While we love an edge-of-your-seat thriller, sometimes the only remedy for a long day is snuggling up on the sofa with a cosy crime drama. If you’ve already worked your way through Agatha Christie’s spin-offs and solved the mysteries of The Marlow Murder Club, Mrs Sidhu Investigates is a detective drama you can’t beat.
Introducing Mrs Sidhu (Meera Syal), a woman of many talents. She’s renowned in her affluent community for her Indian catering company, but when she’s not in the kitchen, you’ll find her catching killers – often cracking cases before the police. Mrs Sidhu’s sleuthing takes us on a twisty journey, kicking off with the discovery of two bodies in a high-end health club. It’s truly a superb series cosy crime fans will love.
With Mrs Sidhu Investigates now available to watch in full on Channel 4, here’s everything you need to know about the series before you watch it, including the plot, cast and how to watch it.
What is Mrs Sidhu Investigates about?
The four-part series, adapted from the successful BBC Radio 4 series of the same name, takes us to the seemingly sleepy county of Berkshire, where an unlikely crime-busting coalition forms between Mrs Sidhu (Meera Syal), a high-end caterer, and the world-weary Detective Chief Inspector Burton (Line Of Duty’s Craig Parkinson). We meet the recently widowed Mrs Sidhu as she’s trying to juggle the demands of running her own business and encouraging her wayward son, Tez (DCI Burton), to find his calling in life. As if her plate wasn’t stacked enough, her cooking gigs end up landing her at the centre of murder cases.
The drama kicks off with the discovery of two bodies in a high-end health club. Despite her knack for sleuthing, she tries to stay out of the way – until her niece becomes the prime suspect. DCI Burton is reluctant to listen to Mrs Sidhu’s theories, but she soon proves herself an invaluable asset to the team and untangles a complicated web of business secrets, feuds and love affairs.
The rest of the series sees Mrs Sidhu unwrap a plethora of mysteries through her catering work – and here’s a quick whistlestop tour of what to look forward to. In the second episode she works on the set of a fantasy TV show and one of the lead characters is murdered, mirroring the plot of the show. In the third episode, an in-house catering job at a fancy tech company goes awry when the CEO is murdered. And the series concludes dramatically when Mrs Sidhu is hired to cater a boxing match in a luxury manor and the boxer is kidnapped and held to ransom.
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Who’s in the cast of Mrs Sidhu Investigates?
The cast of Mrs Sidhu Investigates includes:
- Meera Syal (The Kumars At No. 42, The Split, The Devil’s Hour) as Mrs. Sidhu
- Craig Parkinson (Line Of Duty, Grace, Doctor Who) as DCI Burton
- Gurjeet Singh (Ackley Bridge) as Tez
- Naana Agyei-Ampadu (Industry) as DS Mint
Is Mrs Sidhu Investigates any good?
Yes – if you’re more into giggling than gore and love a light-hearted murder mystery like Agatha Raisin or The Marlow Murder Club, you must add Mrs Sidhu Investigates to your watchlist. For us, Meera Syal’s performance as Mrs Sidhu steals the show – she’s a warm and charismatic lead, and a great contrast to Craig Parkinson’s gruff DCI. Fans have praised the show as ‘groundbreaking’, ‘compelling’ and the perfect show to enjoy with a cuppa – and we couldn’t agree more!
Is there a trailer for Mrs Sidhu Investigates?
Yes, you can watch the trailer for Mrs Sidhu Investigates below.
How can I watch Mrs Sidhu Investigates?
You can stream all episodes of Mrs Sidhu Investigates on Channel 4.
What other cosy crime dramas can I watch now?
If you fancy stepping back in time, Anna Maxwell Martin is brilliant in The Bletchley Circle, which takes us back to 1952 post-war Britain. The series follows four former WWII codebreakers who solve murders. You can watch The Bletchley Circle now on Channel 4. If you’re in the mood for a classic ‘whodunnit’, Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? is based on Agatha Christie’s classic of the same name. Naval officer Bobby Jones (Will Poulter) and his friend Lady Frances ‘Frankie’ Derwent (Lucy Boynton) find a man dying at a foot of a cliff. With his final breath, he utters the titular question – and so a quest to the truth begins. Why Didn’t They Ask Evans is available to watch now on ITVX.
