British TV Mystery / Crime Series

Can't get enough of Inspector Lewis on Masterpiece Mystery? Here's a list of some great British TV Mystery / Crime series and the authors' books that inspired them -

Cadfael - TV Series 4 seasons (1994-1998)

Based on the books by Ellis Peter aka Edith Mary Pargeter - A Morbid Taste for Bones (1977), One Corpse Too Many (1979), Monk’s Hood (1980), Saint Peter’s Fair (1981), The Leper of St. Giles (1981), The Virgin in the Ice (1982), The Sanctuary Sparrow (1983), The Devil’s Novice (1983), Dead Man’s Ransom (1984), The Pilgrim of Hate (1984), An Excellent Mystery (1985), The Raven in the Foregate (1986), The Rose Rent (1986), The Hermit of Eyton Forest (1987), The Confession of Brother Haluin (1988), The Heretic’s Apprentice (1989), The Potter’s Field (1989), The Summer of the Danes (1991), The Holy Thief (1992), Brother Cadfael’s Penance (1994)

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Case Histories - TV Series 1 season (2011)

Based on the books by Kate Atkinson - Case Histories (2004), One Good Turn (2006), When Will There Be Good News? (2008), Started Early, Took My Dog (2010)

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Cracker - TV Series 4 seasons (1993-1996)

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Dalziel & Pascoe - TV Series 12 seasons (1996-2007)

Based on the books by Reginald Hill - A Clubbable Woman (1970), An Advancement of Learning (1971), Ruling Passion (1973), An April Shroud (1975), A Pinch of Snuff (1978),  A Killing Kindness (1980), Deadheads (1983), Exit Lines (1984), Child’s Play (1987), Underworld (1988), Bones and Silence (1990), One Small Step (1990), Recalled to Life (1992), Pictures of Perfection (1994), The Wood Beyond (1995), Asking for the Moon (1996), On Beulah Height (1998), Arms and the Women (1999), Dialogues of the Dead (2002), Death’s Jest-Book (2003), Good Morning Midnight (2004), Death Comes for the Fat Man (2007), The Price of Butcher’s Meat (2008), Midnight Fugue (2009)

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Dorothy L. Sayers Mysteries - TV Series 1 season (1987)

Based on the books by Dorothy L. Sayers - Whose Body? (1923), Clouds of Witness (1926), Unnatural Death (1927), The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (1928), Strong Poison (1930), The Five Red Herrings (1931), Have His Carcase (1932), Murder Must Advertise (1933), The Nine Tailors (1934), Gaudy Night (1935), Busman’s Honeymoon (1937), Thrones, Dominations (1938), A Presumption of Death (2003)

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Foyles War - TV Series 6 seasons (2002-2010)
Click here for episode list

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Helen West - TV Series 1 season (2002)

Based on the books by Frances Fyfield - A Question of Guilt (1989), Not That Kind of Place (1990), Deep Sleep (1991), Shadow Play (1992), A Clear Conscience (1994), Without Consent (1996)

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Hetty Wainthropp Investigates - TV Series 4 seasons (1996-1998)

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Inspector Alleyn - TV Series 2 seasons (1990-1994)

Based on the books by Ngaio Marsh - A Man Lay Dead (1934), Enter a Murderer (1935), The Nursing-Home Murder (1935), Death in Ecstasy (1936), Vintage Murder (1937), Artists in Crime (1938), Death in a White Tie (1938), Overture to Death (1939), Death at the Bar (1940), Death of a Peer (1940), Death and the Dancing Footman (1941), Colour Scheme (1943), Died in the Wool (1945), Final Curtain (1947), A Wreath for Rivera (1949), Night at the Vulcan (1951), Spinsters in Jeopardy (1953), Scales of Justice (1955), Death of a Fool (1956), Singing in the Shrouds (1958), False Scent (1959), Hand in Glove (1962), Dead Water (1963), Killer Dolphin (1966), Clutch of Constables (1968), When in Rome (1970), Tied Up in Tinsel (1972), Black as He’s Painted (1974), Last Ditch (1977), Grave Mistake (1978), Photo Finish (1980), Light Thickens (1982)

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Inspector George Gently - TV Series 3 seasons (aka George Gently UK) (2007-2011)

