
Grantchester Season 6 In this charming period mystery, Sidney Chambers (James Norton, Happy Valley) is a village vicar in 1950s Cambridgeshire. But he's far from a typical clergyman: a jazz-loving war veteran with a tumultuous romantic history, Sidney applies his unique insights on human frailty to solve crimes with his...
Hidden (2011) Season 1 When a mysterious lawyer (Thekla Reuten, In Bruges) asks solicitor Harry Venn (Philip Glenister, Life on Mars, The Level) to find a missing alibi witness for her client, he's forced to delve back into his murky past and uncover a far-reaching conspiracy in this "intelligent, pacy TV thriller" (The T...
Line of Duty Season 5 From the creator of Bodyguard, this thrilling British drama has earned universal praise for its "nail-biting action, complex characters, and intricate plotting" (TV Guide). At internal affairs unit AC-12, Supt. Hastings (Adrian Dunbar, Blood) leads his team of DS Arnott (Martin Compston, The Nest) a...
London Kills Season 3 London's best detectives take on its worst crimes in this sleek mystery series from the creator of Suspects. DI David Bradford (Hugo Speer, Father Brown) heads an elite murder squad, but the one case he can't crack is the one closest to him - the disappearance of his wife. Also starring Sharon Small...
Murphy's Law Season 5 Detective Tommy Murphy (James Nesbitt, Cold Feet, Match Point) has nothing left to lose. Guilt-ridden over the death of his young daughter, who was slain by the IRA, he flees to London to work undercover assignments for the Metropolitan Police in this gritty and "eminently watchable" (San Francisco...
Newton's Law Season 1 From the team behind Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, this Aussie legal drama is "intelligent, stylish and nicely romantic" (The Australian). Claudia Karvan (Jack Irish) stars as Josephine Newton, a skilled lawyer juggling her busy personal life along with a full caseload of quirky clients.
Small Claims Season 1 Chrissy (Rebecca Gibney, Under the Vines) and Jo (Claudia Karvan, Love My Way) are two suburban mothers whose domestic responsibilities keep them more than busy. But when a young mom with a shady past vanishes in mysterious circumstances, they form a partnership to track her down. This leads the pai...
Striking Out Season 2 This charming Acorn TV Original drama follows Tara Rafferty (Amy Huberman, The Clinic), a successful Dublin lawyer. After she discovers her fiance's infidelity, she abandons her wedding plans and her job, striking out on her own by starting an unconventional private practice. Neil Morrissey (Line of...
Agatha Raisin Season 3 Ashley Jensen stars in this quintessential British-village mystery based on the bestselling books by M.C. Beaton. Fulfilling a lifelong dream, Agatha Raisin retires early to a quaint village in the Cotswolds and soon finds a second career as an amateur detective investigating mischief, mayhem, and m...
George Gently Season 8 In this acclaimed BBC detective drama, Tony nominee Martin Shaw (Death in Holy Orders) stars as Inspector George Gently, an incorruptible cop transplanted from London to the North East of England in the mid-1960s. Gently and his cocky young protege, John Bacchus (Lee Ingleby, Line of Duty), investig...
Keeping Faith Season 2 Award-winning actress Eve Myles (Torchwood) stars in this BBC thriller as Faith Howells, a lawyer with a happy marriage until her husband suddenly disappears. As Faith becomes the police's prime suspect, her search for the truth leads her to the criminal underbelly of her quiet town. Filmed along th...
Monday Monday Season 1 Reeling from a breakup, Sally (Morven Christie, Grantchester) jumps at the chance to relocate with her company-even if it's with her incompetent boss (Fay Ripley, Cold Feet). On a work night out, she meets the charming Steven (Tom Ellis, Lucifer) but the next day is unhappily surprised to learn he's...
Signora Volpe Season 1 Disillusioned British spy Sylvia Fox (Emilia Fox) is in Italy for her niece's wedding when the groom goes missing. Sylvia solves the mystery and, longing to reconnect with her sister (Tara Fitzgerald), decides to start anew in Umbria. Soon she's tackling other cases and winning over a handsome local...
Single-Handed Season 2 Transferred from Dublin to his hometown on Ireland's coast, Sgt. Jack Driscoll (Owen McDonnell) faces challenges he never expected: winning the locals' respect, escaping the shadow of his father and predecessor, solving baffling crimes, and exposing secrets. Complex characters rife with moral ambigu...
The Advocates Season 2 Leaving North America September 27th. This gritty drama contrasts the high-powered world of Edinburgh's legal professionals with life on the city's sordid streets, as a young lawyer (Ewan Stewart, Rob Roy) investigates a deadly drug overdose and a serial killer that strikes close to home. Featuring...
The Scapegoat Season 1 Emmy winner® Matthew Rhys (The Americans) stars in this morally complex, darkly comic, and suspenseful film based on the novel by Daphne du Maurier. When unemployed teacher John runs into his doppelgänger, he ends up switching places with the wealthy but wicked Johnny. Also starring Eileen Atkins (D...
The Syndicate Season 2 The stately home of Hazelwood Manor has been in the family of Lord Hazelwood since the 18th century. But the once-impressive manor is crumbling, and its owners are burdened with 6.5 million in debt. Lord and Lady Hazelwood have been forced to let go of most of the staff, and only five servants help...
Total Control Season 1 When Indigenous woman Alex Irving (Deborah Mailman) gains national acclaim for her heroism against a rampaging gunman, Australia's embattled prime minister Rachel Anderson (Rachel Griffiths) sees a publicity goldmine and handpicks Alex for the Senate. But Alex wants to be more than just a political...
Candice Renoir Season 4 Series 5 premieres February 27. After 10 years abroad, Candice Renoir is back in the south of France and back on the case as a police commandant. Newly divorced with four kids, Candice feels rusty at work-and her skeptical colleagues don't help. Determined to prove her so-called weaknesses are stren...
Harbour Lights Season 1 Former Royal Navy officer Mike Nicholls (Nick Berry, Heartbeat) takes the job of harbourmaster at Bridehaven, the town where he grew up, in the hopes that it will help put his past behind him. Along with WPC Melanie Rush (Tina Hobley, Holby City), they keep the passing parade of smugglers, errant ya...
Rosemary & Thyme Season 3 Premiering in the United Kingdom February 22. Laura Thyme (Pam Ferris) and Rosemary Boxer (Felicity Kendal) share a passion for horticulture and a talent for sleuthing in this cozy British mystery series.

