Trevor Chaplin and Jill Swinburne have settled down.  Teachers at a run-down school in Leeds, they're new parents to a son they call Firstborn.  Trevor is a jazz fan; Jill wants to save the planet.  One day a friend asks a favor:  will they look after a refugee?  Soon Trevor and Jill are harboring criminals, under police surveillance, and trying to convince the headmaster that their new school supplies aren't stolen goods.   

With old-school detective work and a little state-of-the-art forensics, the veterans unearth a range of baffling crimes, including the murder of a lawyer, a racially motivated attack on an Asian bride, and a mysterious unidentified human torso. Includes the complete 8-episode second season.

Dr. Thorndyke, early proponent of forensic investigation, blind gumshoe Mac Carrados, gentleman thief Simon Carne, and Mr. Carnacki, detective of the occult, pit their wits against the best that London's underworld has to offer. Includes 13 mysteries and profiles of the rival detectives and their creators.  (Set 2 is also available.  Please check library catalog.)

Detective William Murdoch uses emerging science such as ballistics and profiling to solve the most dreadful crimes in Victorian-era Toronto. Includes 13 episodes, behind the scenes featurette, photo gallery, cast filmographies, and character bios.

Features three feature-length episodes that follow each case from the crime to the courtroom, revealing the complex machinations of an often flawed justice system. Includes photo galleries, biography of creator Lynda La Plante, and cast filmographies.