Whether its the thank God thats not me aspect; a national curiosity about the murkier side of life; the fact that detective stories have a built-in dramatic structure with mystery, tension and resolution; or simply that commissioners shovel them onto screens in such volume that audiences cant help but eat them up crime drama is riding high on UK television, and by the looks of the list below, going nowhere in 2025 and beyond.Including true crime, cosy crime, period-set crime, comedy crime and more, here are the new British crime TV series on their way this year and next. From Scandi Noir adaptations to two new takes on Agatha Christie, to a refreshed Sherlock Holmes, and several modern gangster series aiming to fill the Peaky Blinders hole, find something to suit your taste below.Well keep this list updated as cast and release date information arrives, and new commissions are announced. For a look at everything new coming to UK TV in 2025, heres our New British TV Series list, and to see which shows are due to return this year and beyond, heres our Best Returning British TV Series list.RELEASE DATES CONFIRMEDMissing YouIts a new tradition: a new Harlan Coben crime thriller on Netflix with which to nurse your hangover on New Years Day. 2025s is Missing You, which stars Slow Horses Rosalind Eleazar as DI Kat Donovan, a no-nonsense detective whose love life has been drifting ever since her fianc left her without a word over a decade ago. Now hes just reappeared on an online dating app, the man who murdered her father is about to die in prison, and a university professor has gone missing how all these things connect is for viewers to find out over five episodes. Jan 1, NetflixPatienceBased on the French-Belgian series Astrid et Raphalle, this six-part British crime drama stars A Kind of Sparks Ella Maisy Purvis as a police archivist with autism whose talent for crime-solving is discovered by a detective (Laura Fraser). Together, they sleuth around the beautiful historical city of York, solving murders. Jan 8, Channel 4An T-Eilean/The IslandTrumpeted as the BBCs first Gaelic-language drama, this crime series is set on the beautiful Scottish islands of Lewis and Harris, and follows the return of a young detective to the isles after she left abruptly years earlier. Back at home, Sorcha Groundsells character investigates a murder centring around a stately home. Jan 14, BBC Four & iPlayerBergeracBeing Humans Damien Moloney puts on the leather coat and gets behind the wheel of the Triumph Roadster to play Jersey-based detective John Bergerac, a staple of 1980s British television originally played by John Nettles in the long-running detective series. This six-part reboot comes from Being Human, Doctor Who and The Red King writer Toby Whithouse. Feb, U&Drama & URELEASE DATES TBCAdolescenceIf youve yet to watch Boiling Point, director Philip Barantinis ultra-tense restaurant-set feature film, then rectify that asap and follow it up by the similarly great BBC One continuation series. Then, youll know why the combination of Barantini with screenwriter Jack Thorne (Best Interests, His Dark Materials) is something to get excited about. For Netflixs Adolescence, they team up with actor-producer Stephen Graham to tell the four-part story of a teenager accused of murdering his schoolmate. NetflixBookishAs well as winning Olivier awards and spooking us with his yearly Christmas ghost stories, actor-writer-director Mark Gatiss has returned to the world of crime fiction with his new series Bookish. Set in 1946, its the story of Gabriel (Gatiss), a seller of antiquated books who helps the local police solve crimes using his vast library and esoteric knowledge. Gabriels a gay man forced to live in the closet due to the eras bigoted laws against homosexuality, and is in a lavender marriage with his wife to help him to remain hidden. Alibi & UCatch You LaterJason Watkins and Robson Green star in this four-part Channel 5 thriller about a retired detective (Watkins) whose suspicions are aroused when a new neighbour (Green) uses a phrase that featured in a famously unsolved murder from years earlier. Has his chief suspect just moved in next door? Channel 5Code of SilenceNot to be confused with the ropey 2021 Kray Twins movie or the similarly ropey 2021 Maine-set redemption feature of the same name, Code of Silence will be a six-part ITV thriller starring EastEnders actor, Strictly Come Dancing champion and deaf activist Rose Ayling-Ellis. Its the story of Alison, a deaf caterer hired by the police to work as a forensic lip reader, and who develops feelings for one of the main suspects. Filming began in October 2024, so dont expect to see this one until later in the year. ITVJoin our mailing listGet the best of Den of Geek delivered right to your inbox!Cold WaterThe Walking Deads Andrew Lincoln returns to UK drama in this six-part ITV crime thriller about a couple (played by Lincoln and Indira Varma) who uproot themselves and move to a remote Scottish island in the hope of a fresh start. There, Lincolns character strikes up a fast friendship with their oddball neighbour (played by Euan Bremner), which sends alarm bells ringing in his wifes mind. ITVDeath ValleyThis six-part BBC Two/BBC Wales series features a Welsh detective and a retired