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The Wipers Times

Based on a true story, this poignant yet comedic WWI drama revels in the resilience of the human spirit in the face of overwhelming adversity. Ben Chaplin stars as Capt. Fred Roberts, who publishes a satirical newspaper on the Western Front, using humor and wit to help his men stay sane amid the dea...

Mystery Road

Season 1

Two-time Oscar nominee Judy Davis (Feud, Life with Judy Garland) and award-winning actor Aaron Pedersen (Jack Irish) star in this drama set in the Australian outback. When two boys go missing from a cattle station, Detective Jay Swan (Pedersen) teams up with local cop Emma James (Davis) to investiga...

Seven Dials Mystery

Iconic actor John Gielgud (Arthur) and BAFTA Award winning actress Cheryl Campbell (Call the Midwife) star in this adaptation of Dame Agatha Christie's mystery. Young aristocrat Lady Eileen "Bundle" Brent insinuates herself into a series of murders, stolen state secrets, and a mysterious secret soci...

B&B

Kevin Whately (Inspector Lewis, Inspector Morse) and Ian McNeice (Doc Martin) star in this family film about Steve Shepherd, an architect who loses his job after crossing his boss, local bigwig Horace Gilbert. To make ends meet, Steve and his daughter decide to turn their house into a bed-and-breakf...

Belonging

Brenda Blethyn (Vera) and Kevin Whately (Inspector Lewis) are Jess and Jacob Copplestone, a married couple caring for his elderly relatives. But when Jacob leaves her, Jess must adapt to her new life. Based on the acclaimed novel and written by BAFTA winner Alan Plater (The Last of the Blonde Bombsh...

One Lane Bridge

Season 3

Series 3 premieres in Australia January 23. In this dark crime drama with a supernatural edge, a small town in New Zealand is upended when a local man's body is found at the bottom of a one-lane bridge that's long been a locus of unexplained events. While investigating the murder, an ambitious Māori...

The Black Velvet Gown

Winner of an International Emmy® for Best Drama and based on the novel by Catherine Cookson, this period drama set in 1830s England portrays the complicated relationship between a mother (Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs) and daughter (Geraldine Somerville, Gosford Park) as they fight for a better life an...

The Scarlet Pimpernel

This Emmy-nominated adapation of the classic swashbucking tale stars Jane Seymour (Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman) and Anthony Andrews (Brideshead Revisited). While enemies of the new French Republic are carried to off to the guillotine, more than a few of France's hated aristocrats have escaped executio...

The Boy with the Topknot

Based on an acclaimed memoir, this is the touching and humorous story of Sathnam (Sacha Dhawan, Iron Fist), a second-generation Indian raised in Britain, who struggles to reconcile his traditional upbringing with his multicultural modern life. "Soul-searching and impeccably acted" (The Telegraph), i...

The Madame Blanc Mysteries

Season 2

Antiques dealer Jean White (Sally Lindsay, Mount Pleasant) is nearly bankrupt after her husband's sudden death, and so she heads to their one last asset: a cottage in antiques hub Sainte Victoire, France. There, Jean begins investigating his death, aided by sympathetic taxi driver Dom (Steve Edge)....

