Mystery TV

Mystery TV is a curious beast, it's a general channel in the UK that orbits a loose theme rather than committing to a single genre. You'll get crime documentaries (think 'Murder Maps' and forensics deep dives), but also reality shows about antique dealers solving provenance puzzles, and the occasional rerun of 1970s whodunnit series that look like they were recorded on a damp Tuesday. The branding suggests high drama, but the actual schedule feels more like a mid-tier cable channel hedging its bets. Some of the original programming around cold cases is decent, tighter editing than the US crime channels, less sensationalist, but the daytime block is padded with shows you've seen on other channels. The 9pm slot is the strongest: a run of British true crime docs that actually respect the viewer's intelligence. For a General tv United Kingdom channel, it's doing something mildly coherent. Not essential, but if you want to watch Mystery TV live, it's a reasonably solid background option for a rainy afternoon. The streaming quality on Tvivu is solid, but don't expect a consistent vibe, one hour you're in a courtroom, the next you're watching someone argue about a Victorian vase.