Crime Drama Queens

About Crime Drama Queens

Two old friends, Lily and Lex, chat about their love of TV crime dramas and murder mysteries. Each episode they watch and discuss a different show and what it means to them.

Publisher

Alexis Roy and Lily Carrodus

Category

comedy · tv & film · tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Oct 2023

Latest episode

26 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

88 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   26 Oct 2026

   Episode seventy five - "Houdini and Doyle" (season one, episode three, "Manus Dei")

   Send us Fan Mail Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No! It's Harry Houdini and Arthur Conan Doyle solving crimes in late Victorian London! Each puzzling crime has a supposed supernatural solution, but are otherworldly powers at play or are the solutions a little more prosaic? (Yes, the latter, always the latter.) However, there are silly hats, giant moustaches, and some crazy green gas, so lots to love. There are no maggots but plenty of suppurating boils! This episode contains descriptions o...

2. 

   16 Oct 2026

   Episode seventy four - "Wire in the Blood," (season two, episode three, "Right to Silence")

   Send us Fan Mail Apols for the delay on this episode; Lily has been unwell and Lex was concussed. In fact at the time of recording Lily was still unwell and Lex was still concussed. You may be able to tell. We cover a lot of ground in this one, and some of it is even about the programme in question. There are nail bars, crow bars, a fake wedding, and Robson Green's character playing Guess Who while Hermione Norris rolls her eyes in the background. All good fun! This episode contains des...

3. 

   23 Sept 2026

   Episode seventy three - "Benidorm is Murder" (season one, episode five, "Summary Justice")

   Send us Fan Mail Ooh, an ex detective in an exotic location helping the local police on murder investigations? With silly hats? Be still our crime drama hearts! But is is this on the "Death in Paradise" scale of delight, or "The Good Ship Murder" level of horror? Tune in to find out! You can also enjoy our air fryer chat, elevator pitch for "Ready, Steady, Murder", and Lily's hot take on "The Great Gatsby." At time of recording, "Benidorm is Murder" is available on My5 in the UK. ...

Who has been a guest on Crime Drama Queens

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Mark Heap
• Les Dennis
• unknown

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

5 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

14 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 40 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

52

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

71

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Books guests

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