‘Arguably the greatest sexual tension in history!’ TV’s top crime-fighting duos – ranked

Whether they’re driving muscle cars, investigating aliens or speaking entirely in F-bombs, case-cracking pairs will never go out of style. But which are the most electric? Here are the top 25

The sad death of David Soul sparked a wave of nostalgia for the retro TV cop classic Starsky & Hutch. But nearly half a century since the Californian cops roared on to ABC in their trademark striped muscle car, television crime-fighting duos have never gone out of fashion.

Cosy cleric-and-detective drama Grantchester is back on ITV1 and True Detective returns tonight, recapturing the blazingly brilliant form of its debut run. On the small screen, it seems, two sleuths are still better than one. So where do all these figure in TV’s all-time crime-cracking canon? Find out as we rank the 25 premier investigative pairings …