At the end of the 1920s, in Petrograd, on Krestovsky Island, the corpse of a man similar to the engineer Garin was found. Garin himself managed to take advantage of the brilliant discovery of the scientist Mantsev and designed an apparatus with destructive power. A dangerous hunt begins for this invention. Having faked the death, he emigrated from Russia and, under the guise of a French businessman, tries to establish contacts with the head of one of the European financial concerns, Rolling. Garin's ultimate goal is power over the world...
Richard Vernon and Michael Aldridge star as Home Office-appointed criminologists in this clever, humorous and highly original Granada series. Devised and co-written by the award-winning Robin Chapman – the creator of the series’ famous prequel The Man in Room 17 – The Fellows charts the continuing work and often strained relationship of Room 17’s former occupants Oldenshaw and Dimmock.
Now appointed to the Peel Research Fellowship at All Saints’ College, Cambridge, they no longer simply solve crimes, trap spies and hunt traitors; their new brief is to investigate the changing nature of crime, ultimately advising the police, legislature and government. But the familiar cat-and-mouse game with the criminal fraternity isn’t over yet, and and their ingeniously unorthodox tactics help to ensnare several lynchpins of organised crime – including infamous gangland boss Spindoe.
Pavel is an employee of the telephone psychological support service. One day, he receives a call from a mysterious stranger threatening to blow up a country house where people close to him are located. The mysterious bomber does not care about money, he only needs a psychologist to understand who is on the line with him and tell him his real name. Pavel has only one hour to remember all his problem callers and prevent an explosion.
The crimes that are distinct to one U.S. region, whether it is bodies that turn up in swamps in the Bayou, killers stalking the sandy beaches of the Jersey Shore, victims lusting for fame in the Hollywood Hills, or screams lost in the cold Alaskan tundra. The series illuminates what connects these crimes to their environments and what makes them so uniquely American.
Ryou Naruzawa (Kenji Sakaguchi), a detective at the Asagaya station, along with his partner Satoko Hagio (Akiko Yada) and senior detective Atsuo Ishii (Kenichi Endo), are Arrested Shigeru Majima (Kazuma Suzuki) serial female murderer. However, just before the indictment, a bomb threat arrives at the investigation headquarters was the beginning of all nightmares. The demand is for the release of the arrested murderer, Majima.
Morita Sakura is a peculiar "freeter" (freelance part-timer) who dreams of becoming a mystery novel writer. While switching between various jobs throughout the series, she also becomes an assistant to Officer Udagawa, a detective who discovers her excellent memory and reasoning skills. On the other hand, Udagawa (who has just joined the police ranks through his father's connections) is fairly inept and has a tendency to fall in love with female suspects. --Tokyograph
A Syrian series based on the novel "The Sleeping Murder" by Agatha Christie. The events revolve around a murder that occurred in the past and was not discovered until 20 years after it was committed.
The female-led thriller A State of Grace centers around Helen Grace, the UK’s most unconventional, most explosive crime fighter. A Detective Inspector at Southampton Central, Helen is used to putting her body on the line, as she chases down murderers, rapists and gangland criminals. The higher the stakes, the harder Helen fights, but this leather-clad, Kawasaki-riding heroine is about to come face to face with a once-in-a-generation criminal – a devious and macabre serial killer whose reign of terror will prove to be as shocking as it is blood-soaked.
A young British nanny, Clare Rigby, is accused of arson and the attempted murder of the child she looked after. Incarcerated in the San Stephano prison in Naples, desperate and alone, she turns to top advocate Alessandra Locatelli.
Police drama concerning a maverick chief of detectives dealing with two cop killings and a spate of bank robberies. He's also fighting a back stabbing police commissioner and a revolutionary leader plotting a police massacre.
Criminal Behavior Analyst, Casey Jordan, interviews women who have been accused and/or charged with stabbing their spouses or boyfriends. The viewer sees an interview with the accused women and a reenactment of the alleged history of the relationship.