Case Histories

Series Similar to Case Histories

If you enjoyed Case Histories, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. Inspector George Gently

   2008 · Drama, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, highly rated (8), also on BBC One.

   Crime drama, set in the 1960s, about an old-school detective trying to come to terms with a time when the lines between the police and criminals have become blurred.Based on the Inspector Gently novels by Alan Hunter.

2. Waking the Dead

   2000 · Drama, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, also on BBC One.

   Drama series following the members of a Cold Case investigation team as they use advanced forensic techniques to uncover the truth and bring criminals to justice.

3. Wallander

   2008 · Drama, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, also on BBC One.

   This drama follows Inspector Kurt Wallander – a middle-aged everyman – as he struggles against a rising tide of violence in the apparently sleepy backwaters in and around Ystad in Skane, southern Sweden. Based on the international best-selling books by Henning Mankell.

4. Shetland

   2013 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · returning

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, highly rated (8), also on BBC One.

   The dark side of one of the most beautiful places on earth. Uncovering secrets and lies from the past.

5. Quirke

   2014 · Drama, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, hidden gem.

   Quirke is a bold, mesmerising drama full of mystery, secrets and intrigue.A consultant pathologist in the Dublin city morgue in the 1950s, Quirke is a powerful character more at ease among the cold silent slabs than the company of his fellow men. But in truth, his profession provides his greatest pleasure: inquisitive by nature, he is fascinated with unlocking the secret to these cadavers' deaths. After a body vanishes from his mortuary one night Quirke's curiosity is piqued by the lengths his brother is prepared to go to, to cover up the cause of one young woman's death in childbirth.Based on the novels by John Banville.

6. Happy Valley

   2014 · Drama, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, highly rated (8), also on BBC One.

   When a kidnap spirals out of control, Yorkshire police sergeant Catherine Cawood comes face to face with the man who destroyed her family.

7. River

   2015 · Drama, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, also on BBC One.

   Respected police officer John River, a gifted cop with a troubled mind, struggles to come to terms with the recent loss of a close colleague, and chases a potential suspect across London - with tragic consequences. Now at odds with authorities both within and outside of the police service, River finds himself in a precarious position as he seeks to bring closure to the mother of murdered teenager Erin Fielding, who blames him for failing to keep his promise to bring her daughter back alive. Police crime drama, starring Stellan Skarsgard.

8. Death in Paradise

   2011 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · returning

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, also on BBC One.

   Murders and mojitos. Fresh off the plane, a British detective joins the police force on the luscious Caribbean island of Saint Marie.

9. Scott and Bailey

   2011 · Drama, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, hidden gem.

   Scott and Bailey is a crime drama series which follows the personal and professional lives of two female detectives working for the Manchester Metropolitan Police.

10. Endeavour

    2012 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

    Recommended for similar Crime profile, highly rated (8.4).

    The early days of a young Endeavour Morse, whose experiences as a detective constable with the Oxford City Police will ultimately shape his future.