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0.89.0: Terra, Wild, Odyssey, Dark Files and Evidence identities
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Evidence (107): crime drama

Status: agreed with Paul 3 November 2026, configured in 0.89.0 (ChannelIdentities.kt), awaiting his OK to install.

Identity: crime drama only, after Alibi. Test against Dark Files: scripted detectives are Evidence; real cases are Dark Files.

History, verified: UKTV Drama was renamed Alibi on 7 October 2008 and changed to crime drama only, with other dramas moved to Gold and Watch. Source: Wikipedia, U&Alibi, read 3 November 2026.

Core: CSI, NCIS, Law & Order, Criminal Minds, Bones, Midsomer Murders, Inspector Morse, A Touch of Frost, Columbo, Vera.

Supporting: CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Law & Order: SVU, Castle, The Mentalist, Monk, Hawaii Five-0, Blue Bloods, Lewis, Dalziel and Pascoe, Taggart, Death in Paradise, and the darker dramas.

Time of day: 06:00 to 18:00 American procedurals (and Columbo). 18:00 to 21:00 British feature-length detectives. 21:00 to 01:00 darker drama: Luther, Line of Duty, Happy Valley, Broadchurch, Dexter, The Wire, Silent Witness, Waking the Dead, Sherlock. 01:00 to 06:00 procedurals. Sunday Mystery, Sunday 20:00 to 22:00, a feature-length detective.

Long episodes: feature-length episodes run up to 106 minutes, so a block can open up to about an hour after its hour when the previous programme runs on. Nothing is cut and nothing overlaps.

Order: procedurals and standalone detectives mix. Serial dramas run in order: Line of Duty, Broadchurch, Happy Valley, The Wire, Dexter, Luther, Sherlock.

Thin copies to check in Emby: Law & Order: SVU 13 episodes, Criminal Minds 40, Sherlock 3.

New arrivals: crime drama, procedurals and detective series.