British Cosy Crime

British cosy crime and mysteries news and reviews. From TV programs and radio drama. To books, audiobooks and podcasts. Cosy (not gritty) focused more on the mystery-solving, usually by an amateur sleuth.

Popular BBC R4 Mystery Dramas: Agatha Raisin

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Best BBC Radio Cosy Crime Dramas Agatha Raisin Complete Collection Audible Apple Audiobooks

This post details all of the BBC radio 4 full-cast dramatisations of the popular cosy crime book series, Agatha Raisin listed in order. M. C. Beaton’s irascible but likeable amateur sleuth of the Cotswolds, played brilliantly by Penelope Keith!

Details of each episodes in this top radio 4 mystery comedy drama series are included below, plus how to get the BBC radio Agatha Raisin complete collection – on audiobook or audio CD.

For more of the best BBC radio 4 dramatisations of cosy and classic crime fiction, see my posts listed below.

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Best BBC Radio Mystery Dramas: Lord Peter Wimsey

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Lord Peter Wimsey Top BBC Radio Dramatisations Listed in Order

This post details the definitive BBC radio dramatisations of 11 Lord Peter Wimsey books by Dorothy L Sayers.

These full-cast radio plays, star Ian Carmichael as the aristocratic amateur sleuth, Lord Peter.

For more classic crime fiction adapted into top BBC radio dramas, see my posts listed below.

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Beyond Paradise – BBC Crime Drama including New Series

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BBC Beyond Paradise Series Episode Lists

This post details the spin-off of BBC’s Death in Paradise, Beyond Paradise starring Kris Marshall as DI Humphrey Goodman.

Follow him as he tackles the latest crimes as the new DI in a small local police station of a Devon seaside town.

For more top new cozy British crime drama – TV, radio dramatisaions and books, see my posts listed below.

March 2024 Update: details of a new series 2 now included below.

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Most Popular BBC Radio Dramas: Dick Francis

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Best BBC Radio Crime Dramas Dick Francis Books

This post details all of the BBC radio 4 full-cast dramatisations of the best-selling books by jockey and crime writer, Dick Francis.

Still some of the most popular and best-loved of the classic full-cast BBC radio crime dramas.

For more of the best BBC radio dramatisations adapted from popular and classic crime fiction, see my posts listed below.

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Thursday Murder Club Series List including New Books

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Richard Osman books in order

This post details the Thursday Murder Club books in order of release, including upcoming books.

This is the very popular cozy murder mystery series by Richard Osman.

For more top mystery audiobooks and books releasing this year, see my posts listed below.

Update 2023: Details of the 4th book in the series have been added below.

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New Lady Hardcastle Mystery Audiobook

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Top British Mystery Audiobook Free Download Lady Hardcastle Mystery Book 8

Rotten to the Core, releasing today the 8th mystery audiobook in the popular Lady Hardcastle Mystery book series. By T E Kinsey. One of my top ten mystery and thriller audiobooks releasing in 2022, to look out for! This is also one of two T E Kinsey Lady Hardcastle books coming out this year. I’ve included the full series so far, listed in order of release.

For more top mystery audiobooks you might like, from cozy village mysteries to gritty crime thrillers, see my posts listed below.

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Top 10 New Mystery Audiobooks 2022

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Top British Mystery Audiobook Free Download Lady Hardcastle Mystery Book 8

This is a round-up of the ten best new crime and mystery audiobooks coming out in 2022. Including popular mystery series and top crime authors.

Ranging from cozy mysteries to gritty true-crime based thrillers.

For more top new mystery audiobook releases in 2022 plus popular best-selling detective book series listed in order, see my posts listed below.

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Madame Blanc Mysteries New on Acorn

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The Madame Blanc Mysteries 1 Acorn TV UK

New on UK Acorn TV today, The Madame Blanc Mysteries, written by and starring Sally Lindsay. Set in a beautiful town in the South of France.

This 6-part cozy comedy mystery series is already available on US Acorn TV and the whole series one is now also out on UK Acorn TV.

For more Acorn TV 2022 monthly new releases and highlights, see my posts listed below.

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Harry Wild – New Acorn TV Original (April 2022)

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Harry Wild New on Acorn TV Episode List

This post details a new Acorn TV crime drama. An 8 part detective series starring Jane Seymour as Harriet “Harry” Wild.

2 new episodes are being released every Monday throughout April on UK Acorn TV. Episodes are also available on US Acorn TV. I’ve included details of all 8 episodes in season 1, listed in order.

For more top new crime drama for 2022, see my posts below.

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