ITV is inviting viewers to use their little grey cells as we find out who the country has crowned Britain’s Favourite Detective. Narrated by Sheridan Smith, this one-off TV special will celebrate these legendary characters, counting down the greatest TV sleuths from the last 50 years as voted by the great British public. From the infamous Sherlock Holmes, to Line of Duty’s AC-12, from Belgium’s stalwart Hercule Poirot, to modern day hero Luther, from the formidable Jane Tennison to unwitting crime buster Miss Marple, these legendary characters have kept us all on the edge of seats as they attempt to catch some of the most devilish of villains. Britain’s Favourite Detective will take a trip through the crime files of some the country’s best loved sleuths and crown one of them the nations favourite. But who will take this coveted title? Will US favourite Columbo be crowned the winner, or could the title be in the bag for Oxford’s Inspector Morse. Will the quintessentially British Midsomers Murders make it to the top spot or will the brooding Scandi Noir offering, The Bridge win out. As well as archive clips from these iconic shows, viewers will also be treated to behind the scenes footage from some of the most popular crime solvers ever, reliving all of the murders, the suspects and the startling revelations, climaxing in the biggest whodunit of them all – who is Britain’s Favourite Detective? The 25 detectives are (in no particular order): DCI John Luther - Luther DCI Jane Tennison, - Prime Suspect DS Steve Arnott, DI Kate Fleming - Line Of Duty Saga Noren, - The Bridge DCI Vera Stanhope - Vera Jonathan Creek Jessica Fletcher - Murder She Wrote DI John Rebus - Rebus Christine Cagney and Mary Beth Lacey - Cagney & Lacey Detective Chief Inspector Jim Taggart - Taggart Thomas Magnum, - Magnum PI Columbo Janet Scott and Rachel Bailey - Scott & Bailey DCI Tom Barnaby & DCI John Barnaby - Midsomer Murders Sherlock Holmes Jane Marple - Miss Marple Cormoran Strike - Strike Dr Edward ‘Fitz’ Fitzgerald - Cracker DI Robert Lewis - Lewis Hercule Poirot DI Alec Hardy & DS Ellie Miller - Broadchurch DCI Endeavour Morse - Inspector Morse DCS Christopher Foyle - Foyle’s War Inspector George Gently - Inspector George Gently DI William Edward ‘Jack’ Frost - Inspector Frost, Frost
