3 New Binge-Worthy Crime Dramas If You Loved Killing Eve
Loved the cat-and-mouse thriller chase of Killing Eve? BBC First is back with 3 more new crime dramas for you to binge this April. Kicking off the month is a darker crime thriller where a man testifies against his own father standing trial for the murder of his girlfriend’s mother with the return of Traces Series 2. But if you’re in the mood for more light-hearted mysteries, BBC First has got you covered with Sister Boniface Mysteries starring a Vespa driving, crime solving Catholic nun set in the 1960s as well as the oddball, oddly-matched pair of private detectives returning for more picturesque and whimsical mysteries brimming with wit and rural charm in Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators Series 4. Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators Series 4. Start your April weekend binging with all new premieres on Fridays on BBC First, on UnifiTV channel 481 and BBC Player | Astro GO. Traces Series 2 premieres Friday, 1st April Traces Series 2 premieres Friday, 1st April Passions run high in an explosive return of this critically acclaimed crime series. Based on an idea by best-selling novelist Val McDermid. Lab assistant Emma Hedges (Molly Windsor) is now training to be a forensic chemist, and on the cusp of seeing her mother’s murder case finally resolved. Daniel (Martin Compston) is to give evidence against his father. Will Emma and Daniel’s relationship withstand the pressure? Will justice be served? Meanwhile, professors Sarah Gordon (Laura Fraser) and Kathy Torrance (Jennifer Spence) are investigating a deadly bombing campaign. Homemade devices are going off around Dundee, with critical clues hidden inside the bombs. Will the team track down the bomber before their identity goes up in smoke? Sister Boniface Mysteries premieres Friday, 15th April Sister Boniface Mysteries premieres Friday, 15th April Light-hearted murder mystery series starring a Vespa driving, crime solving Catholic nun: Sister Boniface (Lorna Watson). It’s the 1960s and police forensics are rudimentary. Luckily the residents of Great Slaughter have a secret weapon. Sister Boniface. If there’s evidence to be found, Boniface will find it, with a little help from dashing DI Sam Gillespie (Max Brown) and buttoned-up Bermudan DS Felix Livingstone (Jerry Iwu). A corpse is found stuffed inside a dummy at the local fair; tragedy hits a visiting TV crew; and a gruesome discovery is made in Edie’s beloved allotment plot. Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators Series 4 premieres Friday, 29th April Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators Series 4 premieres Friday, 29th April The oddball, oddly-matched Stratford-upon-Avon-based sleuths (starring Mark Benton & Jo Joyner) return for more picturesque and whimsical mysteries brimming with wit and rural charm. From suspected ghosts to the torrid world of Shakespearian escorts, not to mention the fiendish passions and bitter rivalries of ballroom dancing and a dastardly plot to sabotage Christmas, it’s business as usual for the debt-laden ex-policeman and his much more credible partner-in-crime. And the pair also have demons of their own to wrestle with – Lu joins a slimming club and clashes with her sister, while Frank finds himself on the wrong side of the law accused of murder.