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Val McDermid's Karen Pirie comes to ITV

2 August, 2022

Val McDermid’s cold case police detective Karen Pirie is coming to the small screen in September 2022 in a new three-part ITV crime drama. Adapted from the first novel in the six-book series, The Distant Echo, the programme will star Lauren Lyle of Outlander fame…

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Trom – the Faroese crime drama on BBC Four

By crimefictionlover

12 July, 2022

Trom could just be the Nordic noir crime show you’ve been waiting for. From Ystad to the Arctic Circle and from the forests of Finland to Reykjavik, just about every corner of the old Norse world has appeared as the setting of a crime show….

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Four Strangers - Croatian crime show coming to Channel 4

By crimefictionlover

6 July, 2022

The Channel 4 streaming service Walter Presents has announced a summer of Eastern European crime shows for the UK, starting with Four Strangers which will give us our first ever look at crime drama from Croatia. Episodes will be available to stream on Walter Presents…

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The Swedish detective Beck returns to UK screens for season 9

By crimefictionlover

10 May, 2022

It’s been 25 years since Beck first aired on Swedish television, making this one of the most enduring crime shows in European television and Scandinavia’s longest-running crime drama export. The ninth season is four episodes in extent, and began airing on BBC Four in the…

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Harry Bosch returns in Bosch: Legacy – full preview

By crimefictionlover

15 April, 2022

Harry Bosch, Maddie Bosch and Honey Chandler return to our screens on 6 May in Bosch: Legacy, a spinoff that continues on from Amazon Prime Video‘s seven-season series, revealing a different side to each of these key characters. Premiering free on Freevee via Prime Video,…

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Italian crime show The Hunter returns to Channel 4

By crimefictionlover

6 April, 2022

What a show this is! When we posted a preview of The Hunter season 1 on the site last year, it became one of our most popular articles of 2021 and fans of Noir Italiano loved the series, which is still available to stream on…

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The Welsh crime show Hidden is back on BBC Four with season three

By crimefictionlover

16 March, 2022

The Welsh crime show Hidden is aptly named because it truly is one of the hidden gems of British television. Set among the rugged hills and slate mountains of North Wales, the programme exudes a creepy, haunting atmosphere. It feels like there’s an unspoken evil…

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French crime show The Crimson Rivers returns to More4 with third season

By crimefictionlover

11 March, 2022

Detectives Pierre Niémans and Camille Delauney will be back on British screens for a third series of the French crime show The Crimson Rivers, which begins at 9pm on Friday 25 March on More4. You can also stream the series online via Walter Presents. Played…

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Val McDermid's Karen Pirie comes to ITV

Trom – the Faroese crime drama on BBC Four

Four Strangers - Croatian crime show coming to Channel 4

The Swedish detective Beck returns to UK screens for season 9

Harry Bosch returns in Bosch: Legacy – full preview

Italian crime show The Hunter returns to Channel 4

The Welsh crime show Hidden is back on BBC Four with season three

French crime show The Crimson Rivers returns to More4 with third season

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