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If you love a good crime story but want your case-of-the-week serials punched up with more psychological danger and emotional depth, then you've gotta go for a crime thriller show. And BritBox — the streaming service created by the BBC and ITV, designed specifically for fans of British television — is packed with them, from harrowing serial killer stories to tense cat-and-mouse mysteries.But the sheer size of that streaming library makes it hard to track down a high-quality show, even when sorting by a single genre like crime thriller. So Tom's Guide is here to help. We've done the dirty work for you and narrowed your choices down to three of the best crime thriller shows streaming now on BritBox. Consider your next weekend binge sorted!'Happy Valley'
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He'll next be seen in the new season of "House of the Dragon" as Lord Ormund Hightower, but a decade ago, James Norton was better known for playing bleach-blonde criminal Tommy Lee Royce in "Happy Valley," a hard-hitting thriller that originally aired for three seasons on BBC One from April 2014 to January 2023.With serial rapist, drug offender and eventual murderer Royce as the main antagonist, the Sally Wainwright-created drama follows the police career of no-nonsense police sergeant Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire), whose life and work are upended when Royce — whom she blames for her own daughter's death years earlier — is released from prison.Stream "Happy Valley" on BritBox now'Irvine Welsh's Crime'
