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  • My mother broke her hip and was bedridden during recovery. I bought her a Roku and would watch mainly detective shows / mysteries (her fave) with her.

    Before I got Prime & Netflix set up, that meant trawling for free ones on various platforms, and YouTube’s recommendation algorithm eventually led us to Vega$. Others we saw on YT:

    • The Saint
    • Burke’s Law
    • Honey West
    • Barnaby Jones
    • Rip Tide
    • Jake & the Fat Man
    • Perry Mason (inc the 80s revival)
    • Streets of San Francisco
    • probably a few more I can’t remember right now

    On other platforms (Fawesome, TheArchive, Roku Channel etc):

    • The Commish ( we also watched The Shield: what a contrast!)
    • Booker
    • Wiseguy
    • Peter Gunn
    • Mr Lucky
    • Colonel March of Scotland Yard
    • Decoy
    • Danger Man

    Might have to pick “English-language detective/crime shows 1955-1995” as my specialist subject on Mastermind :)