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

This tale of murder, suspense, intrigue, and false identities sees amateur sleuths Bobby and Frankie Derwent investigating a mysterious death. James Warwick and Francesca Annis (Tommy & Tuppence) play another witty crime-solving pair created by Agatha Christie. Also featuring John Gielgud and Eric P...

Morning Show Mysteries

Season 1

When restaurateur, chef, and TV morning host Billie Blessings (Holly Robinson Peete) is framed for the murder of one of her coworkers, she teams up with Detective Ian Jackson (Rick Fox) to catch the real killer. As their impromptu alliance develops into a solid partnership, the pair solve more murde...

The Paradise

Season 2

The murders of a family in cold blood deeply shake a Finnish community living in their own little paradise on the shores of the Mediterranean. Veteran detective Hilkka Mäntymäki is sent from Finland to the Costa del Sol, Spain, to help the local police on a case that will soon claim new victims.

The Clinic

Season 2

Series 3 premieres February 6. In modern-day Dublin, a group of dedicated medical professionals work in a busy city health clinic. There they experience many joys and sorrows as they confront the frailty of human life, their hidden longings, and the cost of their professional ambitions. Starring Amy...

Midsomer Murders

Season 22

Series 23 premieres in North America December 12. Series 22 Part 2 premieres in Australia February 13. Homicide, blackmail, greed, and betrayal: just a taste of what goes on behind the well-trimmed hedges of Midsomer County in this deliciously sinister series. But the culprits are no match for DCI T...

My Life is Murder

Season 3

Lucy Lawless (Xena: Warrior Princess, Parks and Recreation) stars in this contemporary Australian detective drama as retired cop Alexa Crowe. With her old boss (Bernard Curry, Once Upon a Time) regularly asking for her insight on cold cases and a young police data-analyst (Ebony Vagulans) eager to b...

Flower Shop Mysteries

Season 1

Lawyer Abby Knight (Brooke Shields) is starting over after the death of her husband. With support from her father (Beau Bridges), she opens a flower shop in her hometown, and her life is peaceful until an SUV rams her car. To track down the driver, she teams up with an ex-Marine/bartender (Brennan E...

Hailey Dean Mysteries

Season 1

Series 2 premieres in Australia & New Zealand February 6. Trading in her prosecutor position for a new role as a therapist, brilliant and acutely observant Hailey Dean (Kellie Martin) becomes entangled in various murder investigations in Atlanta with her boyfriend, medical examiner Jonas (Matthew Ma...

The Brokenwood Mysteries

Season 7

This quirky New Zealand mystery follows DI Mike Shepherd, who arrives to the seemingly peaceful town of Brokenwood with a classic car, a country music collection, and an indeterminate number of ex-wives. His assistant, DC Kristin Sims, is a by-the-book investigator 15 years younger than her boss's c...

HIP

Season 1

A single mother of three children, Morgane is socially awkward but mentally gifted. Although born with "high intellectual potential," she scrapes by on temporary jobs. But her cleaning gig at a police station changes her life when she corrects an error in a case file. Hired as a consultant, Morgane...

Amber

Season 1

An emotional journey filled with psychological insight and unexpected twists, Amber is the story of what happens after a 14-year-old goes missing and her recently separated parents work to get her back. Each episode of the four-part series reveals the perspective of one individual connected with the...

Blood

Season 2

Likened to Broadchurch and The Killing by critics, this psychological mystery is "must-see TV…taut, stylish, and suspenseful" (The Irish Times). BAFTA nominee Adrian Dunbar (Line of Duty) stars as a respected doctor in a small Irish town. When his wife dies, everyone believes it was an accident--exc...

Cuffs

Season 1

Packed with humor and humanity, this BBC show from the creator of Prisoners' Wives is an exhilarating ride through the challenges of frontline policing in the vibrant seaside city of Brighton. Amanda Abbington (Sherlock), Ashley Walters (Bulletproof), and Jacob Ifan (Bang) lead an ensemble cast in t...

Exile

Season 1

Exile delves into dark family secrets and one man's mission to unlock them, while he struggles with his father"s deteriorating mental health. Tom Ronstadt (John Simm) returns to his hometown after 18 years away. As the reasons for his exile emerge, Tom begins to unpack the scandal his father (Jim Br...

Proof

Season 2

Exploring the sinister underbelly of Europe, this compelling Irish thriller follows a journalist (Finbar Lynch, Suffragette) who discovers a link between the murder of a car thief and a network of human traffickers that reaches to the heights of government power. Also starring Orla Brady (Fringe) an...

