Armchair Detectives (2017)

Crime · Drama · Game-Show

A gameshow in which three amateur sleuths head to the fictional town of Mortcliff to solve a deadly crime, from the comfort of the Armchairs in the studio. They'll watch the drama play out as Mortcliff's crack team of detectives - DI Knight, DC Slater and Scenes of Crime Officer Simmons - make enquiries with the local residents.

IMDb rating: 6.9 (130 votes)
Episode average: 7.8 +0.9 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

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Seasons

Season 1 (2017)

7.75 avg 16 episodes 7.4 → 8.5 44 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Watercolour Crime	7.4	12
2	Patently Murder	7.8	19
3	The Jury's Out	8.9	22
4	Derby Day Death	7.2	8
5	Deerly Departed	7.4	8
7	The Uninvited Guest	8.1	11
8	Finders Keepers	7.2	8
9	Six Letters Beginning with M	8.8	14
11	School's Out for Murder	7.4	8
12	The High Class Killer	7.8	8
13	Driving Miss Mortcliff	7.5	9
14	Tell Tale Signs	7.8	8
15	A Can of Worms	8.1	16
16	Appetite for Murder	8.5	16
17	What Became of Miranda?	5.6	10
20	Mistletoe and Crime	8.5	13