3 under -fulfilled British Crime Shows for watching in March 2025

Spring may not seem like the season to watch crime shows, but when is it not Good time to solve a good mystery or two? The good weather outside does not mean that you have to ignore the many amazing stories of Suspense available during streaming.

The British know how to spin a good crime yarn, and one of their major exports for years has been the mysterious genre. From the murders of the countryside quaint to shocking crimes in urban locations, British mysteries stand apart and above their counterparts in America.

This March, treat yourself to one, two, or three of the following under -filled British crime shows currently streaming on Netflix, Max and Britbox.

‘Ludwig’ (2025)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umzocpqbmbg

Fans of Monk gets a kick out of LuddwigA new British detective show that is already one of the The year’s best reviewed series. John “Ludwig” Taylor (David Mitchell) is a recluse that enjoys his isolation and creates his increasingly complex puzzle books.

His restorative existence is disrupted when his twin, Detective Inspector James Taylor (also Mitchell), will go missing, and his anxious wife Lucy (Anna Maxwell Martin) asks him to find him. To find out what happened to his brother, Ludwig stands like James and solves other crimes in trying to solve the mystery of his brother’s disappearance.

Luddwig Played mainly for laughing as the inert social hero has to pretend to be so social and charming as his brother to take off her charade. As the prickly puzzle maker, Mitchell is a hoot as a man who becomes a secretly detective that he always wanted to be. He has a nice relationship with Maxwell Martin, and their Testus exchanges, always funny back and forth is the best part of the show.

Luddwig streaming on Britbox.

‘CB strike’ (2017-present)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enhKP9x8r1c

Jk rowling is more than just writer Harry Potter and his wizard friends. Using the nickname Robert Galbraith, the Scottish author wrote several mysterious novels including emotionally damaged detectives Cormoran Blue Strike and his partner Robin. Most of the novels are already adapted to several seasons of Strike CBwhich streams in the US on Max.

Many of the show’s mysteries include the suspicious suicide of a famous model, the disappearance of a controversial author, and the murder of a woman who died in the 1960s. In addition to crime resolution, strike (Tom Burke) and Robin (Holliday Grainger) Growing closer, at first as friends, and later, as something bigger.

Although he has been on for eight years, Strike Only 19 episodes to enjoy, but what has no size, is more than compensating for quality. Burke is probably identifiable to most US viewers as “that guy from Fierce”, But he deserves to be more famous because of his excellent work here. Smart, hostile, grumpy, and caring, his strike could have been a cliché, but Burke makes him truly original and the detective that you would want to solve your murder.

Strike CB streaming on Max.

‘Collateral’ (2016)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grwcfbzi0- Q

Abdullah Asif has been murdered, and no one knows who did it or why. No one really cares, in fact, except the Detective Kip Glasspie (Carey Mulligan), who believes his death is more than just a random driving shoot. His assumption turns out to be accurate as a KIP investigation leads her to reveal a conspiracy that includes high status politicians and low human traders.

Parallel Only four episodes long, but makes the most of its shorter running time than usual. With an intelligent script by a playwright David Hare and a prominent leading performance by Mulligan, Parallel is a crime show that skilfully combines social commentary and suspension in an entertaining package. The show takes place largely in London, and makes great use of the city’s historic buildings and atmospheric neighborhoods.

Parallel streaming on Netflix.