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Dustfall review – Anna Torv leads a rock-solid, thoughtful police drama with hefty emotional pull
By Luke Buckmaster
Director Emma Freeman and her team deliver a clever detective story less interested in the mechanics of a sexual assault than the social conditions that surround it
#Australiantelevision #Television #Culture #Televisionradio #AustralianBroadcastingCorporation #AnnaTorv #TVcrimedrama #TheGuardian #LukeBuckmaster
Pierre review – David Harewood’s twisty noir is an instant crime classic
By Ellen E Jones
Harewood has always had star power to burn – and he well and truly ignites this bold, sharp show about working in the police as a person of colour. What a brilliant milestone for Black British cop drama
#Television #Televisionradio #Culture #DavidHarewood #TVcrimedrama #BlackBritishculture #Drama #Police #TheGuardian #EllenEJones
‘My husband has to remind me: You’re not a real cop!’ Siân Brooke on the perils of playing a tough Blue Lights ‘peeler’
By Michael Hogan
She lit up Sherlock, made a brutal exit from House of the Dragon and now she’s back in the hard-hitting Belfast-set police drama. Will she have to stuff a chopping board into her flak jacket this time round?
#Television #Televisionradio #Culture #TVcrimedrama #Drama #BlueLights #TheGuardian #MichaelHogan
From Lizzie Borden to Myra Hindley, why are we still so fascinated with female killers? | Rebecca Rideal https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/20/lizzie-borden-myra-hindley-fascinated-female-killers #TvCrimeDrama #Netflix #TrueCrimePodcasts #TelevisionRadio #Women #UkNews #Drama #Culture
From Lizzie Borden to Myra Hindley, why are we still so fascinated with female killers? | Rebecca Rideal
By Rebecca Rideal
Another true-crime drama about a woman accused of murder is hitting our screens, feeding into our culture’s unhelpful obsession with ‘female rage’
#TVcrimedrama #Netflix #TruecrimePodcasts #Televisionradio #Women #UKnews #Drama #Culture #TheGuardian #RebeccaRideal
Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story review – it’s like Ryan Murphy’s new series was written by adolescent boys https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/sep/17/monster-the-lizzie-borden-story-review-netflix #Television #RyanMurphy #TelevisionRadio #Culture #HistoricalDramaTv #RebeccaHall #TvCrimeDrama
Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story review – it’s like Ryan Murphy’s new series was written by adolescent boys
By Lucy Mangan
The latest Monster instalment, about the 1892 Borden axe murders, is packed with periods and beheadings, and feels like it was made up as they went along
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/sep/17/monster-the-lizzie-borden-story-review-netflix
#Television #RyanMurphy #Televisionradio #Culture #HistoricaldramaTV #RebeccaHall #TVcrimedrama #TheGuardian #LucyMangan
‘I’m fearless. I was in a boys’ rugby team’: Slow Horses’ Aimee-Ffion Edwards on playing a cocaine-snorting spy
By Donna Ferguson
She has played rugby for Wales, is putting a Welsh spin on Princess Leia and is returning to TV screens as Shirley, the explosive, traumatised MI5 agent. Why is Edwards so drawn to liars, crooks and sneaks?
#Televisionradio #Culture #Television #SlowHorses #PeakyBlinders #Drama #TVcrimedrama #Thrillers #Wales #Skins #TheGuardian #DonnaFerguson
Last Seen review – this gripping Apple TV thriller is one of the standout shows of the year https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/sep/09/last-seen-review-gripping-apple-tv-thriller-standout-shows-2026 #TvCrimeDrama #AppleTv #Television #TelevisionRadio #Culture #Drama #AustralianTelevision
‘Who do you really believe?’: the true crime fans who became a part of the story
By Andrew Lawrence
In HBO’s gripping new docuseries A Killer Story, a crusading couple become convinced that woman accused of murder is innocent
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/sep/09/a-killer-story-series-review
#Documentary #HBO #FactualTV #TVcrimedrama #Television #UStelevision #Culture #Televisionradio #UScrime #Kansas #Media #TheGuardian #AndrewLawrence
Last Seen review – this gripping Apple TV thriller is one of the standout shows of the year
By Luke Buckmaster
Patrick Brammall and Maxine Peake star in this superbly acted and absolutely riveting drama about a father who thinks his missing daughter may still be alive after a mysterious phone call
#TVcrimedrama #AppleTV #Television #Televisionradio #Culture #Drama #Australiantelevision #TheGuardian #LukeBuckmaster
The opposite of ‘damsels in distress’: how TV fell in love with female gangsters
By Louis Staples
The ruthless female characters of The Gentlemen, Beef and Peaky Blinders bring new depth to the evil matriarch stereotype
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/sep/02/female-gangsters-crime-tv-the-gentlemen
#Television #Televisionradio #Culture #Netflix #HBO #HelenMirren #GuyRitchie #Women #UStelevision #TraceyUllman #TVcrimedrama #TheGuardian #LouisStaples
‘It destroyed me’ – your top true crime TV shows of all time https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/aug/26/your-top-true-crime-tv-shows #Television #Culture #TelevisionRadio #TigerKing #OjSimpson #RobertDurst #TvCrimeDrama
‘It destroyed me’ – your top true crime TV shows of all time
By Alfie Packham and Guardian readers
From influencers gone (really, really) bad and the outrageous Joe Exotic to the greatest reveal in television history – here are Guardian readers’ favourite real-life documentaries and whodunnits
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/aug/26/your-top-true-crime-tv-shows
#Television #Culture #Televisionradio #TigerKing #OJSimpson #RobertDurst #TVcrimedrama #TheGuardian #AlfiePackham #Guardianreaders
You’re Killing Me review – did an AI monkey write this terrible Brooke Shields crime caper?