actor famous for playing a detective teaming up to solve crimes. Written by Trollieds Paul Doolan, it stars Timothy Spall as national treasure John Chapel, beloved for fictional television show Caesar, and Gwyneth Keyworth as DS Janie Mallowan. BBC Two/BBC WalesDepartment QNetflix has transported the action of Jussi Adler-Olsens Danish noir novels to Scotland for this English-language adaptation of the popular crime series. A Discovery of Witches Matthew Goode plays Carl Morck, a detective traumatised by a previous case in which one colleague died and another was paralysed. Goode stars alongside Scottish acting greats Mark Bonnar, Kelly Macdonald, Shirley Henderson and Kate Dickie. NetflixDope GirlsBad Wolf, the Wales-based producers of His Dark Materials, A Discovery of Witches and now, Doctor Who, are behind a new 1920s-set crime drama. Pitched as a spiritual successor to Peaky Blinders, its about the female gangs who operated in Londons Soho after World War One, and was inspired by Marek Kohns 1992 non-fiction book of the same name, subtitled The Birth of the British Drug Underground. Mare of Easttowns Julianne Nicholson and Little Womens Eliza Scanlen star. BBC OneDown Cemetery RoadAdapted from a book by Mick Slow Horses Herron by one of that shows writers Morwenna Banks, Down Cemetery Road has plenty to recommend it before we come to a cast including Emma Thompson, Ruth Wilson, Adeel Akhtar, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Tom Riley, Tom Goodman-Hill and many more familiar names. Coming to Apple TV+, its the story of Sarah (Wilson), a woman who becomes obsessed with the disappearance of a young girl after an explosion, and who teams up with a police detective (Thompson) to get to the truth. Filming wrapped in autumn 2024. Apple TV+Get Millie BlackThis HBO/Channel 4 co-production already aired in the US in November 2024, so there shouldnt be too long a wait for it to arrive in the UK. Its the story of a Jamaican-born detective whos forced out of her job in London and has to return home to Kingston where her work on the missing persons unit leads her to a Scotland Yard detective. The five-part drama was written by Booker Prize-winning author Marlon James. Channel 4FearA three-part psychological thriller set in Glasgow is coming to Prime Video, starring Line of Dutys Martin Compston, Vigils Anjli Mohindra and Game of Thrones Daniel Portman. Fear is adapted from the novel by Dick Kurbjuweit and tells the story of a family who relocate to Glasgow from London to make a fresh start, but whose lives become a nightmare of suspicion and terror after accusations fly from a neighbour. Prime VideoHow to Kill Your FamilyBella Mackies take on Ealing comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets was a huge hit in publishing, and theres no reason that this Netflix TV adaptation wont perform just as well. After all, it stars Anya Taylor Joy (Furiosa, Dune II, Peaky Blinders, The Queens Gambit) as lead Grace, the illegitimate daughter of a mega-rich man who cruelly left her and her mother out in the cold. Determined to get her revenge on his whole family, Grace sets about doing just that with murderous results! NetflixI Fought the LawSome true crime for you now: Sheridan Smith plays real-life figure Ann Ming, a legal campaigner who fought to overturn the UKs double jeopardy law (in which a person cannot be tried twice for the same crime) following the mistrial of her daughters murderer. With a screenplay by Jamie Crichton inspired by Mings own memoir For the Love of Julie, this four-parter promises to be emotional. ITVIn FlightFrom the makers of Marcella comes In Flight, the story of an air stewardess who is blackmailed into smuggling drugs by a criminal gang whove framed her son for a crime thats left him serving a 15-year sentence in a Bulgarian prison. Filming began on the series in November 2024. Channel 4LegendsHeres one to keep an eye out for: Netflixs Legends is the work of Guilt and The Gold writer Neil Forsyth, which guarantees itll be clever, funny, exciting and worth your time. The six-parters premise looks promising too its inspired by the true story of a group of Customs employees who went undercover in some of the UKs most dangerous drug gangs. With only basic training, these amateur spies were sent in under assumed identities to try to crack the drug smuggling trade. Theres no cast announced as the commission was only announced in August 2024, but with a Forsyth script and Netflix money, its sure to attract some great names. NetflixMintIf youve yet to see Charlotte Regans BAFTA-nominated film Scrapper, about a young girl using her wits to survive following the death of her mother and a reluctant reunion with her estranged father, its highly recommended. No surprise then, that the BBC has snapped up Regans TV series Mint, which follows the children, mother and grandmother of a firmly entrenched crime family. With eight half-hour episodes, this ones being billed as a crime drama about love, darkness, humour and the plain weirdness of living alongside that world. BBCPenanceBookTok star Eliza Clark, whose debut novel Boy Parts went huge on the platform, had more success with her second novel Penance. As these things go, thats now being developed for the screen, with