We don't have cable or satellite and we don't watch broadcast television. But we do have a DVD player and a television. And, we do watch a decent amount of TV.
What we do is check out DVDs from a local library. One of the libraries nearby has a very respectable collection and many.are.of British TV series, many of which you can find, apparently, on MASTERPIECE MYSTERY.
There is a lot of bad British TV but one thing they do well over there is adapt good mystery fiction into tv series.
Below is a list, in the order I rank them today, of my favorite British TV series. Interestingly, all except number 1 is of the mystery genre.
1. The UP series. This is amazing! It is reality TV. One episode every seven years. Roger Ebert put it on his list of the top ten films of all time, though it is produced for TV. If you are anywhere close to being a boomer, you have to find a way to watch it. If there is another episode, it will appear in 2019. I can't wait!
2. FOYLE'S WAR. Set in World War II. Brilliantly acted and written.
3. LEWIS. A spin off of MORSE.
4. DEATH IN PARADISE. Beautiful to look at, clever.
5. MISS MARPLE. The 80's version with Joan Hickson.
6. POIROT. David Suchet!
7. MIDSOMER MURDERS. Appeared in 1997, still going strong.
8. SHERLOCK HOLMES. Jeremy Brett.
9. BROTHER CADFAEL. CSI in the thirteenth century.
10. INSPECTOR ALLEYN.
11. CAMPION.
12. GEORGE GENTLY. Set, so far, in the sixties.
13. INSPECTOR LYNLEY.
14. MORSE. Has produced two spin off, a sequel and a prequel series.
15. DAGLEISH. Based on the novels of P. D. James.
16. VERA. Based on the novels of Ann Cleeves.
17. DALZIEL AND PASCOE.
18. NEW TRICKS.
19. ENDEAVOR. The MORSE prequel.
20. DIRK GENTLY. Short-lived and extremely quirky.
21. TRIAL AND RETRIBUTION. Well written and acted and intense.
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