Based on the books by Alan Hunter - Gently Does It (1955), Gently by the Shore (1956), Gently Down the Stream (1957), Landed Gently (1957), Gently Through the Mill (1958), Gently in the Sun (1959), Gently with the Painters (1960), Gently to the Summit (1961), Gently Go Man (1961), Gently Where the Roads Go (1962), Gently Floating (1963), Gently Sahib (1964), Gently with the Ladies (1965), Gently North-West (1967), Gently Confidential (1967), Gently Coloured (1969), Gently with the Innocents (1970), Gently at a Gallop (1971), Vivienne -- Gently Where She Lay (1972), Gently French (1973), Gently in Trees (1974), Gently with Love (1975), Gently Where the Birds Are (1976), Gently Instrumental (1977), Gently to a Sleep (1978), The Honfleur Decision (1980), Gabrielle’s Way (1981), Fields of Heather (1981), Gently Between Tides (1982), Amorous Leander (1983), The Unhung Man (1984), “Once a Prostitute” (1984), The Chelsea Ghost (1985), Goodnight, Sweet Prince (1986), Strangling Man (1987), Traitor's End (1988), Gently with the Millions (1989), Gently Scandalous (1990), Gently to a Kill (1991), Gently Tragic (1992), Gently in the Glens (1993), Bomber’s Moon (1994), Jackpot! (1995), The Love of Gods (1997), Over Here (1998), Gently Mistaken (1999)

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Inspector Lewis - TV Series 4 seasons (2007-2012)

Based on characters developed by Colin Dexter 
Click here for the episode list

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The Inspector Lynley Mysteries - TV Series 6 seasons (2001-2007)

Based on the books by Elizabeth George - A Great Deliverance (1988), Payment in Blood (1989), Well-Schooled in Murder (1990), A Suitable Vengeance (1991), For the Sake of Elena (1992), Missing Joseph (1993), Playing for the Ashes (1994), In the Presence of the Enemy (1996), Deception on His Mind (1997), In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner (1999), A Traitor to Memory (2001), A Place of Hiding (2003), With No One as Witness (2005), What Came Before He Shot Her (2006), Careless in Red (2008)

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Inspector Morse - TV Series 12 seasons (1987-2000)

Based on the books by Colin Dexter - Last Bus to Woodstock (1975), Last Seen Wearing (1976), The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn (1977), Service of All the Dead (1979), The Dead of Jericho (1981), The Riddle of the Third Mile (1983), The Secret of Annexe 3 (1986), The Wench Is Dead (1989), The Jewel That Was Ours (1991), The Way Through the Woods (1992), The Daughters of Cain (1994), Death Is Now My Neighbor (1996), The Remorseful Day (1999)

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The Last Detective - TV Series 4 seasons (2003-2007)

Based on the books by Leslie Thomas - Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective (1976), Dangerous in Love (1987), Dangerous by Moonlight (1993), Dangerous Davies and the Lonely Heart (1998)

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Life on Mars - TV Series 2 seasons (2006-2007)

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Lovejoy - TV Series 6 Seasons (1986-1994)

Based on the books by Jonathan Gash - The Judas Pair (1977), Gold by Gemini (1979), The Grail Tree (1979), Spend Game (1980), The Vatican Rip (1981), Firefly Gadroon (1982), The Sleepers of Erin (1983), The Gondola Scam (1984), Pearlhanger (1985), The Tartan Sell (1986), Moonspender (1986), Jade Woman (1988), The Very Last Gambado (1989), The Great California Game (1990), The Lies of Fair Ladies (1991), Paid and Loving Eyes (1992), The Sin Within Her Smile (1993), The Grace in Older Women (1995), The Possessions of a Lady (1996),The Rich and the Profane (1999), A Rag, a Bone and a Hank of Hair (2000), Every Last Cent (2002), The Ten Word Game (2004), The Faces in the Pool (2009)

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MI-5 - TV Series 8 Seasons (aka Spooks UK) (2002-2011)

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MidSomer Murders - TV Series 14 Seasons (1997-2012)

Based on the books by Caroline Graham - The Killings at Badger’s Drift (1988), Death of a Hollow Man (1989), Death in Disguise (1992), Written in Blood (1994), Faithful unto Death (1998), A Place of Safety (1999), A Ghost in the Machine (2004)

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Murphy's Law - TV Series 5 seasons (2003-2007)

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Pie in the Sky - TV Series 5 seasons (1994-1997)

