Programming note: Starting from tonight it's crime time in prime time again on BBC Entertainment.

BBC Entertainment (DStv 120) is kicking off a ''crime and justice'' season tonight - the second one from the Beep's global general entertainment channel - that will run until 11 August.

Starting tonight, Monday, July 12 on BBC Entertainment, the channel will premiere crime drama series every weeknight at 20:30. After every night's episode on BBC Entertainment, the sister channel BBC Knowledge (DStv 251) will show a series of complementary documentary shows taking a more in-depth look at criminal forensics behind the fictional dramas.

BBC Entertainment's ''crime and justice'' season includes dramas like Father & Son (going out five weeks after its British TV debut), George Gently, a new season of Criminal Justice, The Children, Hunter and Wallander.

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Father & Son kicks off on BBC Entertainment (DStv 120) tonight at 20:30 with Dougray Scott as an ex-gangland boss Michael O'Connor who's determined to make a new start in Ireland away from his gangster past in Manchester. Of the course the sins of the father is visited upon the son when his 15 year old estranged son, Sean becomes entangled in a case of murder. Michael returns to England to try and help Sean but is determined to avoid being pulled back into his old world. Easier said than done of course when your son's life is on the line.

George Gently starts on Monday, July 19 until Friday, July 23 on BBC Entertainment (DStv 120) with Martin Shaw as the detective in 1964 who solves various crimes while stationed at Scotland Yard.

Criminal Justice is back from Monday, July 26 until Friday, July 30 with Maxine Peake as Juliette Miller and tells the story of an ordinary woman who stabs her husband and then passes through the whole harrowing British criminal justice system.

In The Children from Monday, August 2 until Wednesday, August 4, Kevin Whatley and Geraldine Sommerville plays divorced parents who's new lives are torn apart by the death of their eight year old daughter.

Hunter, from Thursday, August 5 to Friday, August 6 is a two part show with Hugh Bonneville and Janet McTeer as a detective duo Iain Barclay and Amy Foster tackling the case of an abducted boy.

In Wallander with Kenneth Branagh from Monday, August 9 until Wednesday, August 11, the brilliant detective in Ystad, Sweden tries to solve three different cases.

BBC Knowledge (DStv 251) has The Science of Crime from Monday, July 19 at 22:30 which takes a closer look at forensic science and the battle between the police as well as the perpetrators of crimes who've also become more tactical. This 13 part series focuses on the history of forensic science from its early introduction to the latest cutting-edge techniques.

Infamous Assasinations from Monday, July 19 at 23:25 for 26 episodes looks at assassinations from John F. Kennedy to John Lennon and Mahatma Gandi.

In Tony Robinson's Crime & Punishment that starts on Tuesday, July 20 at 22:30, Tony Robinson goes on a fascinating and bizarre journey to discover the origins of some British laws - from trials by boiling water to the decapitation of a king. He discovers how the Normans created the first surveillance society and how today's compensation culture was started by the Anglo Saxons.

Eyewitness starts on Thursday, July 22 at 22:30 and is a three part series that looks at how unreliable human memory actually is and how flawed eyewitness accounts actually are. Through a combination of drama, observational documentary and secret filming and interviews, the show looks at the difference between what witnesses say they saw and what actually happened.