If classic detective shows and dazzling dramas is your thing then get excited because STV Player has it alllll! STV Player has thousands of hours of top TV, from addictive crime drama Grace to the gripping and enticing Love & Death. With all this unmissable content we’ve assembled a list of some of the top shows!
Malpractice
Each season of this medical crime drama follows a team of investigators as they ask some serious questions to try and get to the bottom of cases of malpractice. This latest season follows the case of Dr Ford (Tom Hughes), a doctor who was torn between helping two patients, resulting in the shocking consequences of his actions. However, as the team dive deeper towards the truth, they make a much larger conspiracy!
Burden of Truth
Fresh to free-to-air, this gripping crime drama follows big city lawyer Joanna Hanley (Kristin Kreuk) as she returns to her hometown to investigate a strange illness plaguing teenage girls. As she dives deep into the investigation, it soon becomes clear that actions from the past are continuing to have an impact on the present!
Fake
When magazine writer Birdie Bell (Asher Keddie) thinks she’s found her ideal match on a dating app. Thinking he’s her ideal man she commits herself to him, only to discover all to soon that he’s not what he seems and that love can blind you! Hooked? We certainly are!
Awake
Awake is the latest edge-of-your-seat drama on STV and it does not disappoint! After surviving a disastrous car accident, detective Michael Britten (Jason Isaacs) finds himself living a double life that defies everything! In one reality, his wife survived the car accident but his son died; in the other, the opposite happened! He soon has to get on with his life, trying to preserve each second he can in the different realities with his wife and son!
The Catch
If you love a gripping narrative with a twist, then you’re in luck. After her fiancé cons her out of millions, private investigator Alice (Mireille Enos) goes on a private mission for payback! Alice will stop at nothing to catch her man.
The Family
Joan Allen stars are the manipulative ambitious mayor of Red Pines, Maine. Shortly after announcing her candidacy for governor, her son Adam (Liam James) who was kidnapped 10 years previously returns… But is he really who he says he is and where was he for the last decade? Hooked? Find out all you need to know about The Family!
The Tower
Adapted from Kate London’s metropolitan book series, this gripping crime thriller stars star Gemma Whelan (Game of Thrones) as DI Sarah Collins. With the two most recent seasons available to stream you’ve got hoursss of detective drama right on your doorstep! After an action packed first season, the second two promise even darker storylines delving into London’s gangs and tackling cold cases!
Platform 7
After witnessing an event on a train platform that jogged her memory, Lisa (Jasmine Jobson) a ghost finds her own fragmented memory jogged to reveal a connection between her death and what she witnessed. After concluding that there’s three reasons someone ends up on the tracks, they jump, it’s an accident, or, they are pushed, she decides to investigate the truth behind her death.
Grace
Set in Brighton, this series stars John Simm as Roy Grace, a Detective Superintendent who excels at solving murders. Season one sees him investigating the disappearance of a Brighton property developed who vanished without a trace. With five seasons, (one very new) this is a show to binge if you love a gritty crime drama!
Love & Death
The sinister fact-based drama tells the true story of Candy Montgomery, a housewife from Texas. Despite living an ordinary life in the late 1970s, it quickly spirals when she has an affair with a friend from church and shortly after his wife ends up dead. Coincidence? The jury will decide. Staring Elizabeth Olsen.
Mr Bates vs the Post Office
Unless you’ve been off the grid you mustttt have heard about the post office scandal… right? This excellent drama navigates the extraordinary story of one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British legal history, where hundreds of innocent sub-postmasters and post-mistresses were wrongly accused of theft and fraud due to a defected IT system! Starring Toby Jones, Shaun Dooley and Katherine Kelly.
And if you enjoy this then check out Mr Bates vs the Post Office: The Impact where you’ll find all the goss on how the show impacted the real people!
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