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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'.

The Streets of San Francisco: Season 1, Volume 2 (1972)

7.3/10
Starring: Karl Malden, Michael Douglas

Hit series stars Karl Malden as veteran homicide detective Mike Stone, and in a role that put him on the map, Michael Douglas as his idealistic young... Read more

The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: The Murder at Road Hill House (2011)

6.6/10
Director: James Hawes
Starring: Peter Capaldi, Tim Pigott-Smith, Tom Georgeson, Paddy Considine, Emma Fielding,...

Adapted from Kate Summerscale's best-selling book, this gripping true story of murder, psychological suspense and courtroom drama has all the hallmark... Read more

The Sweeney: Series 1 (1975)

8.1/10
Starring: John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Garfield Morgan

John Thaw and Dennis Waterman started out in this gritty, genre-inventing London crime drama. Carter and Regan are two uncompromising coppers on the... Read more

The Sweeney: Series 2 (1976)

6.1/10
Starring: John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Garfield Morgan

Regan and Carter are back with more hard-boiled, flares-and-sideburns action. In the second series, the relationship between the two strengthens when... Read more

The Sweeney: Series 3 (1977)

6.1/10
Director: Christopher Menaul, Mike Vardy, Jim Goddard, Viktors Ritelis
Starring: John Thaw, Garfield Morgan, Dennis Waterman, Maureen Lipman, John Hurt

Jack Regan and George Carter are well into their hard-drinking, ciggie-smoking stride as they continue to bend the rules where necessary while bring d... Read more

The Take (2009)

7.9/10
Director: David Drury
Starring: Brian Cox, Charlotte Riley, Tom Hardy, Kierston Wareing, Shaun Evans

Freddie Jackson (Tom Hardy) is a free man after spending a considerable stretch at Her Majesty's Pleasure, and now he plans to take the underworld by... Read more

The Triangle (2005)

6.6/10
Director: Craig R Baxley
Starring: Eric Stoltz, Catherine Bell, Lou Diamond Phillips, Bruce Davison, Sam Neill, Lis...

Developed by Bryan Singer ('X-Men') and Dean Devlin ('Stargate'), this supernatural sci-fi mini-series stars Sam Neill as a shipping tycoon who wants... Read more

The Tudors: Season 1 (2007)

8.1/10
Starring: Gabrielle Anwar, Natalie Dormer, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Sam Neill, Jeremy Northam...

Jonathan Rhys Myers stars as a raunchy young King Henry VIII in this epic series chronicling the early years of the infamous monarch's reign. From his... Read more

The Tudors: Season 1 (Blu-ray) (2007)

8.1/10
Starring: Gabrielle Anwar, Natalie Dormer, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Sam Neill, Jeremy Northam...

Jonathan Rhys Myers stars as a raunchy young King Henry VIII in this epic series chronicling the early years of the infamous monarch's reign. From his... Read more

The Tunnel: Series 1 (2013)

7.9/10
Starring: Stephen Dillane, Clemence Poesy

When a prominent French politician is found dead on the border between the UK and France, detectives Karl Roebuck (Stephen Dillane) and Elise Wasserma... Read more