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⌈ Secret Post #4624 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

This is why I only watch British or period cop shows.

Obviously British cops aren't perfect, but there isn't an underlying reputation of them shooting black people for no reason. Or anybody, because they don't have guns.

[rosehiptea]

I also usually watch British shows. I actually have no idea about real British cops and what they do or don't do but it's a lot more removed from me than say, the Los Angeles Police Department, which has such bad issues I'd have a hard time watching them with that not acknowledged.

[(Anonymous)]

Are there any British cop shows that are case per episode the way American ones are and that move at a fast pace? Because I tried Broadchurch, and it was way too slow and boring for me. Endeavor I also tried and while it was episodic, it still was way too slow for my tastes.

[(Anonymous)]

Shitloads!

Just googling 'British cop shows' will give you more than you can shake a stick at. They tend to be less typical cop shows and more detective shows, though. We tend to be more interested in people solving the crimes than the uniform hangers guarding the crime scenes, I guess. I don't think there's much call for beat bobbies on screen.

I tend to like them with a twist. I like Luther, because it's unconventional, I like Ripper Street because it's a Victorian-era cop show without any quaintness. New Tricks, because it's cold cases. WPC56 because it's about the first female police officer in the city I'm from, haha. The Coroner because it's about her working with the local police in a small town. Harrow, which is ... I think Australian. If I recall it's a Murder of the Week with an over-arching storyline. Waking the Dead, which is really rather good, but it's been a while since I saw it.

I also do like the quainter little investigatory shows that may or may not directly deal with the police and may or may not be British, but tend to keep to case-per-week to an hour timeslot. Like... Father Brown, which is very... pastoral, Murdoch Mysteries which is Victorian-era and Canadian. I like Doctor Blake and Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, which are both Australian. Death in Paradise, which is a British/French show set on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie.

However, if it's strictly the cop aspect you're after, and gritty and serious is what you need, there are plenty of normal ones. Taggart, A Touch of Frost, Lewis, Silent Witness, George Gently, etc.

I have to admit, I haven't seen Broadchurch or Endeavour, though, so I can't compare any of the myriad police shows I watch to what you're looking to avoid.

I only really watched a couple of American cop shows and they tended towards investigation rather than police (like with Criminal Minds) or mild humour rather than hard-hitting seriousness all the time, like ... Rizzoli and Isles, because good grief American cop shows can be grindy.

Mostly, it's because out cop show TV channel tends to show American shows that will more appeal to British audiences. |D

[(Anonymous)]

US shows I'm watching in the UK
The Rookie - older white male becomes a rookie, diverse cast including gay black rookie and there's no 'coming out' or angst about it, they face various moral dilemmas and learn the limitations of the law and when they need to bend the rules to ensure justice

LA Finest - if OP wants to see cops doing a mix of good things (episode where they were sensitive about investigating trans woman's death) but also shows many cops are corrupt the two female leads are a good example of this - Jessica Alba, Gabrielle Union star

Shades of Blue - corrupt cops if that's your thing

I haven't seen Blue Bloods but that might be another one.

But insisting all cops are bad is weird.