Rebus

Season 1

Leaving Latin America, South Africa, and Netherlands November 9th. Based on the novels by Ian Rankin, this gritty crime drama stars BAFTA Award winner John Hannah (Four Weddings and a Funeral) and Laurence and Olivier Award winner Ken Stott (The Hobbit) as gruff Scottish detective John Rebus. The wo...

River

Season 1

Stellan Skarsgård is John River, a brilliant detective whose genius and fault line is the fragility of his mind-a man haunted by the murder victims whose secrets he must unlock. After his colleague and friend (Nicola Walker) is killed, River chases down the truth. But as his defenses are eroded by l...

Sando

Season 1

With "echoes...of Arrested Development" (Sydney Morning Herald), this madcap Australian comedy delivers riotous laughs and outlandish characters. Sacha Horler (Jack Irish, Crownies) stars as Victoria "Sando" Sandringham, the CEO of a furniture-store empire, who tries to win back her family and her b...

Hunted

Season 1

Melissa George (In Treatment) stars in this spy thriller as an agent for a private security firm called Byzantium. After surviving an attempt on her life, she begins a new undercover assignment working for a wealthy criminal, all while trying to discover who wants her dead-and whether it's tied to a...

Hustle

Season 4

The con is on in this captivating British drama about a group of grifters who target their marks for a series of sophisticated scams but vow never to cheat an honest person. Man-with-the-plan Mickey (Adrian Lester) leads the team, along with old-school Albert (Robert Vaughn) and short-con specialist...

Mayday

Season 1

An outstanding ensemble cast including Aidan Gillen (Game of Thrones) and Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda) anchors this engrossing UK crime drama from the producers of Broadchurch. After a 14-year-old girl goes missing ahead of her central role in the local Mayday pageant, forcing residents of the loca...

Thorne

Season 2

David Morrissey (The Walking Dead, The Driver) stars as DI Tom Thorne in this gritty crime drama based on the bestselling novels by Mark Billingham. Golden Globe® winner Sandra Oh (Killing Eve, Grey's Anatomy) and Aidan Gillen (Game of Thrones, The Wire) guest star. "Intense dramas…a cut above" --Th...

Trivia

Season 2

Calling themselves "The Team with No Name," four individuals join together every week to compete in a local pub quiz. But as they match wits, they also contend with challenging friendships, unrequited love, and a single mother desperately in need of a break.

Whites

Season 1

Set in the high-pressure kitchen of a country hotel, Whites follows the trials and tribulations of head chef Roland White (Alan Davies, QI, Jonathan Creek) and his sous chef Bib (Darren Boyd, Delivery Man, Fortitude). Roland is a fantastic chef who was on the brink of success 15 years ago. Since the...

Winter

Season 2

In this gripping Aussie mystery, a small town is rocked to its core after the search for a missing teenager uncovers the corpses of five women in a field. Detective Eve Winter (Rebecca Gibney, Packed to the Rafters) is called in to investigate with her elite team of homicide detectives.

WPC 56

Season 3

In 1950s England, Gina Dawson (Jennie Jacques, Vikings) is determined to prove her mettle as the first Woman Police Constable at the Brinford Police Station-no matter the roadblocks her male colleagues throw her way. "A lovely blend of nostalgia and social history" -Daily Mail.

Capital

Season 1

Premieres in North America September 6. Based on John Lanchester's bestselling novel, this complex and resonant drama starring Toby Jones and Rachael Stirling is a "beguiling" (The Daily Telegraph, UK) and "alarmingly recognizable" (The Times, UK) depiction of contemporary life in England's capital...

Kingdom

Season 3

Stephen Fry (Jeeves and Wooster) stars in this "charming" (Examiner.com) British dramedy as Peter Kingdom, a compassionate solicitor running a law practice in a quaint and beautiful Norfolk town. As he handles the cases of his oddball clients, he also contends with the mysterious disappearance of hi...

Manhunt

Season 1

Martin Clunes (Doc Martin) stars in this true-crime drama as DCI Colin Sutton, the lead detective on a case that captivated Britain. When a young French woman is killed in London, the investigation yields no forensics, motive, or witnesses. But when Sutton connects the crime to two other murders, he...

Poldark

Season 2

This epic saga created a sensation when it first aired on Masterpiece Theatre in 1975, drawing comparisons to Gone with the Wind. Set in 18th-century Cornwall after America's War for Independence, Robin Ellis stars as Captain Ross Poldark, a young hero who returns home to find his estate in ruins, h...

Taggart

Season 18

Series 1 & 2 premieres in Australia and New Zealand January 30. Meet detectives Burke (Alex Norton), Ross (John Michie), Reid (Blythe Duff), and Fraser (Colin McCredie)--a team of Glasgow cops as hard as the criminals they chase and as gritty as the city they call home. One of the UK's most popular...

