British Mystery DVDs

Return to post-war England for mystery and a cup of tea. The consummate prim and proper crime-fighting spinster, Miss Jane Marple sets down her knitting needles to unwind the most ingenious crimes. As she travels from city to countryside and even the Bahamas, murders, missing bodies and haunted dreams have a habit of falling across Miss Marple's path

Brother Cadfael finds himself caught in the crossfires of the civil war between King Stephen and the Empress Maud, and when he's called upon to bury 94 rebel soldiers and finds one corpse too many, it sets him on a murder trail. Based on books by Ellis Peters.

Newly promoted, Commander Clare Blake is based on London, where her willingness to get romantically involved with suspects to garner information makes no friends.

The blunt-talking Detective Superintendent Andy Dalziel does not suffer fools gladly, but he has even more trouble with what he calls the 'smart arses' of the world. So when the inexperienced Peter Pascoe joins his team at Mid-Yorkshire CID, the omens don't look good. Pascoe is one of the new breed of career police officers, armed with a degree, a caring attitude, and a sharp brain. Based on books by Reginald Hill.

Police constable Hamish Macbeth keeps the peace in the small Scottish town of Lochdubh in his own unique way. Based on books by M.C. Beaton.

Based on the highly regarded novels by P.D. James. Scotland Yard's Adam Dalgliesh is called to investigate when a government minister receives threatening letters. The Minister's own household is a challenge. His exquisite wife makes no secret of her adulterous affair with a fashionable surgeon. His only daughter, deeply involved in left-wing politics, has rejected her Conservative father. He is even resented by his own, strong-willed mother, whose favored son was killed in an IRA terrorist ambush. Dalgliesh has barely started on the case when a series of bizarre deaths turn the informal investigation into an urgent assignment.

Inspector Morse and his partner solve mysteries and bring criminals to justice. From the novels by Colin Dexter. Set in Oxford, which features frequently in location filming.

Detective Constable 'Dangerous' Davies is the odd man out in his small London police station. He cracks the tough cases anyway, with old-fashioned investigative work rather than violent confrontation.

Lovejoy, an antiques dealer and part-time detective, scours the murky salesrooms, auction halls and stately homes of Britain, always on the lookout for a find. And if the antiques business isn't exciting enough, Lovejoy has a particular weakness for a good sob story or a pretty face, either of which is enough to send him off in pursuit of villains and to help victims recover their property. Whether it's a priceless old master or a pretty young lady, his love of beauty is sure to land him in trouble wherever he goes. Based on novels by Jonathan Gash.

Mrs. Bradley (played by Diana Rigg, famous for her role as the Avengers' Emma Peel) solves the most complicated crimes with a sly combination of charm, intelligence, and wit. Based on novels by Gladys Mitchell.

When a young woman is found brutally murdered, and the DCI in charge is unable to take up the case, the role is passed on to Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison, the first female DCI to handle such a responsibility. Between a slippery suspect and resistance from her team of detectives, Tennison has her hands full. The Prime Suspect series won numerous awards. In the lead role, actress Helen Mirren won plaudits galore.

As a boy, Stephen Whalby took to his beloved moor to escape trouble at home. Trouble follows him there as an adult, however, when women's bodies begin turning up among the rocks, heather, and bogs. Stephen finds no refuge when D.I. Manciple--a rude outsider, unwelcome in the village of Vangmoor--targets him as the prime suspect.

An old-fashioned detective show, with a curmudgeonly detective fighting interference from above. This brash policeman follows his moral compass, shows compassion for the common man and always solves the case. Based on the novels by R.D. Wingfield.