TV Talk Rec Fest: Mysteries or Horror

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Welcome to day 5 of Rec Fest! Today please recommend shows which could be considered mysteries or horror. While these two formats can be quite different there may also be overlaps at times. Mysteries might include procedurals, detective series, or dramas which center on a mystery which runs for the whole series or on a season by season basis. Horror often includes supernatural events but may also overlap with the suspense genre where dread and fear predominate.

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Show Title:
Audience Rating: Young Children/All Ages/Teen and Up/Mature Content
Warnings: (Could include gory content, raunchy situations, explicit sex, offensive content, etc.)
Length of Episodes: (30 minutes/1 hour/Other)
Length of Series: (Number of seasons or number of episodes)
Why you recommend it: (What draws you to it? What niche does it fill/mood is it good for?)

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[jo]

Show Title: Line of Duty
Audience Rating: Adult
Warnings: Violence, strong language
Length of Episodes: one hour (proper hour -- no ad breaks)
Length of Series: 6 series, 36 episodes total. However, there are persistent rumours that a 7th series might happen.
Why you recommend it: Strong characters, twisty plots, great guest stars (Kelly MacDonald! Keeley Hawes! Thandi Newton! Lenny James!) each series, edge of your seat action -- it's just a great show, even if it gets a bit over-the-top at times.

Line of Duty follows DS Steve Arnott, a former authorized firearms officer who is transferred to AC-12 after he refuses to cover-up a botched anti-terrorist operation that resulted in an unlawful shooting by his team. AC-12 is a unit tasked with uncovering police corruption. Arnott is partnered with DC Kate Fleming and they work under the supervision of Superintendent Ted Hastings ("Jesus, Mary and Joseph and the wee donkey!" -- Hastings uses a lot of quirky catchphrases). Throughout the 6 series, AC-12 investigate seemingly unconnected cases involving allegedly corrupt police officers, with each series focusing on a different corrupt officer. AC-12 gradually realizes the pervasive nature of corruption and the police's deep-rooted links to an organized crime group. A long-running story arc revolves around discovering the identity of "H", a corrupt person or persons of senior rank within the police force who are instrumental in running organized crime.

So yes, it has bent coppers, conspiracies that reach the upper echelons of the government, and our plucky trio of good guys trying to find the answers. I will warn that the first series is a bit slow -- I guess the show was sort of finding itself -- but stick with it because it really takes off with series 2, and series 1 is important to the ongoing story line.