By Lucy Mangan
I desperately wanted this show to be Gilmore Girls meets Murder, She Wrote – but the story of a novelist turned amateur sleuth is just so lazy. And yet, I still have high hopes for the confirmed second season
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/aug/21/you-are-killing-me-review-brooke-shields
#Televisionradio #Culture #Television #TVcrimedrama #TVcomedy #TheGuardian #LucyMangan
Furious review – a proper grownup thriller that’s powered by sheer female rage https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/jul/27/furious-review-a-proper-grownup-thriller-thats-powered-by-sheer-female-rage-disney-plus #Television #TelevisionRadio #Culture #TvCrimeDrama #Drama
Furious review – a proper grownup thriller that’s powered by sheer female rage
By Lucy Mangan
This crime drama about a female serial killer is enormously entertaining TV that demands you pay attention
#Television #Televisionradio #Culture #TVcrimedrama #Drama #TheGuardian #LucyMangan
Treasure & Dirt review – a gloriously strange detective mystery, unlike any you’ve seen before
By Luke Buckmaster
A beheading in the outback kicks off this terrific six-part series, in which the greatest pleasure is not solving the crime but learning about the peculiar locals
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/jul/21/treasure-and-dirt-tv-show-review
#Australiantelevision #Television #Televisionradio #Culture #TVcrimedrama #Drama #TheGuardian #LukeBuckmaster
TV tonight: a serial killer’s sick, twisted game in The Dark
By Hollie Richardson Phil Harrison, Graeme Virtue, Jack Seale and Priya Elan
Laura Donnelly’s DI Kennedy thinks she has guessed the next victim but can she save him? Plus, sex, chicks and ostriches in Chris Packham’s Evolution
#Television #Televisionradio #Culture #ChrisPackham #TVcrimedrama #Documentary #TheGuardian #HollieRichardsonPhilHarrison #GraemeVirtue #JackSeale #PriyaElan
The Hairdresser Mysteries review – Sally Phillips gifts us the most bananas daytime TV ever
By Sarah Dempster
Phillips plays the amateur sleuth with scissors in an audacious show that, even by cosy crime standards, is an unyielding slab of snuggle. Bloomin’ heck!
