Phone a baby and find out he killed JFK

America, the land of the free and home of the brave. The outlandish fun land of big food,giant storms and hard hitting police dramas. If you haven't caught any of the USA style cop shows that repeat themselves more than Bob Geldof goes on about saving Africa then get out from under that rock and use it to beat yourself to death.
CSI, CSI: Miami, CSI: Vegas, CSI: Essex, NCIS, NCIS 2 return of the Navy and so on. Are Americas newest style of police drama where everything can be solved through D.N.A and long drawn out pauses to build tension.
But don't think America are the kings of the cop show, for over here in the cloudy depths of England we have been bashing out more great shows than UK Gold can show in a week. My favorite show of the year so far is the hard hitting police drama Luther (BBC1) starring Idris Elba as the John Luther. A cop that will do whatever it is to make sure justice is done. I caught an episode of season 2 as was intensity drawn in by the tension of the villains and even the cops among themselves. I straight away went out and bought the first season and watched in on one glorious day and it was a day well spent.
From the word go you see the Luther doesn't take no for an answer and will get to the bottom of every problem even if it means getting dirty. The show starts with a brutal murder where only the daughter is left alive and from the off Luther knows something is wrong. Now i don't want to spoil anything but I will say that the twists and turns of this episode are so brilliantly played out it will have you dreaming for more.
Rather than using loads of high tech gadgets like the American style shows Luther uses basic good old police work and down to earth questions. He may have a mobile phone but other than using it to call for back up or be harassed by villains he stays pretty much on earth unlike CSI where they would use it to take a photo of some blood, send it to the moon where it they'd find out it's the same blood used to make baby's cry. After which they'd phone a baby and find out he killed JFK.
John Luther is a cop destroying his own life to help make the world a better place. He is something of a dark horse but yet a hero. If only cops like John Luther were real then we could send them into the riots to kick some ass!
On a more negative note on the great side of British Television. Big Brother is back but this time on Channel 5 or FIVE as it likes to be known. Luckily for us it starts with a celebratory version of Z list people who are famous for being in shows like Big Brother in the first place. It's like a really bad recycling scheme where you get shit and make it into fresher shit. I'm sure it will be as fun and exciting as the last 9 seasons (the first was actually interesting as it was a new and fresh format) with people sitting around shouting, getting naked and lots of birds chirping while they chat about interesting things like how they had there face made in China for $500. Now the repeats of CSI don't seem like such a bad idea.