Shows like Professor T

Why this fits: Grace connects to Professor T through its methodical detective work driven by a psychologically haunted lead whose grief-fueled obsession turns each case into a study of character as much as a puzzle.

• detective
• slow burn

Why this fits: Karen Pirie feels like a close cousin to Professor T with its British, slow-burn cold-case investigations led by an unconventional, sharp-minded detective whose personal edge and institutional friction shape the mystery.

• female detective
• workplace rivalry

Why this fits: Steal matches Professor T’s cerebral crime focus by putting an ordinary person under intense pressure in a contemporary British criminal world, where survival and moral compromise matter as much as the solution.

• survival stakes
• large-scale heist