Discover What’s Streaming On: At their very best, period dramas pull off an emotional magic trick. They simultaneously provide us with an immediate, all-encompassing escape from modern life, while ...

If Thomas Lynley isn’t among the best known of fictional detectives, it isn’t for lack of output. Novelist Elizabeth George has devoted 22 books to his exploits; 11 of those mysteries were adapted for ...

Last month, PBS debuted a British police drama called Patience, about an autistic police records clerk helping a detective with cases because of the way she looks at evidence and other aspects of a ...

Kelcie Mattson is a Senior Features author at Collider. Based in the Midwest, she also contributes Lists, reviews, and television recaps. A lifelong fan of niche sci-fi, epic fantasy, Final Girl ...

Created by Kelly Jones and based on Carol Anne Lee's biography, "A Fine Day for Hanging," BritBox's "A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story" is a gutting, engaging historical crime drama revolving around ...

Set in the English town of Hebden Bridge, “Riot Women” opens in a picturesque cottage home. Beth (Joanna Scanlan), a 59-year-old school teacher, is at her wit’s end. Having placed her mother in a long ...

Whether it's a humorous procedural or a dark and dreary drama, detective fiction offers a wealth of familiar scenarios. Once we look past the classic archetypes, like the egotistical agents who also ...

A pub owner and proud grandmother, Jess is constantly at odds with her eldest daughter, Chloe (Shannon Lavelle) and is looking for a new outlet. Alongside Beth, who plays the piano, Jess recruits ...