DCI Banks

"DCI Banks" was a good series that deserved more than its five-year run and its sixteen major plots (much as "Scott & Bailey" did). The main character was capable of emotionally-driven decisions, but most of the police work was solid, the plots were interesting, and the relationships among characters made them all more than cardboard cut-outs (the top four or five). It was easily a better series than "Midsomer Murders," say.

This was an amazing mystery series.. but the character of DS Annie Cabbot wasn't well written, she was irritating and smiled all the time for no reason even in the matter with such deep seriousness!

It's either the writer who didn't wrote the character well or And.tea Lowe who was so bad an actor.. with all other actors doing their best she was the worst of the all.

She was just so annoying and irrating and irrational all the time!!

As usual, British shows get the lower end of the scale especially in this genre. This is very suspenseful, real & compelling.

It is well worth your time.

It's as it was written for the character/actor himself. Sadly it was discontinued, in which I don't understand.

I only started watching DCI Banks just a few months ago, but once I saw the first show I could not stop watching until I saw the last one. I'm glad I was able to see all the seasons at once because I was so hooked I would not have wanted to wait years to see them all. The cast is great, especially Stephen Tompkinson. His character is so totally honest and charming and he just gets right into you mind and heart. It makes you feel that DCI Banks and Stephen Tompkinson is the same person. The stories are great and the mysteries are real. People actually die in the show and are not all saved just in the nick of time like every other detective show. I obviously highly recommend this show and hope it will be back for a fifth season.