Airdate: Inside Men, Falcón.

UKTV gets in the mood for new crime shows with heists, troubled cops, and eccentric ex-detectives in October including the Australian premiere of BBC’s Inside Men.

Inside Men (4 x 50) is a gripping drama about three employees of a security depot who plan and execute a multimillion pound cash heist. When manager John (Steven Mackintosh) catches two of his workers (Ashley Walters & Warren Brown) stealing money from the vault, they expect the worst. John convinces them to put back the money. After all, why risk everything for just £50,000 when there is £170 million pounds waiting to be taken?

An Australian premiere screening Sundays at 8:30pm from October 7; Inside Men is a study of how men behave when they step out of their comfort zones and cross that moral line. The Guardian called it, “A tense, knuckle-gnawing thriller”.

Also new to Australian television is Falcón (2 x 120), Saturdays at 8.30pm from October 13. The Spanish city of Seville is the exquisite backdrop for this high-octane drama based on acclaimed crime writer Robert Wilson’s series of international bestselling novels featuring flawed hero, Homicide Inspector Javier Falcón, played by Kiwi, Marton Csokas.

In The Blind Man of Seville, a gruesome murder leads Falcón to discover hidden truths about his father’s secret past. In The Silent and the Damned, Falcón investigates two apparently unlinked crimes uncovering a conspiracy involving police corruption and the CIA. Beautifully shot and hauntingly atmospheric, Falcón is an adrenaline-fuelled drama of sin and redemption, and an inspired translation of a modern masterpiece from page to screen which also stars Kerry Fox, Emilia Fox and Hayley Atwell.

Tim Christlieb, Head of Programming and Production, BBC Worldwide Australasia said “The UKTV audience are passionate about British crime drama and we are absolutely committed to serving their passion by offering the best programming in the genre. Packaging up exciting new shows with our fan favourites in a season like Crime and Justice is a fantastic way of celebrating British creative excellence and giving the viewers exactly what they want – ensuring UKTV continues to be the Best @ British.”

Olivia Williams and Darren Boyd star in Sophie Hannah’s gripping psychological thriller about love, obsession, trust and betrayal in Case Sensitive: The Other Half Lives, Thursday 1 November at 8:30pm.

When Ruth Blacksmith’s new partner, Aidan, reveals that he once hurt a woman called Mary Trelease, Ruth is deeply worried. She raises her concerns with Detective Sergeant Charlie Zailer who is intrigued. But when Charlie decides to call in at Ruth’s house, she finds a disturbing scene. Ruth’s ex-husband, Jason Blacksmith, has been murdered. Charlie and Detective Simon Waterhouse investigate the case and find themselves divided over motives and suspects.

The much-loved detective series, New Tricks, returns to UKTV as part of the Crime and Justice season. Among the cold crimes Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman and her unconventional team of ex detectives – Jack Halford, Brian Lane and Gerry Standing – crack in Series 7 of New Tricks, Mondays at 7:30pm from October1, are the death of a boxer, the murder of a celebrated graffiti artist, the stabbing of a fashion designer and the suspicious suicide of a college professor. As usual, there are plot twists and red herrings galore, plus a bewildering number of suspects played by well-known guest stars.

Dirk Gently, a sharp and hilarious detective comedy drama starring Stephen Mangan and Helen Baxendale and based on the novel by Douglas Adams, will also screen on Fridays at 8:30pm from October 19.

Dirk Gently is the perpetually broke, eccentric and shambolic private detective who runs an agency based on the fundamental interconnectedness of all things. In this pilot episode Dirk is asked to investigate the disappearance of an old lady’s cat – but, through the application of quantum mechanics, suspect hypnotism and a plate of biscuits, he uncovers a double murder, an unlikely business partner and a missing billionaire who will go to extraordinary lengths to right a terrible wrong.