A sub-genrenis anoher category within a genre. Crime drama dalls into different categories, depending on the setting, character types and areas of crime represented.
- Police procedural, eg The Bill, NYPD, Southland
- Police detective, eg Inspector Morse,Lewis
- Private detective, eg Shoestring
- Legal, eg Law and Order
- Medical/Forensice, eg CSI
- Military, eg NCIS
- Cosy Mysteries , eg Miss Marples
Crime drama has spawned a wide variety of programmes often mixing with other types of shows. These are called hybrids or crossovers.
Thriller/Action-adventure, eg 24
Hospital/Medical, eg Diagnosis Murder
Horror, eg Dexter
Ghost, eg Medium
Costume drama, eg Agatha Christie's Poirot
Documentary style, eg The Cops
Science Fiction, eg The X-Files
Soap Opera, eg The Bill
Psychological, eg The Mentalist
Comedy, The Thin Blue Line
Musical, eg Cop Rock
Post-modern, eg Twin Peaks.
The wide range of crime drama scan show us many alternative versions of people and ideas. The way they do this is called representation.
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