If You Liked Midsomer Murders, Watch These Next
Finished Midsomer Murders (1997) and want more of the same? These 20 TV shows are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like Midsomer Murders, most of them are crime, drama, mystery.
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20 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.Vera(2011)
7.4CrimeDramaMysteryAlso crime and drama
A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.
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2.Lewis(2007)
7.6CrimeDramaMysteryAlso crime and drama
Inspector Robert Lewis and Sergeant James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them.
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3.The Inspector Lynley Mysteries(2002)
7.4CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
DS Barbara Havers is assigned to work with the upper-crust DI Thomas Lynley to solve murders.
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4.Baretta(1975)
6.5CrimeDramaMysteryAlso crime and drama
Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a milder version of a successful 1973–74 ABC series, Toma, starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New Jersey police officer David Toma. While popular, Toma received intense criticism at the time for its…
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5.The Glades(2010)
7.0CrimeDramaAction & AdventureAlso crime and drama
This crime series follows Jim, a Chicago cop who gets kicked off the force after being shot and wrongfully accused by his ex-captain of having an affair with his wife. After receiving his payout, Jim decides to moves to a small Florida town to join the state police.
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6.Murder in Suburbia(2004)
7.5DramaMysteryCrimeAlso drama and mystery
Murder in Suburbia was a British detective drama that ran for two series in 2004 and 2005. Detective Inspector Kate Ashurst, a graduate of a posh girls' academy, has a sharp, analytical mind; her working-class partner, Detective Sergeant Emma Scribbins, relies on her instincts. Together this sassy, sexy investigative…
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7.Van der Valk(2020)
6.5CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
Set against the backdrop of the city of Amsterdam, Piet Van der Valk and his team investigate a series of high-profile cases immersed in the worlds of art, politics, addiction, mysticism and the fashion industry.
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8.The Brokenwood Mysteries(2014)
7.6MysteryDramaCrimeAlso mystery and drama
In a seemingly quiet country town the newest resident, Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd, finds that murder lurks in even the most homely location.
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9.Barnaby Jones(1973)
7.0CrimeDramaMysteryAlso crime and drama
Barnaby Jones is a television detective series starring Buddy Ebsen and Lee Meriwether as father- and daughter-in-law who run a private detective firm in Los Angeles. The show ran on CBS from January 28, 1973 to April 3, 1980, beginning as a midseason replacement. William Conrad guest starred as Frank Cannon of…
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10.The Streets of San Francisco(1972)
7.1CrimeDramaAction & AdventureAlso crime and drama
Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate murders and other serious crimes in San Francisco. Stone would become a second father to Keller as he learned the rigors and procedures of detective work.
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11.Dragnet(1967)
7.0CrimeDramaMysteryAlso crime and drama
Police Detective Sgt. Joe Friday and his partners investigate crimes in Los Angeles.
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12.Agatha Christie's Poirot(1989)
8.2CrimeDramaMysteryAlso crime and drama
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
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13.A Confession(2019)
7.1CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
The story of how Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher deliberately breached police procedure and protocol to catch a killer, a decision that ultimately cost him his career and reputation.
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14.Endeavour(2013)
8.1CrimeDramaMysteryAlso crime and drama
The early days of a young Endeavour Morse, whose experiences as a detective constable with the Oxford City Police will ultimately shape his future.
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15.Coroner(2019)
7.0DramaCrimeMysteryAlso drama and crime
Jenny Cooper investigates unexplained or sudden deaths in the city of Toronto. Fierce and quick-witted, Jenny is a newly-widowed single mother with secrets of her own to unearth.
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16.Ironside(1967)
6.8CrimeDramaMysteryAlso crime and drama
When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to the police department. Detective Sergeant Ed Brown and policewoman Eve Whitfield join with him to crack varied and fascinating cases. Ex-con Mark Sanger is employed by…
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17.Signora Volpe(2022)
7.2CrimeMysteryDramaAlso crime and mystery
After years as an MI6 operative, Sylvia winds up in a village in Umbria visiting her sister Isabel and becomes involved in a murder investigation.
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18.CSI: Miami(2002)
7.7DramaMysteryCrimeAlso drama and mystery
The show follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and character-driven drama in the same vein as the original series in the CSI…
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19.Dalziel and Pascoe(1996)
6.4MysteryCrimeDramaAlso mystery and crime
In the fictional Yorkshire town of Wetherton, the unlikely duo of politically incorrect elephant-in-a-China-shop-copper DS Andrew Dalziel (pronounced Dee-ell) and his more sensitive and university educated sidekick DS, later DI, Peter Pascoe is always on hand to solve the classic murder mystery, while maintaining…
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20.Annika(2021)
7.0MysteryCrimeDramaAlso mystery and crime
The sharp, witty and enigmatic DI Annika Strandhed, as she heads up a new specialist Marine Homicide Unit (MHU) that is tasked with investigating the unexplained, brutal, and seemingly unfathomable murders.
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