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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'.

Burnside: The Complete Series (2000)

7/10
Starring: Christopher Ellison, Zoe Eeles, Justin Pierre

Leveraging the long-term success of the hit series "The Bill", the inimitable Frank Burnside (Christopher Ellison) has been promoted to Detective Chie... Read more

C. B. Strike: Lethal White (2017)

Starring: Holliday Grainger, Christina Cole, Killian Scott, Tom Burke

War veteran turned private detective Cormoran Strike solves brutal murders with the help of his trusted partner Robin Ellacott. Read more

Cadfael: Series 3 (1996)

8.2/10
Director: Herbert Wise, Richard Stroud, Ken Grieve
Starring: Derek Jacobi, Julian Firth, Sean Pertwee, Michael Culver

Derek Jacobi's unique 12th century sleuth becomes involved with a murder and a grieving widow in 'The Rose Rent'. 'St Peter's Fair' turns nasty when... Read more

Cagney and Lacey: Season 1 (1982)

Starring: Tyne Daly, Sharon Gless, John Karlen, Philip Baker Hall, Lance Henriksen, Grace...

Here was something entirely new: a cop show featuring two strong and intelligent female detectives in a male-dominated workforce. Credited as a ground... Read more

Callan (1974)

7/10
Director: Don Sharp
Starring: Edward Woodward, Eric Porter, Carl Mohner, Catherine Schell, Peter Egan, Russell...

TV viewers first met secret agent Callan in a one-off armchair theatre play "A Magnum for Schneider", in which the disgraced former top secret service... Read more

Callan: Series 3 (1970)

8.4/10
Starring: Edward Woodward, Patrick Mower, William Squire

Edward Woodward is Callan, an embittered SIS assassin working for a shadowy branch of government operations called 'the Section'. He performs his dut... Read more

Callan: Series 3, Part 1 (1970)

8.4/10

Edward Woodward stars as Callan, a relentless but somewhat reluctant secret agent provocateur, working for a shadowy branch of government operations c... Read more

Callan: Series 3, Part 2 (1970)

8.4/10
Starring: Edward Woodward, Patrick Mower, William Squire

Edward Woodward returns in his award-winning role of Callan, a cold-blooded secret service agent - a professional killer with his own standard of ethi... Read more

Callan: Series 3, Part 3 (1970)

8.4/10
Starring: Edward Woodward, William Squire, Patrick Mower

Edward Woodard returns as Callan in three more episodes from the acclaimed third series. Episodes include: 'God Help Your Friends' - Callan is assigne... Read more

Callan: Series 4 (1972)

8.4/10
Starring: Edward Woodward, Patrick Mower, William Squire

Re-enter the dark and sinister domain of Britain's favourite Cold War spy with all 13 episodes from the fourth series. The intense Edward Woodward br... Read more