If you like British detective shows....

[Doctor Phibes]

New Tricks on Amazon Prime.

Retired detectives brought back to investigate old cases

Great bunch of character actors.

Definitely worth a watch.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Tricks

I watched the first few when it was originally on TV, and then they stopped showing them over here.

[jodi]

Will check it out. Sounds like something I would like. Endeavour is one of my favorites. And Shetland. (Think that’s what it’s called)

[Doctor Phibes]

This is quite a light hearted one, but the first episode at least was well worth watching. The acting is great.

[George K]

Thanks for the recommendation, Phibes. Hope I enjoy it.

I've become somewhat disillusioned with some of the British detective shows. Endeavour, in particular, has, for me at least, become sort of a drag.

Each episode begins with a prologue, with random people doing random things that make no sense.

Then there's a body.

Then Morse and Thursday jump through hoops to figure it out, and mirabile dictu!, it's one of the random people we saw about an hour ago.

I don't recall "Morse" or "Foyle" being as obscure. I've had to re-watch some of the preludes of "Endeavour" to say, "Oh, yeah! It was that guy."

I really preferred a story like Broadchurch with an arc that reaches over several episodes. "Endeavour" tries to do that with some side stories (Thursday's marriage, for example).

[jodi]

@george-k I will admit I liked the earlier seasons better than the latest ones.

[Renauda]

@doctor-phibes said in If you like British detective shows....:

New Tricks on Amazon Prime.

Great show. Always tried not to miss it when it played on on TV here.

Really liked Foyle's War and George Gently too - have the all the DVD's for both series. Also have most of DCI Banks - really like the first three or four seasons.

And for something lighter, Death in Paradise is a real fun watch as well.

[George K]

@renauda Foyle's War was probably the best of that whole genre. As the director said, "Michael Kitchen could do more with a raised eyebrow than most actors could do with a page of script."

I've always looked for a worthy follow-up, and only the original Morse came close. Lewis was a close third.

I'll have to give New Tricks a look, now that I'm Viking'ed out.

[Doctor Phibes]

For something a little darker, Luther's worth a watch, starring Idris Elba. Wallander is also very good, with Kenneth Branagh - there's also a Swedish version, which is the original.

[George K]

@doctor-phibes said in If you like British detective shows....:

Luther's worth a watch

Tried it, but just couldn't get into it, despite the wonderful Ruth Wilson.

[taiwan_girl]

@george-k said in If you like British detective shows....:

I really preferred a story like Broadchurch with an arc that reaches over several episodes.

I enjoyed it quite a bit too. Kind of depressing but I thought quite well done.