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Pre-2000 TV That Still Feels Sharp Today
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2 in common: Prime Suspect and Cracker
Older television should offer a good evening before it asks for respect. These British, American and European choices have vivid people, clever construction or social observation that still lands...
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TV Shows With Mismatched Detective Partners
TV Shows With Mismatched Detective Partners
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In common: Dalziel and Pascoe
Some crime shows are worth it for the cases. These are worth it for the two people working them. Every pick here is built on one investigating pair who do not naturally fit: a believer and a...
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1960s Spy and Adventure Series With Style to Spare
1960s Spy and Adventure Series With Style to Spare
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A tailor shop can hide a spy headquarters, a seaside village can be a prison, and a railway car can carry two secret agents through the Old West. These shows began in the 1960s and make espionage...
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1990s Teen Dramas Worth Revisiting
1990s Teen Dramas Worth Revisiting
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These dramas started in the 1990s and let high school friendships, family upheaval, and first love carry the story. Start with My So-Called Life if you want to hear how uncertainty sounds in a...
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Cult British Science Fiction of the 1970s and 1980s
Cult British Science Fiction of the 1970s and 1980s
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If you know Doctor Who and Red Dwarf, there's a whole other shelf of British science fiction to try. These series began in the 1970s and 1980s and make a good case for spending an evening with a...
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1980s British Drama Serials That Still Feel Bold
1980s British Drama Serials That Still Feel Bold
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A hospital ward slips into a detective story, a murder inquiry opens onto Britain's nuclear establishment, and an aging rock band takes its troubles on the road. These are self-contained British...
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Crime Dramas Where the Investigation Changes Everyone
Crime Dramas Where the Investigation Changes Everyone
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An investigation can end on paper while the people around it keep living with what happened. These dramas are interested in that longer aftermath: families reorganised by loss, investigators whose...
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Crime Dramas That Slipped Past the Prestige TV Conversation
Crime Dramas That Slipped Past the Prestige TV Conversation
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There is crime television beyond the standard parade of celebrated kingpins and brilliant detectives. These discoveries find tension in precarious work, neighbourhood loyalties, a compromised...
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1970s British TV Dramas That Still Hold Up
1970s British TV Dramas That Still Hold Up
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British television drama in the 1970s was often made quickly and cheaply, much of it on videotape in the studio, and the best of it still lands because the writing and acting carry everything...
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Detective Shows for People Who Prefer a Case Each Episode
Detective Shows for People Who Prefer a Case Each Episode
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Sometimes you want an investigation, a few plausible suspects and an answer before you turn in. These detective shows keep a substantial case at the centre of an episode, whether it lasts forty...
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Crime Miniseries Where the Victim Is More Than a Plot Device
Crime Miniseries Where the Victim Is More Than a Plot Device
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The test here is specific: does a person harmed by crime have relationships, a voice, a life before it or an aftermath that matters in its own right? These finite dramatisations answer in...
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Cold Case TV Shows About Crimes Reopened Years Later
Cold Case TV Shows About Crimes Reopened Years Later
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These are scripted series where the main investigation reaches back years or decades: bones turning up in a cellar, a disappearance a whole town stopped talking about, a conviction that never sat...
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Shows to Watch If You Loved True Detective
Shows to Watch If You Loved True Detective
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True Detective can mean a knotty investigation, a landscape that seems to know too much, or people carrying a case into the rest of their lives. These routes separate those pleasures. Mare of...
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Hindi Legal and Investigative Dramas About Unequal Power
Hindi Legal and Investigative Dramas About Unequal Power
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Who gets a lawyer, whose account is believed and who can afford to keep going often matter before a judge hears a word. These Hindi-led dramas and comedies approach justice through those uneven...
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Nordic Crime Shows With More Than a Beautiful Landscape
Nordic Crime Shows With More Than a Beautiful Landscape
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These crime series come from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Finland, with different languages, institutions and ideas about the detective's job. Start with Wisting for measured investigative...
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1990s British Sitcoms
1990s British Sitcoms
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Every show here is a British sitcom that first aired between 1990 and 1999, on any channel. Each one earns its place by changing something: a new kind of setting, a writer with an unmistakable...
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Baking and Cooking Competitions With a Generous Spirit
Baking and Cooking Competitions With a Generous Spirit
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There can be a real contest without anyone needing to become the villain. These shows make room for skill, feedback and people who understand what a difficult day at the bench feels like. Start...
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