In the realm of crime dramas, noir is the new black, and the latest series of Line of Duty is as dark and gripping from start to finish as any of the Nordic Noir programs that have crossed the fjords.
10 Things to Know About Line of Duty: Series 2


In the realm of crime dramas, noir is the new black, and the latest series of Line of Duty is as dark and gripping from start to finish as any of the Nordic Noir programs that have crossed the fjords.

Money. Power. Sex. Scandal. All this and more has been dramatized in the British TV series, Hotel Babylon, but for a real-life look at what really goes on behind closed doors at some of the swankiest hotels in the world, there

Fairy tale romance and psychological suspense combine for a genteel costume drama turned nail-biter when the ITV made-for-TV movie, The Making of a Lady, premieres on PBS.

Ah, life at uni. For the Manchester Medlock University students who reside at 28 Hartnell Avenue, it most definitely is not all about books and grades, and their second year is just as jacked up as their first.

New Tricks is back with its tenth series, and members of the Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad (UCOS) have more to deal with than cold case investigations, the results of which mean the team will never be the same

Death in Paradise, the hit Brit whodunit, is coming back to local PBS and independent public television stations with a third series, a new detective inspector, and eight new mysteries for him to solve. Ain’t life in Brit TV land

The critically-acclaimed drama that warmed the cockles of millions of hearts on both sides of the pond is returning, so let the Alan and Celia lovefest, a.k.a. Last Tango in Halifax, continue!

You, Me & Them — the first sitcom commissioned by the UKTV network’s Gold classic comedy channel — has brought together several stars of British TV for a romcom sitcom that premieres stateside today.

The latest series of George Gently premieres this week on both sides of the pond, and fans of the hit detective drama in the US get a rare treat: We get to watch it before viewers in the UK do.
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Hold on to your hats, people. Hit crime drama DCI Banks is coming back, and this time the detective has relationship issues to resolve as well as cases to solve.

A new crime drama is headed to the US, one in which murder is mingled with other menaces in war-torn London. And it is coming to PBS next month.

Who says wishing won’t make it so? It did for many stateside British TV fans, myself included, who have been wanting and wishing that the hit Britcom, Vicious, would air in the US. And soon it will!