Best uk police dramas

From true-life stories of unbelievable misdeeds to fictional worlds with memorable and morally gray characters, crime dramas are a staple of television all around the world.

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Some of the best examples of all time come from the United Kingdom, where crime dramas are usually a lot grittier than they are in the States. "When you take away guns and shootings, you have more time to explore grief, guilt, and the psychological complexity of crime," explains The Atlantic.

"While American viewers shake off the hangover from our long bender of forensic TV franchises, Britain has been doing a booming export business in tidy, ruminative detective series."

While some of these British crime dramas are responsible for sky-rocketing the careers of their stars seemingly overnight, others ran for a very long time and allowed their audiences to grow attached to the characters over many seasons.

Don't let that put you off, though: British shows are typically a lot shorter than American ones, making them easily bingeable. I

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