If classic detective shows and dazzling dramas is your thing then get excited because STV Player has it alllll! STV Player has thousands of hours of top TV, from addictive crime drama Grace to the gripping and enticing Love & Death. With all this unmissable content we’ve assembled a list of some of the top shows!
The Family
Joan Allen stars are the manipulative ambitious mayor of Red Pines, Maine. Shortly after announcing her candidacy for governor, her son Adam (Liam James) who was kidnapped 10 years previously returns… But is he really who he says he is and where was he for the last decade? Hooked? Find out everything you need to know about The Family!
The Tower
Adapted from Kate London’s metropolitan book series, this gripping crime thriller stars star Gemma Whelan (Game of Thrones) as DI Sarah Collins. With the two most recenet seasons available to stream you’ve got hoursss of detective drama right on your doorstep! After an action packed first season, the second two promise even darker storylines delving into London’s gangs and tackling cold cases!
The Twelve
If you love a gripping narrative with a twist, then you’re in luck. You’ve got two seasons of this stellar Australian crime drama! Season one follows 12 ordinary Australian’s who are called in for jury service, with their hopes, fears and secrets on the stand just as much as the actual accused. The second season takes you to the rural countryside as two ex-lovers stand on trial for the murder of a wealthy farmer, but can twelve jurors really be impartial when they come from a tight-knit community? Starring Sam Neill, Kate Mulvany and Brendan Cowell.
Platform 7
After witnessing an event on a train platform that jogged her memory, Lisa (Jasmine Jobson) a ghost finds her own fragmented memory jogged to reveal a connection between her death and what she witnessed. After concluding that there’s three reasons someone ends up on the tracks, they jump, it’s an accident, or, they are pushed, she decides to investigate the truth behind her death.
Grace
Set in Brighton, this series stars John Simm as Roy Grace, a Detective Superintendent who excels at solving murders. Season one sees him investigating the disappearance of a Brighton property developed who vanished without a trace. With four seasons (one very new), this is defo a show to binge if you love a gritty crime drama!
Love & Death
The sinister fact-based drama tells the true story of Candy Montgomery, a housewife from Texas. Despite living an ordinary life in the late 1970s, it quickly spirals when she has an affair with a friend from church and shortly after his wife ends up dead. Coincidence? The jury will decide. Staring Elizabeth Olsen.
Irvine Welsh’s Crime
This adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s novel is a must watch! The first season sees Di Ray Lennox (Douglas Scott) and Ds Drummond (Joanna Vanderham) investigate the abduction of a schoolgirl, all while Lennox battles his own traumatic past. Season 2 sees a former colleague of Lennox’s assaulted by a mystery assailant and comes to him for help!
Mr Bates vs the Post Office
Unless you’ve been off the grid you mustttt have heard about the post office scandal… right? This excellent drama navigates the extraordinary story of one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British legal history, where hundreds of innocent sub-postmasters and post-mistresses were wrongly accused of theft and fraud due to a defected IT system! Starring Toby Jones, Shaun Dooley and Katherine Kelly.
And if you enjoy this then check out Mr Bates vs the Post Office: The Impact where you’ll find all the goss on how the show impacted the real people!
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