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Best crime show of 2021 shortlist

29 November, 2021

The past year has seen a wealth of tempting and binge-worthy crime viewing that helped many a crime fiction lover make it through. Here’s our shortlist for the first ever Best Crime Fiction Show Award. Time to get voting! Did your favourite make the cut?…

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Ann Cleeves' Devon mystery The Long Call comes to ITV

By DeathBecomesHer

18 October, 2021

Her Vera and Shetland books have already been transformed into successful TV drama series – now Ann Cleeves’ DI Matthew Venn is about to hit the small screen. The Long Call, based on the opening book of the North Devon-based mystery series, is the inspiration…

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Paris Police 1900 – the dark and dangerous French crime drama

By crimefictionlover

14 October, 2021

For anyone who loves historical crime fiction, Paris Police 1900 is a sensory treat with an intriguing and often terrifying story at its heart. Airing through October 2021 on Saturday evenings on BBC Four, it’s packed with period accuracy, political finagling, brutal violence, mystery and…

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IMDb TV, home to the new Bosch spinoff, launches in the UK

By DeathBecomesHer

30 September, 2021

IMDb TV, Amazon’s new premium free streaming service, launched in the UK earlier this week. It will be home to a back catalogue of movies and TV shows – and a number of IMDb TV originals, including the upcoming Bosch spinoff which is currently filming…

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Norwegian crime show Witch Hunt comes to Walter Presents

By crimefictionlover

23 September, 2021

This October, Channel 4 and Walter Presents will be welcoming you to settle in and enjoy the intrigue offered by Witch Hunt, an award-winning corporate crime drama from Norway. The programme originally aired in its homeland last year, but from the revised time of midnight…

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Danish crime drama When the Dust Settles comes to Channel 4

By crimefictionlover

9 September, 2021

We’re sounding the Nordic noir alert siren. If you’re in the UK, tune in to Channel 4 at 11pm on Sunday 19 September for the first episode of When the Dust Settles. Set in Copenhagen, the series begins with an horrific terror attack in a…

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The Hunt for a Killer - Swedish true crime comes to BBC Four

By crimefictionlover

30 August, 2021

Not content with dominating in the crime drama category, those Scandinavian television geniuses are taking a highly accurate shot at true crime as well. Earlier in 2021 The Investigation presented a mind-blowing new take on the genre from Denmark, and now the Swedes are getting…

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Try The Dry on Sky

By crimefictionlover

13 August, 2021

Here at Crime Fiction Lover we love it when a book we’ve championed finds a wider audience via a film adaptation. Back in 2017, we placed The Dry – a debut novel by Jane Harper – on our Recommended list. Four years later, you can…

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Best crime show of 2021 shortlist

Ann Cleeves' Devon mystery The Long Call comes to ITV

Paris Police 1900 – the dark and dangerous French crime drama

IMDb TV, home to the new Bosch spinoff, launches in the UK

Norwegian crime show Witch Hunt comes to Walter Presents

Danish crime drama When the Dust Settles comes to Channel 4

The Hunt for a Killer - Swedish true crime comes to BBC Four

Try The Dry on Sky

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