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Rank the greatest British crime dramas on TV — which one had you genuinely gripped?
From gritty Northern noir to slick London capers, British telly does crime drama like nowhere else. Rank these five based on which one truly had you glued to the sofa.
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A
Line of Duty
Jed Mercurio's interrogation-room masterclass turned 'H' into a national obsession and made acronyms genuinely thrilling. Sunday nights have never quite recovered.
B
Happy Valley
Sally Wainwright's Calder Valley saga balanced domestic heartbreak with genuine menace, anchored by one of the finest TV performances in years. Tommy Lee Royce remains terrifying.
C
Peaky Blinders
Cillian Murphy's Tommy Shelby brought razor-sharp tailoring and even sharper violence to post-war Brum. Stylish, brutal and endlessly quotable.
D
Broadchurch
Olivia Colman and David Tennant turned a Dorset cliffside death into appointment viewing, capturing grief and suspicion in equal measure. The first series finale still hurts.
E
Luther
Neil Cross's brooding detective stalked a nightmarish London with that iconic tweed coat and a moral compass spinning wildly. Ruth Wilson's Alice Morgan stole every scene.
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