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Prime Suspect - TV movie 7 in all
Based on the books by Lynda La Plante - Prime Suspect (1993), Prime Suspect 2 (1993), Prime Suspect 3 (1994)

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Rebus - TV Series 4 seasons (2000-2007)

Based on the books by Ian Rankin - Knots and Crosses (1987), Hide and Seek (1991), Tooth and Nail (1996), Strip Jack (1992), A Good Hanging (1992) The Black Book (1993), Mortal Causes (1994), Let It Bleed (1995), Black and Blue (1997), The Hanging Garden (1998), Dead Souls (1999), Death Is Not the End (2000), Set in Darkness (2000), The Falls (2001), Resurrection Men (2002), A Question of Blood (2003), Fleshmarket Alley (2005), The Naming of the Dead (2006), Exit Music (2007)

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Rosemary & Thyme - TV Series 3 seasons (2003-2006)

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Ruth Rendell Mysteries - TV Series 12 seasons (1987-2000)

Based on the books by Ruth Rendell - From Doon with Death (1964), Sins of the Fathers (1970), Wolf to the Slaughter (1967), A Guilty Thing Surprised (1970),  No More Dying Then (1971), Murder Being Once Done (1972), Some Lie and Some Die (1973), Shake Hands Forever (1975), A Sleeping Life (1978), Death Notes (1981), The Speaker of Mandarin (1983), An Unkindness of Ravens (1985), The Veiled One (1988), Kissing the Gunner’s Daughter (1992), Simisola (1994) Road Rage (1997), Harm Done (1999), The Babes in the Wood (2002), End in Tears (2005), Not in the Flesh (2007), The Monster in the Box (2009)

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Sherlock - TV series 2 season (2010-the new one)

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A Touch of Frost - TV Series 14 seasons (1992-2010)

Based on the books by R.D. Wingfield - Frost at Christmas (1984), A Touch of Frost (1987), Night Frost (1992), Hard Frost (1995), Winter Frost (2000), A Killing Frost (2008)

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An Unsuitable Job For a Woman - TV Series (1997-2001)

Based on the books by P.D. James - An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1972), The Skull Beneath the Skin (1982)

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Wallander - TV Series 2 seasons (2008-2012)

Crime / Thriller set in Sweden Based on the books by Henning Mankell - Faceless Killers (1997), The Dogs of Riga (2001), The White Lioness (1998), The Man Who Smiled (2005), Sidetracked (1999), The Fifth Woman (2000), One Step Behind (2002), Firewall (2002), The Troubled Man (2011)

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Wycliffe - TV Series 5 seasons (1994-1998)

Based on the books by W.J. Burley - Three-Toed Pussy (1966) - APA: Wycliffe and the Three-Toed Pussy (1996), To Kill a Cat (1970) -  APA: Wycliffe and How To Kill a Cat (1993), Guilt-Edged (1971) - APA: Wycliffe and the Guilt-Edged Alibi (1994), Death in a Salubrious Place (1973) - APA: Wycliffe and Death in a Salubrious Place (1990),  Wycliffe and Death in Stanley Street (1974), Wycliffe and the Pea-Green Boat (1975), Wycliffe and the Schoolgirls (1976) - APA: Wycliffe and the School Bullies (2006), Wycliffe and the Scapegoat (1978), Wycliffe in Paul's Court (1980), Wycliffe’s Wild Goose Chase (1982), Wycliffe and the Beales (1983), Wycliffe and the Four Jacks (1985), Wycliffe and the Quiet Virgin (1986), Wycliffe and the Winsor Blue (1987), Wycliffe and the Tangled Web (1988), Wycliffe and the Cycle of Death (1990), Wycliffe and the Dead Flautist (1991), Wycliffe and the Last Rites (1992), Wycliffe and the Dunes Mystery (1994), Wycliffe and the House of Fear (1995), Wycliffe and the Redhead (1997), Wycliffe and the Guild of Nine (2000)

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Zen - TV Series 1 season (2011)

Based on the books by Michael Dibdin - Rat King (1988), Vendetta (1990), Cabal (1992), Dead Lagoon (1994), Cosi Fan Tutti (1996), A Long Finish (1998), Blood Rain (1999), And Then You Die (2002), Medusa (2003), Back to Bologna (2005), and End Games (2007)

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