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  1. Petrella

    Crime series featuring Michael Gilbert's London-based detective Petrella

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  2. Hercule Poirot

    Classic mystery stories by Agatha Christie, featuring Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  3. DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body

    Annette Badland stars as Sue Rodwell's detective investigator.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  4. P Division

    Crime thrillers set in Glasgow, written by Peter Turnbull

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  5. Cadfael

    Brother Cadfael is a Benedictine monk, a herbalist and an amateur sleuth

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  6. Baldi

    The Franciscan Priest and Philosophy lecturer turns amateur sleuth to solve mysteries

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  7. Inspector George Gently

    Crime drama about an old-school detective trying to cope with Britain in the 1960s.

    BBC One

  8. The Blackburn Files

    Fine Time Fontayne stars as Stephen J Blackburn, ex-pitman turned private investigator

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  9. McLevy

    Brian Cox stars as the Victorian sleuth solving crimes on the streets of Edinburgh.

    BBC Radio 4

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  10. Lord Peter Wimsey

    Adapted from the short stories by Dorothy L. Sayers about an aristocratic sleuth

    BBC Radio 7

  11. Z Cars

    Long-running series featuring the life and work of policemen stationed at Newtown.

    BBC One

  12. Juliet Bravo

    Police drama series set in Hartley in Yorkshire.

    BBC One

  13. Baroness Orczy - The Teahouse Detective

    Baroness Orczy's sleuth takes on another case while sitting at his table in a tea shop

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  14. Dixon of Dock Green

    Dramatisations of the classic 1950s TV series featuring London policeman George Dixon

    BBC Radio 4

  15. Between the Lines

    Drama about internal investigations within the police force.

    BBC One

  16. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective. Starring Clive Merrison and Michael Williams

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  17. The Return of Sherlock Holmes

    The further adventures of the great detective, from the books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  18. Julie Enfield Investigates

    Imelda Staunton stars as the feisty Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  19. VI Warshawski

    The crime investigations of Sara Paretsky's Chicago private eye VI Warshawski.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  20. Colin Dexter Short Stories

    Readings of short stories by the creator of the inimitable Inspector Morse, Colin Dexter.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  21. The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    Series of stories continuing the exploits of Arthur Conan Doyle's great detective

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  22. Edgar Wallace: Short Stories

    Readings of short stories by the British crime writer

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  23. Thrilling Stories of the Railway

    Detective stories written by Victor Whitechurch

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  24. Maigret

    Georges Simenon's detective, Jules Maigret, uses his unique style to investigate crimes

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  25. Miss Marple

    Detective drama series featuring Agatha Christie's famous amateur sleuth.

    BBC One

  26. Psych

    Detective comedy series

    BBC Two

  27. The Wire

    Critically acclaimed American crime drama series set in Baltimore

    BBC Two

  28. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

    Series about Botswana's first female detective, based on Alexander McCall Smith's novels.

    BBC One

  29. Crime Catch-Up

    Repeat of a crime drama broadcast earlier in the week

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  30. Trueman and Riley

    Yorkshire's bickering detective duo crack crimes. Stars Robert Daws and Duncan Preston.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  31. Daunt and Dervish

    Former spies Josephine Daunt and Susan Dervish set up a detective agency

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  32. Ashes to Ashes

    DI Alex Drake wakes up to some familiar faces in 1981. Fire up the Quattro!

    BBC One

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  33. The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency

    Series following the exploits of Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's first ever female detective

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  34. Colvil and Soames

    Mysteries investigated by intelligence officers Henry Colvil and Alex Soames

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  35. Hazelbeach

    Jamie Foreman stars in Caroline and David Stafford's comedy drama.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  36. Criminal Justice

    Thriller about the criminal justice system seen through the eyes of the accused.

    BBC One

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  37. Wallander

    British version of the Swedish drama series about a maverick detective.

    BBC One

  38. Wallander

    Swedish drama series about a maverick detective.

    BBC Four

  39. Cagney and Lacey

    Drama series about two New York women police detectives.

    BBC Two

  40. Luther

    Crime drama series starring Idris Elba as DCI John Luther.

    BBC One

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  41. A Charles Paris Mystery

    Bill Nighy stars as actor-cum-amateur sleuth Charles Paris.

    BBC Radio 4

  42. Raffles

    Tales of the celebrated cricketer and master gentleman thief by EW Hornung.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  43. Agatha Raisin

    Penelope Keith stars as an amateur village sleuth in MC Beaton's murder mystery.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  44. The Bench

    Drama series set in the magistrates' court of a small Welsh town

    BBC Two Wales

  45. The Mrs Bradley Mysteries

    Crime drama based on the character created by detective writer Gladys Mitchell

    BBC One

  46. Pulp Fiction

    Readings of stories from the classic era of crime fiction

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  47. Dixon of Dock Green

    Dramatisations of the classic 1950s TV series featuring London policeman George Dixon

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  48. The Killing

    Danish crime drama series which follows the police investigation of one specific case

    BBC Four

  49. Sherlock

    Thrilling, funny, fast-paced, contemporary reimagining of the Arthur Conan Doyle classic.

    BBC One

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  50. The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries

    Adaptations of Dame Ngaio Marsh's tales of the gentleman detective

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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