John Thaw and Dennis Waterman in The Sweeney (1975)

Helen Mirren in Prime Suspect: The Final Act (2006)

John Thaw and Kevin Whately in Inspector Morse (1987)

Jason Hughes and John Nettles in Os Assassinatos de Midsomer (1997)

David Jason and John Lyons in Detetive Frost (1992)

Jerome Flynn, Matthew Macfadyen, and Adam Rothenberg in Ripper Street (2012)

Philip Glenister and John Simm in Life on Mars (2006)

David Tennant and Olivia Colman in Broadchurch (2013)

Nathaniel Parker and Sharon Small in The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001)

Laurence Fox and Kevin Whately in Lewis (2006)

Lesley Sharp and Suranne Jones in Scott & Bailey (2011)

Richard Harrington, Mali Harries, Hannah Daniel, and Alex Harries in Hinterland (2013)

Alun Armstrong, James Bolam, Amanda Redman, and Dennis Waterman in New Tricks (2003)

Philip Jackson, David Suchet, and Nicholas Delve in Poirot (1989)

George Baker in The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987)