British crime drama recommedations

[TheBlueBear88]

Hey, looking for a new drama to watch on TV. I've really gotten into crime dramas the past few months and have particularly enjoyed: broadchurch, the bay, happy valley, the fall, the stranger and safe. Not really into American crime dramas. If anyone could really British shows that would be great. Finished watching the loch last night but found it slightly too convulted near the end so maybe something slightly easier for my sleep addled brain (toddler going through a sleep regression phase!). Also love psychological thrillers so bonus points for those too please!

Do you know any of these older crime series?
Trial and retribution
Cracker
Wire in the blood
Prime suspect
I thought all of them were excellent and worth watching
I also thought the Nicola Walker series Unforgotten was very good

Shetland?

Giri/ Haji

Luther

Harlan Coben’s Stay Safe (or any of theirs) on Netflix

Where can you watch Cracker and Wire in the Blood?

All series of Silent Witness are on iPlayer

'Guilt' is Scottish and might still be on the BBC.

'Wanted' is Australian but ticks a lot of boxes. Cannot recommend highly enough.

'Mare of Easttown' is American but has a sort of 'gritty crime drama' feel rather than being a high-octane cop show. Again, highly highly recommend.

Whitechapel
Silk
Frost (admittedly old now)

'The Pact' is Welsh, and v v good.

You can pay for Brit box on prime to watch alot of these, I had a deal of 99p a month for 3 months.

Kind of assuming you've seen Line of Duty :)

The response very good on iplayer

Hinterland
Hidden
Vera
Shetland

Oh wow, I wasn't expecting so many replies! I have tried to watch line of duty @riverpebblesbut just couldn't get into it for some reason which is a shame as I love vicky mc clure. I have seen the pact though and loved it. Also really enjoyed the accident which I watched recently. I have Britbox @Rupertpenrysmistress, best 99p I ever spent! thanks for all the suggestions everyone

@TheBlueBear88

Oh wow, I wasn't expecting so many replies! I have tried to watch line of duty *@riverpebblesbut just couldn't get into it for some reason which is a shame as I love vicky mc clure. I have seen the pact though and loved it. Also really enjoyed the accident which I watched recently. I have Britbox @Rupertpenrysmistress*, best 99p I ever spent! thanks for all the suggestions everyone

You need to get past the first series of Line of Duty IMO. I had to watch series 1 twice, once when it came out, and more recently when I binged 1-6. Series 1 is the weakest link, but you need it for the rest. I think it's the weakest as it leaves open ends (and I couldn't stand either Tony or Jackie) but it is so worth persevering with.

Not British, but The Bridge is amazing too. Also on iPlayer.

I agree subsequent series of LOD were better. But also it isn't really as much of a drama as some of these others - more of a police procedural, which I like, but less emotional core.

You must have already Seen it unless you’ve been living under a rock, but if you haven’t, Line of Duty!!! X

River with Nicola Walker.

Placemarking

I know what you mean, american dramas can be too slick.

I love looking for BBC things on Netflix.
Have you watched White House Farm ? That was really good.
I watched something on Netflix about two pakistani brothers and the younger one was in danger of being sucked in to being radicalised. It was very good. Not on Netflix anymore :-( Wish I could remember its name. There was nobody famous in it and the name was something like undercover but now I look there's a dutch series with that name.

Angela Black
Silent Witness

Wallander, not British, but Kenneth Branagh and gritty, not American slick!

It's called ''Informer'' @TheBlueBear88

It's not on Netflix anymore but if you have amazon prime it's on there. It's so good. I was HOOKED. The characters really got under my skin.

Also, there's a Swedish thing ''Before we die''. I watched the swedish version as well as the UK version! It's on all 4

The Responder on iPlayer

Best things I've watched this year are all on bbc iPlayer
HMS Vigil
The Tourist
The investigation

Absolutely brilliant crime drama mini series

Vigil was superb

Loving these recommendations, thanks everyone.