Female Detective Series

[Mittens67]

I love a female detective series and wonder are there any I have missed.
Recommendations please?

Unforgotten
Ellis
Happy valley

All excellent, I'm really enjoying the latest series of unforgotten

DI Ray
The Bay
Unforgotten (lead female detective)

Actually it is rewatching Unforgotten which triggered this thread!

I watched a great Australian detective series but can’t remember the name and Google isn’t helping!

deadloch

What happened in ot as I have just watched a couple set in oz and NZ?

Patience on channel 4

The killing

Under tge bridge

Scott and Bailey
The Killing
The Bridge
Prime Suspect

We've just enjoyed Criminal Record (Apple TV via Prime). 2024. With Cush Jumbo and Peter Capaldi.

Currently obsessed with "Astrid: Murder in Paris" on 4. It's in (very fast!) French with subtitles

Came here to say Deadloch... it took me a few episodes to get into but I really enjoyed it.

Do you like patience as well?

Is it a comedy?

Haven't found that one, which channel/service?

@skyfirechesnut there are definitely some absurd characters and there are parts that are very funny but I wouldn't say it's a primarily a comedy. It does gently poke fun at some stereotypes of rural Tasmania and toxic masculinity throughout.

Annika
Karen Pirie
Shetland (later series)

@Trainersprocrastination was it The north shore? Recent oz drama with a female detective

@TyneFilth it is on channel 4 the uk version of Astrid.

Prime Suspect
Scott and Bailey
Vera

Rizzoli and Isles! Think it's on prime.

@Trainersprocrastination Top of the lake? Great series
Definitely The Bridge, The Killing and Deadwind (Finnish), Mare of Eastown (Kate Winslet, fab!), Marcella (not fab but worth a watch)
If you aren't keen on subtitles there's an american version of The Killing which was pretty good, imo.

I'm watching High Potential on Disney at the moment which has a female lead but it's not a gritty type of drama, more like Death in paradise or Good ship murder type series

I second High Potential. Usually "quirky" or in this case "quirky-adjacent" is not my cup of tea, but I think it's really well done, and the main character is very appealing.

Also I agree that Mare of Eastown is very good. For one thing, Kate nails that regional Pennsylvania accent that is a difficult one to pull off. It really adds to the realism.

Happy Valley is great. And despite the name of the series, I think Robin is the hero of Strike. She's great.

Return to Paradise (the latest in the Death in Paradise franchise) had a female lead