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Here's a refresher connected the popular programmes which span six decades.

• Campion: Aired from 1989 to 1990, this detective play bid was adapted from novels by Margery Allingham and stars Peter Davison.

• Dalziel And Pascoe: A gritty detective play bid astir a mismatched brace of policemen, based connected the award-winning books by Reginald Hill. Aired from 1996 to 2007.

• Death In Paradise: A misanthropic detective inspector is assigned to a Caribbean land against his will. Premiered successful 2011 and is inactive connected aerial to this day.

• Happy Valley: Created by Sally Wainwright, this bluish noir follows Sarah Lancashire arsenic Sgt Catherine Cawood – tough, defiant and facing her traumatic past.

• Hinterland: Welsh play starring Richard Harrington. Brooding DCI Tom Mathias uncovers secrets – and links to his troubled past amid mountainous terrain and close-knit villages. Aired from 2013 to 2016.

• Inspector Lynley Mysteries: Based connected the novels of Elizabeth George, this play bid is astir upper-crust DI Thomas Lynley and moving people DS Barbara Havers. Aired from 2001 to 2007.

• Jonathan Creek: Starring comedian Alan Davies, this comedy-drama bid follows a inventor of magic tricks who is often called successful to lick puzzling murders. Aired from 1997 to 2016.

• Law & Order: Originally broadcast successful 1978, this four-part play bid is astir the British judicial system. Stars see Peter Dean and Derek Martin.

• Life On Mars: Beguiling science-fiction constabulary play pursuing a Manchester policeman who travels backmost to 1973 pursuing a car accident. Stars John Simm and Philip Glenister. Aired from 2006 to 2007.

• Line Of Duty: Created by Jed Mercurio, this play follows the investigations of AC-12, a arguable constabulary anticorruption unit. Stars Martin Compston, Vicky McClure and Adrian Dunbar, aired from 2012 to 2021.

• Luther: Crime play bid starring Idris Elba arsenic DCI John Luther. Aired from 2010 to 2019, with a follow-up movie released successful 2023.

• New Tricks: Warm-hearted play pursuing an eccentric radical of old-fashioned detectives. Starring Dennis Waterman, Amanda Redman, Alun Armstrong and James Bolam. Aired from 2003 to 2015.

• Sherlock: Benedict Cumberbatch stars a modern time Sherlock Holmes, teaming up with Martin Freeman's warfare seasoned Dr Watson to lick intolerable crimes. Aired from 2010 to 2017.

• Shetland: Detective play starring Douglas Henshall, Ashley Jensen and Alison O'Donnell, showcasing the acheronian broadside of 1 of the astir beauteous places connected earth. Premiered successful 2013 and is inactive connected aerial to this day.

• The Cops: Set successful the fictional bluish municipality of Stanton, this acclaimed, provocative constabulary play stars Katy Cavanagh, Rob Dixon and John Henshaw. Aired from 1998 to 2001.

• Waking The Dead: With a formed including Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston and Wil Johnson, this bid follows a acold lawsuit squad who unearths sleeping secrets, but sometimes the past is champion near buried. Aired from 2000 to 2011.

• Wallander: Starring Sir Kenneth Branagh, Kurt Wallander is incapable to unsee the acheronian crimes he's tasked to analyse portion Wallander's occupation comes astatine a outgo to his household and relationships. Aired from 2008 to 2016.