crime

2025

Peter Vaughan in 60s crime drama The Gold Robbers

Network Distributing/Releasing, was a UK company that specialized in restoring and releasing rare British television both classic and niche and film titles on DVD and Blu-ray. The company went into liquidation in May 2023, following the unexpected death of its founder and managing director, Tim Beddows, late the previous year....

28th November 2025

ITV Commissions Four-part True Crime Drama, Believe Me

ITV’s Director of Drama Polly Hill has commissioned a four-part true crime drama, Believe Me, written by BAFTA and RTS award winning screenwriter Jeff Pope MBE, and produced by his production company, Etta Pictures, part of ITV Studios. Believe Me tells the story of three victims of one of the most prolific...

7th August 2025

Sports, Crime, Drama and a Little Bit of Trash

Prime Video and the NHL’s behind-the-scenes docuseries, FACEOFF: Inside the NHL returns this fall with more access to star players and epic storylines from the 2024-25 season and playoffs ROMCON: Who the F**k is Jason Porter?, a two-part true crime docuseries on one man’s romantic deception of women in Toronto’s dating scene,...

30th May 2025

Dancing With Crime (1947)

Dancing with Crime is a 1947 British film noir film directed by John Paddy Carstairs, starring Richard Attenborough, Barry K. Barnes and Sheila Sim. A man hunts down the killer of his lifelong friend. Plot Boyhood friends and later comrades in the Army, Ted Peters and Dave Robinson are back...

27th May 2025

Virdee – How the Crime Thriller is Brought to Life

Set and filmed in Bradford, Virdee tells the story of Detective Harry Virdee, a dedicated cop whose personal life is in chaos. He is in a loving relationship with his wife, Saima, but he is estranged from his family who disapprove of his interfaith marriage. A turf war is brewing...

3rd February 2025

2024

Crime Scene Cleaners

Crackit TV has won a 10-part series commission from Channel 4 to produce revealing new format, Crime Scene Cleaners. After a brutal assault, a murder, a burglary, or when a cannabis farm or a drugs den is busted, it isn’t the responsibility of the Emergency Services to clean up the mess....

5th November 2024

BBC Acquires French Thriller Sambre – Anatomy of a Crime

The BBC has acquired Sambre – Anatomy of a Crime, a French crime thriller based on true events, for BBC iPlayer and TV channels, from Federation Studios. Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind docuseries The Staircase and the drama Laetitia, recounts the extraordinary legal case of a serial rapist...

5th July 2024

Casting Announced for New Crime Thriller Virdee

The BBC has announced casting on Virdee, the new crime thriller based on AA Dhand’s much-loved novels, now filming in Bradford. The six-part series is adapted for the screen by AA Dhand and is produced by Magical Society for BBC One and BBC iPlayer. Staz Nair (Rebel Moon, Game of...

29th February 2024

2023

Vera Series 13: Compelling Crime Drama Returns

The highly acclaimed detective series, Vera, is set to captivate audiences once again with its thirteenth series. Starring the internationally renowned actress Brenda Blethyn as DCI Vera Stanhope, the show brings back the beloved character of Joe Ashworth, played by David Leon. With three feature-length episodes, this season promises to...

29th December 2023

Crime Busters (1977)

Crime Busters (Italian: I due superpiedi quasi piatti) is a 1977 Italian action crime comedy film directed by Enzo Barboni. It was one of the three movies awarded with the Golden Screen Award in 1977 along with The Exorcist and The Towering Inferno. In a contemporary review, Monthly Film Bulletin...

18th November 2023

BBC acquires Irish crime drama Kin

The BBC has acquired the thrilling Irish crime drama KIN, an eight-part series produced by BRON Studios (Joker) and Headline Pictures (The Man in the High Castle), from FIFTH SEASON for BBC One and BBC iPlayer. The drama’s cast is led by Clare Dunne (Herself), Charlie Cox (Daredevil), Aidan Gillen (Game...

27th October 2023

Crime | Series 2

In the second season of Crime, Ray Lennox is ready to return to the fray at Edinburgh Serious Crimes, keen to prove he is fully recovered from his breakdown induced by bringing Mr Confectioner to justice. But he’s surprised to find that it’s all change: Bob Toal has lost his...

23rd August 2023

Irvine Welsh’s Crime will stream on ITVX from 11 May

Irvine Welsh’s Crime will stream on ITVX from 11 May Series outline The abduction of a young girl, Britney Hamil, from an Edinburgh street pushes the detective to his breaking point, but Lennox is desperate to know what happened to this child. He is driven by the secret, long hidden...

2nd May 2023

Henry’s Crime (2010)

Check out the official Henry’s Crime (2010) trailer starring Keanu Reeves and Vera Farmiga! Starring: James Caan, Keanu Reeves, Vera Farmiga Director: Malcolm Venville Synopsis: After serving time for a crime he did not commit, a man (Keanu Reeves) conspires with his former cellmate (James Caan) to rob a bank...

23rd March 2023

First Look Images of Compelling Crime Thriller, Six Four

Today, ITV released a series of first-look images for the thrilling new crime drama Six Four, starring Kevin McKidd (Grey’s Anatomy, Trainspotting) and Vinette Robinson (Boiling Point, Sherlock, The A-Word) as leads Chris and Michelle O’Neill. The four-part event drama, Six Four, created by BAFTA Scotland Award-winning screenwriter, Gregory Burke...

23rd February 2023

Blame | Full Movie | Action Crime Thriller

Blame – While on vacation in rural Wisconsin, five friends seek refuge in a lone building after their vehicle crashes in a vicious snow storm. With no cell phone service, the group splits up to find help, but when they reunite, one of them is found dead. 2021. Stars: Richard...

20th January 2023

Drift | Partners in Crime | Trailer

Today Sky unveils the official trailer for thrilling action series ‘Drift – Partners in Crime’, a Sky Original coming to Sky Atlantic and NOW in March. Ken Duken and Fabian Busch lead an incredible cast, playing an unequal pair of brothers and unexpected detective duo. Ali Zeller (Duken) and Leo...

19th January 2023

Stay | Full Movie | Crime Drama

Stay – After losing his job, a recovering addict struggles to survive and meets a free spirited woman, who changes his world, but cannot stay in his life. 2018. Stars: Shogen, Ana Tanaka, Shima Ohnishi Under license from Summer Hill Entertainment. All rights reserved This film is under license from...

18th January 2023

2022

Cast Announced for Season 2 of Irvine Welsh’s, Crime

ITVX announces cast for second season of Irvine Welsh’s, Eagerly anticipated crime thriller set to air on ITVX starring international Emmy nominated, Dougray Scott, Ken Stott, Joanna Vanderham and John Simm ITVX today reveals the cast for the second series of Irvine Welsh’s Crime, the psychological, procedural thriller adapted for...

10th October 2022

ITV Commissions Crime Thriller, Payback

ITV commissions crime thriller, Payback, starring Morven Christie, Peter Mullan and Prasanna Puwanarajah and produced by Jed Mercurio’s HTM Television and written by Debbie O’Malley (with BritBox international as co-production partners) ITV’s Head of Drama, Polly Hill has commissioned six-part crime thriller Payback, produced by Jed Mercurio’s HTM Television, starring...

1st September 2022