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Brokenwood Mysteries, The (TV Series) (2014-2024): Feat. Neill Rea, Fern Sutherland; A local stab at the ever popular murder mystery genre with this Kiwiana policier featuring two mismatched detectives investigating a series of homicides in small town New Zealand. More MIDSOMER than BROACHCHURCH, though not without its own dark humour and unsettling rural charm.
QI (TV Series) (2003-2012): Feat. Stephen Fry, Alan Davies, Rob Brydon…; Stephen Fry hosts this high and low-brow quiz show where celebrity panellists earn points for knowledge and invention and are penalised for offering the obvious answer. Both an education in extremely obscure trivia and a wild entertainment of brilliant smart-arse banter. Each series is loosely centred…
Happy Valley (TV Series) (2014-2023): Feat. Sarah Lancashire, Steve Pemberton, Siobhan Finneran; Another riveting top-shelf British police drama hot on the heels of BROADCHURCH. Sarah Lancashire stars as a Yorkshire sergeant who suspects a local ex-con is responsible for her daughter's death, among other crimes and misdemeanors. Series One: six episodes across two discs. Series Two: six episodes…
Shetland (TV Series) (2013): Feat. Douglas Henshall, Steven Robertson, Alison ODonnell; Created from the novels by Ann Cleeves (VERA), this BBC series follows Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez (Douglas Henshall) and his team as they investigate crime within the close knit island community. While a hauntingly beautiful landscape, the isolated and sometimes inhospitable environment means the team…
Wellington Paranormal (TV Series) (2018): Dir. Jemaine Clement, Jackie Van Beek
Feat. Karen O’Leary, Mike Minogue, Maaka Pohatu; An inspired spin-off TV series from WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS that expands the role of lovably clueless police officers O'Leary and Minogue (played by their namesakes) who investigate various strange phenomena in AroVideo's home town. Mimicking the style of a police reality show with deadpan hilarity,…
A Discovery of Witches (TV Series) (2018): Dir. Juan Carlos Medina
Feat. Teresa Palmer, Matthew Goode, Malin Buska…; A romantic thriller series adapted from Deborah Harkness' trilogy of novels that uncovers a secret underworld of vampires, witches and daemons hiding in plain sight for fear of persecution by humans. Central to this is a historian witch denying her own heritage who falls into the path of an enigmatic…
Crown, The - Season 4 (TV Series) (2020): Feat. Emma Corrin, Gillian Anderson, Olivia Colman…; Season 4 of the sumptuous costume drama is considered by some to be the best yet, though also the one with the most controversy surrounding historical accuracy. The season introduces Emma Corrin as Diana Spencer (soon to be Princess) and Gillian Anderson as Margaret Thatcher, in the era spanning 1979 to…

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