“Vera”, “Shetland” and “DCI Banks” are all worthy successors to Foyle and Morse. They’ve all appeared on PBS at one time or another. Banks stars Stephen Tompkinson of “Ballykissangel” fame. I enjoyed them so much that I’ve read all the Peter Robinson books. Vera and Shetland are based on two series by the same author, Ann Cleeves.
On Netflix, “The Fall” with Gillian Anderson has the same case in three series so far set in Northern Ireland. “River” is pretty entertaining. “Happy Valley” is a well done police series with a female lead. “Hinterland” has a brooding policeman in Wales. After years of “lurking” and enjoying this group, you’ve given me a tv subject that I feel I can comment. From: [email protected] [mailto:[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. To ask this I have to make a confession: I had never watched Foyle's War until recently. I watched the first episode one afternoon late this summer and watched about 5 in a row. Finished the lot in relatively short order. I guess I am asking for more like that please. Wikipedia says that Foyle kind of took the place of Inspector Morse. I watched the first episode, did not dislike it, but didn't fall in love either. For other reasons I re-watched all of Spooks, but now am looking for something else in a British accent. I have started watching "Death in Paradise" after Kevin mentioned it recently here (that was how I noticed that Netflix can be accessed through Xfinity now). As Kevin says, it is very likable, though not at the level of something like Foyle. I am open to the view that Morse is worth staying with, or to some other suggestion. I have of course seen Sherlock, and Broadchurch. -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- -- 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] <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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.