novelist and screenwriter Juno Dawson behind the adaptation. Penance is fiction but styled as a true crime novel, and is a North Yorkshire-set story about the murder of a teenager by three of her school friends. Its in the early stages yet, so cast and filming details will follow. PlaydateFrom the producer of Netflixs massively popular Harlan Coben thrillers, this five-part Disney+ series is a child-abduction story with a top cast including Strike and The Captures Holliday Grainger, This is Going to Hurt and One Days Ambika Mod. Its about a mother who realises her daughter has been taken when she goes to collect her from a sleepover at a friends house, and comes adapted from Alex Dahls bestselling novel of the same name. Disney+ProtectionAnother ITV crime drama here, this one focusing on the world of witness protection. Inspired by the real-life experience of a witness protection officer, its the story of a detective inspector caught up in police corruption and forced to protect individuals who are far from innocent. Even if all that sounds pretty generic, theres a top cast involved that should excite matters, including Happy Valleys Siobhan Finneran, Peaky Blinders Charlotte Riley, The Long Shadows Katherine Kelly and Champions Nadine Marshall. This is another ITVX streaming drama thatll arrive on the terrestrial channel at a later date. ITVXReunionAnn-Marie Duff, Eddie Marsan and Rose Ayling-Ellis will star alongside Matthew Gurney and Lara Peake in BBC One thriller Reunion. This four-part drama centres around a recently released prisoner unravelling the truth behind the events that led him to being sentenced for a heinous crime. Its set to foreground several British Sign Language-speaking and deaf actors, and comes from a script by by Sheffield-born deaf writer William Mager. Filming began in May 2024. BBC OneRead more A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis StoryWhy Didnt They Ask Evans? Lucy Boynton will play Ruth Ellis, the last woman to have been hanged by the state in England in this four-part ITV true-life drama, also starring Mr Bates vs. the Post Offices Toby Jones. Ellis was a nightclub manager in a violent relationship with a man she killed, and her 1955 sentencing was subject to a legal battle aiming for her release. Its written by Des, The Long Call and Baptiste writer Kelly Jones, and will play out over two timelines. ITVSuspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de MenezesTrue crime veteran screenwriter Jeff Pope (The Walk-In, The Reckoning, Four Lives) is bringing the London 2005 shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes to the small screen for Disney+. The shooting of an innocent Brazilian national who was wrongly suspected of being a terror suspect was the event that inspired Jed Mercurio to create Line of Duty, and now will receive the Jeff Pope treatment in this drama, which has the co-operation of the Menezes family. Disney+The AssassinImagine if you found out your mum was once an international assassin? Youd have questions, wouldnt you? Thats the case for Freddie Highmores character in this new six-part Prime Video series from the makers of The Missing, The Tourist and many more. Highmore (Bates Motel) plays Edward, the son of Keeley Hawes Julie, both living on a Greek island when Julies past catches up with her and throws a spanner in the peaceful mother-son relationship. Filming began in August 2024. Prime VideoThe ChoiceFor fans of Netflixs glossy political thrillers about women with amazing blow-drys in dreadful dilemmas, The Choice will star Julie Delpy and Suranne Jones as, respectively, the French and British prime ministers, whose lives are thrown into disarray when a kidnapping happens at an international summit. It comes from Bridge of Spies screenwriter Matt Charman, and began filming in March 2024 so may arrive on the streamer sooner. Netflix The Crow GirlInterestingly, we have Slash of Guns N Roses fame to thank for this one. The guitarist-turned-producer reportedly bought the rights to the Swedish psychological thriller novel from which this detective series was adapted, and sold them on to its production company. The Crow Girl comes written by Cliques Milly Thomas, and stars Eve Myles and Katherine Kelly as a DCI and a psychotherapist who join forces to hunt a killer of young men. Paramount+The Seven Dials MysteryFormer Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnalls next TV project is this Agatha Christie adaptation for Netflix. Its the 1920s-set story of a prank that leads to murder in a country house, and stars How to Have Sex Mia McKenna-Bruce, alongside Helena Bonham Carter, Martin Freeman and Edward Bluemel. It was filmed in and around Bristol and Bath in summer 2024, so there shouldnt be too long a wait now for it to arrive on the streamer. NetflixThe RumourThis couldnt sound more Channel 5 if it tried glamorous mums locked in a spiralling psychological drama about secrets, lies, online rumours and murder! Emily Atack, Rachel Shenton and Joanne Whalley play the leads in a story adapted from Lesley Karas novel of the same name, about a woman who moves to a quiet town with her young son, but who gets into a sticky situation when she uses a rumour about a local child killer to ingratiate herself at the