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Neagley
3 days to go16 September 2026 · UK
Prime VideoThis is the new Reacher spin-off starring Maria Sten as private investigator Frances Neagley, with Alan Ritchson appearing as Reacher.
Slow Horses
3 days to go16 September 2026 · UK
Apple TVSeason 6 sends the Slow Horses on the run when Diana Taverner draws them into a deadly game of retaliation and revenge. Adapted from Mick Herron’s Joe Country and Slough House, the six-part season raises the stakes considerably, although Jackson Lamb remains as charmingly appalling as ever.
Mobland
5 days to go18 September 2026 · UK
Paramount+Season 2 finds the Harrigans attempting to present a united front while new rivals circle their fractured criminal empire. Caught between external threats and an increasingly volatile family, Harry Da Souza must once again keep everyone alive, loyal and preferably pointing their guns in the right direction.
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Detectives, courtrooms and cases that refuse to stay closed.
26 matching guides EspionageSpies, double agents and secrets with an inconvenient body count.
8 matching guides Political DramaPower, persuasion and exceptionally dangerous meetings.
6 matching guides Military & ActionMissions, pursuits and plans that rarely survive first contact.
8 matching guides Psychological ThrillersUnreliable minds, dangerous games and steadily rising pressure.
3 matching guides Science FictionTechnology, strange futures and realities with faulty wiring.
2 matching guides Classic TelevisionLandmark shows, old-school heroes and glorious analogue confidence.
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2020s
Slow Horses
✨ Byte-Sized Overview Slow Horses follows the disgraced MI5 officers exiled to Slough House, an administrative dumping ground where failed agents are…
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2020s
Reacher
✨ Byte-Sized Overview Jack Reacher owns no home, carries almost nothing and travels wherever the next bus happens to be going. Unfortunately…
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2020s
Black Doves
✨ Byte-Sized Overview Black Doves is a British espionage thriller that finds Keira Knightley hiding a remarkable secret beneath the immaculate surface…
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2020s
Neagley
✨ Byte-Sized Overview Neagley expands the world of Reacher by placing Frances Neagley, the highly capable former Army investigator played by Maria…
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2000s
Life on Mars
✨ Byte-Sized Overview Sam Tyler is a modern Manchester detective who likes evidence properly logged, suspects treated according to procedure and interviews…
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2000s
24
Byte-Sized Overview Federal agent Jack Bauer has one day to stop a national catastrophe. Unfortunately, the terrorists have brought backup, the government…
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1970s
Charlie’s Angels
Byte-Sized Overview Once upon a time, three women went to the police academy. Each proved more capable than the routine assignments awaiting…
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1980s
Miami Vice
Byte-Sized Overview Miami Vice follows undercover Metro-Dade detectives James “Sonny” Crockett and Ricardo “Rico” Tubbs through a city where police work, international…
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1970s
The Persuaders
Byte-Sized Overview The Persuaders! is a gloriously polished action-adventure series built around one irresistible calculation: place a charming English aristocrat beside a…
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1960s
The Avengers
Byte-Sized Overview Before superheroes claimed the name, The Avengers belonged to a British secret agent in a bowler hat and a succession…
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2020s
1923
Byte-Sized Overview The Duttons have survived the journey of 1883, founded a ranch and reached the twentieth century. Their reward is drought,…
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