i just started watching season 1 of foyles war which reminded me of all the british detective dramas i ran through in 2013 when i was satellite-free.

the list includes:

1) miss marple (23 episodes)

2) poirot (70 episodes)

3) inspector morse (33 episodes)

4) endeavour (inspector morse prequel) (9 episodes)

5) wallander (9 episodes)

6) above suspicion (11 episodes)