TV Thrillers
Collected here are the cops and robbers from our collective TV memory. So Peter Falk as the great 'Columbo' sits next to Kiefer Sutherland's Jack Bauer in '24'. 'Kojak' shares shelf space with 'Cracker' and 'MacGyver' meets 'Reilly: Ace of Spies'.
The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries: Series 1 (1994)
Starring: Patrick Malahide, William Simons, Belinda Lang
From the golden age of the British mystery comes a hard-working Scotland Yard detective whose breeding and bearing give him unique access to the fashi... Read more
The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries: Series 2 (1995)
Director: Martyn Friend, Jim Goddard, John Woods
Starring: Patrick Malahide, William Simons, Belinda Lang
Shooting, stabbing, poison... there are many ways to commit crime, but there's only one man who can solve it - Chief Detective Inspector Roderick Alle... Read more
The Invisible Man (BBC) (1984)
7.7/10
Director: Brian Lighthill
Starring: Frank Middlemass, Jonathan Adams, Michael Sheard, Pip Donaghy
This gripping BBC series is recognised as the most faithful of all adaptations of H G Wells' psychological thriller. The arrival, in a small 19th cent... Read more
The Invisibles (2008)
7.3/10
Director: Metin Huseyin
Starring: Jenny Agutter, Warren Clarke, Mina Anwar, Anthony Head, Darren Tighe, Dean Lenno...
Former crooks and fast friends Maurice Riley (Anthony Head) and Syd Woolsey (Warren Clarke) are back in dear old Britain after 20 years of living off... Read more
The Kettering Incident (2016)
6.8/10
Starring: Elizabeth Debicki, Matthew Le Nevez, Henry Nixon, Damon Gameau, Damien Garvey, S...
Doctor Anna Macy finds herself inexplicably linked to the disappearance of two girls, fifteen years apart. Read more
The Killing: Season 1 (U.S.) (2011)
6.5/10
Starring: Michelle Forbes, Billy Campbell, Joel Kinnaman, Mireille Enos, Brent Sexton
Based on the successful Danish television series, "The Killing" tells the gripping story of the police investigation into the murder of a Seattle scho... Read more
The Killing: Series 1 (2007)
7.6/10
Director: Birger Larsen
Starring: Sofie Grabol, Soren Malling
A.k.a. "Forbrydelsen". Acclaimed as one of the finest murder investigation series ever produced, The Killing is a riveting Danish TV thriller that tri... Read more
The Killing: Series 1, Volume 1 (2007)
8.2/10
Director: Birger Larsen
Starring: Sofie Grabol, Soren Malling
A.k.a. "Forbrydelsen". Acclaimed as one of the finest murder investigation series ever produced, "The Killing" is a riveting Danish TV thriller that t... Read more
The Killing: Series 2 (2009)
5.7/10
Starring: Sofie Grabol
A.k.a. "Forbrydelsen". The body of a slain woman is found in a Copenhagen park commemorating the Danish Resistance in WWII - a symbolic act? An ex-sol... Read more
The Killing: Series 3 (2012)
4.3/10
Starring: Sofie Grabol
A.k.a. "Forbrydelsen". Detective Inspector Sarah Lund (Sofie Gråbøl) returns in the third and final series of The Killing Trilogy. The financial crisi... Read more