The Cry

Season 1

In this "absorbing" (The Sydney Morning Herald) psychological thriller, social worker Meg Bartlet (Sarah Lancashire, Happy Valley) is grieving the stillbirth of her daughter when she befriends Christine (Emma Cunniffe, Place of Execution), whose child suffers from health problems. Coming to believe...

Crownies

Season 1

Crownies are young solicitors in the Office of Public Prosecutions. Their passion for justice collides with the realities of huge caseloads rigid rules of evidence and a judicial system that struggles to protect the vulnerable and to find the truth behind human frailty. They are smart and ambitious...

Suspects

Season 5

Suspects is a "fresh, very different, and absolutely cracking drama" - Daily Mail (UK). Using improvised dialogue and filming techniques usually associated with factual programming, this unique procedural crime drama follows D.I. Martha Bellamy (Fay Ripley, Cold Feet) and her team as they investigat...

The Hour

Season 2

Set in the 1950s, this Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-nominated BBC drama delves into the high-stakes world of TV news. Ben Whishaw (Spectre), Romola Garai (Emma), and Dominic West (The Affair) headline an all-star cast that includes Anna Chancellor (Ordeal by Innocence) and Peter Capaldi (Doctor Who...

Balthazar

Season 4

Suave, smart, and somewhat strange, Raphaël Balthazar (Tomer Sisley) can make the dead speak like no one else. As a forensic pathologist in Paris, he works with no-nonsense chief inspector Hélène Bach (Hélène de Fougerolles) to solve the city's most disturbing crimes. But there's one case that conti...

Black Box

Season 1

In Black Box, the brain is the ultimate mystery. Kelly Reilly (Yellowstone) plays Dr. Catherine Black, a brilliant neurologist who can relate to the patients she helps because, as only her psychiatrist (Vanessa Redgrave) knows, she is bipolar herself. But Catherine has another secret she keeps to he...

Cape Town

Season 1

Police captain Mat Joubert used to be the best, but he's been on a downward spiral since his wife's death. When he's assigned a new partner sleek, ex-elite cop Sanctus Snook Mat dislikes him immediately. Then dead bodies wearing masks start piling up, and the hostile pair realize they have a serial...

Dalgliesh

Season 1

Renewed for Series 2 & 3. Based on P.D. James's global bestsellers, this riveting mystery series stars Bertie Carvel (Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Doctor Foster) as enigmatic Inspector Adam Dalgliesh. A recent widower and acclaimed poet, Dalgliesh employs his exceptional empathy and insight to plu...

The Fixer

Season 1

Skeptical about the "official answers" released after an oil rig disaster, Ellie Molaro (Kathleen Robertson, Beverly Hills, 90210), an examiner with the National Accident Investigation Agency, teams up with a mysterious man named Carter (Eric Dane, Grey's Anatomy), who claims that the spill is part...

Transport

Season 1

A journalist traces a microchip found in baby food. A bank manager's mistake ensnares her in a much larger scheme. A family falls apart after the father goes missing. An insurance examiner investigates what happened to a border control veterinarian. This suspenseful Nordic noir drama enters the worl...

Aftertaste

Season 1

When his latest outburst goes viral, volatile celebrity chef Easton West (Erik Thomson) flees back to his Australian hometown and tries to reinvent himself through an unlikely partnership with his 19-year-old pastry wunderkind niece (Natalie Abbott). This "sharp satire" (The Guardian) also stars Rac...

Bomb Girls

Season 2

During WWII, a group of women risk their lives building bombs in a Canadian munitions factory. But they are also engaged in fights of their own. Peers, friends, and sometimes rivals, the women form an unexpected kinship as they deal with the men-fathers, brothers, coworkers, suitors-not serving over...

Crossroads

Season 1

Brilliant attorney Sophie Cross is enjoying a summer day at the beach with her 5-year-old son when he vanishes into thin air. It's the start of a nightmare for her and her husband, police commissioner Thomas Leclercq. Three years later the investigation has gone nowhere, and Sophie decides to take m...

Darby & Joan

Season 1

Widowed English nurse Joan Kirkhope (Greta Scacchi) is on a quest to find answers about her husband's mysterious death, while ex-detective Jack Darby (Bryan Brown) has taken to the open road to escape his past. But when they collide in the Australian outback and become drawn into a series of mysteri...

Dark Angel

Season 1

Dispensing death from the spout of a teapot, Mary Ann Cotton (Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey) was a prolific arsenic poisoner in Victorian England, claiming more victims than her famous male counterpart, Jack the Ripper. Dark Angel dramatizes the events that drew a troubled woman into a career of ca...

