The Short Answer
- Hetty Wainthropp Investigates — a determined Lancashire pensioner turns private detective with a young assistant. (BritBox)
- Miss Marple — Joan Hickson's village sleuth solves murders through her understanding of human nature. (BritBox)
- Harry Wild — a newly retired Dublin literature professor discovers a talent for solving crimes. (Acorn TV)
- Agatha Raisin — a London PR executive moves to a Cotswolds village and stumbles into murder. (Acorn TV)
- Queens of Mystery — a young detective and her three crime-novelist aunts solve murders in a quirky village. (Acorn TV)
- Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators — two unlikely private investigators take on cases around Stratford-upon-Avon. (BritBox)
- The Madame Blanc Mysteries — an English antiques dealer starts over in a French village and solves local crimes. (Acorn TV)
- The Good Ship Murder — a former detective turned cruise ship singer solves murders around the Mediterranean. (BritBox)
Streaming availability checked October 2026 and may change — check BritBox, Acorn TV, PBS Passport, or Prime Video for current availability.
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Patricia Routledge plays a Lancashire pensioner who sets up as a private detective with a young assistant, taking on the cases the police consider too small to bother with. Like Rosemary and Laura, Hetty is a sharp, determined woman whose life experience proves more useful than any official training.
Miss Marple
Miss Marple
Joan Hickson's Miss Marple uses her knowledge of village life and human nature to solve murders that baffle the police. Its English country houses and gardens, and its unhurried, fair-play puzzles, make it a natural companion to Rosemary & Thyme.
Harry Wild
Harry Wild
Jane Seymour plays a newly retired literature professor in Dublin who discovers a talent for solving crimes, much to the frustration of her detective son. It shares Rosemary & Thyme's delight in a woman starting a new chapter of life and proving everyone wrong.
Agatha Raisin
Agatha Raisin
Ashley Jensen stars as a London PR executive who moves to the Cotswolds village of Carsely and quickly finds herself solving local murders, in adaptations of M.C. Beaton's novels. It has the same English village setting as Rosemary & Thyme, with a sillier sense of humour and a more chaotic heroine.
Queens of Mystery
Queens of Mystery
A young detective sergeant returns to the village of Wildemarsh, where her three aunts, all crime novelists, cannot resist helping with her cases. Its playful, storybook tone and pretty village setting will suit anyone who loves the lighter side of Rosemary & Thyme.
Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators
Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators
Mark Benton and Jo Joyner play an unlikely pair of private investigators solving crimes in and around Stratford-upon-Avon. The partnership between two very different people who become firm friends is a lot like the bond between Rosemary and Laura.
The Madame Blanc Mysteries
The Madame Blanc Mysteries
Sally Lindsay plays Jean White, an antiques dealer who moves to a village in the south of France to investigate her husband's mysterious death and stays to solve local crimes. Her expertise in antiques often helps her read a case, much as Rosemary's knowledge of plants does, and a fifth series has now been commissioned.
The Good Ship Murder
The Good Ship Murder
A former police detective turned cruise ship cabaret singer teams up with the ship's first officer to solve murders on board and around the Mediterranean. It swaps English gardens for sunny ports, but keeps the light touch and lovely scenery that make Rosemary & Thyme such easy viewing.
