Another British Gem available on Netflix

Foyle's War.

A period drama set in the very early days of WWII, Foyle's War is about Christopher Foyle,a Detective Superintendent in the town of Hastings. He is a good, low key detective who solves the requisite murders, robberies, and general whatnot that police have to deal with. No CSI, no cell phones, no CCTV, no computers, no bikinis, no gay pride, and no legal abortions. There's murder, robbery, spying, political intrigue, double-crossing, bombing, military stuff, and human fallibility galore.

Since it's a Masterpiece production, the production values are high with good actors, good writing, costumes, vehicles, period dental work and general WWII miscellanea. The history lessons are there, showing us clueless yanks what they went through what with the nightly bombings and paranoia over the very real possibility of a German invasion, and personally, I find it all fascinating. It doesn't have the violent intensity of Luther, M15, Waking the Dead, et. al., but the stories are still, nonetheless, engrossing.