BritBox's Irish 'Redemption' Introduces a New Female Detective (2023)

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Who are the two female detectives in BritBox? ›

Moving and exciting crime drama series that follows the lives of Janet Scott and Rachel Bailey - Detective Constables in a Manchester Major Incident Team led by the formidable DCI Gill Murray.

BritBox's 'Karen Pirie' is the Sort of Police Procedural We Need. Karen Pirie, adapted from the first book in a six-part series by Val McDermid (Shetland, Vera), is a smart, feminist take on the police procedural, with Lauren Lyle in the title role.

With a suspect firmly on her radar, Colette is determined to find out the truth about her daughter in the series finale. With the help of Patrick and Siobhán, Colette finally gets evidence to corroborate what she's always suspected: Stacey didn't kill herself.

Scott & Bailey is a BBC cop show about 2 women detectives and their female Boss.

Detectives Janet Scott & Rachel Bailey investigate murders with Manchester Police's Major Incident Team.

'GRACE' John Simm (Life on Mars, Irvine Welsh's Crime) stars as the tenacious, yet troubled, DS Roy Grace. This dark mystery series follows the hard working police officers of Brighton as they are tasked with complex crimes in the coastal town of Brighton.

The incomparable Helen Mirren stars as Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison in Prime Suspect, which is basically the OG in terms of female-led detective shows.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit has said hello and goodbye to numerous detectives throughout its many seasons, but in the September 29th episode, "The One You Feed," we meet SVU's newest recruit: Detective Grace Muncy (Molly Burnett).

New crime drama Redemption is set to launch on ITV and ITVX tonight (17 March). Filmed in Ireland the six-part crime thriller features an impressive cast including The Hunger Games' Paula Malcolmson, alongside Keith McErlean (Vikings) and Derry Girls Siobhán McSweeney.

Where in Ireland was Redemption filmed? ›

ITV police drama series Redemption is filmed in Dublin. Lead character DI Colette Cunningham - played by Paula Malcomson - relocates to the Irish capital from Liverpool after learning of her estranged daughter's mysterious death.

Collette is named as guardian of two unknown grandchildren, 16 year old Cara (Abby Fitz) and 14 year old Liam (Evan O'Connor), who have an absent father Eoin (Moe Dunford).

BritBox will continue to exist as a standalone app, which you can continue enjoying as long as you have a BritBox subscription. However, all your favourite BritBox shows are moving to ITVX where you will need an ITVX Premium subscription to watch them.

The six-part ITV1 series comes from the producers behind The Bay and follows DI Colette Cunningham, who takes the law into her own hands on a dangerous mission to find the truth behind the mysterious death of her estranged daughter.

BritBox, which is currently a standalone subscription service, is set to be folded into ITVX – and while it will continue to exist as a standalone brand, that brand will only exist within ITVX (similar, perhaps, to the “Star” brand on Disney+).

New and returning female detectives on the small screen come to MASTERPIECE Mystery! in Miss Scarlet and The Duke (with Kate Phillips), Magpie Murders (with Lesley Manville) , and Annika (with Nicola Walker). Watch all three shows with PBS Passport, an added member benefit.

Jane Marple, as played by Joan Hickson

She is always beautifully understated, and the very quintessence of that little old lady with a mind like a bacon slicer.

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries is based on the novels of Australian author Kerry Greenwood.

Cormoran Blue Strike is an ex-SIB investigator, and a veteran of the war in Afghanistan where he lost half his left leg in a bomb attack. He decides to muster out for fear of becoming brainwashed (yet misses the Army occasionally), choosing instead to become a private detective.

After a young woman is accused of lying about a rape, two female detectives investigate a spate of eerily similar attacks. Inspired by true events.

Who was the first female detective character? ›

In 1864, a little more than two decades after Edgar Allan Poe created the modern mystery form, the British writer Andrew Forrester, Jr. introduced the first female detective character, Mrs. Gladden, in The Experiences of a Lady Detective.

Blue Lights is a television drama series, set in Belfast, Northern Ireland, following three probationary police officers of the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

The BritBox schedule for May 2023 releases has premieres of series like BritBox Originals The Ghost of Richard Harris and The Tower 2: Death Message slated for arrival. Other BritBox highlights for this month include Peter O'Toole – Along the Sky Road to Aqaba and The Cleaner: S2.

The BritBox March 2023 schedule includes The Confessions of Frannie Langton, a powerful period drama with a murder mystery and tale of forbidden love at its core, and the fourth season of The Bay. The third season of Zoom-based comedy Staged will also debut.

Sherlock Holmes

Quite possibly the most famous detective of all, Holmes has been a household name since publication — indeed, he was such a popular figure that when Conan Doyle killed him off in the story The Final Problem, Victorian London was said to have gone into mourning until Conan Doyle revived him!

Heartbeat is a British police procedural period drama series, based upon the "Constable" series of novels written by Nicholas Rhea, and produced by Yorkshire Television until it was merged by ITV, then by ITV Studios from 1992 until 2010.

The Coroner is a BBC Birmingham drama series starring Claire Goose as Jane Kennedy, a coroner based in a fictional South Devon coastal town.

"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" Jumped In (TV Episode 2023) - Kevin Kane as Detective Terry Bruno - IMDb.

Who is Detective Bruno on Law & Order: SVU? Bruno is played by Kevin Kane, an old friend of the Law & Order and One Chicago franchises. Kane has appeared in two episodes of the original Law & Order and played four minor characters in SVU.