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/jul/17/the-hairdresser-mysteries-review-sally-phillips
#Televisionradio #Culture #Television #SallyPhillips #TVcrimedrama #TVcomedy #TheGuardian #SarahDempster
The Westies review – this violent New York mob drama is like Peaky Blinders meets The Sopranos
By Jack Seale
Expect bloody chaos in this drama about a real-life 80s Irish-American gang – featuring JK Simmons as a gang leader – and their dealings with an Italian-American crime family
#Television #Televisionradio #Culture #TVcrimedrama #TheGuardian #JackSeale
Bobby J Brown, US actor known for The Wire, dies aged 62 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/27/bobby-j-brown-actor-dies-the-wire #UsNews #Maryland #TheWire #Culture #Hbo #Drama #UsTelevision #Television #TelevisionRadio #TvCrimeDrama
Were their body parts used in satanic rituals? Netflix tackles the horrific ‘Monster of Florence’ murders https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/oct/13/body-parts-satanic-rituals-netflix-monster-of-florence-murders #Television&radio #Truecrimebooks #TVcrimedrama #Television #Culture #Netflix #Europe #Drama #Media #Italy
‘I’m a healthier person for playing a serial killer’: Michael C Hall on Dexter’s wildly improbable return https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/jul/10/michael-c-hall-dexter-resurrection-serial-killer #Television&radio #MichaelCHall #TVcrimedrama #UStelevision #Television #Culture #Dexter #Drama
You final season review – an insultingly rubbish ending https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/apr/24/you-final-season-review-penn-badgley-an-insultingly-rubbish-ending #CharlotteRitchie #Television&radio #TVcrimedrama #UStelevision #PennBadgley #Television #Culture #Drama
The Diamond Heist review – Guy Ritchie’s thrilling tale of the failed Millennium Dome jewel robbery https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/apr/16/the-diamond-heist-review-guy-ritchie-millennium-dome-jewel-robbery-netflix #Television&radio #TVcrimedrama #Documentary #Television #GuyRitchie #Culture
The Residence review – this joyful murder mystery is eight hours of gorgeous, gleeful escapism https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/mar/20/the-residence-review-netflix-white-house-mystery-uzo-aduba #Television&radio #ShondaRhimes #TVcrimedrama #Television #UzoAduba #TVcomedy #Culture
Dope Thief review – this crime caper’s hilarious moments are like Brooklyn Nine-Nine meets Breaking Bad https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/mar/14/dope-thief-review-apple-tv-this-capers-hilarious-moments-are-like-brooklyn-nine-nine-meets-breaking-bad #Television&radio #TVcrimedrama #Television #Culture #Drama
Long Bright River review – Amanda Seyfried’s Mare of Easttown is a slog https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/mar/13/long-bright-river-review-amanda-seyfried #Television&radio #AmandaSeyfried #UStelevision #TVcrimedrama #Television #Culture #Drama
The White Lotus review – an absolutely exquisite third season https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/feb/11/the-white-lotus-review-third-season-thai-resort #Television&radio #TheWhiteLotus #TVcrimedrama #Television #Culture
‘They deep-fried my head!’ Stars of Succession, The Sopranos, Spooks and more on their shocking TV deaths https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/feb/03/killed-off-tv-succession-sopranos-spooks-line-of-duty-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-cucumber #BuffytheVampireSlayer #Television&radio #UStelevision #TVcrimedrama #TheSopranos #Television #Succession #LineofDuty #Culture #Spooks #Drama
The TV killing spree: why are so many smash-hit shows about women being murdered? https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/dec/17/the-tv-killing-spree-why-are-so-many-smash-hit-shows-about-women-being-murdered #Television&radio #TVcrimedrama #Television #Podcasts #Culture #Books #Women #Women #Drama
Ice-T: ‘Anybody that thinks controversy is a way to make money, it’s not. You need lawyers!’ https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/oct/17/ice-t-anybody-that-thinks-controversy-is-a-way-to-make-money-its-not-you-need-lawyers #Television&radio #CharltonHeston #DavidGilmour #TVcrimedrama #HenryRollins #AbelFerrara #Popandrock #Television #Crimefilms #Hip-hop #Culture #Ice-T #Music #Metal #Lemmy #Drama #Film #Rap
American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez review – bleakly compelling tragedy https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/sep/17/american-sports-story-aaron-hernandez-review #Television&radio #UStelevision #TVcrimedrama #Television #RyanMurphy #Culture #Drama #Sport
‘More emotionally involved’: why podcasters are TV crime-dramas’ hottest new detectives https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/sep/03/more-emotionally-involved-why-podcasters-are-tv-crime-dramas-hottest-new-detectives #Truecrime(Podcasts) #Television&radio #TVcrimedrama #Television #Podcasts #Culture #Drama
If you like Baby Reindeer, you’ll love Young Mungo! 29 terrific TV shows – and the books to read instead https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/jul/17/if-you-like-baby-reindeer-youll-love-young-mungo-29-terrific-tv-shows-and-the-books-to-read-instead #TheMarvelousMrsMaisel #Sciencefictionbooks #Television&radio #SciencefictionTV #ColsonWhitehead #AnthonyBourdain #Schitt'sCreek #StevenMoffat #Crimefiction #Romancebooks #BabyReindeer #TVcrimedrama #SexEducation #RichardGadd #Culture
How brilliant female British TV detectives helped me understand myself https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2024/apr/25/female-british-tv-detectives-self-discovery #Television&radio #Wellactually #TVcrimedrama #Lifeandstyle #Television
An offer he couldn’t refuse: Sopranos diner booth sells for $82,600 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/05/sopranos-diner-booth-sold-new-jersey #JamesGandolfini #TVcrimedrama #UStelevision #TheSopranos #NewJersey #Culture #USnews