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Arrange the key milestones relating to the television crime genre from earliest to most recent

The American show Dragnet brought the crime genre to television screens
Ray Winston and Plan B starred in a cinematic remake of The Sweeney
Idris Elba became the first black actor to be the main protagonist in a British Crime Drama
The real-life Flying squad on which The Sweeney was based received serious accusations of corruption
British Crime Dramas began to receive greater funding, widespread critical acclaim and awards attention. This was demonstrated by shows like The Bill and Prime Suspect
The General election in which David Cameron’s Conservative Government came into power and began applying their policy of austerity
The fourth and final series of the Sweeney concluded
Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot were created, heroic detectives of fiction that would both go on to appear in their own television shows
Idris Elba was cast in the popular American Crime Drama, the Wire
The Sweeney shook up the crime drama genre, adding a sense of gritty realism and violence

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