Poll: British Police Detectives

Results of 3,565 votes:

1. 1.
   

   Idris Elba in Luther (2010)

    

   Luther
2. 2.
   

   Rupert Graves in Sherlock (2010)

    

   Lestrade
3. 3.
   

   Helen Mirren in Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act (2006)

    

   Tennison
4. 4.
   

   David Tennant and Olivia Colman in Broadchurch (2013)

    

   Hardy
5. 5.
   

   Philip Jackson, David Suchet, and Nicholas Delve in Poirot (1989)

    

   Japp
6. 6.
   

   Jason Hughes and John Nettles in Midsomer Murders (1997)

    

   Barnaby
7. 7.
   

   Gillian Anderson in The Fall (2013)

    

   Gibson
8. 8.
   

   Michael Kitchen in Foyle's War (2002)

    

   Foyle
9. 9.
   

   Shaun Evans in Endeavour (2012)

    

   Young Morse
10. 10.
    

    John Thaw and Kevin Whately in Inspector Morse (1987)

     

    Morse
11. 11.
    

    Philip Glenister and John Simm in Life on Mars (2006)

     

    Tyler
12. 12.
    

    Jerome Flynn, Matthew Macfadyen, and Adam Rothenberg in Ripper Street (2012)

     

    Reid
13. 13.
    

    David Jason and John Lyons in A Touch of Frost (1992)

     

    Frost
14. 14.
    

    Brenda Blethyn in Vera (2011)

     

    Vera Stanhope
15. 15.
    

    Laurence Fox and Kevin Whately in Inspector Lewis (2006)

     

    Lewis
16. 16.
    

    Martin Shaw in Inspector George Gently (2007)

     

    Gently
17. 17.
    

    Rupert Penry-Jones in Whitechapel (2009)

     

    Chandler
18. 18.
    

    New Tricks (2003)

     

    Pullman
19. 19.
    

    Lesley Sharp and Suranne Jones in Scott & Bailey (2011)

     

    Scott & Bailey
20. 20.
    

    Richard Harrington, Mali Harries, Hannah Daniel, and Alex Harries in Hinterland (2013)

     

    Mathias
21. 21.
    

    John Thaw and Dennis Waterman in The Sweeney (1975)

     

    Regan
22. 22.
    

    Murphy's Law (2003)

     

    Murphy
23. 23.
    

    Trevor Eve in Waking the Dead (2000)

     

    Boyd
24. 24.
    

    Nathaniel Parker and Sharon Small in The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001)

     

    Lynley
25. 25.
    

    Ken Stott in Messiah (2001)

     

    Metcalfe
26. 26.
    

    Colin Buchanan and Warren Clarke in Dalziel and Pascoe (1996)

     

    Dalziel & Pascoe
27. 27.
    

    Taggart (1983)

     

    Taggart (and successors)
28. 28.
    

    Death of an Expert Witness (1983)

     

    Dalgliesh
29. 29.
    

    Jack Shepherd in Wycliffe (1993)

     

    Wycliffe
30. 30.
    

    The Bill (1984)

     

    Carver
31. 31.
    

    John Hannah in Rebus (2000)

     

    Rebus
32. 32.
    

    George Baker in Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987)

     

    Wexford