A TV show that’s been described as one of the ‘best crime dramas ever’ is completely free to watch on a UK streamer – and fans can’t rave enough about it.
First premiering in 2017, Snowfall is a series that follows the crack epidemic of the 1980s in Los Angeles.
It marked the breakout role of British actor Damson Idris, who played a 20-year-old drug kingpin, while also starring Carter Hudson, Angela Lewis, Isaiah John, Amin Joseph and Emily Rios in the cast.
Snowfall – which is available to stream in its entirety on BBC iPlayer – aired for six seasons until the final episode was released in April 2023, with a spin-off also in the works.
Several fans of the drama have enthused about it on social media, with one Reddit user called Brungala saying that after finally finishing all six seasons, they believe it ‘might be one of the best crime stories I’ve ever watched in recent memory’.
‘After finishing the series finale, I was left with a feeling of emptiness. But the kind that you experience when you just finished watching something so good, and as it ends, you might not find something as gripping and engaging to binge for a while,’ they wrote.
What are some of the best crime dramas on streamers right now?
If you’re a fan of crime dramas, there are plenty of offerings available to watch on streamers that you can binge right now.
For starters, the second season of Black Snow, an Australian crime drama starring Vikings actor Travis Fimmel, is coming to BBC Two and BBC iPlayer on Friday April 4.
The series follows a detective called James Cormack who is tasked with investigating a cold case murder, and has been described as a ‘hugely compelling mystery’.
The Missing, an anthology series that first started airing on BBC One in 2014, is leaving Netflix very soon.
Starring James Nesbitt as a man who suffers the devastation of his son going missing, the show has a 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
There are also plenty of police dramas on streaming platforms that you can watch at your leisure, some of which are regarded by viewers as even better than Line of Duty.
They include Happy Valley on BBC iPlayer and Protection on ITVX, with the latter recently receiving rave reviews from audiences as the new series airs.
‘The show has some of the best writing I’ve seen in years, and while some episodes of prior seasons fall a little short, it’s still really good, as it kept me wanting to see what happens next.’
In response, Interesting-Run-5497 agreed that Snowfall was a brilliant watch, saying that ti was ‘probably one of their favourite crime dramas after Breaking Bad, Justified, Ozark, Narcos and Banshee’.
Several people who have been singing Snowfall’s praises on social media emphasised that not only is it a great watch throughout, but it ‘wrapped up perfectly’ by the final episode.
‘The ending is totally unexpected and brilliantly done. In fact, that entire final season is both cinematically and narratively amazing,’ Complete-Meaning652 said.
Reddit user chill90ies labelled it a ‘masterpiece’ saying that it is ‘one of the best shows I have seen in many years’.
A number of fans also compared Snowfall to other shows regarded as the best crime dramas ever shown on TV, including The Wire, The Sopranos and Breaking Bad.
‘Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul are sort of in a separate category in my mind, like how can you really compare anything to those shows, but I would personally say Snowfall is “as good” as both of them,’ NAlaxbro stated.
‘Probably my favourite show of all time,’ simplycari shared.
The adulation continued in the show’s Google reviews, with Mounzer writing that being a ‘perennial watcher of mob/gang TV series’, they thought that the genre ‘could no longer tell us something that we didn’t already know, nor provide an original take that rises to the heights of such masterpieces of television’.
‘But I was wrong. Snowfall matches, if not exceeds the very best of these, in terms of narrative power, acting quality, historical/political perspective, empathy and passion,’ they continued.
Tara exclaimed that Snowfall was ‘by the far the absolute best series I’ve ever watched’ and made them feel ‘every emotion possible’, while Greg added that it was ‘one of the best shows to come out on television ever’.
‘The show is a must watch! I could rant all day about it,’ they added.
Consider us sold!
Snowfall is available to watch on BBC iPlayer.
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