The Murder Line review – Minnie Driver’s mischievous crime caper is on the edge of excellence

Source: The Guardian Link: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/apr/18/the-murder-line-review-minnie-driver-itv Published: April 18, 2026 Keywords: Canada Don’t come to this Canadian show looking for prestige drama. But it is a highly entertaining tale featuring numerous holdalls of cocaine – and Driver having loads of fun with English accents Television drama loves border country: places hovering between one identity and another, defined by comings and goings, with forbidden bounty forever out of reach on the other side of the line. Near borders, things happen that shouldn’t. Let’s go, then, to the Thousand Islands archipelago, in the St Lawrence River between Ontario and New York state, where there are countless Ozark-y creeks to hide in, not much to do except get in trouble, and cold, cold water to sweep away your corpse if it all goes wrong. The Murder Line has a high old time there. By choosing that title, ITV is perhaps trying to draw in sleuthing fans who would otherwise be watching Danish or Irish cops crack cases on BBC Four. But originally, in its native Canada, this show was called The Borderline – hilariously, the theme song was a slow, gruffly atmospheric cover version of Borderline by Madonna – and it’s more crime caper than detective drama, not so much a whodunnit as a willhegetawaywithit. Continue reading... --- This article was automatically collected by the Observatory News Scraper.