# TV Binge Watch (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 21, 2019, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004 "2019-08-21T15:27:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 96
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2019, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/1901 "2019-11-30T20:10:50Z")
British detectives 1. Agatha Christie’s Poirot 2. Dirk Gently (Adams’s Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency) 3. Jane Tennison (Prime Suspect) 4. George Gently (Inspector George Gently) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2019, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/1902 "2019-11-30T20:53:03Z")
British detectives 1. Agatha Christie’s Poirot 2. Dirk Gently (Adams’s Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency) 3. Jane Tennison (Prime Suspect) 4. George Gently (Inspector George Gently) 5. Endeavour Morse (Inspector Morse) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/1903 "2019-11-30T20:57:09Z")
I say there, old top, isn’t that Poirot chap a Belgian? ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2019, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/1904 "2019-11-30T21:23:57Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I say there, old top, isn’t that Poirot chap a Belgian? Yes, but the _show_ was British. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2019, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/1905 "2019-11-30T21:38:32Z")
Yes, but the list is British detectives, not British detective shows. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/1906 "2019-12-01T14:25:50Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Yes, but the _show_ was British. Well, you’re the OP, so it stands. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/1907 "2019-12-01T17:57:05Z")
British detectives 1. Agatha Christie’s Poirot 2. Dirk Gently (Adams’s Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency) 3. Jane Tennison (Prime Suspect) 4. George Gently (Inspector George Gently) 5. Endeavour Morse (Inspector Morse) 6. Alec Hardy (Broadchurch) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/1908 "2019-12-01T21:38:55Z")
British detectives 1. Agatha Christie’s Poirot 2. Dirk Gently (Adams’s Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency) 3. Jane Tennison (Prime Suspect) 4. George Gently (Inspector George Gently) 5. Endeavour Morse (Inspector Morse) 6. Alec Hardy (Broadchurch) 7. Jeff Randall and Marty Hopkirk (Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)) ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/1909 "2019-12-01T22:05:15Z")
British detectives 1. Agatha Christie’s Poirot 2. Dirk Gently (Adams’s Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency) 3. Jane Tennison (Prime Suspect) 4. George Gently (Inspector George Gently) 5. Endeavour Morse (Inspector Morse) 6. Alec Hardy (Broadchurch) 7. Jeff Randall and Marty Hopkirk (Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)) 8. Sherlock Holmes ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/1910 "2019-12-01T22:16:31Z")
British detectives 1. Agatha Christie’s Poirot 2. Dirk Gently (Adams’s Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency) 3. Jane Tennison (Prime Suspect) 4. George Gently (Inspector George Gently) 5. Endeavour Morse (Inspector Morse) 6. Alec Hardy (Broadchurch) 7. Jeff Randall and Marty Hopkirk (Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)) 8. Sherlock Holmes 9. Father Brown ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/1911 "2019-12-02T03:42:29Z")
British detectives 1. Agatha Christie’s Poirot 2. Dirk Gently (Adams’s Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency) 3. Jane Tennison (Prime Suspect) 4. George Gently (Inspector George Gently) 5. Endeavour Morse (Inspector Morse) 6. Alec Hardy (Broadchurch) 7. Jeff Randall and Marty Hopkirk (Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)) 8. Sherlock Holmes 9. Father Brown 10. Jimmy Perez Mystery shows set outside the US 1. Shetland ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/1912 "2019-12-02T04:04:37Z")
Mystery shows set outside the US 1. Shetland 2. Judge Dee Mysteries (China) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/1913 "2019-12-02T05:46:55Z")
Mystery shows set outside the US 1. Shetland 2. Judge Dee Mysteries (China) 3. Frankie Drake Mysteries (Canada) ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/1914 "2019-12-02T06:33:07Z")
Mystery shows set outside the US 1. Shetland 2. Judge Dee Mysteries (China) 3. Frankie Drake Mysteries (Canada) 4. Murdoch Mysteries (Canada) ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/1915 "2019-12-02T12:36:18Z")
Mystery shows set outside the US 1. Shetland 2. Judge Dee Mysteries (China) 3. Frankie Drake Mysteries (Canada) 4. Murdoch Mysteries (Canada) 5. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency (Botswana) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/1916 "2019-12-02T12:42:24Z")
Mystery shows set outside the US 1. Shetland 2. Judge Dee Mysteries (China) 3. Frankie Drake Mysteries (Canada) 4. Murdoch Mysteries (Canada) 5. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency (Botswana) 6. Maigret (France) ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/1917 "2019-12-02T14:42:00Z")
Mystery shows set outside the US 1. Shetland 2. Judge Dee Mysteries (China) 3. Frankie Drake Mysteries (Canada) 4. Murdoch Mysteries (Canada) 5. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency (Botswana) 6. Maigret (France) 7. Mystery Road (Australia) ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/1918 "2019-12-02T15:06:50Z")
Mystery shows set outside the US 1. Shetland 2. Judge Dee Mysteries (China) 3. Frankie Drake Mysteries (Canada) 4. Murdoch Mysteries (Canada) 5. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency (Botswana) 6. Maigret (France) 7. Mystery Road (Australia) 8. Death in Paradise (Saint-Marie) ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/1919 "2019-12-02T15:14:01Z")
Mystery shows set outside the US 1. Shetland 2. Judge Dee Mysteries (China) 3. Frankie Drake Mysteries (Canada) 4. Murdoch Mysteries (Canada) 5. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency (Botswana) 6. Maigret (France) 7. Mystery Road (Australia) 8. Death in Paradise (Saint-Marie) 9. Babylon Berlin (Germany) ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/1920 "2019-12-02T15:17:59Z")
Mystery shows set outside the US 1. Shetland 2. Judge Dee Mysteries (China) 3. Frankie Drake Mysteries (Canada) 4. Murdoch Mysteries (Canada) 5. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency (Botswana) 6. Maigret (France) 7. Mystery Road (Australia) 8. Death in Paradise (Saint-Marie) 9. Babylon Berlin (Germany) 10. Hinterland (Wales) This was mine, so pass. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004.md?page=95) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004.md?page=97)