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Recommended: River returns to ITVX

25 June, 2025

Lots of excellent crime shows have been popping up on the streaming services recently, inspiring us to write up our 12 great British crime shows on BBC iPlayer article. Of course, you can’t live on a BBC-only crime drama diet. Head to ITVX and you’ll…

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Win a signed copy of RAGDOLL by Daniel Cole

By crimefictionlover

20 June, 2025

We got very excited when the crime show Ragdoll arrived on iPlayer last week – so much so that we ordered in a copy to give away as the prize in our Saturday draw on 21 June 2025. When Daniel Cole got wind of our…

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Serial killer thriller Ragdoll comes to BBC iPlayer

By crimefictionlover

17 June, 2025

If you’re a UK-based lover of serial killer investigations, head to the BBC iPlayer where you can now watch Ragdoll. The programme is instantly fascinating to us here on Crime Fiction Lover as it’s based on the novel of the same name by Daniel Cole….

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Pale Mountains: Murder in the Italian Alps

By crimefictionlover

6 June, 2025

Channel 4 and Walter Presents have set a new destination on our crime drama map. From Friday 13 June, you’ll be able to stream your way to Bolzano, a city high in the Italian Alps, where a serial killer has emerged from dormancy and an…

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Dept. Q finds a new home in Edinburgh – and on Netflix

By DeathBecomesHer

4 June, 2025

Dept. Q, now creating a buzz on Netflix, is based upon the books by Jussi Adler-Olsen, but while the original novels – and the Danish series which followed them – are set in Copenhagen, this iteration roots itself firmly in Edinburgh and uses the location…

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12 great British crime shows on BBC iPlayer (2025)

By crimefictionlover

23 May, 2025

If there’s one thing Britain does well, other than complaining, it’s making great crime shows. Now, we’re not going to get into any arguments about this, other countries also create fantastic crime shows that we regularly feature here on the site. But today we’re going…

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Dark Rivers season 2: New German crime thriller on Walter Presents

By crimefictionlover

29 April, 2025

It’s time to visit the German city of Passau as German crime show Dark Rivers returns to Walter Presents. The second season brings with it three feature-length episodes as former police detective Frederike Bader (Marie Leuenberger) hides out in the city under witness protection, and…

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The return of Wallander

By crimefictionlover

24 April, 2025

Kurt Wallander – Sweden’s number one fictional detective – is set to return to television screens around the world in three feature-length adaptations of Henning Mankell’s original novels. Described as a reimagining of the iconic detective, the new series will star Gustaf Skarsgård – previously Floki…

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Recommended: River returns to ITVX

Win a signed copy of RAGDOLL by Daniel Cole

Serial killer thriller Ragdoll comes to BBC iPlayer

Pale Mountains: Murder in the Italian Alps

Dept. Q finds a new home in Edinburgh – and on Netflix

12 great British crime shows on BBC iPlayer (2025)

Dark Rivers season 2: New German crime thriller on Walter Presents

The return of Wallander

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