# What should I watch while I'm waiting for new episodes of "Endeavour" and "Lewis"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 29, 2014, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-watch-while-im-waiting-for-new-episodes-of-endeavour-and-lewis/689572 "2014-05-29T17:04:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-watch-while-im-waiting-for-new-episodes-of-endeavour-and-lewis/689572/21 "2014-05-30T17:00:10Z")
Ngaio Marsh’s detective, Inspector Alleyn, featured in a short-lived series starring Patrick Malahide & Belinda Lang. There are about 8 episodes, all set in post-war England. Most are pretty good, although some liberties have been taken with Marsh’s stories. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-watch-while-im-waiting-for-new-episodes-of-endeavour-and-lewis/689572/22 "2014-05-30T19:52:33Z")
Hinterland, A Welsh Detective Wallander, A Swedish Detective Inspector Montalbano, An Italian Detective The Young Montalbano, An Italian Detective(a prequel) ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-watch-while-im-waiting-for-new-episodes-of-endeavour-and-lewis/689572/23 "2014-05-30T20:43:59Z")
> [@DaphneBlack](#): > > Have you seen ‘Jonathan Creek’? It’s more comic than the others but charming, clever and very British. Alan Davies stars as a magician’s assistant who winds up solving a lot of ‘impossible crime’ type cases. > > I am an inveterate addict of all Britcrime shows, and Jonathan Creek is one of my faves. Oh yes, actually _Jonathan Creek_ was what got me started on my mystery series kick a few years ago! (I guess my request for suggestions for new viewing would be more useful if I could get my act together to specify what I’ve already viewed, huh? Sorry, I had totally forgotten about _Jonathan Creek_ in this context.) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-watch-while-im-waiting-for-new-episodes-of-endeavour-and-lewis/689572/24 "2014-05-30T21:03:35Z")
> [@cher3](#): > > I liked the Miss Marple stories (Joan Hickson version–I haven’t seen the newer ones.) Also, Michael Gambon as Maigret. Or Bruno Cremer as [Maigret.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167644/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DaphneBlack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daphneblack/32/5389_2.png) [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-watch-while-im-waiting-for-new-episodes-of-endeavour-and-lewis/689572/25 "2014-05-30T22:15:32Z")
I endorse ‘New Tricks’ and ‘Scott and Bailey’ as well. Solid procedurals. If you like period mysteries, how about Australia in 1920s? ‘Miss Fishers Murder Mysteries’ is very well-made and has charming characters. Two series available on DVD. A new series of ‘Jonathan Creek’ is apparently being filmed, but that won’t help you now I suppose. Something else to look forward to. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-watch-while-im-waiting-for-new-episodes-of-endeavour-and-lewis/689572/26 "2014-05-30T22:46:31Z")
> [@ouryL](#): > > Wallander, A Swedish Detective I really tried to like that one, but it was so brutally _bleak_ that I gave up. It makes Game of Thrones look like Cheers. ---
**Author:** ![all1966](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@all1966](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/all1966)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-watch-while-im-waiting-for-new-episodes-of-endeavour-and-lewis/689572/27 "2014-05-30T23:18:56Z")
Speaking of David Tennant, we just watched the first disc of “Broadchurch” and are hooked. Only one season, but they’ll be back for a second. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-watch-while-im-waiting-for-new-episodes-of-endeavour-and-lewis/689572/28 "2014-05-31T20:05:19Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > I really tried to like that one, but it was so brutally _bleak_ that I gave up. It makes Game of Thrones look like Cheers. The Swedish version isn’t nearly so bleak as the British version with Kenneth Branagh. Wallander even smiles once in a while in the Swedish version. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-watch-while-im-waiting-for-new-episodes-of-endeavour-and-lewis/689572.md?page=1)