Shows Like Line of Duty

The Short Answer

1. Blue Lights — A Belfast-set police drama following rookie officers navigating a force under real institutional pressure — less about internal corruption than Line of Duty, but the same ensemble-driven, high-stakes tension. (BritBox)
2. Trigger Point — Line of Duty's own Vicky McClure leads as a bomb disposal officer in a high-tension London thriller — produced by Jed Mercurio's HTM Television and carrying the same relentless, edge-of-seat pacing. (BritBox)
3. Unforgotten — A cold case unit unravels decades-old crimes with real emotional weight — quieter than Line of Duty, but built from the same conviction that every character, however minor, deserves a full story. (PBS Masterpiece)
4. The Responder — Martin Freeman is unforgettable as a morally compromised Liverpool cop unravelling in real time — less about the institution than Line of Duty, but every bit as unflinching about what the job actually costs. (BritBox)
5. The Tower — Gemma Whelan investigates when a veteran officer and a teenage girl fall to their deaths from the same South London tower block — a tightly plotted, underseen procedural that deserves far more attention than it got. (BritBox)
6. DI Ray — From a Jed Mercurio production company, Parminder Nagra leads a Birmingham police procedural that examines race and gender inside the force with the same sharp institutional eye Line of Duty brought to corruption. (PBS Masterpiece)
7. Happy Valley — Sarah Lancashire plays Sergeant Catherine Cawood, a West Yorkshire police officer whose life collides again with the man she blames for her daughter’s death. Sally Wainwright’s drama shares Line of Duty’s tension and its unflinching look at what the job costs the people who do it. (BritBox)
8. Prime Suspect — Helen Mirren plays DCI Jane Tennison, who battles sexism inside London’s Metropolitan Police while leading murder investigations. Created by Lynda La Plante, its focus on the politics and prejudice inside a police force makes it a natural classic pick for Line of Duty fans. (BritBox)