Waking the Dead

Series Similar to Waking the Dead

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

1. Case Histories

   2011 · Drama, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, hidden gem, also on BBC One.

   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. 

2. 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.

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. Criminal Minds

   2005 · Drama, Crime, Thriller · returning

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, highly rated (8.1).

   Criminal Minds revolves around an elite team of FBI profilers who analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again.

5. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

   2000 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, highly rated (8.1).

   CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is a drama about a team of forensic investigators trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.

6. 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.

7. 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.

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. 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.

10. The Mrs Bradley Mysteries

    2000 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

    Recommended for similar Crime profile, hidden gem, also on BBC One.

    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.