Dead Still

Season 1

Brock Blennerhasset makes a living out of photographing the dead in Victorian Ireland. When a series of murders threatens to sully Blennerhasset's reputation, a tenacious detective drags him into an investigation of Dublin's criminal underbelly. Set within the fascinating historical period of postmo...

Fanny Hill

Season 1

Screenwriter Andrew Davies (Bridget Jones's Diary) brings all of his sly wit to this adaptation of 18th-century Britain's most notorious novel. With a mischievous glint in her eye and plenty of knowing winks, Fanny relates her journey from wholesome naif to worldly woman.

Harry Wild

Season 1

Literature professor Harriet "Harry" Wild (Jane Seymour) is adjusting to retirement when she's mugged. While recovering at the home of her son (Kevin Ryan), a detective in the Dublin police, Harry gleans a clue for his current case. But when she's rebuffed, Harry decides to solve the crime herself....

Home Fires

Season 2

Series 1 & 2 leaving Latin America April 30th. Women to the front! Acclaimed actresses Samantha Bond (Downton Abbey, Outnumbered) and Francesca Annis (The Little House, Cranford) head an impressive cast in this period drama that the Wall Street Journal calls "irresistible." As World War II looms, th...

I, Claudius

Season 1

Winner of an Emmy and numerous other awards, this BBC epic is a tale of ambition, debauchery, and intrigue. Rated one of the "100 Best TV Shows of All Time" by Time magazine, the series spans the history of the Roman Empire from Augustus through Claudius and stars Derek Jacobi, Patrick Stewart, Sian...

Land Girls

Season 3

This BBC period drama with a charming ensemble cast follows the lives, loves, highs, and lows of members of the Women's Land Army during World War II. As men fought on the battlefields, women from all walks of life worked the farms that fed the nation, doing their part to keep the home front running...

Murderland

Season 1

Three-time BAFTA Award winner Robbie Coltrane (Harry Potter, Cracker) stars in this gripping thriller about revenge, redemption, and rough justice. A girl (Bel Powley, The Diary of a Teenage Girl) witnesses the murder of her mother, and years later she contacts the original detective on the case to...

The Sounds

Season 1

Set against the backdrop of the stunning Marlborough Sounds in New Zealand, Maggie and Tom arrive to escape his oppressive family and start a business. When Tom disappears, buried secrets and family plots make paradise less than perfect.

The Tunnel

Season 3

When a body is found on the border between the UK and France, detectives Karl Roebuck (Stephen Dillane, Game of Thrones) and Elise Wassermann (Clémence Poésy, Tenet) form an uneasy partnership as they investigate for their respective countries. As the serial killer uses ever more ingenious methods t...

Clean Break

Season 1

Car dealer Frank Mallon (Adam Fergus, Being Erica) is watching his life fall apart around him. His wife has left, his cars aren't selling, and his teenage daughter is out of control. Desperate for a solution, Frank devises a plan to fix his money problems while also getting revenge on the people who...

Finding Joy

Season 2

Amy Huberman (Striking Out, The Clinic) created, wrote, and stars in this quirky, life-affirming Irish comedy. Orderly, structured Joy is dealing with a messy breakup when a new work assignment forces her to look for happiness in the most unusual places. "Huberman has warm, almost effortless likeabi...

Fingersmith

Season 1

Raised in a den of petty thieves ("fingersmiths"), plucky orphan Sue Trinder (two-time Oscar® nominee Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water) agrees to help a con man (Rupert Evans, The Man in the High Castle) defraud a wealthy heiress (Elaine Cassidy, No Offence). Plans change when the two women fall in...

Foyle's War

Season 10

Combining historical accuracy with compelling mysteries, this award winning British series is "a triumph from start to finish" (The Wall Street Journal). Michael Kitchen stars as Christopher Foyle, the upright, laconic detective tasked with investigating cases on the home front as WWII ravages the s...

Girlfriends

Season 1

Leaving Latin America April 30th. Acclaimed actresses Phyllis Logan (The Good Karma Hospital, Downton Abbey), Miranda Richardson (Harry Potter films), and Zoe Wanamaker (Poirot) star in this addictive new drama from Kay Mellor, the BAFTA Award-winning creator of Love, Lies & Records. Three women of...

Glorious 39

This WWII thriller from acclaimed writer/director Stephen Poliakoff follows an aristocratic young Englishwoman (Romola Garai, Emma) who stumbles across a trove of hidden recordings and unfurls a tangled web of dark secrets, menace, and betrayal. The all-star cast includes Bill Nighy, David Tennant,...

Jack Taylor

Season 3

Jack Taylor (Iain Glen, Game of Thrones, Downton Abbey) is a former cop turned private investigator in this gripping drama hailed as "brilliant" (The People, UK) and "impressive" (Daily Mail). Based on the bestselling novels of Ken Bruen, the series follows Jack as he investigates some of Ireland's...

