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Peaky Blinders is a British historical crime drama television series created by Steven Knight. Set in Birmingham, it follows the exploits of the Peaky Blinders crime gang in the direct aftermath of the First World War. The fictional gang is loosely based on an urban youth gang active in the city from the 1880s to the 1920s.

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Adolescence is a British psychological crime drama television series created by Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham, and directed by Philip Barantini. It centres on a 13-year-old schoolboy, Jamie Miller, who is arrested after the murder of a girl in his school. Each of its episodes was shot in one continuous take.

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MobLand is a British crime drama television series created by Ronan Bennett for Paramount+. The series stars Tom Hardy as Harry Da Souza, a fixer for the Harrigan crime family led by Conrad (Pierce Brosnan) and Maeve Harrigan (Helen Mirren). Paddy Considine stars as Kevin Harrigan, son of Conrad and Maeve, as well as Harry's longtime working partner. Guy Ritchie, Anthony Byrne, Daniel Syrkin, and Lawrence Gough serve as directors. Jez Butterworth and Bennett are credited with writing all ten episodes of the first season.

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Dept. Q is a British crime thriller television series created by Scott Frank and Chandni Lakhani, based on the book series Department Q by Danish writer Jussi Adler-Olsen. It premiered on Netflix on 29 May 2025. In August 2025, it was renewed for a second season.

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Young Sherlock is a British mystery television series that is created by Matthew Parkhill and developed by Peter Harness and Guy Ritchie who also directed episodes. It is inspired by Andrew Lane's Young Sherlock Holmes book series, itself a pastiche of Arthur Conan Doyle's original Sherlock Holmes stories. Hero Fiennes Tiffin stars as Holmes. The series premiered on Amazon Prime Video on 4 March 2026. In April 2026, the series was renewed for a second season.

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Unforgotten is a British crime drama television series, which initially aired on ITV on 8 October 2015. It was created and written by Chris Lang and directed by Andy Wilson. The programme follows a team of London detectives led by DCI Cassie Stuart (Nicola Walker) (Series 1–4), DCI Jessie James (Sinéad Keenan) (Series 5–6) and DI Sunny Khan (Sanjeev Bhaskar) as they solve cold cases of disappearance and murder.

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Blue Lights is a Northern Irish police procedural television drama series set in the present day and based at the fictional Blackthorn police station in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Created and written by Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson, the series was filmed in Belfast and directed by Gilles Bannier. It began broadcasting on BBC One on 27 March 2023.

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Run Away is a British television miniseries made for streaming service Netflix, adapted from a novel by Harlan Coben. The series premiered on 1 January 2026 and it stars James Nesbitt, Alfred Enoch, Ruth Jones, Minnie Driver, and Ellie de Lange.

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Nightsleeper is a six-part British crime thriller television series created and written by Nick Leather for BBC One. It stars Joe Cole and Alexandra Roach and is produced by Euston Films. The series premiered on 15 September 2024.

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