Poll: British Police Detectives

A poll by pbn

Results of 3,502 votes:

  1. 956

    Idris Elba in Luther (2010)

  2. 353

    Rupert Graves in Sherlock (2010)

  3. 304

    Helen Mirren in Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act (2006)

  4. 221

    David Tennant and Olivia Colman in Broadchurch (2013)

  5. 196

    Philip Jackson, David Suchet, and Nicholas Delve in Poirot (1989)

  6. 187

    Jason Hughes and John Nettles in Midsomer Murders (1997)

  7. 161

    Gillian Anderson in The Fall (2013)

  8. 134

    Michael Kitchen in Foyle's War (2002)

  9. 118

    John Thaw and Kevin Whately in Inspector Morse (1987)

  10. 117

    Shaun Evans in Endeavour (2012)

  11. 99

    Philip Glenister and John Simm in Life on Mars (2006)

  12. 85

    Jerome Flynn, Matthew Macfadyen, and Adam Rothenberg in Ripper Street (2012)

  13. 77

    David Jason and John Lyons in A Touch of Frost (1992)

  14. 66

    Brenda Blethyn in Vera (2011)

  15. 62

    Laurence Fox and Kevin Whately in Inspector Lewis (2006)

  16. 42

    Martin Shaw in Inspector George Gently (2007)

  17. 41

    Rupert Penry-Jones in Whitechapel (2009)

  18. 38

    New Tricks (2003)

  19. 32

    Richard Harrington, Mali Harries, Hannah Daniel, and Alex Harries in Hinterland (2013)

  20. 32

    John Thaw and Dennis Waterman in The Sweeney (1974)

  21. 31

    Lesley Sharp and Suranne Jones in Scott & Bailey (2011)

  22. 29

    Murphy's Law (2003)

  23. 17

    Trevor Eve in Waking the Dead (2000)

  24. 15

    Ken Stott in Messiah (2001)

  25. 14

    Nathaniel Parker and Sharon Small in The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001)

  26. 14

    Colin Buchanan and Warren Clarke in Dalziel and Pascoe (1996)

  27. 13

    Taggart (1983)

  28. 13

    Death of an Expert Witness (1983)

  29. 13

    Wycliffe (1993)

  30. 11

    The Bill (1984)

  31. 7

    John Hannah in Rebus (2000)

  32. 4

    Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987)

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