police procedural
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2000s
Life (2007)
Byte-Sized Overview Life is a US crime drama from 2007, fronted by Damian Lewis as Charlie Crews, a Los Angeles…
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1960s
The F.B.I. (1965)
Byte-Sized Overview The F.B.I. is the sort of mid-century network drama that likes its procedures neat, its men square-jawed and…
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1950s
M Squad (1957)
Byte-Sized Overview M Squad is a hard-bitten American police drama set in Chicago, though the streets were often conjured in…
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2000s
Criminal Minds (2005)
Byte-Sized Overview Criminal Minds is the long-running CBS procedural about the FBI’s Behavioural Analysis Unit, a team of profilers who…
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1980s
Miami Vice (1984)
Byte-Sized Overview Miami Vice is the glossy, neon-splashed crime drama that turned undercover policing into a fashion statement and a…
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2000s
The Closer (2005)
Byte-Sized Overview The Closer is a Los Angeles-set police procedural with a distinctly unglamorous personality, which is part of its…
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1970s
The Rookies (1972)
Byte-Sized Overview The Rookies is a 1972 American police drama built around three newly minted officers learning the job the…
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2010s
Line of Duty (2012)
Byte-Sized Overview Line of Duty is a British police corruption thriller about the awkward business of asking what happens when…
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1980s
T. J. Hooker (1982)
Byte-Sized Overview T. J. Hooker is a straight-down-the-line American police drama built around a bruised, veteran street cop who has…
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1950s
The Lineup (1954)
Byte-Sized Overview The Lineup is a brisk, hard-bitten American police drama that takes its cue from actual San Francisco police…
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2020s
Bosch: Legacy (2022)
Byte-Sized Overview Bosch: Legacy is the continuation of Amazon’s long-running Michael Connelly crime universe, following retired LAPD detective Harry Bosch…
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1990s
Heartbeat (1992)
Byte-Sized Overview Heartbeat is a cosy-yet-procedural period drama set in a fictional North Yorkshire community in the 1960s, where the…
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