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The Fear

The Fear

Description: Richie Beckett, the head of a criminal organisation in Brighton, changes his profession and turns into an entrepreneur.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Year Released: 1988
Number of seasons: 1
Number of episodes: 5
First episode air date: February 17, 1988
Awards: British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Photography And Lighting - Fiction, MORE
Network: Channel 4
Nominations: British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress, MORE
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Plot: `Paranoid', written by Bill Gallagher, features an all-star cast including Indira Varma, Robert Glenister, Neil Stuke and Lesley Sharp. The drama follows the mystery behind the murder of a local female GP, Angela Benton. When the incident takes place in a rural children's playground in front of several...

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Deadwind

Deadwind

Plot: Just months after a tragic loss, detective Sofia Karppi investigates the murder of a woman with ties to a Helsinki construction company.

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The Frozen Dead

The Frozen Dead

Plot: A dark mystery stirs a small town in the French Pyrenees, after a group of workers discover a headless body of a horse. Commandant Martin Servaz dives into the investigation and begins to unravel a dark story with years of history.

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Storyville

Storyville

Plot: An international documentary strand that comprises 20 contemporary and challenging documentaries from different filmmakers gathered from across the globe.

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Giri/Haji

Giri/Haji

Plot: Translating to Duty/Shame and set in both Tokyo and London, "Giri/Haji" is a thriller about a Tokyo detective named Kenzo Mori, scouring the London underworld to find his allegedly deceased brother, Yuto. Yuto was accused of brutally murdering the nephew of a yakuza member, which could lead to the...

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West of Liberty

West of Liberty

Plot: Based on the novel by Thomas Engström, a former Stasi double agent is asked by his old CIA contact to work one more case. Berlin, 2011. A former Stasi double agent, Ludwig Licht, who after the fall of the Berlin Wall works as a freelance problem solver and is the number one customer in the bar he owns...

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Grantchester

Grantchester

Plot: Reverend Sidney Chambers joins forces with Inspector Geordie Keating and helps him investigate and solve crimes in the village of Grantchester.

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Marcella

Marcella

Plot: Acclaimed writer Hans Rosenfeldt continues his first British drama following the international success of the Swedish/Danish series `The Bridge'. Anna Friel stars in the lead role of Marcella Backland, a British police detective working in contemporary London. Set in Rosenfeldt's unique style of Nordic...

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Hinterland

Hinterland

Plot: A detective drama series takes place in Wales' sea town Aberystwyth with its mountainous backdrop.

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Happy Valley

Happy Valley

Plot: Post her teenage daughter's suicide, Sergeant Catherine Cawood leads a team of strong-willed police officers in West Yorkshire to solve cases in the area.

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A Confession

A Confession

Plot: The true story of DS Stephen Fulcher and his hunt for missing 22-year-old Sian O'Callaghan, and how it lead to the arrest of Christopher Halliwell. This was the beginning of the capture of a prolific serial killer and the detectives own downfall.

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One Of Us

One Of Us

Plot: `One of Us', written by Harry and Jack Williams, captures the tragic story of childhood sweethearts, Adam Eliot and Grace Douglas, who are murdered as they arrive back home from their honeymoon. Based in the isolated Scottish Highland village of Braeston, the households of the deceased are shattered...

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Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators

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Plot: After the death of her fiance, Luella Shakespeare joins Frank Hathaway, a private detective, to help him solve some bizarre cases in Stratford-upon-Avon.

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Sherlock Holmes

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Plot: Sherlock Holmes is a fictional private detective created by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a "consulting detective" in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency ... Wikipedia

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Top Of The Lake

Top Of The Lake

Plot: Detective Robin returns to Sydney to escape her past and reunite with her daughter. There, she and her partner deal with the murder of an Asian girl whose body is found inside a suitcase.

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Requiem

Requiem

Plot: Matilda Gray, an ambitious musician and talented cellist, has her life suddenly turned upside down when her mother commits suicide. While going through her deceased mom's possessions, Gray finds an old box filled with newspaper cuttings about the disappearance of a young girl from a small Welsh village...

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Queens Of Mystery

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Plot: English Detective Sgt. Matilda Stone probes mysteries assisted by her three crime-writing aunts Beth, Cat and Jane Stone.

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Summer of Rockets

Summer of Rockets

Plot: `Summer of Rockets' is a drama series starring Keeley Hawes, Timothy Spall and Toby Stephens, which is set in Cold War Britain during the late 1950s. The series follows Samuel, a Russian-born Jewish inventor, who is tasked with a secret mission by MI5. Samuel specialises in the development of hearing...

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Case

Case

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Fallet

Fallet

Plot: Fallet is a Swedish comedy-drama television series, a spoof on the Nordic noir detective genre. It premiered 14 April 2017 on Swedish channel SVT1 before being acquired by Netflix. It is a co-production of SVT, FLX, Film i Väst and DR, supported by Nordisk Film & TV Fond. Wikipedia

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Bordertown

Bordertown

Plot: A gifted detective that takes a job in a small town so he can spend more time with his family is soon drawn into a network of disturbing murder cases.

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Arctic Circle

Arctic Circle

Plot: Police officer Nina Kautsalo finds an abducted woman in a basement in the wilderness. The woman appears to be infected with a deadly virus and the police call in virologist Thomas Lorenz. A race against time begins.

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Zbrodnia

Zbrodnia

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Death in Paradise

Death in Paradise

Plot: A detective inspector is transferred from London to the island of Saint-Marie in the Caribbean.

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Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

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Paula

Paula

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The Missing

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Safe

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Plot: Widowed surgeon Tom has struggled to raise his two daughters alone following his wife's death a year ago. Things seem to be on the right track for the family, who live in a gated community, because they have close friends nearby and Tom is in the early stages of a new relationship. But the situation...

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Marcella

Marcella

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Broadchurch

Broadchurch

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Blackout

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The Bay

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Line of Duty

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Collateral

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No Offence

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New Blood

New Blood

Plot: Stefan Kowolski and Arash Sayyad, two junior investigators working for Serious Fraud Office, go against powerful corporations and people who only appear to be legitimate.

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Guilt

Guilt

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Broken

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The Duchess

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Pure

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Vexed

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Plot: In this detective comedy, D.I. Jack Armstrong teams with a partner, most recently charming D.I. Georgina Dixon, to solve crimes throughout the U.K. Rounding out the crime-solving team are Jack's colleague, Naz, and his best friend, cafe owner Tony, a former cop. Among the types of crimes Jack's team...

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100 Code

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In the Dark

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Plot: Blind 20-something Murphy is drifting through life in a haze of drunkenness, and her only friends are her understanding roommate Jess and Tyson, a sweet teenager she met when he saved her from a violent mugging. Murphy's life is turned upside down when, while out for a walk with her guide dog, she stumbles...

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Jack Taylor

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Midsomer Murders

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