Why watch?

Peter Capaldi as a corrupt cop facing his own past delivers this with such raw anger and charisma that every scene with him grabs you. The series builds tension around what people do in the dark versus what they can prove in court, and that uncertainty pulls you through. Every episode cuts off just before you find out what happens next.

Who is it for?

Watch this in the evening when you want something dark and slow-burn — lots of interrogations, cold cases, bureaucratic corruption uncovered gradually, minimal action. If you liked Mindhunter or Broadchurch, same tension. Contains violence, drugs, and road accidents, but nothing gratuitous — adult viewing level.

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If you were drawn to Criminal Record for its tense examination of police work grinding against institutional failure, check out Nightcrawler or The Fall — both trap their protagonists in systems that chew them up. Series like Mindhunter and Mare of Easttown also focus on investigations where character and psychology matter more than action, giving you that same slow-burn tension.

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Criminal Record

2024 · 2 seasons6.616
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Classic overview

In the heart of London, an anonymous phone call draws two brilliant detectives—a young woman in the early stages of her career and a well-connected man determined to protect his legacy—into a fight to correct an old miscarriage of justice.

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An anonymous tip pulls two sharp detectives into a case that's been sitting cold for years in London, forcing them to untangle a mess of old mistakes and powerful people who'd rather forget it ever happened. Peter Capaldi plays a veteran cop desperate to protect his reputation, while Cush Jumbo is the younger investigator just trying to do the job right — and their dynamic crackles with tension because they don't trust each other's motives. Paul Rutman built this around the idea that the real investigation isn't just about solving the crime, it's about figuring out who's lying and why they've lied for so long. If you got hooked on Unforgotten or Line of Duty, this scratches that same itch of slowly uncovering what actually happened.

Why watch?

Peter Capaldi as a corrupt cop facing his own past delivers this with such raw anger and charisma that every scene with him grabs you. The series builds tension around what people…

Who is it for?

Watch this in the evening when you want something dark and slow-burn — lots of interrogations, cold cases, bureaucratic corruption uncovered gradually, minimal action. If you liked…

Similar titles

If you were drawn to Criminal Record for its tense examination of police work grinding against institutional failure, check out Nightcrawler or The Fall — both trap their protagoni…

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