Any BRITISH cop shows worth checking out?
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DrZaat — 10 years ago(February 20, 2016 06:02 PM)
I take back what I said. In the US, a "bag man" always refers to a flunky for a criminal boss. However, I just watched an episode of
The Sweeney
in which someone refers to Carter as Regan's bag man. Apparently, in the UK the term doesn't have the exclusively criminal connotation it does here. -
PurpleProseOfCairo — 11 years ago(September 12, 2014 04:54 PM)
Can I recommend one from the other end of the scale - Juliet Bravo?
It's a low budget, homely drama about a small rural police station in the North of England. The unique selling point was that the new boss wasgaspa woman! This was a big deal in the late Seventies. How would the men react?
As a former police officer myself, Juliet Bravo appealed to me as a realistic, downbeat portrayal of a backwater police station - very similar to one I used to work at. It follows the fortunes of enthusiastic young officers and the seasoned old Sergeant, Joe Beck, an immensely likeable character.
After Southland, The Wire etc, Juliet Bravo will be a culture shock for American viewers - but if you want something different and uniquely British, give it a look.
Awight we're The Daamned we're a punk baand and this is called Carn't Be Appy T'day! -
PrickWithAFork — 11 years ago(October 16, 2014 06:34 AM)
I loved The Cops and went on a few dates with a (female) cast memeber! No names, no pack drillthey were filming near me and I just went for it.
Happy Valley is staggeringly good, enough said.
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sixpaws67 — 11 years ago(October 31, 2014 11:08 PM)
Ripper Street is awesome. The first episode focuses on a modern-day Jack the Ripper, to draw us in, but after that it's normal cop stuff and it is excellent. First-rate.
I heard Whitechapel is good but I have only just started it. -
kimscorner — 10 years ago(July 22, 2015 10:25 PM)
- Amnesia
- Collision
- Copper
- DCI Banks
- The Escape Artist
- Frost
- Messiah (Ken Stotts)
- Ripper Street
- Thorne: Sleepyhead
- Blackpool is another British series that is done very differently. It is a murder mystery musicallol in every episode one or some of the characters breaks into song. It sounds strange but they pulled it off wonderfully.
I am not sure if Crossing Lines is an American show or from somewhere else but it involves an international group of detectives working together.
Also I would recommend the Swedish version of The Bridge.
I have watched most of the British shows recommended by others that answered your question and I liked them all.
Another British show is called Silk. It isn't about Police but about people trying to rise through the ranks of the court system and the cases they try.
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Gemma_Philips — 10 years ago(January 31, 2016 10:53 PM)
This is the Southland message board. If you are looking for a show close to Southland but set in the UK, you should check out the show called "The Bill".
Like Southland it shows the work of both the Uniformed Police and the Detectives. The stories are all realistic everyday type of scenarios the British police encounter.
The shows being suggested to you in this thread are the equivalent of the X-Files in terms of reality.
Southland was good because of it's realism and honesty. The only British Cop show like it is "The Bill".