schoolgates. Channel 5The Puzzle LadyThe wonderful Phyllis Hughes (Guilt, Downton Abbey) will lead this six-part Channel 5 crime drama adapted from a best-selling series by US author Parnell Hall. Hughes will play Cora Felton aka The Puzzle Lady, a crossword aficionado who assists the police with murder mysteries in the sleepy town of Bakerbury. It all sounds as cosy as a hot chocolate wrapped in a wool blanket, and will be one for fans of Agatha Raisin perhaps. Channel 5.The Au PairLadies and gentlemen, please welcome Mr David Suchet back to TV! The Poirot star is returning to screens in the role of George, the diabetic father of Zoe (Sally Bretton), a woman who appears to have it all, but whose life unravels after she hires a beguiling French au pair, played by Lupins Ludmilla Makowski. Channel 5The UndertowJamie Dornan fans stand by, because youre about to get double Dornan. The Tourist and The Fall star is playing identical twin brothers in this English-language remake of Norwegian series Twin. Coming to Netflix, the Sarah Dollard-adapted series tells the story of Adam (Dornan) and Nicola (Mackenzie Davis), a couple living in the Scottish highlands in a loveless marriage whose lives are shaken up when Adams twin Lee comes to stay. NetflixThe WitnessComing to Netflix this year is a three-part true crime drama based on the tragic murder of Rachel Nickell on Wimbledon Common, London, in 1992. The Victim writer Rob Williams is behind the script for the miniseries, which stars Peaky Blinders Jordan Bolger and Invasions Max Fincham as Nickells partner Andr Hanscombe at different ages, alongside Neil Maskell, Mark Stanley, Kerry Godliman and more. NetflixThis City is OursFrom writer Stephen Butchard (The Last Kingdom, Shardlake) comes Liverpool-set BBC One crime drama This City is Ours, an eight-episode thriller that looks well-suited to fans of Gangs of London and Peaky Blinders. It stars Sean Bean as the head of the Phelan family of lifetime criminals, and is set between Liverpool and Spain. Filming took place in May 2024 so there shouldnt be too long a wait to see this one. BBC OneTowards ZeroThe Seven Dials Mystery isnt the only Agatha Christie adaptation arriving this year; BBC One also has one in the form of Towards Zero, adapted by Rachel Bennette from Christies 1944 novel. The cast here looks great, not only thanks to the presence of Anjelica Huston, but also one of the best new young actors around Ella Lily Hyland, who made an excellent debut in Prime Video tennis coach abuse drama Fifteen/Love and was one of the highlights of Netflixs Black Doves. BBC OneTuvaWill Deans Dark Pines the first in his crime series about deaf investigative journalist Tuva Moodyson was published in 2018, and is currently being adapted into a six-part TV series that relocates the action from Sweden to the UK. Rose Ayling-Ellis (see Code of Silence above) is attached to play the lead role of Tuva, who investigates a local serial killer poised to strike again. As this ones still being developed, its unlikely to air before 2025, but when it does, its being planned as a returning series. Under Salt MarshYellowstones Kelly Reilly returns to the UK inUnder Salt Marsh, in which she plays Jackie Ellis, a former detective who became a teacher after her career fell apart following the disappearance of her niece. When one of Jackies pupils drown in a storm out at sea, her old partner (Rafe Spall) leads the investigation in the small town of Morfa Halen. Sky.Untitled Guy Ritchie ProjectFollowing the success of The Gentlemen on Netflix, Guy Ritchie is now taking the crime family genre to streamer Paramount+, and with quite a cast. Tom Hardy, Dame Helen Mirren and Pierce Brosnan are among those attached to star in the Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels directors next TV project. Its the story of two warring clans and the fixer (Hardys Harra Da Souza) tasked with protecting them. Paramount+VirdeeAmit Dhand is the novelist behind the Bradford-based DI Harry Virdee detective series, and hes currently working on a screen adaptation for BBC One. Doctor Who and Wolfs Sacha Dhawan is set to star in the six-episode dramas title role, playing a detective inspector investigating the kidnap of a local MPs daughter. We dont know much more about this one, but with Dhawan as its star, its on our radar. BBC OneYoung SherlockSpeaking of Guy Ritchie (see above), the director has another project in the works, this time for Prime Video. Young Sherlock is adapted from the Andrew Lane novel series following the Great Detective while at university in his pre-Baker Street days. Ritchie is set to direct and produce the eight-part series, and has gathered a starry cast including Colin Firth, Joseph Fiennes, Natascha McElhone and actor Hero Fiennes Tiffin (Google his full name, its worth it), nephew to Joseph and Ralph. Prime VideoRETURNING UK CRIME TV SERIES After The Flood Series 2 Beyond Paradise Series 3 Death in Paradise Series 14 Father Brown Series 12 Gangs of London Series 3 Karen Pirie Series 2 Grantchester Series 9 Miss Scarlet Series 5 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators Series 5 Sherwood Series 3 Silent Witness Series 28 The Bay Series 5 The Madame Blanc Mysteries Series 4 Trigger Point Series 3 Unforgotten Series 6