I enjoyed The Fall (I've only seen the first season) because it turns the usual trope of keeping one in suspense over who the murderer is on its head. We know from almost the first episode and we get to enjoy the dramatic irony of the cat and mouse chase. Plus, Gillian Anderson.
If your definition of "mystery" extends to espionage, I recommend "Page 8" starring Bill Nighy, Rachel Weisz, and Michael Gambon. This showed up on Masterpiece a few years ago and was very good. There are also two followups, "Turks & Caicos" and "Salting the Battlefield," which were also very good. Another series, firmly back in mystery territory, the Thorne series is good. Starting David Morrissey (the governor from Walking Dead, and the utterly engaging lead in "Blackpool" aka "Viva Blackpool" some years back), there are two series of three hours each. I see them pop up in the movie channels in Canada all the time so I assume they're available on other steaming platforms or on DVD. On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 07:15 Jay Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > I won't say it's OMG-the-greatest-EVARRRR, but I quite enjoyed Jonathan > Creek. I guess it really isn't a "detective" show but the main > characters(s) do solve crimes. More of a 'Murder, Show Wrote' vibe as I > think of it. > > > F*rom:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *PGage > *Sent:* Thursday, November 17, 2016 8:39 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [TV orNotTV] British Mystery > > > > I am looking for recommendations for a good British detective television > show. > > > -- > ----- > My 5YO nephew needs a wheelchair van. Please > donate/visit:http://www.bit.do/GetJackAVan or > http://www.facebook.com/GetJackAVan > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
