Show overview
Watching the Detectives launched in 2024 and has put out 12 episodes, alongside 6 trailers or bonus episodes in the time since. That works out to roughly 4 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a roughly quarterly cadence.
Episodes typically run ten to twenty minutes — most land between 56s and 33 min — with run-times ranging widely across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-GB-language True Crime show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 1 year ago, with no new episodes in over a year. The busiest year was 2024, with 10 episodes published. Published by Cara Hunter.
From the publisher
Everything you ever wanted to know about Crime Scene Investigations - but were afraid to ask.Join DI Andy Thompson, former CSI Joey Giddings, and crime writer Cara Hunter as we pick our way over what TV depictions of police work get right - and criminally wrong...
Latest Episodes
S1 Ep 6Watching The Detectives Episode 6: Is TV Crime Drama Growing Up?
Join DI Andy Thompson, former CSI Joey Giddings, and crime writer Cara Hunter as we pick our way over what TV depictions of police work get right - and criminally wrong...Episode Six was recorded in front of a live audience at the Oxford Literary Festival.DI Andy Thompson was absent for this episode as he was working on a case in the real world.
S1 Ep 6Coming Soon: Watching The Detectives Episode 6: Is TV Crime Drama Growing Up?
trailerJoin DI Andy Thompson, former CSI Joey Giddings, and crime writer Cara Hunter as we pick our way over what TV depictions of police work get right - and criminally wrong...Episode Six was recorded in front of a live audience at the Oxford Literary Festival.DI Andy Thompson was absent for this episode as he was working on a case in the real world.
S1 Ep 5Watching The Detectives Episode 5: No flies on us...
Join DI Andy Thompson, former CSI Joey Giddings, and crime writer Cara Hunter as we pick our way over what TV depictions of police work get right - and criminally wrong...Episode Five was recorded in front of a live audience at the Henley Literary Festival in October 2024.DI Andy Thompson was absent for this episode as he was working on a case in the real world.
S1 Ep 5Coming Soon: Watching The Detectives Episode 5: No flies on us...
trailerJoin DI Andy Thompson, former CSI Joey Giddings, and crime writer Cara Hunter as we pick our way over what TV depictions of police work get right - and criminally wrong...Episode Five was recorded in front of a live audience at the Henley Literary Festival in October 2024.DI Andy Thompson was absent for this episode as he was working on a case in the real world.
S1 Ep 4Watching The Detectives Episode 4: Let's Go Round Again (How cold case reviews are really managed)
Everything you ever wanted to know about Crime Scene Investigations - but were afraid to ask.Join DI Andy Thompson, former CSI Joey Giddings, and crime writer Cara Hunter as we pick our way over what TV depictions of police work get right - and criminally wrong...Episode Four was recorded in front of a live audience at the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate.
S1 Ep 4Coming Soon: Watching The Detectives Episode 4: Let's Go Round Again
trailerEverything you ever wanted to know about Crime Scene Investigations - but were afraid to ask.Join DI Andy Thompson, former CSI Joey Giddings, and crime writer Cara Hunter as we pick our way over what TV depictions of police work get right - and criminally wrong...Episode Four was recorded in front of a live audience at the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate.
S1 Ep 3Watching The Detectives: Body of Evidence
Everything you ever wanted to know about Crime Scene Investigations - but were afraid to ask.Join DI Andy Thompson, former CSI Joey Giddings, and crime writer Cara Hunter as we pick our way over what TV depictions of police work get right - and criminally wrong...Episode Three was recorded in front of a live audience at Slaughterfest 2024.
Coming Soon: Watching The Detectives Episode 3: Body of Evidence
trailerEverything you ever wanted to know about Crime Scene Investigations - but were afraid to ask.Join DI Andy Thompson, former CSI Joey Giddings, and crime writer Cara Hunter as we pick our way over what TV depictions of police work get right - and criminally wrong...Episode Three was recorded in front of a live audience at Slaughterfest 2024.
S1 Ep 2Watching The Detectives: Good old fashioned coppering
Everything you ever wanted to know about Crime Scene Investigations - but were afraid to ask.Join DI Andy Thompson, former CSI Joey Giddings, and crime writer Cara Hunter as we pick our way over what TV depictions of police work get right - and criminally wrong...Episode One was recorded in front of a live audience at the Oxford Literary Festival.
S1 Ep 2Coming Soon: Watching The Detectives Episode 2 - Good old fashioned coppering
trailerEverything you ever wanted to know about Crime Scene Investigations - but were afraid to ask.Join DI Andy Thompson, former CSI Joey Giddings, and crime writer Cara Hunter as we pick our way over what TV depictions of police work get right - and criminally wrong...
S1 Ep 1Watching The Detectives: It's a fair cop!
Everything you ever wanted to know about Crime Scene Investigations - but were afraid to ask.Join DI Andy Thompson, former CSI Joey Giddings, and crime writer Cara Hunter as we pick our way over what TV depictions of police work get right - and criminally wrong...Episode One was recorded in front of a live audience at the Oxford Literary Festival.
Coming Soon: Watching The Detectives
trailerEverything you ever wanted to know about Crime Scene Investigations - but were afraid to ask.Join DI Andy Thompson, former CSI Joey Giddings, and crime writer Cara Hunter as we pick our way over what TV depictions of police work get right - and criminally wrong...