Light but still entertaining, Father Brown combined two British television subgenres into a perfect mixture
Falling more heavily into comedy than drama, Agatha Raisin is nevertheless a perfect cozy mystery program.
Turning the tropes from some of the best movies about private investigators on their ear, My Life is Murder took the typically dark genre in a cozier direction.
Having firmly established itself as a fixture of British TV, Midsomer Murder is also considered one of the best mystery shows of all time.
Sleuthing doctors are a dimea-dozen in the mystery genre, but The Doctor Blake Mysteries improved on the format.
MU R D O CH. While most police procedurals push the boundaries of forensic science to its limits, Murdoch Mysteries turned back the clock to the dawn of the art form.
The classic works of author Agatha Christie were adapted numerous times for British TV, and the 2000s series Marple was a highlight.