Doomed romance seems to be the order of the day for this week’s episode of Death In Paradise as Humphrey (Kris Marshall) and Martha’s (Sally Bretton) blissful island getaway is tainted when their hotel becomes the crime scene to a fatal stabbing. There is a real sense that the production team are trying to think outside … >
The BBC has announced that the next season of Inspector George Gently will the the crime drama’s last. Two new feature-length films have started filming on location in Durham and the North East this week. Created by Peter Flannery and originally based on the Gently novels by Alan Hunter, Inspector George Gently first aired in April 2007 and 23 episodes have … >
Having joked about it last week, I’m beginning to wonder if I might actually be on to something because yet again Midsomer Murders gives us only two murders as opposed to the traditional three. Going a step further, both victims in ‘Red in Tooth and Claw’ are estate agents so one could even argue that … >
In the two most recent episodes of Silent Witness, we find ourselves midway through the 20th season and as expected, BBC One’s long-running crime drama shows no signs of lowering expectations. Part 1 finds the team on the hunt for a killer when a body of a young student is pulled from a river. Whilst initially … >
I don’t know if some new quota has recently come into effect, but for the second episode in a row there are only two Midsomer Murders as opposed to the usual three. In the case of ‘Last Man Out’ though, I think we can forgive the shortfall – because the potential third victim, saved in … >
We return to the island of Saint Marie tonight, with the Honore Police investigating the murder of a young girl who died from an apparent suicide, as the town celebrated the first (and presumably last) Saint Marie Literary Festival. “She wrote a novel we all studied in school, The Flame Tree.” With all the potential … >
Long-running crime drama Midsomer Murders returns to ITV for a nineteenth season this winter. Neil Dudgeon is back as DCI Barnaby, alongside Manjinder Virk as pathologist Dr Kam Karimore and Fiona Dolman as Sarah Barnaby. They will be joined by newcomer Nick Hendrix (Marcella, The Crown) as DS Jamie Winter. Buy the complete Season 18 box set on Amazon here. … >
ITV and BBC America have both released brief new trailers teasing the return of Broadchurch. David Tennant and Olivia Colman will reprise their roles as DI Alec Hardy and DS Ellie Miller in the crime drama’s final season next month. The eight episodes will feature a brand new case for Miller and Hardy, with the detectives reuniting to investigate … >
Hit comedy drama Death in Paradise returned tonight to help us beat the blues with some sun, sand, sea… and murder. Now in its sixth season, BBC One’s detective show is the perfect antidote to a wintry January, adding a little mystery to the New Year. When a researcher at the Saint Marie Volcanic Institute is found dead … >
‘Crime and Punishment’ is set in Bleakridge which is, we’re told, “the most remote village in Midsomer.” It also has a chronic shortage of ample parking – either that or, despite its remoteness, it is something of a Mecca for the tourist trade. Whatever the reason, there seems to be no end of cars parked … >