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Stonepounder

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16. Check out Vera.

Reply to bif (Original post)

Tue Feb 19, 2019, 10:51 PM

Feb 2019

A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.

7 of 9 Seasons available on Hoopla, 4 on Acorn and Britbox.

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Any recs for good British mystery series? [View all] bif Feb 2019 OP

Luther. n/t CincyDem Feb 2019 #1

Prime Suspect starring Helen Mirren ChicagoRonin Feb 2019 #2

Saw it ages ago bif Feb 2019 #5

Just found the recently made prequel to Prime Suspect on Amazon 😉 MLAA Feb 2019 #11

Midsomer Murders -- quirky and not too gross! fierywoman Feb 2019 #3

watched em all when they were free on youtube. must be hundreds and hundreds nt msongs Feb 2019 #8

I get them on DVDs from my library. fierywoman Feb 2019 #12

We have watched the whole series... Freedomofspeech Feb 2019 #18

And let's not forget Poirot! fierywoman Feb 2019 #24

Midsomer and Poirot are both EXCELLENT shows! mr_lebowski Mar 2019 #26

I know the request was for British --- fierywoman Mar 2019 #31

Death in Paradise. Turbineguy Feb 2019 #4

Great fun, I enjoyed the original lead actor and the replacement. MLAA Feb 2019 #10

Have enjoyed BOTH replacements unc70 Feb 2019 #20

3 leads? Guess I better go google! MLAA Feb 2019 #21

Ahhh Mr. Hero! I haven't seen any of his episodes yet, something to look forward to😉 MLAA Feb 2019 #22

I only watched the shows with the first two leads ... i wanna say the first 4 or 5 seasons? mr_lebowski Mar 2019 #27

Endeavor on Amazon Taraman Feb 2019 #6

Foyle's War, Father Brown, Dr Blake unc70 Feb 2019 #7

Love Foyles War... Freedomofspeech Feb 2019 #19

Foyle's War was great! Only one of those I saw (nt) mr_lebowski Mar 2019 #29

rosemary and thyme, hetty wainthrop investigates, touching evil & wire in the blood with msongs Feb 2019 #9

Broadchurch catchnrelease Feb 2019 #13

Not exactly British, but the Murdoch Mysteries packman Feb 2019 #14

Shetland, the new adaptation of And Then There Were None, Fortitude, Happy Valley, Squinch Feb 2019 #15

Check out Vera. Stonepounder Feb 2019 #16

+1! eleny Feb 2019 #23

Thanks for all the great suggestions! bif Feb 2019 #17

I've really liked a few lately Danascot Mar 2019 #25

Bodyguard and Secret City were fantastic. Dem2theMax Mar 2019 #33

Another vote for Secret City JustAnotherGen Mar 2019 #36

I'll cheat and pick an Aussie show ... probably already seen it ... but Ms Fisher's Murder Mysteries mr_lebowski Mar 2019 #28

Grantham or Gran-something. It's fabulous! Karadeniz Mar 2019 #30

Are you thinking of Grantchester? smirkymonkey Mar 2019 #32

James Norton was in Happy Valley emmaverybo Apr 2019 #40

Doc Martin is fun. Character driven. Small town. MD on the autism applegrove Mar 2019 #34

my mom loved MFM008 Mar 2019 #35

Miss Fishers Murder Mysteries JustAnotherGen Mar 2019 #37

Shetland greymattermom Apr 2019 #38

Agree. Brit box trial gave me season 1,3, and 4, but not 5, maybe just not on iPad through prime emmaverybo May 2019 #41

Unforgotten, Line of Duty, Thorne and Thorne Sleepyhead, Case Histories emmaverybo Apr 2019 #39