British crime fiction from book to screen

The first time I binge-watched a television series was on a long flight from Dublin to Boston. I immersed myself in multiple episodes of the often grim but always gripping British series “Spooks”—“MI-5” in the U.S. with its dark world of conflicted agents and deadly plots.

Since then, I’ve binge-watched a wide range of British crime series. Some of my favorites are based on book series.

Endeavour

A young Endeavour Morse, smart, awkward and dedicated, solving crime with mentor Fred Thursday in 1960s Oxford and surroundings, based on characters created by Colin Dexter.

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