Lord Peter Whimsey (books only)
Inspector Morse (books and TV)
Inspector Montalbano (TV, have never read the books)
Kurt Wallander (books and Danish TV, though Kenneth Branagh is pretty good too)
Dr Temperence Brennan (books only)
Sherlock Holmes (in most incarnations)
Tom Barnaby (TV, never read the books)
Dalziell and Pascoe (TV, never read the books)
