The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Series Similar to The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

If you enjoyed The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. Agatha Christie's Poirot

   1989 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, highly rated (8.2), also on ITV1.

   Whether he's on holiday abroad, taking a countryside break or simply going about his business near his central London home, Poirot finds himself exercising his "little grey cells" by helping police investigate crimes and murders, whether they ask for his help or not.He's often accompanied by his trusty sidekick Captain Hastings, and their paths cross Scotland Yard's Inspector Japp who has a grudging respect for the meticulous, if eccentric, private detective.

2. Cadfael

   1994 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

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

   Brother Cadfael is a twelfth-century Anglo-Welsh monk. A retired crusader disappointed in love, now a herbalist in charge of the gardens of Shrewsbury Abbey, Cadfael is often called on to solve murders and other crimes in and around Shrewsbury.

3. The Bletchley Circle

   2012 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery 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.

4. The Mrs Bradley Mysteries

   2000 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, hidden gem.

   The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries is a crime drama series that aired on BBC One from 1998-2000. The series is based on the character created by detective writer Gladys Mitchell.Adela Bradley, a sophisticated woman of the world, and her chauffeur George Moody are an unlikely pair of investigators back in the England of the 1920s. The sexual tension between Mrs. Bradley and George fairly crackles along as each episode unfolds to a logical conclusion while Mrs. Bradley, with the help of her trusty chauffeur George, employs her unique sleuthing talents in solving the mysteries that come her way.

5. Maigret

   2016 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, also on ITV1.

   The formidable character of Jules Maigret first appeared in print in 1931. Georges Simenon, who wrote 75 Maigret novels, is considered one of the greatest writers of the 20th century – selling around a billion books worldwide to date.

6. Houdini & Doyle

   2016 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, hidden gem.

   Inspired by true events, the series follows two great men of the 20th Century and real-life friends - Harry Houdini, master magician, escape artist and paranormal debunker; and Arthur Cohen Doyle prolific writer, creator of "Sherlock Holmes" and paranormal aficionado. They grudgingly join forces with New Scotland Yard to investigate unsolved, inexplicable and possibly supernatural crimes, alongside the first female Constable of the London Metropolitan Police Force, Adelaide Statton.In the series, Houdini, Doyle and Stratton are tasked with the cases that nobody else can solve. It challenges their sense of what is real and what is not. Houdini is a skeptic, while Doyle believes in the unseen. Their diverse viewpoints make solving crime a challenge and often Stratton is put in the middle. The trio will take on cases that involve vampires, ghosts, monsters and poltergeists... or are they a ruse to conceal murder?

7. Whitechapel

   2009 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, also on ITV1.

   Set against the contrasting facades of Whitechapel, London, a series of bloody, tragic and impossible crimes are carried out.A fast-tracked inspector, a hardened detective sergeant, and an expert in historical homicides investigate modern crimes with connections to the past in the Whitechapel district of London.

8. Vienna Blood

   2019 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · returning

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile.

   Max Liebermann is a brilliant young English student of famed psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. When Max comes into contact with Oskar Rheinhardt, a Detective Inspector struggling with a strange case, he agrees to help him investigate a series of unusual and disturbing murders. Max's extraordinary skills of perception and forensics, and his deep understanding of human behavior and deviance, lead them to solving some of Vienna's most mysterious and deadly cases.

9. Innocent

   2018 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, also on ITV1.

   People wrongly convicted of murder must try to rebuild their lives after their conviction is overturned, while the investigation into who really committed the crime is reopened.

10. Endeavour

    2012 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

    Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, highly rated (8.4), also on ITV1.

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