Jamaica Inn

Season 2

Based on the beloved gothic novel by Daphne Du Maurier, Jamaica Inn follows Mary Yellan, an orphan sent to the rugged coast of Cornwall to live with her aunt. Mary is met by a brutish, menacing man-her uncle, Joss. She soon learns that no guests stay at the inn, and Joss is part of a savage gang of...

Liverpool 1

Season 2

Striking a "satisfying balance between crime-fighting and private emotional upheaval" (The Glasgow Herald), this gritty police procedural follows vice-squad detectives Isobel de Pauli (Samantha Womack, Mount Pleasant) and Mark Callaghan (Mark Womack, Babylon) as they fight crime and corruption in Li...

Pitching In

Season 1

Daffodil Dunes is a cozy camping-park community on the scenic and serene north Wales coast. When owner Frank (Larry Lamb, Gavin & Stacey, New Tricks) announces that he plans to sell the park to an enticing estate agent (Hayley Mills, The Parent Trap, Pollyanna), his strong-willed daughter, Carys (Ca...

The Circuit

Season 2

Aaron Pedersen (Mystery Road, Jack Irish) is Drew Ellis, an Indigenous lawyer who joins the Aboriginal Legal Service on a circuit court serving a vast and remote region of the Australian outback. In this challenging and chaotic world, Ellis gets a rude awakening as he realizes that one law for two c...

The Murders

Season 1

The daughter of a decorated policeman killed in the line of duty, Detective Kate Jameson is determined to be a good cop like her father and to make her mark in homicide. But when Kate breaks the number one rule of policing never leave your gun unattended her partner gets killed. Now she is haunted b...

White Sands

Season 1

To solve the brutal murder of a German surfer, two mismatched cops are deployed to the tourist paradise of Hvide Sande on the Danish coast. Since no one in the town trusts the police, Danish undercover expert Helene and German homicide detective Thomas pose as a married couple. They quickly realize...

City of Vice

Season 1

London, 1753. Amidst a soaring crime epidemic, the new magistrates of Westminster, novelist Henry Fielding (Ian McDiarmid, Star Wars) and his blind half-brother, John (Iain Glen, Game of Thrones), decide to set up the city's first professional police force: the Bow Street Runners. "Like 'Deadwood' c...

Fallen Angel

Season 1

This riveting miniseries explores the mind and motivation of a psychopath (Emilia Fox, Delicious), moving backwards through time to learn where it all went wrong. Ethereal beauty Angel Wharton is the devil in disguise. But what--or who--made her that way? Is it the fault of Angel's father (Charles D...

Four Seasons

Season 1

Based on the works of Rosamunde Pilcher, this sweeping saga follows a momentous year in the life of the Combe family at their magnificent estate on the Cornish coast. When Julia (Senta Berger) returns after being banished years earlier, it upends life at Endellion, unlocking secrets from the past th...

Grantchester

Season 6

In this charming period mystery, Sidney Chambers (James Norton, Happy Valley) is a village vicar in 1950s Cambridgeshire. But he's far from a typical clergyman: a jazz-loving war veteran with a tumultuous romantic history, Sidney applies his unique insights on human frailty to solve crimes with his...

Hidden (2011)

Season 1

When a mysterious lawyer (Thekla Reuten, In Bruges) asks solicitor Harry Venn (Philip Glenister, Life on Mars, The Level) to find a missing alibi witness for her client, he's forced to delve back into his murky past and uncover a far-reaching conspiracy in this "intelligent, pacy TV thriller" (The T...

Line of Duty

Season 5

From the creator of Bodyguard, this thrilling British drama has earned universal praise for its "nail-biting action, complex characters, and intricate plotting" (TV Guide). At internal affairs unit AC-12, Supt. Hastings (Adrian Dunbar, Blood) leads his team of DS Arnott (Martin Compston, The Nest) a...

London Kills

Season 3

London's best detectives take on its worst crimes in this sleek mystery series from the creator of Suspects. DI David Bradford (Hugo Speer, Father Brown) heads an elite murder squad, but the one case he can't crack is the one closest to him - the disappearance of his wife. Also starring Sharon Small...

Murphy's Law

Season 5

Detective Tommy Murphy (James Nesbitt, Cold Feet, Match Point) has nothing left to lose. Guilt-ridden over the death of his young daughter, who was slain by the IRA, he flees to London to work undercover assignments for the Metropolitan Police in this gritty and "eminently watchable" (San Francisco...

Newton's Law

Season 1

From the team behind Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, this Aussie legal drama is "intelligent, stylish and nicely romantic" (The Australian). Claudia Karvan (Jack Irish) stars as Josephine Newton, a skilled lawyer juggling her busy personal life along with a full caseload of quirky clients.

