DCI Banks

Series Similar to DCI Banks

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

1. Vera

   2011 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, highly rated (8), also on ITV1.

   Set around Newcastle and the stunning Northumberland countryside, Vera features complex and intriguing cases, atmospherically-shot landscapes and captivating performances, led by Brenda Blethyn who plays the unorthodox but brilliant DCI Vera Stanhope.

2. Scott and Bailey

   2011 · Drama, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, hidden gem, also on ITV1.

   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.

3. Case Histories

   2011 · Drama, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, hidden gem.

   Jackson Brodie, a former policeman turned private detective, comes to the rescue of the bereaved, even as he struggles with past and present-day personal problems.Case Histories is a British drama television series based on the Jackson Brodie detective novels by Kate Atkinson. 

4. Lewis

   2006 · Drama, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, highly rated (8), also on ITV1.

   A spin-off of the popular series Inspector Morse, a special two-hour drama picked up five years after the series ended. It is now continuing in its own series, with Lewis and Hathaway investigating in Morse's old stomping ground of Oxford.

5. Inspector George Gently

   2008 · Drama, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, highly rated (8).

   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.

6. River

   2015 · Drama, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile.

   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.

7. The Bletchley Circle

   2012 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, highly rated (8), also on ITV1.

   The Bletchley Circle follows the journey of four ordinary women with extraordinary skills that helped to end World War II.Set in 1952, Susan, Millie, Lucy and Jean have returned to their normal lives, modestly setting aside the part they played in producing crucial intelligence, which helped the Allies to victory and shortened the war. When Susan discovers a hidden code behind an unsolved murder she is met by skepticism from the police. She quickly realises she can only begin to crack the murders and bring the culprit to justice with her former friends.

8. Wallander

   2008 · Drama, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile.

   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.

9. Foyle's War

   2002 · Drama, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, highly rated (8), also on ITV1.

   Post-WWII drama. Foyle, now working for British Intelligence, is drawn into the world of corrupt Nazi businessmen when a London university professor is found murdered.

10. Waking the Dead

    2000 · Drama, Crime · ended

    Recommended for similar Crime profile.

    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.