The twenty-second season of Law & Order, an American police procedural and legal drama that premiered on September 22, 2022 on NBC. Mehcad Brooks joins the main cast as Detective Jalen Shaw, following cast member Anthony Anderson's exit after season 21.

What police drama is based in Ireland? ›

BBC Northern Ireland has announced that police drama Hope Street will return for a third series. Set in the fictional town of Port Devine on the Northern Ireland coast and filmed in and around Co Down's seaside town of Donaghadee, the drama has proven to be popular with fans across the UK and beyond.

Abby Fitz as Cara Lockley

Abby is taking on the role of Cara Lockley in Redemption. She has been acting since the age of four, appearing in multiple adverts.

A new BBC crime drama set in Northern Ireland is set to take over our screens next week, giving any Line of Duty fans a new cop series fix. Blue Lights follows three rookie police officers working in Belfast and was filmed on location in NI.

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Forever in My Heart

In this Hallmark original, Jenna and Charlie fell in love during their time in Ireland, but life drove them apart. Five years down the road, the pair reunite, and Jenna is forced to decide between her new life at home and love in Ireland. This movie stars Merritt Patterson and Jack Turner.

Filmed in early 2021, the Hallmark production As Luck Would Have It were based in Howth Castle for part of their shoot. This short film is shot on location where the stars of the production JoAnna Garcia Swisher and Allen Leech are discussing what they enjoyed about working in Ireland.

Liam is Colette's grandson and Cara's brother, who is distraught to learn that his mother has died.

Most of the scenes are shot in and around Ireland's capital Dublin, with the famed Trinity College and the dockland area getting screen time. “I've never seen Dublin look better,” said Ms Oldfield. “I've been trying to make a show in Ireland for years, because I love the country, and I love Dublin in particular.

Louise McCann: Fiona Blake.

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Why does BritBox keep dropping out? ›

If your BritBox content loads slowly or you experience buffering, you may have a weak or unstable connection to the internet.

It's likely that you're using an outdated version of the BritBox app and need to update your app. While most devices will automatically update your apps for you, you may need to update them manually from time to time. Find out how to update your app.

With a suspect firmly on her radar, Colette is determined to find out the truth about her daughter in the series finale. With the help of Patrick and Siobhán, Colette finally gets evidence to corroborate what she's always suspected: Stacey didn't kill herself.

7 Seasons (2015 - 2022)

Although it came to an end last April 2022, Grace and Frankie is the longest-running Netflix Original Series with seven seasons under its belt.

You might have heard of some of these, like Acorn TV which remains BritBox's biggest competitor, but some might take you by surprise, like AMC+, which actually has quite a large stake in BBC America. Read on to learn more about your British content options. Read also: 9 Best Live TV Services That Offer Free Trial.

Is BritBox free with Amazon Prime? Whilst you can add BritBox to your Prime Video subscription as a Prime Video Channel, you'll still have to pay for your subscription. That's because adding BritBox to your Prime Video package is the same as adding any other channel like HBO or Showtime.

The content from BritBox is almost identical to what you'll find on Amazon Prime Video or Apple TV Channels. Though occasionally, due to the additional processing time needed by our partners, there may be a short delay before a show or episode becomes available, especially for live events.

Sherlock and Watson. Morse and Lewis. Scott and Bailey. As New Blood arrives at the scene, Rash and Stefan join a long, illustrious line of British detective partnerships.

Anchoring one of Acorn TV's most tonally confounding originals, Pearl Nolan is the “plucky lady detective” for everyone who's a bit burned out on cozy pluck, but not quite in the mood for the full-on grit of Acorn's darker fare.

What is the name of the famous British detective? ›

Sherlock Holmes

Quite possibly the most famous detective of all, Holmes has been a household name since publication — indeed, he was such a popular figure that when Conan Doyle killed him off in the story The Final Problem, Victorian London was said to have gone into mourning until Conan Doyle revived him!

Just think about all the iconic detective duos throughout television history: Starsky and Hutch, Cagney and Lacey, Crockett and Tubbs, Taylor and Fife. It's a tried-and-true character dynamic that can be dropped into any genre (from sitcom to drama), any format (from miniseries to procedural), and any time period.

Participants who were 65 and over also voted Hercule Poirot as their favourite detective of all time (33%), with all other age groups choosing Sherlock Holmes.

Olivia Vinall played detective Matilda Stone in the first season, but will be replaced by Florence Hall in the second due to a scheduling conflict. Julie Graham (The Bletchley Circle), Sarah Woodward (The Pale Horse), and Siobhan Redmond (Unforgotten) return as Stone's aunts.

Jane Marple — Miss Marple (1984-1992)

An elderly spinster and amateur sleuth, she appeared in a dozen novels and many more short stories, using her intelligence and understanding of human nature to solve murders.

A retired detective, haunted by a deadly crime he couldn't solve, hunts for the merciless killer who intentionally drove his car into a crowd of people.

Ironside, a tough, sexy and acerbic police detective relegated to a wheelchair after a shooting who is hardly limited by his disability as he pushes and prods his hand-picked team to solve the most difficult cases. His team. His town. His rules.

Magpie Murders is a fresh, beguiling twist on the traditional murder mystery, with a solution that will both astonish and shock viewers. Find out everything you need to know about Magpie Murders. New episodes are airing now through November 20, 2022.

Agatha Christie

Born in the UK in 1890, Agatha Christie became, and remains, the best-selling novelist of all time. Christie is known for her popular 1966 detective novels and 14 short story collections, as well as the world's longest-running play, The Mousetrap.

What series is about a female detective in the 19th century? ›

Miss Scarlet & The Duke is set in London at the start of the Sherlock Holmes era around 1880.