What are your favourite British police shows?

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I miss The Bill. It was filmed in my area so wasn’t unusual for there to be scenes being shot in my local high street. I drive past the industrial estate the old police station used to be on and I still describe it as Sun Hill 🤣

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richdrich@reddit

It was an amazing effort to produce (usually) a self-contained story in a 20 minute episode.

Also, shot out of sequence with scenes in the same location all done together and planned/edited using custom scheduling software, apparently.

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Trick-Station8742@reddit

Tosh!

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ProfPMJ-123@reddit

As a kid I really liked Rockliffe’s Babies.

Everyone else must have thought it was shit though - only lasted one series!

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gregd303@reddit

Ha I was going to write this for the obscurity. I enjoyed it at the time..I was probably about thirteen?! I liked the theme tune too

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gregd303@reddit

Wah..i was right. In '87 I was thirteen. Just Googled and Ian Hogg (Rockcliffe) is still going, age 88

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nelbertred@reddit

The Sweeney. The Professionals

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gregd303@reddit

Both solid theme tunes too

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cragglerock93@reddit

I loved Heartbeat. And I'm not a pensioner, it's just relaxing TV.

Broadchurch was great but didn't run for long.

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Funmachine@reddit

A Touch of Cloth

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Amazing-Visual-2919@reddit

Blue lights.

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Spaceship7328@reddit

I second this. It's really good

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Spaceship7328@reddit

Blue Lights

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BumblebeeEastern9302@reddit

Whitechapel

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Chippettachipperson@reddit

The bill back in the day was great, even as kid. Nostalgia. June, Regularly, Tony, DC Beech, Polly, Dave. I'm sure theres loads I've forgotten to mention!

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beant64@reddit

Life on Mars

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AromaticVacation3077@reddit

I've never been into police shows, but for some reason I absolutely loved Scott And Bailey. Underrated show IMHO.

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mollyangel69@reddit

Motorway Cops on Channel 5

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LionLucy@reddit

Endeavour

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jawide626@reddit

Hot Fuzz

It's a nice little documentary on the policing of a quiet rural village.

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yolo_snail@reddit

Those kind of documentaries are for the greater good

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jimmywonggggggg@reddit

Slow Horses

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Urbanyeti0@reddit

As others have said Ashes to Ashes & Life on Mars are great

Happy Valley, Unforgotten, Line of Duty, Silent Witness

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jennyfurr7@reddit

I used to love The Bill, proper coppers.

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romulus_remus420@reddit

Scot Squad

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peakystar@reddit

Line of Duty!

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AutisticElephant1999@reddit

Life On Mars Ashes To Ashes The Thin Blue Line

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jack_watson97@reddit

Both you mentioned are the best imo. All UK police docs are good. I wont day which ep or even what series for obvious reasons but my father is a detective in Serious Crime (rapes, murders etc.) And has been on one of the docs

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uncle_monty@reddit

Taggart

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strawberrypops@reddit

Operation Good Guys.

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yolo_snail@reddit

A toss up between Vera and Luther for the top spot.

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Buddy-Matt@reddit

Vera is excellent.

I particularly like the way she talks to the killer once she's fingered it out.

"Aye, pet, you then hit him in the skull with that there hammer"

It's just so casual. Like she's outing them for nicking a tin of beans from the shop, and not going on a 3 body murder spree.

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Fred_Derf_Jnr@reddit

Juliet Bravo was great at the time.

The Jetty was an interesting mini-series that could produce a follow on.

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