A dozen crime shows returning in 2026 to look forward to We thought we’d look ahead at the various crime shows returning to our screens in 2026. We stopped at a dozen, then realised even that was too much. We thought we’d list them all then focus on a few. Our dozen crime shows returning … >
We picked a few (eight) returning crime shows we enjoyed in 2025 — did we include your favourites? It’s a good time to be a fan of crime shows, particularly in the UK if you like the more cozy end of the scale. We’ve collected some of the shows we’ve enjoyed once more this year … >
Here’s our pick of the new crime shows we watched in 2025 — there were quite a few Christmas means time to reflect on the year about to end. We watched more programmes than we can readily remember, but the following seven did impress us and we hope for more (and in many cases will … >
Will there be a Murder Before Evensong season 2 — we certainly hope so, but is our optimism misplaced In this cutthroat world of modern television production, many ostensibly good series with potential don’t make it far enough to fully develop. The cost of production needs to balance audience numbers (the BBC may be less … >
Welcome to the Cultbox Cozy Crime Catchup for November 2025 — we talk Art Detectives, Irish Blood, Miss Scarlet, Professor T and A Remarkable Place to Die Since our previous look at some of the cozy crime shows we don’t always get to, there’s been plenty of news. We’ve covered shows like Return to Paradise and Shaekespeare & … >
Death in Paradise spinoff Return to Paradise series 2 starts on the BBC later this month Via the show’s Faceb00k page, we learn the second spin-off from Death in Paradise will hit our screens on October 31, at 8 pm. We don’t know if the Halloween slot is relevant to the first episode. This will allow … >
Harry Enfield, Nigel Harman, Peter Davison and many more join the cast for third series of The Marlow Murder Club in first look images UKTV has revealed a host of first look images for upcoming The Marlow Murder Club series 3 and details for the guest cast in various episodes. Filming has concluded on the six-part … >
The Murder Before Evensong UK date for Channel 5 has been revealed, as well as a lot of video content — we have the details When we last covered the adaptation of Reverend Richard Coles Murder Before Evensong, we didn’t have the UK date beyond “autumn”. Now we can reveal the show is on Channel 5 … >
Thursday Murder Club review — stars a-plenty crowd out some of the plot in this easy to enjoy film, but would a series have been a better choice? To avoid any confusion, let’s make it clear there’s plenty to enjoy in the Netflix / Chris Columbus film adaptation of Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club. … >
Cozy Crime Catchup for September 2025 has news on Bookish, Ludwig, Signora Volpe and more Some weeks there’s too much news to blog or too many smaller items needing company to make a complete article. Welcome to Cozy Crime Catchup, an occasional posting where we collect together news you may have missed. It turns out there’s quite … >