Crime Drama Queens
Two old friends, Lily and Lex, chat about their love of TV crime dramas and murder mysteries. Each episode they watch and discuss a different show and what it means to them.
Episodes
83 episodes
Episode seventy three - "Benidorm is Murder" (season one, episode five, "Summary Justice")
Ooh, an ex detective in an exotic location helping the local police on murder investigations? With silly hats? Be still our crime drama hearts! But is is this on the "Death in Paradise" scale of delight, or "The Good Ship Murder" le...
Episode seventy two - "Annika" (season two, episode three)
It's the shark tank episode!And, quite frankly, there's just not enough shark tank. We never learn our lesson.We do discuss badgers, coconut shies, and the architectural complexities of shark tanks. This episode contai...
Episde seventy one - "A Caribbean Mystery" (BOTH the Joan Hickson and Julia McKenzie versions)
It's the clash of the Marples! But who is better? Joan Hickson or Julia McKenzie? There's only one way to find out.... We will discuss it and come to a considered conclusion! Poisoning, stabbing, drowning, and lots of go...
It's summer and we're interimming.
The school holidays are in full swing and I'm afraid all we have been able to squeeze out is this interim ep. We chat about new crime dramas hitting our screens, as well as digging up some older shows that could be worth a squiz. Ma...
Episode seventy - "Cooper and Fry" (season one, episode one)
Cooper and Fry are a pair of mismatched detectives, one a blow-in from the city, one local born and bred. They have different ways of doing things and don't get along at first...Wait! Come back! I know you think you've seen this all bef...
Episode sixty nine - "Hinterland" (season one, episode four)
With opening credits created by a GCSE Media Studies student, a victim with "darkness" in her, a man in a silly hat, and HUGE amounts of spraying blood, this is a bit of a winner. Lex enjoyed it more than she enjoys a piece of toast, and as you...
Episode sixty eight: "Beyond Paradise" (season four, episode three)
Behold the Knuckerhold Dragon! This one is a bit bonkers but we (Lily) love it anyway. Lex misses the maggots of course, but that's just Lex for you.How could you NOT love it though? Morris Dancing, liquid rubber, a bloke cal...
Episode sixty seven - "A Taste For Murder" (season one, episode two, "Torta Della Nonna")
The Met Police are at it again! DCI Joe Mottram is in Capri to spend time with his daughter and his in laws following the death of his wife. Naturally, the murders come rolling in and he must help the local plod catch the various bad guys. ...
Episode sixty six - "Above Suspicion" (season one, episodes one and two)
First of all, apologies if your name is Alan Daniels. Or Alan anything, actually. We are not kind to you in this episode, but we do love you really.Blame "Above Suspicion"! It pushed us to the edge of reason with the gassy corpses, sexua...
Episode sixty five - "The Puzzle Lady" (season one, episode one)
Better late than never! Especially if you watched The Puzzle Lady and were starting to grow resentful towards us. We apologise. For everything. Our tardiness. Our program choice...We didn't love this one, but we did get to say "no dick, ...
Episode sixty four - "Patience" (season two, episode three, "The Magpie")
Hey presto! It's our second episode of Patience, and we did, indeed, lose our patience with it. There is a man with a silly hat though, which goes a long way with us, but sadly not far enough. Buckle in for magicians, jewel thieves,...
Episode sixty three - "Trial and Retribution" (season three, episodes one and two)
Better late than never! Apologies for the late delivery of this episode; Trial and Retribution knocked us out and it took us an extra few days to digest. Especially with all those maggots. All. Those. Maggots. If you can stomach mag...
Episode sixty two - "The Sister Boniface Mysteries" (season two, episode one, "Don't Try This at Home")
What great japes this programme is! We thought Sister Boniface was really quite spiffing actually. There are lolly stick pipe holders, a chatty parrot, and a deadly puppet. Why ANYONE would choose to live in a village named "Great Slaughter" is...
Episode sixty one - "Taggart" (season seven, episode two, "Nest of Vipers")
Taggart! At last, oh happy (if a bit grim) days! We have venomous snakes in beds, cars, and dog food, a spider up your sleeve, juicy frogs, fatal spaghetti, and a lot of TERRIBLE hair! And a description of Lex's Burns Night outfit from the earl...
Episode sixty - "Campion" (season one, episodes 5 and 6, "The Case of the Late Pig")
Tally ho! Pip pip! We have a bit of everything for you today: pigs, highballs, wham kapow fights, more pigs, a history lesson about the English Civil War, a crucified scarecrow, and yet more pigs. Also, if you don't want to hear our thoughts on...
Episode fifty nine - "Lynley" (season one, episode one, "A Place of Hiding")
Do you remember The Inspector Lynley Mysteries? Yeah, this is that. Did we need it rebooted? Let's find out!Lex gives us a history lesson on the London sewer network (thank you, Joseph Bazalgette), we discuss men's fashions, hand grenade...
Episode fifty eight - We are interimming on christmas TV!
Listeners! We're back! We have missed you! Have you missed us? (don't answer that)We're back for a quick interim ep to talk about the crime dramas we did and didn't watch over Christmas. Don't worry, there are no spoilers this week, so i...
Episode fifty seven - "Maigret" (season one, episode one, "Maigret Sets a Trap")
Bonjour! We're in Paris and our detective, Maigret, is investigating a series of stabbings. Unfortunately for him the press, his boss, and sometimes his wife, all think he's doing a RUBBISH job. But fear not, with the help of his pipe and fedor...
Episode fifty six - "Death on the Tyne"
What do a harpoon, a corkscrew, a giant toblerone, and Jane McDonald's secretions all have in common? They're all murder weapons of course! Welcome to the delightfully bonkers Death on the Tyne! This isn't our usual speed but we lov...
Episode fifty five - "The Madame Blanc Mysteries" (season one, episode three)
Friends, this whole episode is about us finding more Sue Johnston to love, with a bit of Madame Blanc on the side. Actually, this is probably our most chaotic episode yet. Yay!Fear not, we still spend plenty of time in the world of Jean ...
Episode fifty four - "Murphy's Law" (season one, episode four(ish), "Kiss and Tell")
Has "Murphy's Law" ever been compared to the 70's classic "Abigail's Party" before? Well, there's a first time for everything. This early episode of Jimmy Nesbitt's gritty cop drama combines high farce with delicate pathos in a way that is, in ...
Episode fifty three - "Hetty Wainthropp Investigates" (season two, episode one, "Poison Pen")
Apologies for the tardy release of this one; half term duties disrupted things a smidge! But have no fear, Hetty is here at last. She is on the trail of a poison pen writer who has a whole village gripped in terror - who will be accused of bein...
Episode fifty two - "The Inspector Lynley Mysteries" (season one, episode two, "Payment in Blood")
Let's play Crime Drama bingo!We have a closed circle mystery in a country house with the Met Police drafted in to solve multiple murders featuring arterial spray on the ceiling along with ...
Episode fifty one - "Touching Evil" (season two, episodes one and two)
Oh, the nineties, the decade of crime drama that just keeps giving! Touching Evil is at the gritty end of the scale and has all the tropes we have come to know and roll our eyes at. There is bad arterial spray, good arterial spray, creepy kille...
Episode FIFTY! "Whitstable Pearl" (season two, episode six, "For Those We Love")
Welcome to our FIFTIETH EPISODE! (Not including bonus or interimming etc.)This milestone completely passed us by when we were recording this. Never mind. Onwards! Kerry Godliman plays our heroine, Pearl Nolan, and there is a ...