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2012 will be quite a crime spree, with the return of popular series and some great-looking new dramas and thrillers. Here's a rundown of new series coming to UK television in 2012. (You can read the full article here)

Hit and Miss, Sky Atlantic
Chloe Sevigny, Peter Wight, Jonas Armstrong
This is one of the most interesting looking crime dramas for 2012. Chloe Sevigny plays Mia, a contract killer with a secret – she's a transgender woman. Anticipation factor: ★★★★★

Nemesis, BBC1
Melissa George, Adam Rayner
In a joint production with HBO, Kudos – makers of the now decommissioned Spooks – are producing this international espionage series. Anticipation factor: ★★★★½

A Touch of Cloth, Sky1
John Hannah, Suranne Jones, Julian Rhind-Tutt
If the title hasn't already given you a clue, this is a massive mickey-take of every police procedural ever written (what would you expect – it is adapted by Charlie Brooker from a story by Boris Starling). Anticipation factor: ★★★★½

The Scapegoat, ITV1
Matthew Rhys, Eileen Atkins, Sheridan Smith, Jodhi May, Andrew Scott, Anton Lesser, Sylvie Testud
Daphne du Maurier's dark story of switched identities could be a real treat. Anticipation factor: ★★★★½

Line of Duty, BBC2
Vicky McClure, Martin Compston, Lennie James, Gina McKee, Neil Morrissey
In this cat-and-mouse thriller about modern policing, This Is England's Vicky McClure is a detective constable who, with detective sergeant Steve Arnott (Compston) are part of an anti-corruption unit investigating a popular and successful officer, detective chief inspector Tony Gates (James). Anticipation factor: ★★★★½

The Spies of Warsaw, BBC4
Rainy, cobbled streets of Prague, Berlin and Warsaw, espionage and romance – all should feature in BBC4's adaptation of Alan Furst's acclaimed novels in two 90-minute films, Anticipation factor: ★★★★

The Fuse, BBC1
Christopher Eccleston, Dervla Kirwan, Ewen Bremner, Andrew Scott, Lyndsey Marshal
Daniel Demoys (Eccleston) has gone from being an idealistic young man with a desire to make the world a better place, to a disillusioned and corrupt council official… Anticipation factor: ★★★★

Ripper Street BBC1
An intriguing premise – a drama set in London's East End in 1889, the year after Jack the Ripper stalked its streets. Anticipation factor: ★★★★

Savage, BBC1
Warren Brown, Stephen Graham, Michael Angelis, Aisling Loftus, Mark Womack, Christine Tremarco
A young, honest Liverpool beat cop, played by Warren Brown, witnesses the brutal murder of his closest friend and is torn between his desire to protect his family, his duty and an intoxicating instinct for revenge. Anticipation factor: ★★★★

May Day, BBC1
When a young girl goes missing, feared dead, the community in which she lives looks to one another for answers. Four of the girl's neighbours fear someone within their family may be involved. Anticipation factor: ★★★★

The Bridge, BBC4
One of two new Scandinavian crime series that BBC4 snaffled up after unexpectedly striking gold with The Killing in 2011 (the other is Sebastian Bergman, below). The Bridge, a 10-part investigative crime drama, begins when the body of a woman is found in the middle of the Oresund Bridge between Sweden and Denmark. A Danish/Swedish co-production. Anticipation factor: ★★★★

Sebastian Bergman, BBC4
Rolf Lassgård
This police thriller stars Rolf Lassgård, one of Scandinavia's most popular actors (Wallander, Beck), in a powerful new role as profiler Sebastian Bergman. Anticipation factor: ★★★★

Accused, BBC1
Anne-Marie Duff, Olivia Colman, Robert Sheehan, Sheridan Smith, Thomas Brodie-Sangster
The second series of Jimmy McGovern's drama returns with four more episodes about people dealing with crises in their lives – gun crime on an estate in the opening story. Anticipation factor: ★★★★

Homeland, Channel 4
Claire Danes, Damian Lewis, Mandy Patinkin, David Harewood
Contemporary US thriller series. An American soldier (Lewis) is left for dead during the Iraq invasion of 2003. However, after years in captivity, the solider returns home a hero. CIA officer Carrie Anderson (Danes) smells a rat and thinks that the national hero may be a double agent working for Al Qaeda. Anticipation factor: ★★★★

Top Boy, C4
Writer Ronan Bennett's acclaimed four-parter about gang life on a Hackney estate has been recommissioned. Anticipation factor: ★★★★

Falcón, Sky Atlantic
A four-episode drama, based on Robert Wilson’s bestselling Javier Falcón novels. Anticipation factor: ★★★★

Dirk Gently series two, BBC4
Douglas Adams' holistic detective, played by Stephen Mangan in series one, returns in three more stories. Anticipation factor: ★★★★

Restless, BBC1
Adaptation of William Boyd's award-winning book about a young woman who discovers her mother was a British spy in the Second World War, specialising in espionage in America. Anticipation factor: ★★★½

Scott & Bailey series 2, ITV1
Suranne Jones, Lesley Sharp
The show will once again explore the personal and professional lives of DC Janet Scott (Sharp) and DC Rachel Bailey (Jones), both members of Syndicate 9, a Major Incident Team within the Manchester Met Police, who are tasked with tracking down killers. Anticipation factor: ★★★

Case Sensitive series 2, ITV1
Olivia Williams, Darren Boyd
A two-part story based on author Sophie Hannah's novel The Other Half. The first series averaged 6million viewers. Anticipation factor: ★★★

Vera series 2, ITV1
Brenda Blethyn
Author Ann Cleeves' unlikely copper, detective chief inspector Vera Stanhope, is back for another four 120-minute investigation. Anticipation factor: ★★★

New Tricks, BBC1
Alun Armstrong, Denis Lawson, Dennis Waterman and Amanda Redman
Denis Lawson joins this huge ratings success as James Bolam bows out. Anticipation factor: ★★★

Miss Marple ITV1
Julia McKenzie
Caribbean Mystery, Endless Night and The Seven Dials Mystery are three Marple stories slated for filming in 2012. Anticipation factor: ★★★

Poirot, ITV1
David Suchet
David Suchet is returning in 2012 to complete the cycle of Poirot stories written by Agatha Christie, filming the remaining mysteries not yet made by ITV – Labours of Hercules, Dead Man’s Folly, The Big Four, Elephants Can Remember and Curtain. Anticipation factor: ★★★

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