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The 'police procedural' crime drama has become very popular on British TV in recent years. There's probably too of much it to be honest. The most popular is a

The 'police procedural' crime drama has become very popular on British TV in recent years. There's probably too of much it to be honest. The most popular is a BBC series called Line of Duty about corruption in the police force ("bent coppers"). There are seven series (seasons) so far and the plots are far-fetched but entertaining. Every episode features police interviews or interrogations which make up much of the drama.

pjc50 5y ago
Line Of Duty is absolutely excellent and a cut above regular police procedura, but it bends the rules slightly: there are times when the first the audience is made aware of a piece of evidence is when it appears in the interview scenes. Magnifies the impact of the drama but at the expense of it not being even theoretically possible for the viewer to be ahead of the detectives.
- the_af 5y ago
  One thing I find refreshing of British cop shows is how things that are trivial in US shows just aren't possible. Neither cops nor criminals go guns blazing everywhere, simply because having access to a gun is a big deal. An entire season of Line of Duty is about this. Cops in threatening situations cannot simply pull a gun out of the blue. This forces scriptwriters to become a bit more creative about problem resolution. Whenever you're tired of US cop shows, try a British show!
the_af 5y ago
I absolutely adore Line of Duty. I like how everyone in the team of protagonists is not entirely clean, though not estirely bad either. Of course the prime example and my favorite cop TV show ever is The Shield. You are rooting for the bad guys, though you gradually realize just how bad they are as the series progresses, and eventually you become horrified and want their punishment to finally arrive... but still, every time they evade it you (I) find myself cheering. Horrifying.

pjc50 5y ago

Line Of Duty is absolutely excellent and a cut above regular police procedura, but it bends the rules slightly: there are times when the first the audience is made aware of a piece of evidence is when it appears in the interview scenes. Magnifies the impact of the drama but at the expense of it not being even theoretically possible for the viewer to be ahead of the detectives.

the_af 5y ago
One thing I find refreshing of British cop shows is how things that are trivial in US shows just aren't possible. Neither cops nor criminals go guns blazing everywhere, simply because having access to a gun is a big deal. An entire season of Line of Duty is about this. Cops in threatening situations cannot simply pull a gun out of the blue. This forces scriptwriters to become a bit more creative about problem resolution. Whenever you're tired of US cop shows, try a British show!

the_af 5y ago

I absolutely adore Line of Duty. I like how everyone in the team of protagonists is not entirely clean, though not estirely bad either. Of course the prime example and my favorite cop TV show ever is The Shield. You are rooting for the bad guys, though you gradually realize just how bad they are as the series progresses, and eventually you become horrified and want their punishment to finally arrive... but still, every time they evade it you (I) find myself cheering. Horrifying.