Miss Marple

Series Similar to Miss Marple

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

1. A Touch of Frost

   1992 · Drama, Crime · ended

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

   Detective Inspector Jack Frost is a disorganised DI for the Denton Police Force and will do anything to see that justice is done, even if he has to break the rules.

2. Foyle's War

   2002 · Drama, Crime · ended

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

   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.

3. 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.

4. Lewis

   2006 · Drama, Crime · ended

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

   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. Messiah

   2001 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

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

   Crime drama series following the investigations of DCI Red Metcalfe.

6. Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

   2012 · Drama, Crime · ended

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

   Our glamorous lady detective, The Honourable Miss Phryne Fisher, swans into early 1929 Melbourne, fighting injustice with her pearl-handled pistol and her dagger-sharp wit.

7. Unforgotten

   2015 · Drama, Crime · returning

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

   Unforgotten focuses on ‘cold' murder cases. Each series deals with a new case, introducing seemingly unconnected characters who are gradually revealed to have some relationship with the victim. As the murder mystery unfolds, the emotional ramifications of the crime on the lives of those affected are also explored. 

8. 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.

9. 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. 

10. The Bletchley Circle

    2012 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

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

    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.