10 Mystery & Drama DVDs for British TV Fans
For the one who would rather own the box set than wait for it to show up on a streaming service.
10 Mystery & Drama DVDs for British TV Fans
Ten complete-series box sets for the binger on your list, from decades-spanning procedurals to a sun-drenched island mystery. Prices on these move, so each link goes straight to the current listing.
Prime Suspect: The Complete Series
Helen Mirren as DCI Jane Tennison, fighting for respect in a department that doesn't want her there. One of British TV's defining detective dramas, start to finish.
Buy the Series →Vera: Sets 1–7 Collection
Brenda Blethyn's rumpled, relentless DCI Vera Stanhope, spanning both the Joe Ashworth and Aiden Healy eras of the show.
See Today's Price →Line of Duty: Series 1–5 Collection
The anti-corruption thriller that had the whole country talking — every series, in one set.
Buy the Series →Midsomer Murders: The Early Cases Collection
Ten discs of village whodunits, from the series that has been quietly killing off the English countryside for decades.
Buy the Series →Inspector Morse: The Complete Series
Every case in one 17-disc set — John Thaw's Oxford-set detective, start to finish.
Buy the Series →Death in Paradise: Series 1–5
All 40 episodes of sun, sand, and impossible murders on a fictional Caribbean island — the lightest binge on this list.
Buy the Series →DCI Banks: Seasons 1–3 & Aftermath
Four seasons of Yorkshire crime drama in one set, following DCI Alan Banks through cases that rarely stay simple.
Buy the Series →McDonald & Dodds: Series 1–4
The complete Bath-set detective series, pairing an ambitious DCI with an endlessly underestimated DS.
Buy the Series →The Agatha Christie Hour: Complete Series
All ten episodes of the classic anthology series, adapting Christie's lesser-known short stories.
Buy the Series →Forsyte Saga: The Complete Series
The period drama complete in one DVD set, following the Forsyte family across generations.
Buy the Series →Looking for something to read instead?
The Mystery Books page has ten novels, several of them the books these very shows were adapted from.
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