Small Claims

Season 1

Chrissy (Rebecca Gibney, Under the Vines) and Jo (Claudia Karvan, Love My Way) are two suburban mothers whose domestic responsibilities keep them more than busy. But when a young mom with a shady past vanishes in mysterious circumstances, they form a partnership to track her down. This leads the pai...

Striking Out

Season 2

This charming Acorn TV Original drama follows Tara Rafferty (Amy Huberman, The Clinic), a successful Dublin lawyer. After she discovers her fiance's infidelity, she abandons her wedding plans and her job, striking out on her own by starting an unconventional private practice. Neil Morrissey (Line of...

Agatha Raisin

Season 3

Ashley Jensen stars in this quintessential British-village mystery based on the bestselling books by M.C. Beaton. Fulfilling a lifelong dream, Agatha Raisin retires early to a quaint village in the Cotswolds and soon finds a second career as an amateur detective investigating mischief, mayhem, and m...

George Gently

Season 8

In this acclaimed BBC detective drama, Tony nominee Martin Shaw (Death in Holy Orders) stars as Inspector George Gently, an incorruptible cop transplanted from London to the North East of England in the mid-1960s. Gently and his cocky young protege, John Bacchus (Lee Ingleby, Line of Duty), investig...

Keeping Faith

Season 2

Award-winning actress Eve Myles (Torchwood) stars in this BBC thriller as Faith Howells, a lawyer with a happy marriage until her husband suddenly disappears. As Faith becomes the police's prime suspect, her search for the truth leads her to the criminal underbelly of her quiet town. Filmed along th...

Monday Monday

Season 1

Reeling from a breakup, Sally (Morven Christie, Grantchester) jumps at the chance to relocate with her company-even if it's with her incompetent boss (Fay Ripley, Cold Feet). On a work night out, she meets the charming Steven (Tom Ellis, Lucifer) but the next day is unhappily surprised to learn he's...

Signora Volpe

Season 1

Disillusioned British spy Sylvia Fox (Emilia Fox) is in Italy for her niece's wedding when the groom goes missing. Sylvia solves the mystery and, longing to reconnect with her sister (Tara Fitzgerald), decides to start anew in Umbria. Soon she's tackling other cases and winning over a handsome local...

Single-Handed

Season 2

Transferred from Dublin to his hometown on Ireland's coast, Sgt. Jack Driscoll (Owen McDonnell) faces challenges he never expected: winning the locals' respect, escaping the shadow of his father and predecessor, solving baffling crimes, and exposing secrets. Complex characters rife with moral ambigu...

The Advocates

Season 2

Leaving North America September 27th. This gritty drama contrasts the high-powered world of Edinburgh's legal professionals with life on the city's sordid streets, as a young lawyer (Ewan Stewart, Rob Roy) investigates a deadly drug overdose and a serial killer that strikes close to home. Featuring...

The Scapegoat

Season 1

Emmy winner® Matthew Rhys (The Americans) stars in this morally complex, darkly comic, and suspenseful film based on the novel by Daphne du Maurier. When unemployed teacher John runs into his doppelgänger, he ends up switching places with the wealthy but wicked Johnny. Also starring Eileen Atkins (D...

The Syndicate

Season 2

The stately home of Hazelwood Manor has been in the family of Lord Hazelwood since the 18th century. But the once-impressive manor is crumbling, and its owners are burdened with 6.5 million in debt. Lord and Lady Hazelwood have been forced to let go of most of the staff, and only five servants help...

Total Control

Season 1

When Indigenous woman Alex Irving (Deborah Mailman) gains national acclaim for her heroism against a rampaging gunman, Australia's embattled prime minister Rachel Anderson (Rachel Griffiths) sees a publicity goldmine and handpicks Alex for the Senate. But Alex wants to be more than just a political...

Candice Renoir

Season 4

Series 5 premieres February 27. After 10 years abroad, Candice Renoir is back in the south of France and back on the case as a police commandant. Newly divorced with four kids, Candice feels rusty at work-and her skeptical colleagues don't help. Determined to prove her so-called weaknesses are stren...

Harbour Lights

Season 1

Former Royal Navy officer Mike Nicholls (Nick Berry, Heartbeat) takes the job of harbourmaster at Bridehaven, the town where he grew up, in the hopes that it will help put his past behind him. Along with WPC Melanie Rush (Tina Hobley, Holby City), they keep the passing parade of smugglers, errant ya...

Rosemary & Thyme

Season 3

Premiering in the United Kingdom February 22. Laura Thyme (Pam Ferris) and Rosemary Boxer (Felicity Kendal) share a passion for horticulture and a talent for sleuthing in this cozy British mystery series.

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