{"id":269381,"date":"2026-02-01T23:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T23:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/269381\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T23:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T23:08:08","slug":"star-studded-police-procedural-branded-cut-above-most-mystery-shows-tops-uk-streaming-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/269381\/","title":{"rendered":"Star-studded police procedural branded ‘cut above most mystery shows’ tops UK streaming chart"},"content":{"rendered":"

Instinct, the star-studded police procedural<\/a> starring Alan Cumming<\/a>, has topped the UK chart on one streaming service. With a devilish narrative and stacked cast, it’s easy to see why this has proved to be a hit. <\/p>\n

Cumming portrays Dr Dylan Reinhart, a university professor who is drawn back into the world of criminal investigation after NYPD homicide detective Lizzie Needham (Bojana Novakovic) enlists his help to catch a serial killer. <\/p>\n

The synopsis for the series, which is based on the work of James Patterson, reads: “Dr Dylan Reinhart is a gifted author and university professor living a quiet life teaching psychopathic behaviour to packed classes of adoring students. <\/p>\n

“But when tenacious top NYPD detective Lizzie Needham appeals to him to help her catch a serial murderer who is using Dylan\u2019s first book as a tutorial, Dylan is compelled by the case and comes out of retirement.”<\/p>\n

Joining Cumming and Novakovic in the impressive cast are Daniel Ings, Michael B Silver, Danny Mastrogiorgio, Sharon Leal, Naveen Andrews, Travis Van Winkle and Whoopi Goldberg, with the latter appearing in a recurring role.<\/p>\n

\"Alan<\/p>\n

James Dimmock\/\/CBS<\/p>\n

Related: Best streaming services UK 2025 \u2014 including Disney Plus, Netflix, iPlayer and Apple TV<\/a> <\/p>\n

After airing for two seasons in 2018 and 2019, all 24 episodes are now available to stream for free in the UK on 5’s streaming service<\/a>, where it has clearly impressed viewers after jumping straight to the top of the chart. <\/p>\n

Over on IMDb<\/a>, Instinct has a solid average user rating of 6.7 out of 10 from 9400 logs, with one fan<\/a> calling it “excellent” and a “cut above most of the other fluff” as they awarded it a score of 8.0.<\/p>\n

“I love this show. It is so refreshing to see characters work together so closely and know there is no chance for a romance between them,” penned another<\/a>. “Alan Cumming and Bojana Novakovic are great partners. Wonderful supporting characters as well.”<\/p>\n

\"Alan<\/p>\n

CBS<\/p>\n

Related: ‘Can’t recall a bad episode’: Beloved British detective drama jumps into UK trending chart<\/a> <\/p>\n

Not everyone was as taken with the show, however, with one disappointed viewer<\/a> writing: “I love Alan Cumming, and anyone can see he’s doing his best, but both the writing and direction is so predictable, I wince.”<\/p>\n

While Instinct ended in 2019 following its second season, Cumming has had several roles since then, and was recently seen in the first trailer for Brian Cox’s directorial debut<\/a>, Glenrothan.<\/p>\n

Instinct is streaming on Channel 5.<\/p>\n

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\"Lettermark\"<\/p>\n

Reporter, Digital Spy<\/p>\n

Harriet is a freelance news writer specialising in TV<\/a> and movies<\/a> at Digital Spy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A horror enthusiast, she joined Digital Spy after working on her own horror website, reviewing films and focusing largely on feminism in the genre.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In her spare time, Harriet paints and produces mixed-media art. She graduated from the University of Kingston with a BA in fine art, where she specialised in painting. She also has an MA in journalism from Birkbeck University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Instinct, the star-studded police procedural starring Alan Cumming, has topped the UK chart on one streaming service. With…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269382,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[137241,635,140464,637,146,85,46,636,140463,411],"class_list":["post-269381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-collection-latest-news","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-aa015d51-2332-48a3-8dbf-0914128dfaad","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-locale-gb","tag-shorttitle-star-studded-police-procedural-tops-uk-streaming-chart","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}