Helen Piper is Senior Lecturer in Television Studies, based in the Department of Film, Television and Theatre at the University of Bristol where she has been teaching into a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes for over a decade. She is also responsible for numerous published journal articles on popular television drama and other genres. Previously, Helen Piper worked as a theatrical agent and held a number of senior management positions at BBC Worldwide and for the Entertainment Group at BBC Television.

• List of FiguresAcknowledgementsIntroductionBroadcasting the Detective 1992-2012Engaging with the Detective CharacterResidual Voices: A Touch of Frost and LewisAmbivalent Voices: Moral Allegiance in Prime Suspect and CrackerThe Reactionary Voice: Life on Mars and the Gene GenieEmergent Voices I : Wallander and VeraEmergent Voices II : Luther, Scott and Bailey and Line of DutyThe Resonance of the Detective NotesBibliographyIndex

Helen Piper is Senior Lecturer in Television Studies, based in the Department of Film, Television and Theatre at the University of Bristol where she has been teaching into a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes for over a decade. She is also responsible for numerous published journal articles on popular television drama and other genres. Previously, Helen Piper worked as a theatrical agent and held a number of senior management positions at BBC Worldwide and for the Entertainment Group at BBC Television.

• List of FiguresAcknowledgementsIntroductionBroadcasting the Detective 1992-2012Engaging with the Detective CharacterResidual Voices: A Touch of Frost and LewisAmbivalent Voices: Moral Allegiance in Prime Suspect and CrackerThe Reactionary Voice: Life on Mars and the Gene GenieEmergent Voices I : Wallander and VeraEmergent Voices II : Luther, Scott and Bailey and Line of DutyThe Resonance of the Detective NotesBibliographyIndex

Helen Piper is Senior Lecturer in Television Studies, based in the Department of Film, Television and Theatre at the University of Bristol where she has been teaching into a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes for over a decade. She is also responsible for numerous published journal articles on popular television drama and other genres. Previously, Helen Piper worked as a theatrical agent and held a number of senior management positions at BBC Worldwide and for the Entertainment Group at BBC Television.

• List of FiguresAcknowledgementsIntroductionBroadcasting the Detective 1992-2012Engaging with the Detective CharacterResidual Voices: A Touch of Frost and LewisAmbivalent Voices: Moral Allegiance in Prime Suspect and CrackerThe Reactionary Voice: Life on Mars and the Gene GenieEmergent Voices I : Wallander and VeraEmergent Voices II : Luther, Scott and Bailey and Line of DutyThe Resonance of the Detective NotesBibliographyIndex