Got a BritBox subscription recently (I’m American unfortunately) and I must admit I’m curious:

Why do you guys have so many crime dramas?

There’s actually a fairly deep vein of media and cultural history at play here but I’m in a rush so I’ll dodge the question by grossly oversimplifying for comedic effect:

Y'all’s procedurals are ‘murican as fuck. Brits need more sad in their crime stuff.